ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2012

I'm disappointed at where Fiona finished - she was one of like two album votes of mine that placed - but gli maybe shouldn't be surprised. The curse of being a favorite for too long, etc.

The curse of being a favorite for too long, etc.

Don't feel too bad for her. Springsteen only got a single vote iirc.

Seriously? Damn

banging post from teledyldonix. (not incoherent at all!)

i'd invite most of these artists to a dinner party, even the ones whose music i wouldn't allow in the house

i <3 dinner parties

...what do you serve?

― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Friday, February 1, 2013 12:34 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

last dinner party chez moi: saltimbocca alla romana with spanakopita and roasted vegetables, followed by langres cheese.

you know the followup question right

housemate's boyfriend made items 1 and 3, guests brought 2, i bought 4 :)

boyfriends who love to cook are wonderful things.

Missed the last few albums rolling out, but that Top3 is well deserved.

Thank you so much seandalai and Johnny Fever - really enjoyed this countdown!

nooooooooooooooooo my #1 came #78 ;_;
time to make myself a #78 black and white graphic and fake posts talking about how awful it is

xps i was the other amanda mair voter, placed #4 on my ballot

absolutely love that TRST record, haha dang animal collective

what is trst?

kinda in the same category as cold cave? so the darkwave or coldwave category
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQs3h6SRdIA

whoops sorry wasn't meant to embed there

that... gave me something of the feeling of having a body flu

that's probably to do with the cover too

i typically don't listen closely enough to albums to ever really tell what they're ~about~ or whatever, and this is certainly the case for me here, but enough interesting and occasionally arresting things/ideas happen throughout this one that i can experience it like a 12-year-old listening to some poem he doesn't really ~get~ and still get really affected

I agree with this I think - I'm not sure the extent I would have paid attention to the story had I not actually read a synopsis of it after listening. But so much attention has gone into the production and atmosphere of the record, I genuinely think I would enjoy in a purely instrumental version of this, although obviously it wouldn't be an album-of-the-year contender.

I genuinely think I would enjoy in a purely instrumental version of this, although obviously it wouldn't be an album-of-the-year contender.

why obv?

Because there's not enough interest or development in the music alone to make it a great album rather than an enjoyable one.

i read a number of ppl saying it's annoying how you have to buy into the story/context to really enjoy it or whatever

This is so depressing. God forbid there should be storytelling in hip hop. Even if you don't follow the whole arc, how can you hear The Art of Peer Pressure and not get the message?

tbh i seem to have read more ppl say the opposite, that its enjoyable w/o reading the story

reading = paying attention to

ah ok, not heard the record just was curious why it was so obv

you really don't have to buy into the overall story, and the coherent/short film aspect was mad overrated, but it does enhance the album; more importantly, the storytelling on individual tracks (the best ones, anyway), is strong enough that they hold up individually as well as part of a whole

It's not about the ins and outs of the narrative (which I couldn't explain off the top of my head tbh) but the fundamental moral conflict. You get that first time and then pick up little details from individual tracks each time you return to it. Good concept albums don't get too tied up in the narrative anyway - you need tracks that can stand alone.

Missed the final results. Such a worthy winner and a great list overall.

Huge thanks to seandalai and Johnny Fever for putting this all together.

Tim F the manuel tur album is on spotify! It just hits all my pleasure centres.

I am really enjoying this! So lush and un-austere...

The surprising omissions:

Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Trust - TRST
Light Asylum - Light Asylum
DIIV - Oshin

No, I didn't vote for any of them, but I thought all would speak to parts of the ILM massive.

The Flying Lotus album is really good

this is so sad but the flying lotus album not being on spotify means i only listened to it once

Trust did speak to parts of the ILM massive; it came in at #78!

DIIV - Oshin

this album is super awesome

i get the sense a lot of more rock oriented ppl don't vote in this poll, at least i didn't

this is so sad but the flying lotus album not being on spotify means i only listened to it once

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, February 1, 2013 11:53 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think this probably had an impact on its standing. I didn't hear it until a few weeks ago because I got if for Christmas.

I still haven't heard the Flying Lotus for the same reason.

Before Spotify, we found ways. Some of us even left the house.

I guess I'm not that desperate to hear it either, otherwise I'd find a way round the inconvenience. There are other albums I'm more motivated to hear but if it had been on Spotify I would have checked it out.

DIIV - Oshin

this album is super awesome

i get the sense a lot of more rock oriented ppl don't vote in this poll, at least i didn't

― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, February 1, 2013 12:55 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i voted for Oshin!

also i just discovered the Graveyard record which i easily would have voted for if i had heard it, i think it was more than one voter out of the top 77 though.

i voted for oshin too, that record really snuck up on me w/how good it is

actually comparing the poll results to my ballot made me realize how ilm has kind of turned me from a rock-oriented person into a pop-oriented person, gonna try to reverse that a bit in 2013 since there's probably a ton of good rock music i'm missing out on

polyphonic's color album art imgur has been udpated btw: http://imgur.com/a/HGHgu

<3

i also voted for oshin

No Tomorrow by Chief Keef is fucking awesome, really getting into the album as well. I have got the Nicki album for my son's ipod (it was making me sad that he still listens to Lady Gaga) and decided to give it a blast earlier and I really love a lot of this as well. Sometimes its really cool to just flip a bit + check stuff out that you think you won't like and be totally startled by how fucking good it is.

78 Trust - TRST

OH FUCK ALL OF YOU

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), jeudi 31 janvier 2013 20:19 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously. It was my #3. I think a lot of people get put off by the cover, which I find hilarious. The whole thing's great form start to finish. Sounds are reminiscent of Front 242, Anne Clark, Clan of Xymox all wrapped in catchy songs.

I'm a listener more likely to be put off by vocal mannerisms than anything else. Dylan is excruciating. And it kept me from appreciating Trust.

trust would have placed had i voted, sorry y'all

fsr that was the most popular 2012 album among my friends

elections polls have conseqeuences!

and they have consequences too

another record that didn't make this list but that is excellent and should've: Lotus Plaza's "Spooky Action at a Distance"

^true

also no gbv nominated was a silly oversight (of mine and others)