ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2013

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

courtney love comparison otm.

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

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:58 PM

OK, I will give this record another try (when I have decent internet again).

x-post TOO LOW

Should've won, but I understand why it didn't (timing!).

if this album was on Spotify or Youtube, is all I will say

i don't like any of the albums coming up more than it personally but i do think this record is more flawed than people are admitting

HA! YES! YES! HAHAHAHA! YES!

So overjoyed to not see this at #1! Thank christ!

"night time, my time" -- guy fieri

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

And this possibly means that My Bloody Valentine are going to be Top 3, which is even sweeter.

if this album was on Spotify or Youtube, is all I will say

― in fact, do read if you hate me (imago), Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:00 PM (9 seconds ago)

also came out late in the year

Now I'm just praying it isn't Daft Punk.

i don't like any of the albums coming up more than it personally but i do think this record is more flawed than people are admitting

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:00 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah. usually reading an ilx thread before listening to an ample tempers my enthusiasm but in this case it got my expectations way too high.

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if this album was on Spotify or Youtube, is all I will say

yeah this is why i never thought it was a shoe-in. those who were already interested in bey loved it vocally and correctly garlanded it as AOTY but no one else actually heard the thing!

I adore this flawed, overlong record.

Oh please, RAM is going to win this isn't it?

Holy shit. Cannot believe this isn't number one.

twas my own #1

Really need to give the Sky Ferreira album another spin or two. As a big fan of "One" in 2010, I've been Team Sky for a while. And the songs she performed at Pitchfork made me excited for her long-awaited debut, even though all the emoting she did throughout the set seemed amateurish. But the release of the album seemed sort of anticlimactic -- although "You're Not the One" hooked me immediately, the rest was underwhelming. I suspect maybe it's an album of slow burners.

ok, my allegiance is now #TeamHaim

yeah