ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

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

autechre perhaps?

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

^^^unpopular opinionz4u

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

― lex pretend

No way. I know some people were disappointed with this but it'll make it.

Would love it if Autechre placed. It's one of their best ever albums and they're a cherished ILM staple but they never make EOY iirc.

Campfire Headphase blows goats.

I never could take Autechre seriously.

If These New Puritans don't place I'll probably quit ilx

^this but they will

no iron + wine which is kinda surprising.

― Mordy , Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

mordy

Huh, when someone said DP would place, I thought Dirty Projectors rather than Daft Punk. I read way too much pitchfork...

People (including me maybe) have weird expectations of what will place.

I love that autechre album and voted for it, but there's just no way it places in the top 20

xxxxxp

just tbc I know there's no way in hell that I&W record places, I'd be surprised if it even made the top 150.

j0rdan

It was in no way the best Iron and Wine album. Bit too saccharine for me.

I thought for sure Dustin Wong would place! Clearly my perception is flawed.

you guys are really going to make me listen to the 1975, huh

kinda shocked Depeche Mode is missing the countdown

oh wait, no I'm not because only Ned and I still care about them and Ned doesn't vote

The 1975 was my big surprise crush of the year. Couldn't and still can't get enough of it.

Do it CAD!

will do tomorrow prob

Bowie is a definite i think

yeah I guess loads of rock critics post to ilx

;)

Could we get a rundown of today's results please?

re: the Holden album (my #2), here's a nice interview with him: http://www.attackmagazine.com/features/interview/james-holden/

After the hardcore hardware talk, I loved the bit about "Blackpool Late Eighties"

You don’t seem the type to make a big club banger on the plane on the way to a gig.

Definitely not. I’m not sure I believe all those stories. I did write ‘Blackpool Late Eighties’ in a hotel. I was flying back from the States and it snowed here so we got re-routed to Amsterdam and I was gutted because I don’t really like being away and I was really homesick. I went into Amsterdam and bought a big bag of weed, downloaded some free soft synths and made that track in the hotel room, off my tits. I tried to remake it using real instruments and it just never really worked, so the synth parts in that are from some free string synth I found.

David Bowie
These New Puritans
Daft Punk
Vampire Weekend
Sky Ferreira
M.I.A.
Paramore
My Bloody Valentine
Run the Jewels
Chance the Rapper
Earl Sweatshirt
Haim
Kanye West
Beyoncé
Kacey Musgraves

That's 15 I feel are likely, and maaaaaaybe My Dick, but perhaps I've overestimated a fun thread turning into votes.

I'm willing to bet Bowie won't place.

are you saying My Dick mightn't be as big as you thought?

the knife is a definite

kurt vile?
queens of the yawn age?

really like the Boards of Canada album. it reminds me of the quiet serenity of a nuclear missle silo out in the desert right before the button gets pushed.

Oh yeah, The Knife for sure. Maybe instead of Bowie (an album I don't personally like much, but people who do seem to REALLY like).

I dont think Earl is making it?

Blondes?

are you saying My Dick mightn't be as big as you thought?

I'd hate to think that My Dick is just a small fry.

QotSA more likely than Bowie.

I actually will be very surprised if M.I.A. places

The 1975 album is frontloaded w/singles if you're listening on Spotify &c, but deeper into the tracklisting:

° Robbers is p.lush in a Blue Nile way.
° For the Amel Larrieux fans, Menswear is the album's "Trapped Being Human".
° Girls is fantastic Scritti Politti-meets-Fall Out Boy froth.

yeah the 1975 thread was a blast in that there are like 75-100 otm touchpoint comparisons in there. Also fun to read as familiar users trickled in with their thoughts. some predictable and some not.

did janelle place already?