ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

Like it sounds like with glossier production it could be on Innervisions or something.

dont like Anaconda but its bearable, and better than the first one that plae

Tchelete is the best one so far, would prefer without the vocals

apart from "oliver twist" i don't recall any of the big afropop songs of recent years placing?

does Omar Souleyman count?

does Omar Souleyman count?

syria is not africa!!!

lol

I think I heard lapaz toyota thru ilx eoy

really quite surprised saer prefers "anaconda" to "lookin' ass"

lex otm

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

67 RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN "Do It Again" [229 points, 10 votes]
http://youtu.be/btBSxtKzF6Q

"lapaz toyota" placed a couple of years back as well!

Fantastic song. Easily the highlight of the EP which was good but should have been way better.

Suspect this probably took a majority of the R+R support away from Monument, but good to see it here.

syria is not africa!!!

think I'm going to stick my head in a pail full of water.

not the R&R i voted for but it's good

Monument is gorgeous but just way too long.

Good job on getting Tchelete in there, ilxers! I regret that I didn't vote in this thing now.

davido's album is scheduled for this year. v excited about it.

I wish there was a version of the EP mix of Monument that's the length of the LP mix of Monument.

Monument (The Inevitable End Version) is perfect as it is shortened!

The synths are just a touch too harsh on the lp version imo.

really quite surprised saer prefers "anaconda" to "lookin' ass"

― lex pretend, Monday, January 19

The backing vocal(sample?) in 'lookin ass' is what really dragged it down for me, that sound is a nails/blackboard experience for me!

I rly thought "Sayit" was the standout track from the R+R ep but I couldn't find anyone else who agreed w/ me

Hey well done on the artwork guys, looking fab!

"Do it Again" sounded uninspired to me and "Monument" was just long and plodding

Did hot chip make an album this year?

no hope for "aye" placing even though it's my favorite davido track. so emotional

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, January 19, 2015 12:47 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^otm

also didn't "Khona" place? (xp, re afropop in eoy)

RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN "Do It Again" [229 points, 10 votes]

Worst one yet apart from tuneyards

Royksopp and Robyn teaming up makes me feel old

The main problem with that EP is there isn't enough Robyn on it.

Lapaz Toyota definitely placed in 2012.

"Do It Again" is great but "Monument" is just ridiculously beautiful. Didn't really think it stood a chance against DIA though.

I voted for Monument but not this.

lol guess I cut "Aye" from my ballot along with most other afropop apart from "Pooley" which I think still could place and "Girlie O" which won't

I think the track Wizkid did with Femi Kuti placed too, no?

just reminds me that the first ilm poll i ever paid attention to was... 2009 i think, where "the girl and the robot" placed, which is >>>>>>>>>> this

I don't know if I dislike R&R for its own self and not b/c generally I've lost interest in Robyn.

I might burn in ILM hell for saying this but there's something about Robyn's singing and persona that doesn't register with me. I think it's one of the most boring ILM's darlings.

xpost The 2009 poll was the first one I voted in and I had The Girl & the Robot as my number one.

"khona" placed at #188 last year

"jaiye jaiye" at precisely 400 places below that.

I think the anti-Robyn contingent on ILM is as strong and as vocal as the pro-Robyn one.

Temi Dollface was top 100 last year

i haven't heard this song yet, but i'm also in the anti-robyn camp

just find her so boring

Robyn <3

First time I've bothered listening to this collaboration. Would have been interesting pairing like 10 years ago, no? The fact that it's called 'Do It Again' as well.

That Robyn & Röyksopp tune was kinda-generic-though-eminently-uplifting, but the video was quite something! It's rare to see such well-made, conceptually inspired music videos in this era!

anaconda is awes

tijoux best new discovery so far, the second verse in partic goes very hard

good kisser is great. i think maura originally posted this but it's unfortunate that usher had to cash in on the blurred lines train when he already had an amazing retro pharrel feature under his belt all the way back in 2012 with twisted

"khona" placed at #188 last year

"jaiye jaiye" at precisely 400 places below that.

― prolego, Monday, January 19, 2015 1:20 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol/smh

I wonder what RÖYKSOPP bring to the table here. It's been a long time since Melody A.M.

i'm anti-robyn but i find it more baffling that people would get excited about röyksopp, who have always been extremely dull producers! that's why i didn't check it out - apart from having assumed they'd constantly been collaborating over the years - and "do it again" is pretty much the kind of uninvolving thin pastichey pop i'd've expected, but this "monument" is actually pretty nice

Do It Again is the only song from the collaborative EP that sounds like stock Robyn solo. Everything else blends their styles far better.

i relistened to "good kisser" and i get what people love about the drums but i feel like his singing doesn't gel with them - he's singing really loudly and clumsily for that arrangement, it doesn't fit