ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

this was the first AM album I ever listened to. idk they sound like a snappier version of QOTSA?

Voted for both Arctic Monkeys and K Michelle <3

cad otm

i know a lot of people, who I generally consider to have good taste, that previously disliked this band yet love this album.

i also enjoyed what shipz wrote about k michelle on his EOY list:

19. K. Michelle - Rebellious Soul
If Keyshia Cole amped up the Mary J. Blige formula with more working class grit and indulgent vocal gymnastics, K. Michelle throws the whole thing off its axis by going to further extremes on both counts. The result is borderline camp, to the point that song titles like "Pay My Bills" and "Hate On Her" and "Coochie Symphony (Interlude)" helped make K. Michelle as much a Black Twitter meme as she is a popular R&B artist. But the vocals, production and songwriting on Rebellious Soul were all high quality enough to make the album function on its own terms as an album worth repeat plays, K. Michelle establishing herself as a female protege of R. Kelly that can actually keep up with him in terms of outrageousness and personality.

Jordan otm

I wish the Arctic Monkeys album wasn't so dull, their music really benefits from a bit more excitement than what they've been able to muster on recent releases.

prefer Favorite Worst Nightmare to the first, whose mix bothered the fuck out of me. The third album is a legit nightmare, the fourth okay.

shipz otm too

one big difference I hear between Keyshia Cole and K. Michelle is that half of Keyshia's recordings are out of tune

we shd hang out & have an AM listening sesh/h8-off. bet I can h8 it more than u (this is obv a priori; who knows, it cd be a masterpiece)

i think everyone gets to reserve a few artists that they point blank refuse to allow near their ears and arctic monkeys are one of mine. nope nope nope nope nope they utterly repel me on every level

also "I Don't Like Me" is incredible

to repel you even more, I could post a photo of what Alex Turner's hair looks like from behind.

is this list normally this guitar oriented?

i previously disliked arctic monkeys and i don't completely love this record but i do like it esp the first track (which i think is currently the single?)

i think everyone gets to reserve a few artists that they point blank refuse to allow near their ears and arctic monkeys are one of mine. nope nope nope nope nope they utterly repel me on every level

― lex pretend, Monday, January 27, 2014 4:18 PM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark

but lex it was billed as their R&B record, you should really listen to it! it will be hilarious

"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High" has a nice cadence.

also: happy DJP's liking K Michelle!

K. Michelle album so far is evoking Elle Varner for me more than anyone else

this is obv a good thing

also "I Don't Like Me" is incredible

one of those songs which really stopped me in my tracks - she lays it all out in the most baldly uncompromising terms, from the statement of fact in the title to her enunciation. i say k michelle is confrontational and that seems to apply to her relationship with herself as well as, it seems, everyone else in the world

I liked "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" but have never otherwise cared about them.

Everything I've read about this album suggests it's basically the Arctic Monkeys doing QOTSA and I have minimal interest in that because they're clearly not going to be doing the good QOTSA with heavy riffs and screaming.

more sticky, less sweet than Varner. but i can see that

already liking this a lot more than the tracks list

i think everyone gets to reserve a few artists that they point blank refuse to allow near their ears and arctic monkeys are one of mine. nope nope nope nope nope they utterly repel me on every level

― lex pretend, Monday, January 27, 2014 4:18 PM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark

but lex it was billed as their R&B record, you should really listen to it! it will be hilarious

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, January 27, 2014 9:20 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

j0rdan is the idea of these fuckheads doing r&b meant to do anything other than make me run away screaming EVEN FASTER?

screaming for someone to help me bring them down obv. maybe k michelle can help

i can see the appeal of k michelle...i think a whole album of hers would be maybe a little more emoting than i'm ready for.

lex gonna tell AM to fuck off like you're gonna pay bills

BTW - as I've been idly posting on my vanity thread, I'm listening to the Fall Out Boy album - just finishing it now, in fact - and guess what - it's really fucking good. Surprised myself, really. So yeah, well done everyone involved

it's weird to me that people keep bringing QOTSA up but i thought this was the album where they kinda went away from that. i mean, the third album was literally produced by josh homme! or at least partly.

the r&b thing is why i didn't listen to this for like 6 months but nah it's a good record. that whole aspect of it was so oversold (i even remember reading aaliyah's name) and really it just rips all the masculine QOTSA stuff that they had been doing out and emphasizes that they can have a nice, light touch when they want (their ballads are frequently good regardless of the album)

at least that's how i see it but maybe i haven't been paying enough attention to them

j0rdan is the idea of these fuckheads doing r&b meant to do anything other than make me run away screaming EVEN FASTER?

well i mean i was just trying to goad you into listening to it for my own entertainment

imago liking FOB and Paramore in the same week, life is good.

yeah the third album went out of its way to be dark and riff-heavy and ended up gnarled, tuneless, and shameful

i can see the appeal of k michelle...i think a whole album of hers would be maybe a little more emoting than i'm ready for.

there are many more shades of emotion on the album than "V.S.O.P." or the current discourse would lead you to believe; it's definitely not full-on 1000% bombast 24/7

did you ever listen to k michelle, j0rdan?

Yeah I Dont Like Me is a counterpoint to the bombast, although still emo
http://youtu.be/8nBfw0avW6E

(it's kind of funny that I wrote that last post and then got to "Pay My Bills")

and Sometimes is still a monster vocal performance but the production is more rooted in classic soul
http://youtu.be/FqI9COH-AYo

first time I listened to Pay My Bills I just kinda sat there like O__0 for a few minutes

yeah that's basically what's happening over here

well, she just goes for it on that one, doesn't she?

you haven't reached the coochie symphony yet have you

(and DJP definitely correct to pull back on the cartoonish aspects of k michelle)

coochie symphony

there's an album concept right there

I have not gotten to the coochie symphony, no

I was half-considering skipping ahead to Arctic Monkeys and then coming back but now there's no way that's happening

did you ever listen to k michelle, j0rdan?

― lex pretend, Monday, January 27, 2014 4:25 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

of course. it's a good album.

O_O

lol
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fyi k michelle's 2010 mixtape what's the 901? is where i discovered her and it's very well worth hearing - "where they do that at" is such a perfectly-formed artistic statement that i can't believe it'll never get an official push now, and "hit 'em in the mouth" is the kind of fighting track (in response to domestic abuse) that she largely eschews on this album. "i'm no jazmine sullivan, bustin all your windows out / i'm from memphis, tennessee: i'mma bust you in your mouth"

first song to put a big dumb smile on my face today

O_O

― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, January 27, 2014 9:33 PM (54 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you got to the coochie symphony then

I mean

I wish she (and ESPECIALLY THE DUDE) would commit more to the vocal technique but aside from that: O_O O_O ^_^

God this Factory Floor album sounds like it's being played through a mobile phone in a pint glass. I see how some people might like this kind of thing but it's missing those frequencies I need most from music like this.