ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

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.

I'm pleased to see Young Galaxy placed, though... even though I didn't vote for it, I enjoyed that album a hell of a lot.

so who voted for it?

I liked their first album at the time too but that might've been just because I was in my mid-teens. I haven't listened to it in years and if I did now I'd probably view it disdainfully.

got some ilx on ilx crime coming up here

James Murphy's involvement in this makes me sad. The dude's killer taste was always an eye opener for me, got me into disco and funk and such. The fact that he teamed up with such serious bores is just ugh.

lol no one is gonna pop their heads up for this one

The other memory I have attached to Reflektor is that bizarre zoladz review on pitchfork where she talked about "closing all extraneous tabs and just listening" or whatever as though hearing music without doing something else at the same time was a revolutionary act.

Funeral was great but everything else shite

http://i.imgur.com/gNQUQ9M.jpg

44 MATMOS The Marriage of True Minds (386 points, 13 votes)

Spotify

ohh nice!

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Neon Bible > Funeral >>>>> Suburbs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reflektor

James Murphy's involvement in this makes me sad. The dude's killer taste was always an eye opener for me, got me into disco and funk and such. The fact that he teamed up with such serious bores is just ugh. feel more righteous about disliking this record. Also the large outdoor posters for it were annoying in terms of text placement.

Absolutely goddamned incredible record, my number 6 I think. Just such an endlessly-mutating, consistently surprising thrillride with an amazing creative conceit and lithe-minded execution, stunning stuff

I didn't hear this in time to vote but it's excellent

imago, you voted for Arcade Fire, after all?

lol

Waiting for Drew's acceptance speech.

Neon Bible > Funeral >>>>> Suburbs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reflektor

Yeah this looks about right. lol that their most humble/least obnoxiously grandstanding album is the one with the full-size church organ on it.

almost voted for matmos- great album

Sweet. This was a late addition to my ballot but tbf I would have voted for it based on the concept alone.