ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

Oh wow that's lower than I thought.

*interprets numerologiclal meaning of 24 coming after 21*

where's run the jewels?! gotta be coming up right?

I'm just jumping around the Spotify playlist and my 2 favorites today are DJ Koze and DJ Rashad.

Glad I could help bump the Tim Hecker album up a notch or 2. xp and BOC!

*interprets numerologiclal meaning of 24 coming after 21*

― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 8:03 PM (41 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah... spoooky!

Boards of Canada slipped off the end of my ballot, which I instantly regretted when I replayed "Reach for the Dead" but honestly I felt stronger about the albums I voted for

Yeah, Boards of Canada is good. Maybe a few more plays would have put it on my ballot, but it hadn't quite clicked with me as much as my other choices.

you skipped sixty-ten also

The BoC album is good. It's very much a mood piece and I'm going to be looking forward to taking long long walks once the weather improves just a little bit before I get back into it again. Love the concept, the general post-apocalyptic 'Threads'-y vibe although I couldn't tell you which tracks are the best. It's just there. And like all good BoC albums, it's the kind of thing, like a bolognese or a chili, that is best appreciated after it's been left alone for a while and reheated... errr...

i voted Floorplan just above BoC, so there's still hope.

bought the BOC record and did try to love it but god it was a struggle to get through, everthing on it is a dismal trudge to nowhere

ok this is strange, Simon. The Mavericks album is 10 times more slick than Clark's; the latter is closer to Americana stuff.

Oh it's definitely at least as slick, but the diversity of the songwriting and arrangements makes it more interesting to me.

♫we're on a dismal trudge to nowhere♫

ha, BOC isn't the BOC I was thinking it was

Agree with NickB, New Seeds was the stunning pre-leaked track that turned out to be comfortably the best thing on there

bought the BOC record and did try to love it but god it was a struggle to get through, everthing on it is a dismal trudge to nowhere

― keiji cretins (NickB), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 8:09 PM (36 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously, leave it alone for a bit and come back to it every so often. There's something subliminal about this band, I've found, where you don't notice some of the key details the first few times round. I always get a 'hang on, that sound/melody wasn't there last time I played the album' thing.

Still to come (I guess): DP, Beyonce, Kanye, Haim, Disclosure, The Knife, MBV & Vampire Weekend. Any surprises?

hoping for my #1 but realistically there's almost zero chance of it showing.

Still to come (I guess): DP, Beyonce, Kanye, Haim, Disclosure, The Knife, MBV & Vampire Weekend. Any surprises?

paramore, chance the rapper and sky ferreira dead certs too. omar souleyman, janelle monáe and charli xcx as well, of traxpoll artists?

i voted for floorplan but never really expected it to place. have lost hope in creep. no idea about the popularity of the 2 chainz and a$ap ferg albums. surprised om'mas keith hasn't shown up...

have a horrible feeling dawn richard may have missed the 77 :///

i do feel i owe it a dutiful revisit, much the same way as i feel about skegness xps

surprises? the Melt Yourself Down album, perhaps?

Of the stuff I voted for, there are only two albums left that have a realistic possibility of placing and even one of those I'm not too sure about. My #1 definitely didn't make it.

I can think of a surprise I'd like to see but I'd be surprised to see it.

Xp Totally forgot about Paramore. Shoe in.

National yet to come or did it get 78'd??

also kasey musgraves surely to come

i've warmed to The 1975 a bit after getting used to that ridiculous voice, they have some jams

#TeamPuritan gonna rock u

yeah kacey for sure. probably m.i.a. as well. that's 13 "dead certs" that i count then

xxp
I tried listening for a while the other night and turned it off due to the guy's voice. I'll give it another shot, but yeesh.

does that mean that run the jewels has no chance? that album was so good!! and fun!

M.I.A., presumably?

oh yeah i would count run the jewels as the 14th dead cert

re. Floorplan, I still think there's a good chance it'll place...

Obligatory link to Brad's excellent piece on The 1975 (& Haim): http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147286-memory-as-sound--haim-the-1975-and-the-electricity-of-influence

Daft Punk

BoC's higher than I thought. I liked it and I think I had it near the bottom of my ballot but it didn't seem to wow people, either here or elsewhere.

Only read Brad's piece the other day - so good.

I'm guessing Vakula and Almunia are outside the 77 anyway.

The ones I voted for that have a chance are These New Puritans (seems pretty likely) and Earl Sweatshirt (seems a lot less likely now).

I was sure My Dick would place, but not so sure about it making the top 20? Hope so, but...

Would have been surprised by Speedy Ortiz, Lady Gaga and maybe Pharmakon missing out entirely but can't see any placing now.

MBV hasn't placed yet, right?

my 1 and 2 were nils frahm and almunia :[

Oh so somebody else voted for Vakula, probably makes 2 of us then ;)

Some great albums on the list today.

Amel Larrieux - Okay I didn't know of this album until going through the nominations playlist. Wish I'd heard it before voting because it's incredible. Great production and beautiful songs. Definitely my biggest discovery from these polls. I'm really grateful to everyone who voted for it as it's discoveries like this that make me love this place.

Classixx - This album has just been so much fun every time I go back to it. So happy it placed as it's been ignored everywhere else.

Tegan & Sara - This is a great album that just missed by list. Really hope they continue in this pop direction.

Holden - Had this right at the bottom of my list. It is daunting how long it is but it is a great album. Agree with Lex that it's a great headphones record. Think I'll go back to it a lot.

Boards of Canada - Just missed my list. Really good album but the thing is, I only like it a little bit more than The Campfire Headphase. There really isn't that much difference in quality to me at all which made it surprising when everyone was calling it a return to form.

no iron + wine which is kinda surprising. i loved that album. think it was my #3 overall

didn't vote for it, but OPN always makes the list right?

I'd be amazed if Earl and Run the Jewels missed out. Gaga not so much.

MBV definitely coming.

And yeah I loved that Iron and Wine record too!

the campfire headphase >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tomorrow's harvest

^^^unpopular opinionz4u