ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

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66 DANNY BROWN Old (300 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)

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For some reason I was expecting f(x) to be a noise-rock band. I like that they have a token butch member.

yessss

For some reason I never really got into that album even though I enjoyed it whenever I put it on and I played the hell out of XXX? I think I might have just worn out on him a bit.

old is an obviously great album that i didn't listen to that much

dude is an incredible rapper tho

I enjoyed Danny Brown's album a lot; it also just missed my ballot

"Lonely" my most played album track of the year

Rev and J0 otm. Couldn't ever find the time or care to really get into this like I did w XXX.

Only played this once but enjoyed it a lot more than XXX. I was really surprised Pitchfork had this in their top five.

Jayson Greene's review sold me.

i know it's a little bit of work, but can someone provide a small descriptive snippet (or even a phrase) for each album? for posterity? like a post or a review or sthg?

I like that they have a token butch member.

― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend)

Actually Taiwanese American, spoke Korean poorly at first. One of the most popular members now among the largely female fanbase.

First half is great but not that keen on anything past Dope Song, nowhere near as good as XXX.

One of the most popular members now among the largely female fanbase.

― abcfsk, Monday, January 27, 2014 12:10 PM Bookmark

go figure

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65 FACTORY FLOOR Factory Floor (301 points, 11 votes)

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Based on the track from the other thread, this is boring Portland-style "hipster house"?

nah industrial-tinged acid techno I would say

and really good, 2nd of mine to place

Yeah, it's more industrial + early acid house. Not that I know what Portland-style hipster house. Apart from Fall Back and Two Different Ways I found it pretty cold and uninvolving. They're better live apparently.

danny brown - i had my "admirable album from talented and distinct artist that doesn't hit my personal spots or that i will ever listen to" moment with xxx and nothing i read about old suggested this would change - indeed i see more people say similar things this time round - so i never bothered to listen. if anyone has any trax they feel like changing my mind with, feel free

factory floor - as i said in the trax thread i'm pro this kind of music but don't strictly need any more of it in my life, i have quite a lot already

yay the first off my ballot to place

nah industrial-tinged acid techno I would say

― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Monday, January 27, 2014 8:20 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh so this one DOES sound like Orbital then

xxxp Stuff like in this thread (a lot of which draws on early acid house and maybe to a lesser extent industrial) teengirl fantasy, miracles club, mi ami, 100% silk and the rise of HIPSTER HOUSE: S/D

xp err no not really, or only in the sense that they both work in roughly the same genre

didn't vote for the factory floor album but i did vote for this song in the tracks poll cos it is a monster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wy6p3eiA28

factory floor - how you say

i wasn't really feeling the new danny brown either but he's so good that i figure i'll come back to it and it will unfold for me.

Gonna say again that nothing on the FF album stuck with me half as much as Beachcombing.

yeah that track is sick

Surprised that Factory Floor record is so low actually, I thought it had a bigger following here. It reminds me a bit of 2006-era Carl Craig with added industrial/EBM elements but I don't really get the frothing-at-the-mouth excitement that you see from some quarters.

Old is pretty damned great. I come back to it a lot more than I did XXX.

i just wanna hear nasty nihilistic rapps :/

OTM re: mid-00s Carl Craig

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64 CIARA Ciara (308 points, 13 votes)

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I only liked a few songs on that album. :/

Other than "Body Party", "Super Turnt Up" and "Keep on Lookin'" were the keepers, iirc?

not sure if i voted for this but it's a really solid album with some true standouts and no duds

just a very listenable yet unspectacular album

i loved "livin it up" and "overdose" too

Livin It Up is a lot of fun.

did ciara just say she's "driving under the influence of your love" on a song called DUI? foh

― some dude, Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:30 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no wait, 2 songs after that, she 'overdoses on your love' on a song called "Overdose." i give up.

― some dude, Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:41 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

hahaha

thematically it's not... the tightest. the songwriting is really strong though across the album.

"Body Party" and "Overdose" are the only songs I remember from it. Did she make a video for "Overdose"?

Livin it Up is cool. Overdose was cool til some dude ruined it. lol was just gonna post those some dude posts.

I'd say it was the songwriting that left me the most underwhelmed, really.

another good song is read my lips...my favourite from the album...impo a lot of the songs on this sound like straight the-dream ripoffs, but maybe that's just me.

CICI <33333

first of my votes. ciara pretty much always hits my spots and i always, always return to her albums over and over again. i didn't think this was quite as front-to-back WHOA as basic instinct or even the highest points of the evolution and fantasy ride but solid cici is still right in my wheelhouse - it's just top 15 for the year rather than top 5.

essential ciara deep cuts from this era:

"super turnt up" - the world was just not ready for ciara featuring ciara
"read my lips" - single entendres about cunnilingus performed ridiculously sweetly and innocently
"livin' it up" - even a ciara campaign that went smoothly for once isn't without its great lost pop single. nice sisterly rap from nicki
"sophomore" - the deep slow jam i like better than "body party"

also, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-TTNdyIMAE]"i'm out"[url] didn't make the trax list but it's one of my favourite videos of the year. ciara and nicki were such a great partnership and are so watchable. i love cici's dress in the first verse!

oh i seem to have posted half the album well i guess that's why i voted for it

I love Nicki's parts of "I'm Out" but CiCi's kill all the momentum.

also, she looks so happy on the grammy red carpet! when a favourite pop star announces their pregnancy my inner pop stan always has to do battle with my inner...normal person. but despite wanting to stamp my foot about not getting a tour, a "super turnt up" video etc etc i am happy for her

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I stopped playing this in the autumn; it's def not FR or The Evolution which imo did both boast good album tracks.

the experience of listening to a Ciara album hits me the same way as looking at the color beige