ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

it's obv gonna be daft punk tho

5. MBV
4. Daft Punk
3. Haim
2. Beyonce
1. Cakes da Killa

cakes <3 i voted for that

I feel like Kaputt has a lot more personality than HAIM.

i been thinkin bout diiiiiick

If I could change your mind
I would hit the ground running
It took time to realize
And I never saw it coming
Forgive my lying eyes
Gonna give you all or nothing
If I could change your mind
I could make you mine, make you mine

Vampire Weekend emerging as the big consensus crossover indie act of the post-Arcade Fire era is pretty horrifying but i guess whoever else would be in that spot instead would be pretty horrifying too

Joanna Gruesome surprise number one, I can feel it.

C'MOWN MBV, TOP THREE, YOU CAN DO IT!

I love all five of the albums still to come so will be happy however it goes. Sky would be my first choice as it was my number two.

Bey is not gonna be #1 imo, clearly this list is not cool enough for that to happen

whoever else would be in that spot instead would be pretty horrifying too

Pretty much a coin flip between them and The National imo, except ILM loves one and hates the other.

I feel like Kaputt has a lot more personality than HAIM.

― MarkoP, Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:44 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i guess 'bay of pigs' was kinda good

I still feel that Vampire Weekend turned into the band that everyone who made fun of them over the first two albums claimed they were all along.

― SHAUN (DJP), Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:36 PM (8 minutes ago)

did you even listen to this album? the opposite seems true to me - they've turned into a somewhat regular rock band that just writes great songs

J0rd should reveal the top 5 during the Super Bowl.

Johnny, why do you keep reminding us that National album exists?

http://i.imgur.com/5Uwmakr.jpg

5 SKY FERREIRA Night Time, My Time (1,426 points, 45 votes, 2 first place votes)

Spotify

Pretty much a coin flip between them and The National imo, except ILM loves one and hates the other.

catch 22 between no trace of personality whatsoever vs worst personalities ever :(

i like the national but the new album was pretty unmemorable

I don't see Beyoncé losing this.

Modern Vampires is a fantastic record, was my #1.

These are ridiculous numbers of #1 votes. 7 each for Paramore and the Knife! 8 for VW!

lol irony at lex talking about bad personalities

there were a shitload of voters tho

my sleeper hit of the winter – and every other voter who liked it, I guess

a somewhat regular rock band

Really? Step? Ya Hey? Hannah Hunt? I get they're not for everyone but they're not exactly meat-and-potatoes rock.

Brilliant album all the way through. So happy to see her so high.

Yes, good job voters!

sky <3

amazing winter album as alfred says. i half-expected to cane it for a week then forget about it but no it's still growing on me. her voice has never sounded better

the top 10 had 46 first place votes, the other 67 albums had 40

Brilliant album all the way through. So happy to see her so high.

― Kitchen Person, Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:48 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wouldn't be for the first time in the last 12 months.

I don't see Beyoncé losing this.

― Van Horn Street

Yeah same here. She will get like 20 number votes or something crazy like that.

yeah i did not expect to care about this album at all but i love it. great record.

Wow xxp

What a triumph. Her Pitchfork performance defined "shambles."

my favourite songs on the sky album are either the biggest cathartic strops ("i blame myself", "i will", "nobody asked me (if i was okay)") or the ones with the hardest and fuzziest guitars ("kristine", "omanko")

sigh
time to head back to the hinterland where the hinterlanders live

sky's face on that cover is hilarious

sky's album is basically an emo bubblegum album. it's the catchiest album i heard all year, back to front. and it has "omanko," for god's sake. my #1.

not her face, her facial expression

I'm with VW where I was in 2010 with M.I.A.: fabulous second album, excellent third, ok debut.

Ha, I've felt like it's been diminishing returns with both.

I personally find Sky News more engaging, but each to their own!

my favourite songs on the sky album are either the biggest cathartic strops ("i blame myself", "i will", "nobody asked me (if i was okay)") or the ones with the hardest and fuzziest guitars ("kristine", "omanko")

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:51 PM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark

word. but "you're not the one," "boys" and "24 hours" are also great

great album!

My favorite song is all of them. It keeps changing.

the thing about the sky album is that the "cathartic strops" are indistinguishable in tone from the giddy, peppy tracks like "boys" etc

An album where my favourite song changes every week. It just gets better.

Very low numbers of #1 votes, if compared to other placements in the top 10. Glad to see to see there is consensus around her album, it's well deserved. The sequence of I Will, Love in Stereo and Night Time My Time is one of my favorite moments in music this year!

word. but "you're not the one," "boys" and "24 hours" are also great

and the title track is a very different mood but pretty wonderful late at night!

my favourite songs on the sky album are either the biggest cathartic strops ("i blame myself", "i will", "nobody asked me (if i was okay)") or the ones with the hardest and fuzziest guitars ("kristine", "omanko")

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:51 PM (1 minute ago)

Yeah, this totally. Although I didn't vote for it due to not having listened to all of it for some reason.

oh "heavy metal heart" just came on and i always forget how ROUSING it is

Crazy that Ariel Rechtshaid produced three of the top 10 albums.

you guys really love this Guy Fieri album huh