ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

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

The Royksopp album was really dull but they have made some great moments. Junior from 2009 is a brilliant album. They should have gone further in that big pop direction.

I like Robyn a lot but I totally see why ppl wouldn't

I voted for monument it's great

Fully accept that Do It Again was generic R+R but there's nothing wrong with comfort food.

Monument (TIE version) >>>>> Monument

i never got hooked on "good kisser" but i love it when i hear it

robyn/rokysopp: oh i actually know this one from the radio, i have enjoyed it although giving it a closer listen now there's one level of synths (the one that's kind of aggressively vamping through the first chorus) that could be excised. good generic pop house chorus. i can see why people who have extracurricular interest in this stuff could find it boring but it does it for me

lex, you might like this Beenie Man track that uses the "Good Kisser" drums?

I love the really subtle saxophone portions of the EP version of Monument.

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

― lex pretend, Monday, January 19, 2015 1:26 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the vocals are perfectly suited to the track imo, couldn't imagine how else you could make that beat work. the transition to the 'the devil is a lie' part gives it the propulsion it needs, the piano chord, mmm so perfect

i liked 'the girl and the robot' from several years back but i haven't gotten into any other r&r tracks i've heard

http://i.imgur.com/Ym4RBkn.jpg

66 SHAKIRA "Empire" [230 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/QapfTGTXbxc

the beenie man track rob posted is p much exactly how a vocal should go with that beat imo

"Empire" is too low, but I'm glad it placed.