ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

lex posted all the worst songs on the miley album. absolute classic tho

― k3vin k., Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:23 PM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark

hahaha

awful album

i don't think "drive" or "sms" are the best ones, "4x4" is a pretty exact distillation of its appeal either good or bad though

Loved We Can't Stop, 4X4, Rooting for My Baby and especially FU but it always felt better than expected rather than a genuine standout album.

I am relatively certain the Miley album is not for me considering that abou 15 seconds of "SMS (Bangerz)" made me tear off my headphones and want to curse out everyone in my immediate vicinity for being alive in this terrible world

I kind of got interested in hearing Bangerz because people were saying it did actually have great pop bangers, but then I realised all those people were also saying that 'We Can't Stop' was good. And as far as my ears can tell, it's actually very very horrible. Admission: I'm pretty sure I've never heard even a bit of 'Wrecking Ball'.

"Wrecking Ball" is a decent song, certainly the best thing I heard by her all last year.

lex posted all the worst songs on the miley album. absolute classic tho

i know a lot of people who rep for this album and NO ONE agrees on which the best/worst tracks are. sure sign of a classic as ever

TRU

Still my favourite song on Bangerz is FU, a magnificent and bizarre dubstep torch song

No opinion on Bangerz but am enjoying the concept that the lyric "drivin' so fast 'bout to piss on myself" is a selling point.

didn't realize "adore you" had been made a single -- that was my favorite deep cut. really dig the future track too but i like just about anything with future on it

lex posted all the worst songs on the miley album. absolute classic tho

i know a lot of people who rep for this album and NO ONE agrees on which the best/worst tracks are. sure sign of a classic as ever

― lex pretend, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:25 PM (1 minute ago)

haha yes

"Wrecking Ball" is a decent song, certainly the best thing I heard by her all last year.

― SHAUN (DJP)

The verse is quite good, the chorus is deeply generic.

just realised i've never had Laura Marling and Ellie Goulding straight in my head

the Future "stand by me" shit is embarrassing

The verse is quite good, the chorus is deeply generic.

hence "decent"

the Future "stand by me" shit is embarrassing

tbh I've yet to hear anything by Future that I didn't think was embarrassing

i thought bangerz was okay. hard to understand the enthusiasm for it tho. more media controversy than catchy tracks imho. hot wrecking ball vid tho.

the whole Miley 2013 enterprise is so deliberately trolling that it's one of the few records where when people praise it i just assume they're trolling too

before i post the next album here are my "bangerz" rankings

adore you
we can't stop
#GETITRIGHT (would be #1 except for the bridge)
4x4
my darlin
on my own
wrecking ball
love money party
rooting for my baby
maybe you're right
FU
sms (bangerz)
do my thang
someone else
hands in the air

Re:RP Boo, I felt like it went the absolute opposite way to Rashad. It's totally unhinged, illogical,everything footwork should be. But I want a bit of a mixture. Felt like the Rashad Teklife Vol1 record from 2012 found the best balance.

In other news I'm finally listening to Sky Ferreira and it reminds me of that EMA record from a while ago, but a bit poppier.

No opinion on Bangerz but am enjoying the concept that the lyric "drivin' so fast 'bout to piss on myself" is a selling point.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:25 PM (1 minute ago)

Hahaha, okay, I missed that in lex's post but that's hilarious.

"my darlin" is amazing... the american songboook by way of gucci mane. I APPROVE.

FU and 4x4 made me harsher on the generic blah elsewhere, like, oh, the whole record could have been weird and OTT. But considering how misjudged and/or boring Katy Perry, Britney and Gaga were, a big pop album that delivers both satisfying curveballs and monster hits isn't to be sniffed at.

one of the sure signs of a great album is no one is sure what the worst tracks are

Miley makes me miss Fergie

Who actually did piss herself. Circle closed.

bangerz rankingz:

4x4
rooting for my baby
drive
sms (bangerz)
fu
my darlin'
love money party
adore you
do my thang
we can't stop
wrecking ball
maybe you're right
#GETITRIGHT
someone else
on my own
hands in the air

was pleasantly surprised that fake-ass Pop Masterpiece "Wrecking Ball" missed the top 77 trax entirely, but i guess this was bound to place

http://i.imgur.com/3BOL6HL.jpg

33 DARKSIDE Pyschic (467 points, 16 votes)

Spotify

Ugh

xp She appeared to be (a) sure of herself and (b) enjoying herself, which seem like basic requirements but often aren't met.

Miley makes me miss Fergie

― some dude, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:30 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Who actually did piss herself. Circle closed.

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:30 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark

hahahahaha

fergie album is gonna bang tho, some dude otm

was pleasantly surprised that fake-ass Pop Masterpiece "Wrecking Ball" missed the top 77 trax entirely, but i guess this was bound to place

― some dude, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:31 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark

i'm not sure anyone actually thinks "wrecking ball" is a pop masterpiece except tom b

and yes a big part of bangerz' appeal IS how obnoxious she is, just like fergie, who i also loved, and how that obnoxiousness contains multitudes of curveballs and actual genuine emotion, like the obnoxiousness serves as a hall of mirrors

the Darkside record is completely jaw-dropping to me, would probably be my #1 if i re-voted today

Had no idea Miley Cyrus released anything in 2013.

Dude even the Japanese soldier who didn't realise the Second World War had ended until 1974 knew about the Miley album.

― Matt DC

Oh this was supposed to be a joke. You know how some people are all like "I didn't know Cut Copy had an album last year" Obviously Miley was impossible to miss last year.

in that case lex, you might want to check out some old Insane Clown Posse albums

My internal Spacemen 3 fan gets so confused every time that "Darkside" album gets talked about. :-/

Solid album! Possibly too high, but ILM <3 Jaar I guess.

psychic is a very strong album that i'm not sure why i didn't vote for. didn't see anything jarring about either the guitar or the vox, as some others did - felt like jaar folded them as well into his self-contained world as he's used everything else he's worked with

It's amazing how defined and specific yet still inclusive Jaar's soundworld is.

just started listening - so i take it it doesn't sound like Oval all the way thru then?

the thing that happens a minute or two into 'Metatron' is one of my favorite musical moments of the year

okay DJ Rashad starts very, very strongly

i'm not sure anyone actually thinks "wrecking ball" is a pop masterpiece except tom b

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:32 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah it was the 'perfect pop song' of the year for a lotta basics, placed at #15 on Pazz & Jop

lex you SHOULD check out some old insane clown posse albums

again, for our entertainment

nah it was the 'perfect pop song' of the year for a lotta basics, placed at #15 on Pazz & Jop

― some dude, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:37 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark

yeah well "new york state of mind" once won that poll so

liked the darkside album, felt very pitched specifically to me, had no problem w/ the guitar or vocals. at the same time regard it as a fairly minor album and am a little dismayed at the possibility (hell likelihood at this point) that is jaar's big focus now. like if elway had actually decided to go play baseball.

there should be a Lex ICP Theatre show where Lex just watches the show where the Insane Clown Posse watches music videos xp

Oh this was supposed to be a joke

Haha I did wonder.