ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2012

I haven't heard that Chromatics album but I'm sure Channel Orange is better.

Chromatics is the first thing I voted for to show up in a long time...some great songs, also relevant to the "zoning out" discussion with all the long instrumentals that don't go anywhere. I guess I'm a bit of a zoner.

xp Jordan otm. And I like Channel Orange for many of the same reasons as New Amerykah Pt 1 but it has stronger songwriting imo. [sits back and waits for Lex's wrath]

I zoned out every time I tried to play Chromatics, and not in a good way.

the chromatics are cool for like 2 or 3 songs max and that album has like 20 joints or something, i have no idea how someone could listen to that entire thing all the way through

something like "gone baby, don't be long" is so enrapturing

the claim that frank isn't a good songwriter or singer is absurd to me, unless r&b has much much higher standards of quality than any other genre (it doesn't)

srsly

it shda been an EP

xp

you have to reach a higher level of zoning xxxxxp

Is this Chromatics album really that good?

Chromatics? Really? I never got into em.

the band is called the Chromatics how good could it be?

that Chromatics album could have used some serious editing. too many dead spots

lex needs to get on my zone wave

And I like Channel Orange for many of the same reasons as New Amerykah Pt 1 but it has stronger songwriting imo.

haha I don't think it's physically possible for me to disagree with this any more than I already do. New Amerykah is one of the best albums of the past decade and very few things can really compare to it, particularly not an album that contains distractingly stupid songs like "Pink Matter" and "Forrest Gump"

I voted for this Chromatics album, but I totally agree that it could use an editor.

While I'm happy to see "Kill For Love" turn up, it is kind of way TOO HIGH here.

thing is with erykah, dozing off is just not even a question...you "zone out" to her songs but you find yourself wide awake and concentrating by the end. they're slow tempo-wise, but they're not as...torpid as frank. it's the lethargy i object to.

New Amerykah is one of the best albums of the past decade and very few things can really compare to it, particularly not an album that contains distractingly stupid songs like "Pink Matter" and "Forrest Gump"

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:34 PM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

When the Chromatics hit just the right mix of vibe and atmosphere and melody, they're one of my favorite bands on earth. But that doesn't always happen, and then it feels like a slog. Some of this album is a slog, but the best parts offset that I think.

well new amerykah 1 is the one album i really wouldn't compare to 'channel orange' (but it's sort of an outlier in its own way in erykah's discog too)

channel orange is longer than sex & the city 2 and its cover is the worst

chromatics record is expansive and sparkly and sleepy and magical. i like it

Chromatics front loads the best tunes and the rest is amazing for late night drives on the interstate a+ album i voted for it

mid 00's chromatics are so much better than '12 chromatics

otm

nope

Are you talking "Nite" era or "In the City" era? Not that there's a ton of difference, except the singer.

(Because shambling noisy Chromatics is early 00s, obvs)

yes, and i hear a huge difference!

(i guess i see "nite" and "in the city" as the same era)

i have spent many long blank boring hours zoned out numbly to thee chromatics

"Nite" has some of the same midnight drive atmosphere of the later-to-present material, but it does feature a diff vocalist and a more dancefloor-geared propulsion to it.

yeah those are the main differences for me, also this newer album feels brighter and more song-structured and i prefer cold dark robo disco on them i guess

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

06. TAYLOR SWIFT Red (943 Points, 28 Votes, 2 First Place Votes) Spotify

album looks good in grayscale

oh thank god

red album cover is better than the album imo

first T-Swift album the public liked more than I did.

t-swift <3

she's still in her imperial phase as far as i'm concerned

djp is happy this placed?

Lol I thought that was top 5 for sure

early 00's Chromatics (before they got all Disco at Night-y) were great too, albeit totally different

djp is happy this placed?

happy it didn't place higher, of course

also lol at most of this album not actually being on Spotify US

ahhh phew!

early 00's Chromatics (before they got all Disco at Night-y) were great too, albeit totally different

This is a true story.

but you start to talk
about the movies
that your family watches
every single christmas
and i wanna
talk about that
and for the first time
what's passed is past
:D

obvs should be higher though

I voted for the Tay album but it is pretty uneven so I think this is a bit high.

looking at my ballot, RIP Trust, Elle Varner, Rye Rye and The Presets

chromatics had probably my fav cover art of 2012 so I'm gonna link it http://iheartau.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/chromatics_kill_for_love.jpg

booo @ this placing higher than fearless did in its respective year

like I caned this album a lot cos I love t-swift but it's easily her weakest album imo, the highs are HIGH but it's super patchy