ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2012

i love the future singles by themselves but i cannot listen to this album all the way through, it makes a variety of tricks sound like one boring one

I couldn't get thru the whole thing either but I'm gonna give it another try.

Truth Gonna Hurt You

"I live a Cowabunga lifestyleee"

Pluto really drags in its entirety although I like almost everything except the apocalyptic bangers if I play it all the way through. Also Straight Up, Astronaut Chick and obviously Turn On The Lights are all fantastic.

I can understand liking this for the camp, and even some enjoying parts of it. But enjoying it more than about about 30,000 other albums that came out last year? In ten years, are 21 of you really going to go, ah, 2012, what a year, and still have FA in your playlist??

welp the original is only on Spotify in its clean version, and a few of the dirty versions on 3D are listed as remixes

I added the clean version, if anyone wants the 3D version the link is here

I can understand liking this for the camp, and even some enjoying parts of it. But enjoying it more than about about 30,000 other albums that came out last year? In ten years, are 21 of you really going to go, ah, 2012, what a year, and still have FA in your playlist??

You can say that about every album in this list. What people latch onto years later is wholly idiosyncratic and unpredictable.

Many xposts - I got Trans vibes from this album too.

Even more xposts

this Fiona Apple album is pretty cool

I will probably never play it again

Ha, same here. It's the kind of record where, had I been asked to review it, I'd have listened to it intensely for a few days and found all kinds of interesting moments and great things to say about it, and genuinely felt that I liked it and written a fairly glowing review, but then I'd still never have played it again.

I kind of like the Pluto album. I'm still in two minds as to whether it was a good decision to use autotune to emphasise his vocal quirks, i.e. the way his voice has a tendency to fry at the end of some syllables. It's an interesting idea, but it can make it sound like he's got a frog in his throat.

xp Yes, let's think about the Test of Time, that's always useful.

xp Sorry, was talking about Farrah of course. And what congratulations (n/a) said. I believe Lex's sincerity, but still doubt it's gonna stick in a few years.

why are we still appealing to the test of time in 2013?!

xps!

Test of time is the biggest red herring in music criticism. Who knows? Who cares? Do you like it right now? Great.

I hear maybe one or two records a year where I can say with absolute certainty that they'll be regarded as classic 20 years from now. The rest is a mystery.

classics in your canon, right?

Anticipating test of time is guesswork partly, but I'd bet my life savings that FA will not remain affective and effective for 99% of y'all for much longer. Except maybe lex ;)

understandably a challop, but i greatly prefer the new tape future dropped free band gang the movie or w/e its called to pluto

According to last.fm, Farrah Abraham is tied with Orbital as my 7th-most listened to artist; whether I will still be listening to this 10 years from now does not change the fact that I listened to this a shit-ton this year and it would be stupid not to acknowledge that.

I'm not trying to compile a list of 2012 albums that I think people will love in 2050; I'm voting for the albums I loved listening to in 2012.

(7th of the past twelve months, I should clarify)

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13. LINDSTRØM Smalhans (710 Points, 24 Votes, 2 First Place Votes) Spotify

Is this a concept album about 'Little Hans', the Freud case study? I hope so.

wooo

there hasn't been any other record in a long time that makes me feel as ecstatic as Smalhans does while i'm listening to it

Feel ILX in 2030 is more likely to be asking "Who remembers that crazy Farrah Abraham record?" than "Who remembers the fourth Beach House album?"

how many people here have enjoyed the shaggs?

like, this record is pure energy

*raises hand*

xp

too low

It's a concept album about Norwegian food iirc.

huh this is the first time Future has made sense to me

Feel ILX in 2030 is more likely to be asking "Who remembers that crazy Farrah Abraham record?" than "Who remembers the fourth Beach House album?"

― questino (seandalai), Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:04 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know right!

smalhans suffered from diminishing returns for me - a bit too continually perky - but still a lot of fun. had a great night raving to it when he played xoyo.

like, this record is pure energy

― ciderpress, Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:04 AM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally. it hit me when i was running to it. it's the best album to go for a run with

According to last.fm, Farrah Abraham is tied with Orbital as my 7th-most listened to artist

I'm impressed. To me she's difficult listening in all sorts of ways. I'm suddenly wondering what it would be like to make a playlist alternating between her and Scott Walker.

Also, Lindstrøm's first name is Hans-Peter. xp

smalhans means scarcity in norwegian iirc

every track title is the name of a traditional norwegian dish

These must be fun dishes to eat, because this music doesn't make me think about food at all.

lol btw I realized that Future was making sense because I was actually listening to the R. Kelly part of "Parachute"

I read somewhere that Smalhans was recorded entirely using pre-sets, which really shows up all the music production bores who know don't really understand music itself.

Faar-i-kaal is the standout track to me, it's the best execution of his 'endless staircase' thing that he does on a lot of his tracks

had a great night raving to it when he played xoyo.

― lex pretend, Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:05 (7 minutes ago) Permalink

otm, that was great

this Lindstrøm album is great

Album makes me want to look for a Norwegian restaurant and eat a dish that comes from the best track on it.

Is there an explanation of the track titles anywhere? I'm hoping that one of them translates as "blood sausage".

i remember the lindstrom album sounded kind of samey when i first listened to it, just because the energy level is so uniformly high. but then... it just kind of took off. the tracks are shorter so it's less of a "developed epic". each song starts very high, gets even more intense, then pops and fades away from center like a different-colored firework? lol

also what's the name of the musical sequence he likes to use?

always forget just how much ilx loves this guy

this is really the first time I've paid attention to him, I can understand the love affair

i'm kind of happy this placed above terje

or at least this is the first time I remember paying attention, lol

For 2012 output, I prefer Terje.

love scott and farrah showing up next to each other

Has there been a Lindstrom-related album place in the top 20 every year? It feels like it's obligatory. I swear one day I'll actually get round to listening to more of his stuff properly, but somehow (and I REALLY don't know why) I never did outside of a handful of tracks. He just seems so prolific. I'd love it if someone could do a POX tracks or a primer.