ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

haaaaa

i like quadron album a decent amount. in the thread i called it "lobby music" which is true but also a compliment.

Wish it placed higher though.

I spent a day caning the "Hey Love" video over the weekend - would check out the rest of the album but it's not on Spotify here.

I do think the Laurel Halo record requires total immersion to fully appreciate

quadron, love!

hahaha, such good timing :D

really do love ilm for placing quadron above rhye in both polls. my fourth vote to show - the rest of the album is a lot more relaxed than "hey love" but it's such a lovely stretching-out summer mood

lex does it again

well, this is pretty much a response to the reverse, which was the unsaid subtext all throughout 2013 of rhye getting vastly more press attention and critical love

― lex pretend, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:29 AM Bookmark

The inverse, too, although I haven't really been following said press.

The whole "Oh no! Quadron good! Rhye bad!" thing just seems silly to me.

otm

well, this is pretty much a response to the reverse, which was the unsaid subtext all throughout 2013 of rhye getting vastly more press attention and critical love

thing is... u don't have to counter every dumb dichotomy with its equal dumb converse

I really view the two albums as more complimentary than anything. Woman as the winter to Avalanche's summer.

"better off" has a better groove than anything on the rhye record IMO

Avalanche is more of a winter album album for me, really "revealed itself" to me in November/December.

Better than the Curtis Mayfield jack on "Last Dance"? Get out. xp

superior quadron album cuts (hard really to isolate any beyond "hey love" though)

lft
favorite star
neverland

Late to the game but that Waxahatchee album is great! I just saw them again on Sunday night and they were excellent live.

Am I the only one who liked "LFT" and "Favorite Star" wayyyyyyyyyy more than "Hey Love"?

Nope.

Favorite non-single album cut is "Befriend". Coco's vocals on that...

Yeah I'm happy to see this place so high. It's not even just about Rhye beating it on the other lists it's the fact I didn't see it place on a single list. It is such a great album that should have got way more attention.

The Quadron album has been deleted in the UK, pending a reissue in March. If it had still been available on Spotify, I'd most likely have voted for it, as my memories are good ones.

Crush is my favourite song these days just ahead of It's Gonna Get You which always reminds me of Syreeta. There really isn't a bad song though.

The Quadron album has been deleted in the UK, pending a reissue in March. If it had still been available on Spotify, I'd most likely have voted for it, as my memories are good ones.

― mike t-diva

Just saw that on Amazon. It now has a release date of March 24th. Doesn't seem to have any bonus tracks or anything? Wonder if they'll put out Hey Love again and it might actually be a hit this time. Just noticed the first album is out of print now.

Love "Sea Salt" also, some of the vocal runs on that are incredible

i think this is my favourite quadron thing tbqh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IYwClBX8bM

http://i.imgur.com/SyMvJL2.jpg

45 ARCADE FIRE Reflektor (383 points, 15 votes)

Spotify

ugh

hideous record

zero opinion tbh

f'sake ilm!

Actually thought this might miss the list. Honestly didn't think that many people rated it.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe764be9a1b8243156605349b8b02a02/tumblr_mvo6d580Ko1qdmmiqo1_400.gif

I still kind of want to check this out on account of liking the title track and "Here Comes the Night Time" but ugh fuck Win Butler.

^^^ should be on the sticker

it would have been amazing if this missed the list

yeah i don't really like this record at all and furthermore don't even understand the appeal of it

Your man on the cover is shaking his damn head at whoever voted for this.

Listened to this one once and that was it. There were a handful of interesting moments but mostly pompous twatting, not just the drumming either.

OH FOR FUCKS SAKE.

Arctic Monkeys!? Arcade Fire!?

*Fonzie-jumping-over-shark.gif*

Beyonce shudda released 77 albums in 2013

in terms of pompousness of drumming, Deafheaven ain't got nothing on AF

dollar bin fodder

when i talked about pompous drumming it was precisely arcade fire i was thinking of as the ne plus ultra of pompous drumming

so much unwarranted hollow bluster about this band

I like pomposity in music. I don't like Arcade Fire.

Can't believe how poor this band have become. I loved Funeral when it came out but they've gotten so much worse with each album.

Arctic Monkeys!? Arcade Fire!?

*Fonzie-jumping-over-shark.gif*

― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican)

I'm seeing The National popping up next.

arcade fire bringing ilm together <3

Of the new albums I purchased this year, the only three to place so far in this poll are three I didn't vote for-- Neko, Savages and Arcade Fire. Lonely, indeed.

well i guess we can move on

I liked their first album, kinda liked the second. but my favorite AF song (wake up) is also the 21st century version of hey jude and i'm starting to get sick of it in the same way just thinking abt it.