ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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56 STEVE GUNN Way Out Weather [286 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link

would be nuts if none of the metal poll top ten didn't make it but possible

10 Jute Gyte - Ressentiment 697 Points, 18 votes
9 Earth - Primitive and Deadly 738 Points, 21 votes , ONE #1
8 Scott Walker & SunnO))) - Soused 799 Points, 21 votes, TWO #1s
7 Darkspace - Dark Space III I 813 Points, 22 votes , ONE #1
6 Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire 876 Points, 23 votes, THREE #1s
5 Triptykon - Melana Chasmata 1078 Points, 27 votes FIVE #1's
4 Electric Wizard - Time to Die 1130 Points, 27 votes THREE #1's
3 Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere 1165 Points, 31 votes, Three #1s
2 Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden 1233 Points, 33 votes, One #1

xp

nice!
1 YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend 1240 Points, 32 votes , THREE #1s

Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link

oops the nice shoulda been for the steve gunn

Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link

this is a post-Fahey guitar guy, right?

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link

xxxp Soft Pink Truth still a possibility (FALSE I know but still), there are plenty of Matmos/ ILM's very own D Daniel fans around aren't thera?

Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link

that'll def place, Neil.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link

nice, enjoy thiks record a lot

ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link

Never heard of Steve Gunn before but I like the album cover.

Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link

SPT not really a metal album but will place quite high. Also incredible. Wonder if I'd like Steve Gunn...

ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link

I'd prob be more stoked about Godflesh placing than any of the top 5. Though tbh I only voted for Earth and J Gyte. (Xp to CS)

I'm loving a lot of this bottom third though

YES TYPE all your albums ballot out and post them here (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link

I dont expect any to place bar scott 0)))

Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link

this is a post-Fahey guitar guy, right?

it has elements of that but it's expansive guitar-based singer songwriter stuff - richard thompson or eleventh dream day are probably good points of comparison. excellent record, which has grown on me more with every listen. try Tommy's Congo

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link

xpost feel like Earth is most likely to place other than that.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link

sleepy americana

ogmor, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link

I think I'm the only regular on the ILX Brigade thread who was not totally into this Steve Gunn record, but I'm happy to see it place

xp hmm listening to this thru a Richard Thompson lens may increase my appreciation

sleeve, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link

love this album so much

example (crüt), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link

Wonder if I'd like Steve Gunn...

― ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:14 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He's touring with War on Drugs if that helps...

tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link

steve gunn is nothing like war on drugs if that helps

example (crüt), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link

wow, this is very, very nice. superficially maybe in real estate territory (?), but the overt raga folk & retro psych elements make it so much more relaxed, inviting & lush - richard thompson otm. i was for a while keeping tabs on things vile & violators-related, but appear to have completely missed the boat on gunn. fucking LOVE this.

- sincere thanks, a fan

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link

Guilt by association not always foolproof :P

ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link

Yes! re Botanist. I think it was top 5 for me. Never heard of most of the rest of these but the most recent one sounds like it may be up my alley. "Singer-songwriter" tag leaves me a little antsy but I love Thompson and like Fahey.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link

sleepy americana

hey it has it's tense moments!

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link

can't wait to listen to Steve Gunn in the springtime

example (crüt), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link

I really dug the Gunn-Truscinski album from a couple years ago but never listened to this

YES TYPE all your albums ballot out and post them here (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link

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55 RONIKA Selectadisc [288 points, 10 votes]

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link

hey it has it's tense moments!

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:23 AM (2 minutes ago)

i'm at the hot takes stage w gunn, but track 3 does up the energy & rock quotient, with exile-style memphis soul detailing. not sure how i feel about it, tbh. was really digging the stoned pastoral folk vibe (to which we return on track 4).

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link

I've been trying to get Ronika in the tracks poll for 3 years, so I'm glad she finally put out an album.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link

just missed out on my cut
but a wonderful collection of pop songs

nxd, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link

Guilt by association not always foolproof :P

― ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:22 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

But in this case...

No no, maybe I jumped the gun (not a pun). This is like War on Drugs only in the flailing, low impact of it all. It's sort of dusty, sultry Americana. It might be nice, I can't really tell just yet.

tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link

yeah Ronika!

example (crüt), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link

in <3 with '1000 nights'

nxd, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link

Sultry Americana tends to be a magic eye thing around the small details imo - either it leaps into ethereal glory or it lies there like a sunbathing sidewinder. The Weyes Blood album was the best example this year imo of something transcending mere pastoralia and finding some sort of impossibly gorgeous mesmeric power

ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link

A little late to chime in regarding Steve Gunn but I'd urge anyone willing to check out "Wildwood" from that album.

Evan, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link

xp hmm listening to this thru a Richard Thompson lens may increase my appreciation

sleeve, just check out the guitar playing on 'drifter'

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link

xxp

I adored the Weyes Blood too! Wishfully imagining that it might weave its splendid way into the murky middle waters of the albums poll. I like my fair share of wispy Americana too, but it has to really eat away at the brain and this just wasn't parasitic enough.

tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link

Imagine an early Madonna record produced by Nile Rodgers, entirely and very well self-produced over three years in a Nottingham bedroom. If you're into this sort of thing, the only fault is that while reprising her singles output, it omits the best one, "Automatic", from last yer.

non-masturbatory prog excursion (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link

Oh yeah the Ronika album is really good.

diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link

Love this Ronika album. It's the kind of album I wish Annie would come back with.

Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link

ronika! which i cut from my ballot

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link

Tune-Yards way too low. My #2 and better than whokill IMO. Also "Water Fountain" is the least best track in an otherwise brilliant first half. So, if that's putting you off, try "Look Around" or "Find A New Way" instead. Love Merrill's voice though can understand why it's marmitey.

I slogged dutifully through the Ronika a few weeks back, albeit not under ideal listening conditions. I can see why ppl here like her but I wasn't convinced. I may give it another try.

Jeff W, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link

imo it should be summer

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link

Ronika sounds great so far

gr8080, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link

i never bothered with ronika bc of third-tier popjusticebait assumptions - wow this is derivative as hell BUT somehow doesn't just seem like dead-end pastiche. i think it's the backing vox that do it. idk if i need an album of it though

lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link

oh wait the song ended and i've just somehow put on actual early madonna instead of another ronika track, oh well

lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link

With lex on the "derivative as hell" except I also think it's dead-end pastiche, pass on Ronika

Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link

her enthusiasm shines through imo

example (crüt), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link

Yeah she's better than a lot of that Popjustice friendly bollocks, quality of songwriting helps here. The album runs out of steam towards the end but the first third in particular is loads of fun, played it a lot in the early summer, which is when you need albums like this. 'In The City' is my favourite.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link

wow this is derivative as hell BUT somehow doesn't just seem like dead-end pastiche

basically its appeal. also connects early madonna explicitly to freestyle so

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link

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54 MOODYMANN Moodymann [291 points, 12 votes]

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link

yeahhhhh i voted for thissss onnnne

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link


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