ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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how is the war on drugs better than HONEST

nose, Thursday, 29 January 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link

Your dad would love the WOD

Indexed, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link

I should probably give this another try

Simon H., Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link

my mom loves the WOD album

Mordy, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link

good album.

gr8080, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link

i mean i've groused to varying extents about like...the majority of the top 20 so far but each and every one of them is so obviously so much worthier of recognition than this dull dull dull gristly meat and overdone potatoes rock

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link

hurrr

diamonddave85​ (diamonddave85), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link

I don't think ILM will recover from this epic mistake. The War on Drugs' tedious, besotted, dull as ditch water excuse for an album in the top ten.

RIP ILM

a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link

good record

Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link

No one who likes rae sremmub can criticize War on Drugs.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link

Lex OTM!!

I'd never thought I'd say that, and pray to god I never have to again. The damage that frikking War on Drugs is doing...

a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link

A pox on both your houses.

The inscrutable savantism of (Sanpaku), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link

I don't think ILM will recover from this epic mistake. The War on Drugs' tedious, besotted, dull as ditch water excuse for an album in the top ten.

RIP ILM

― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:02 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've been told that everyone has 20 minutes to clear out, and the rest of the countdown has been canceled. good luck and may god have mercy on our souls.

some dude, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link

what about if you like rae sremmurd?

xxxp

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link

aw this isn't that bad, just too high/overrated

brain floss mix (sleeve), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link

^

example (crüt), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link

"red eyes" is a decent song, but for one particular reason...it's short, unlike almost. every. other. fucking. song. on. the. album.

indie fuxxor albums i have secretly spotified (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link

ilm revealed to contain Guitar Rock Likers

ciderpress, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link

can we cut and paste remarks from singles thread?

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link

Roughly 1 in 5 or 6 voters had it on their ballot. Just deal with it.

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link

one of my favorite shows of all time was seeing these guys open up for destroyer during the kaputt tour

diamonddave85​ (diamonddave85), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link

guessing that Amory is also in the Wod Four

young thug squarepants (imago), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link

2014's Dire Straits?

Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link

sorry to interrupt.

one of the best parts about swans live is gira literally doing the jigglepanda dance

i saw swans back on the children of god tour (my ears my ears), and i have always wondered if he still does this.

brilliant.

back to catching up.

nothing i enjoyed in 2014 has appeared (i never vote in these as i feel i do not listen to enough to new music to make an informed decision), but that does not stop me from soaking all of this up.

mark e, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link

one of my favorite shows of all time was seeing these guys open up for destroyer during the kaputt tour

Ah! So that explains it.

19 minutes and counting...

Jeff W, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link

For stats' sake, there were 142 ballots in the albums poll.

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link

what about if you like rae sremmurd?

xxxp

― pandemic

I question all judgments you may have about music. I'm not a fan of this War On Drugs record, but I can see it's appeal to people. Which is something I can't say about rae sremmub.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link

WOD is pretty good to listen while stoned (lol what isn't)

Mordy, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link

I admire your persistence and I lolled but I don't think "rae sremmub" is going to happen ;_;

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link

I know. But I try. Either that or "rae sreredrum". I can't decide which.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link

There hasn't been anything on the list so far I can't see the appeal of tbh

Simon H., Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link

you'll be delighted next year when the album is top ten
xp

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link

High rankings on best-of-year lists everywhere prompted me to listen to the St. Vincent album repeatedly. Still does nothing for me.

I would have voted for the Croz album had it been nominated. Likewise Joan as Police Woman.

Still several I voted for I was sure would place that haven't shown up yet, but also didn't think they'd place this high, so have no idea what to expect....

Lee626, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link

xpost agree with EZ Snappin, Rae Sremmurd more cringeworthy and embarrasing than WoD

Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link

Pretty surprised that it looks like Flying Lotus won't place at all.

klonman, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link

sometimes laying around and being lazy and doing nothing can be great. it's no way to live your life but it can often be the best way to spend your day. that's pretty much how I break WoD down to an extent.

gr8080, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link

I know, pandemic. I know. *sigh*

xposts

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link

neither are embarrassing or cringe worthy, they're just records

xxp

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link

i would be surprised to see sremm make top ten in 2015 but anything's possible

Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link

Listening to Croz right now because why not. His voice is still pretty great for the life he's lived, huh?

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link

Man I had no idea the Juan Maclean album was supposed to be so great! I spent most of my time on the Shit Robot album instead I guess. That one was super awesome too.

Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link

Just finished the Juan Maclean album, v enjoyable.

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link

i would be surprised to see sremm make top ten in 2015 but anything's possible

― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:14 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

most of the reaction to sremmlife has been "exceeded expectations, which were already high". 12 months is a long time but i don't think january releases have suffered unduly before

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link

Listening to Croz right now because why not. His voice is still pretty great for the life he's lived, huh?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:15 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Still being alive is pretty great for the life he's lived....

Lee626, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link

(albeit on his second liver)

Lee626, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link

though this january has been the best january i can recall EVER for new music so i'm hoping that people's memories are long for next year

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link

lol yeah xps

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link

I've only ever heard WoD when a friend takes me out to a restaurant that has single squiggly filament bare bulbs and giant oak tables and "hen of the woods" on the menu. They play the entire album one repeat. I've heard it three times in that environment and it is virtually indistinguishable to my ears from the Wilco that I used to hear in that environment. There's a cool song that sounds like a Silver Apples rip and I sing Silver Apples along to it. The rest of it sounds like Tom Petty and like all generic indie it seems extremely inoffensive and super-functional, I mean, it does go well with "hen of the woods". But with all generic indie it seems that the metric in which it is measured is 'competence' instead of 'genius', like, "no no this is in fact the Most Competent album by The New Pronographers" but I cannot fathom anybody getting either super-excited or super-pissed off about it, both sides of the fence are alien to me. Sounds good when a friend is buying you a hangar steak, that's pretty much how I break WoD down to an extent.

sonny and sber (fgti), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link

as someone who's been on board with wod since the beginning i'm still mystified that this record is getting the attention it is, since it's more or less the third time they've made the same record

call all destroyer, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link

excellent post fgti

we call it "chicken of the woods" here in the PacNW

brain floss mix (sleeve), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link


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