ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

Jordan otm about Quan's verse tying everything together. He's totally the heart of (this incarnation of) Rich Gang.

I voted for way more rap than r&b on tracks this year. Oh well.

Az. Banks will do well on albums but there never seemed to be any consensus about what the best tracks on her album other than "212" were.

Fancy is #78 with a bullet, is my guess.

"lifestyle" another song that makes me irrationally happy

this year any of "bang bang" "problem" "love me harder" "fancy" could have conceivably placed. last year it was "the way" "baby i" "piano" :( all missing out

― danzig, Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:57 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark

by "fancy" i mean "break free" obvs

LOL MarkoP u made my evening

Also it bears mentioning that the production is totally late-90s west coast.

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:57 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

reminds me especially of "This D.J." by Warren G

I only voted for the Slum Of Legs b-side, let the team down -_-

Yeah the album was well-received but Chasing Time was definitely the 'consensus' pick I think? It did well in the singles jukebox and on the Azealia thread I think it was the most mentioned single. Definitely didn't expect her to place below Tkay and Shamir in the hip house front.

i don't see azealia making it this high

Benetint & Malevolence album version to place top 40 in 2015

I don't either unless more pro rock critics lurked and voted.

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http://i.imgur.com/jGx2vPi.jpg

4 FUTURE ISLANDS "Seasons (Waiting On You)" [683 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/-5Ae-LhMIG0

Tinashe, Twigs, Future Islands and...

phew

double phew

Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Oh, there's one.

Thank fuck that's out of the way.

this song is mostly fine, honestly

Love this song but kind of relieved to see it not win. The outrage would have been too much.

oh look pro rock critics lurking and voting

I guess this band gets some kind of underdog/sympathy vote? idgi

would ilm have imploded if the poll's #1 mirrored p4k and pazz & jop?

too high, how many anthony fantano lurkers do we have voting on this anyway?

this song is mostly fine, honestly

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:07 PM Bookmark

yeah, not mad

we survived Racoon and Banaka.

Twigs to win this now, if only because the voting constituency is so wide and it's so obviously the rallying point on the album.

i really don't get anyone hating this song. it's just a really good 80's song

love this song, love this band but was still surprised at year-end-list hivemind on it

my #3 (my #1 and #2 didnt place)

was listening and wondering why this is controversial (then i looked at the pitchfork/pazz jop stats)

young thug, future islands, my two most jammed to 2014 artists, i am ilx

Yeah I dig this song a lot

better this than the wart on nuts

I don't mind "Seasons" but it would've been better with Young Thug singing.

one could argue that we should take it as a triumph that the top "indie rock" song of the year is ripped straight from 80s synthpop

otm xp

it's so beautiful

Really it's more of a 60s pop ballad with 80s production than an 80s song.

Come back QT all is forgiven.

does the guy not do his weird growl on record? cuz that was a big/weird-but-at-least-distinctive part of that live performance

did "Seasons" win the 2014 Spot the Influence award? Fine Young Cannibals! Wang Chung! I think Destroyer's album marked the last time so many referents were thrown against the wall.

On time for the top three :-D

it's a fine song, i just remain baffled by how so many sites/lists/whatever posited it as THE representative song of the year

Still not bored of Seasons despite playing it over and over most of the year. It's just such a beautiful song.

does the guy not do his weird growl on record?

he totally does. studio version of "seasons" is v subdued in this respect though

Jordan that would make more sense if the 80s synthpop revival hadn't now been going on for longer than the actual 80s did.

I think of it as an old school Disney crooning ballad with a synthpop motor underneath it, there's something very innocent but also very corny about it.

Really it's more of a 60s pop ballad with 80s production than an 80s song.

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:11 PM (31 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

innnteresting. i don't think i agree tho, the chord progression is straight 80's

does the guy not do his weird growl on record? cuz that was a big/weird-but-at-least-distinctive part of that live performance

― dyl, Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:11 PM (55 seconds ago) Bookmark

If you're looking for a weird growl in the top 5 wait until No Flex Zone

does the guy not do his weird growl on record? cuz that was a big/weird-but-at-least-distinctive part of that live performance

― dyl, Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:11 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he does it on a diff song