ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

"Blood On The Leaves" is definitely a gigantic turd that weighs down the album but i'm still more of a fan of it than not

"guilt trip" is just this woozy nowhere

the first four songs are incredible and I love them, and then "Hold My Liquor" and "Blood on the Leaves" generated so much ill will in me that I have zero desire to give anything else on the album a chance

― SHAUN (DJP), Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:47 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

you should listen to "send it up" tho it's as good as the first four tracks in that style

Guilt Trip sounds like 808s and Heartbreak which is the worst Kanye album.

it was hilarious when kanye first played the album for people in nyc and twitter exploded right during "blood on the leaves" but half of it was "WHOA KANYE SAMPLES TNGHT" and the other half was "KANYE SAMPLES C-MURDER"

"Blood On The Leaves" is definitely a gigantic turd that weighs down the album but i'm still more of a fan of it than not

― some dude, Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's way better if you imagine that he's singing about the movie Alien

for real: i was in a coffeeshop the other morning and their whatever mix was on and nina simone's 'strange fruit' started and one of the baristas (this skater looking dude i always avoid having take my order) went 'kanye west? i don't think so' and then he put on a vampire weekend album. america.

it was hilarious when kanye first played the album for people in nyc and twitter exploded right during "blood on the leaves" but half of it was "WHOA KANYE SAMPLES TNGHT" and the other half was "KANYE SAMPLES C-MURDER"

neither of these things are the most "wtf just happened here" aspect of that song!

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9 KACEY MUSGRAVES Same Trailer Different Park (1,124 points, 32 votes, 1 first place vote)

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for real: i was in a coffeeshop the other morning and their whatever mix was on and nina simone's 'strange fruit' started and one of the baristas (this skater looking dude i always avoid having take my order) went 'kanye west? i don't think so' and then he put on a vampire weekend album. america.

nuke America

^^ seriously. my god

that's an amazing story on a number of levels

STDP would have made my top 10 if I didn't just discovered it, it's the album I've been playing the most in the past week.

i get why people like this record but it still feels a bit too polite to me even so

favorite closer of the year is "it is what it is," totally devastating

great album. revelation for me.

incredible record. she's a great live performer too. the number one artist i loved in 2013 that i was able to convert people to, everyone from my bf to other british critics. "keep it to yourself" is my favourite, she sings it gently but it's so ice cold and unflinching.

the kacey/brandy/ashley axis in this poll was one of the most important ~stories~ in music in 2013 for sure

and for the third time on this poll: praise ye, shane mcanally.

i have a celebrity crush on musgraves

is there a track of hers we should listen to to get a sense?

my #2 overall

"merry go round" "dandelion" "blowin smoke" "follow your arrow"

kacey/brandy/ashley/miranda/shane/etc is a better nashville muzikmafia than the last nashville muzikmafia.

(xp) and, as mentioned above, "it is what it is."

is there a track of hers we should listen to to get a sense?

"merry go round" was her breakthrough single for a reason, "blowin' smoke" for something more uptempo, "keep it to yourself" or "it is what it is" for the emotional gutpunch country realness

My second favorite of the Miranda Lambert Crew, and, yeah, "It Is What It Is" is devastating.

"keep it to yourself" is my jam from musgraves.

was never a fan of "Follow Your Arrow" or "Blowin' Smoke." It took "Stupid" and "Step Off" to do it.

kacey/brandy/ashley/miranda/shane/etc is a better nashville muzikmafia than the last nashville muzikmafia.

i'm so excited about what all these people will do post-breakthrough, they're so ridiculously talented

shane is a really interesting guy to talk to

Who would be included in the last Nashville music mafia?

i'm so excited about what all these people will do post-breakthrough, they're so ridiculously talented

discover king crimson and start making technical country prog

I am trying to give Yeezus another chance and "Hold My Liquor" is making me retroactively dislike "Block Rockin' Beats"

i was disappointed miranda's own "mama's broken heart" (co-written by kacey and brandy...and shane iirc?) didn't make the trax poll but i loved the contrast between her campy OTT interpretation and kacey's original sullen version

praise ye, shane mcanally

Would it be safe to assume he is Mac McAnally's son?

am i the only person who thinks "Back On The Map" is one of Kacey's hardest hitting cuts?

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8 PARAMORE Paramore (1,253 points, 36 votes, 7 first place votes)

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TOO LOW

last nashville muzikmafia, for which the name was coined, was big & rich, gretchen wilson, james otto and a few others. the great hopes of country music 2004.

this was my #1 and yeah too low

whoa had this as lock for top 3

No! Back On The Map is one of my favorites.

too low

Whatever wins is gonna have 15000 points, right?

way too low

this album saved my life

also ship "back on the map" is my favorite kacey song

*grows tragically hopeful of MBV heroics*

... seven first place votes

man, people really miss Roxette

whoa from the enthusiasm and high placement of both singles (both of which i now FUCKING LOVE at last) this is really low for this album!

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Ah I would tend to agree. My opinion on country music isn't worth much, but I do like this current bunch more than lots of other country.

Roxette? foh