ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

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

"24 Hours" is still the only track on the album I've never warmed to. It just seems...lesser.

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

Yeah, all of the songs on the record have been my favorite at one point, except probably "Omanko." I begrudge Sky for not acknowledging Japanese Santa.

came around to the sky record after hating it bc as i mentioned upthread 1. winter 2. the guitar tone on "heavy metal heart," shit is like ten ton static

Also, it's obvious now but Doris RIP. I really expected this one to place.

I'm trying "Omanko" and it isn't making any better an impression than either of the songs from the other poll, although I dislike it in an entirely different way!

One of the few times a performer turns horrifying abuse at the hands of the industry into an album with not an inch of self-pity.

I interviewed both Sky and Ariel recently and it took great effort not to keep saying "I fucking love your record" like a fanboy.

This poll could now go two different ways:

1. mbv will place and I'll be happy.

2. mbv won't place at #4 and I'll be even happier.

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

― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:55 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

grammy nominated, hotel accommodated

this sky album is okay but pretty generic imho. i maybe would've thrown it a vote near the bottom of my ballot if i had heard it before poll date

One of the few times a performer turns horrifying abuse at the hands of the industry into an album with not an inch of self-pity.

i wouldn't say it's free of self-pity at all! i mean it's not its detriment and she's more angry than whiny but...

I don't hear it, to be honest; it must be those multitracked guitars

it's the Courtney Love record I've wanted for years

amazed at how much the sky ferreira album grew on me after i initially thought it was a disappointment after 'everything is embarrassing'. OPN and paramore grew on me a ton, too. i wish i had voted for paramore instead of haim, but i wanted to give credit to all the singles that i loved leading up to the LP and my gf loves it and their haters are depressing and i wanted them to suffer.

you guys really love this Guy Fieri album huh

― some dude, Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:55 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

http://i.imgur.com/b7NbFd5.jpg

4 BEYONCÉ Beyoncé (1,450 points, 39 votes, 9 first place votes)

damn

thought so

only mbv can save us now

oh nooooooo

TOO LOW