ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

as sweet and nice as ciara seems to be, based on the lyrics on this album I suspect she is as dumb as a brick.

Damn, I'm listening to "Super Turnt Up" and "Keep on Lookin'" and even they feel like they would be middle-of-the-pack on any of her other albums.

idk man "super turnt up" is amazing, the rap on that is great

it's def not FR or The Evolution which imo did both boast good album tracks.

also, the positive, if there was one, for such tortuous gestation periods for those albums was that even if they weren't promoted, i got as attached to various leaks/album tracks as if they were ubiquitous singles, and they were in listening circulation for ages. with this album going so smoothly, it was like...the album came out, "body party" was so successful that they didn't bother with any other single than "i'm out", then it all sort of fizzled out then she got pregnant, fin.

I do love "Overdose" though.

playing the Factory Floor album now; I think I would have gone apeshit over this in high school but right now it seems.... thin? I can't immediately identify what is unsatisfying about this (it could be as simple as "one shouldn't try to listen to this album after commuting to Floorplan")

there is something very New-Beat-throwbackish about it though, I will probably end up digging this a lot

takes a while to sink in IMO, not nearly immediate as that (incredible) Floorplan record

that's a point, will floorplan show up here? I voted for "never grow old" in trax but is there enough support for the album?

"Overdose" was a single too? Or at least I heard it on the radio a bit.

The advance singles that didn't make the album were way better than most of the album tracks. I'd definitely take "Sorry Part 2", "Got Me Good", "Sweat", and "Wake Up, No Make Up" over most of this mess.

huh, a lot of stuff I like so far. gorguts, melt-banana, and f(x) all got a lot of play for me this year. <3 "step"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcJOZnGZ9NU

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63 PARQUET COURTS Light Up Gold (308 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)

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my biggest regret re: my ballot is not putting Floorplan higher on it so I really hope they show

The advance singles that didn't make the album were way better than most of the album tracks. I'd definitely take "Sorry Part 2", "Got Me Good", "Sweat", and "Wake Up, No Make Up" over most of this mess.

yeah i wish these had all been bonus tracks - "wake up, no make-up" is flat-out incredible in particular, just exactly what i wanted mike will + ciara to sound like

"Overdose" was a single too? Or at least I heard it on the radio a bit.

scheduled to be a single iirc but never even got a video ;_;

Yeah that Parquet Courts album is decent. What I like with them is their economy of music. The songs are short and they get to the point. They all have a hook or a lyric to rope you in but they rarely outstay their welcome.

sounds great : /

I liked the floorplan lp but I'm much more into the moodier nighttime world stuff he does

Regardless of your feelings on "Overdose" as a song, the cover is, in the words of another thread, undeniable:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/Ciara-overdose-cover-art.jpg

Oh yeah, these guys. Anything here for someone who wasn't particularly into the track that placed last week?

i liked floorplan quite well but didn't vote for it, i was more into some other dance records so it felt dishonest

If you didn't like that track I wouldn't bother, it's all basically the same. Had I heard it in 2002 I'd have been bored to tears but that whole sound is actually kind of refreshing now. Not to the extent I'd have voted for it, but still...

As noted on the tracks thread, "Stoned and Starving" is by far the longest song on the album so the rest of the album is a lot more concise, but if you didn't like S&S at all then you probably shouldn't bother with the rest of it - they've got a sound and they stick with it.

ha okay Factory Floor album is slowly morphing into something incredible

Matt DC OTM about Parquet Courts.
Put me in the camp that found Old quite instantly appealing whereas I had trouble getting into XXX

man okay I would have DEFINITELY voted for "Fall Back" had I heard this album in 2013

sorry, shutting up about Factory Floor now

Just FYI to the person who's doing the Spotify playlist (forksclovetofu?) you put the combined Parquet Courts album+EP on the playlist instead of just the album, don't know if you care.

Yeah I think i'm finally going to give Parquet Courts a chance, they seem to be right up my alley.

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62 K MICHELLE Rebellious Soul

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62 K MICHELLE Rebellious Soul (310 points, 9 votes)

playlist is collaborative, anyone can add to it AFAIK

i was shocked that "VSOP" didn't place in tracks so i'm doubly surprised that the album made it this high

FUCK YEAH K. MICHELLE!!!!!!!

i was just getting nervous for this!!! SO GLAD IT PLACED.

The K Michelle isn't all great and the opera skit is the worst thing I've ever heard but its high points are basically astonishing.

Just FYI to the person who's doing the Spotify playlist (forksclovetofu?) you put the combined Parquet Courts album+EP on the playlist instead of just the album, don't know if you care.

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it was me, i only added the album tracks

but thank u for fixing

This is a wonderful album.

Quite liked this but it was totally overshadowed by the Amel and Fantasia albums for me.

right, now's the time i actually sit down and listen to this factory floor album

the end of today's results are really going to be a roller coaster of emotions for lex

(we have one more coming up before we end today)

is v.s.o.p. the consensus best song off this? it's pretty good.

"Pay My Bills" is pretty dope

very weird that vsop didn't place in the trax, thought it was a top 20 lock tbf

if vampire weekend places low he will be happy
xps

digging K. Michelle so far

"all my life i've been struggling and stressing / that's why i come up in this bitch with aggression" is a line on the first song that really lays out k michelle's deal. a more hot-headed mary j blige taking out her earrings and throwing elbows and cursing everything in sight and singing AS LOUD AS SHE CAN because in half the scenarios she's by herself, either waiting for her lover or pondering life after he's left. it's real and raw

"sometimes" - the SINGING. the way she frames it as a prayer for absolution that she'll never grant herself. "a man who don't give a fuck about me"
in the video for "the right one" she ends up toasting marshmallows on a bonfire of her ex's stuff. "you want ratchet, well i'mma be that"
"pay my bills" - this song made my jaw drop on first listen and tbh still does. pure aggressive carnal desperation. it's all about her pleasure and satisfaction and nothing else is in the picture

I never did get around to checking out this album :/

is v.s.o.p. the consensus best song off this? it's pretty good.

it's a great single and i love it but i wouldn't say it overshadows the rest of the album - mostly because the album lives up to it rather than any slight on it obv