ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

I like Moontalk a lot better than the other stuff I'd heard from this album, reminds me of YMO somewhat

Oh, good, I had a feeling I'd be Moontalk's only voter. Also voted for Despacito - we use the Bieber version every night in our panto (at my suggestion!) and, having never overheard it before, I find myself enjoying it more and more.

I'm generally an "album or track" person as well, though I made an exception this year

Same here - a big part of it for me is wanting to give credit to things like non-album singles or just one-off moments of brilliance. Also I think it makes both rollouts more interesting if there's less overlap between them.

I just vote for the songs I like the best, lol.

Same.

Within reason, though. There are a lot of songs I like each year that I don't even bother to nominate, much less vote for, because I am an island.

If it's a matter of choosing one track over another due to space, I'll take the one I voted the album for off, otherwise WGAF?

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71 TORNADO WALLACE ft. SUI ZHEN "Today" [153 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://youtu.be/1W9Wn1RSp4c

niiiiice

now here's the real patrick bateman shit

oh this is lovely

i listened to the tornado wallace record at the beginning of the year but never really revisited it. it's so lovely

didn't really "get" the larger project of the laurel halo album but "moontalk" is nice

Nice. Think I voted for Voices over this but both are great

I realised today that these end of year lists are my favourite thing about January (maybe the only thing I like about this time of year).

Cool results so far. Avalon Emerson is one the songs I discovered going through the Spotify playlist in the last month. It didn't quite make my final list. Happy to see it place.

Take Me Apart is an album I enjoyed, but didn't spend enough time with before voting. Definitely an album where I'd find it hard to pick out individual highlights.

This is good!

This Tornado Wallace song is gorgeous.

Just realised that the version of Despacito I've been subjected to on a daily (see: hourly) basis over the last months has been the Bieber version. This version is so much better

hm maybe i should go back to the laurel halo album, i loooove "moontalk"'s sorta deconstructed scritti polittiness now

I have actual terrestrial college radio to thank for turning me on to Tornado Wallace. God bless the handful of stations left that haven't been relegated to streaming-only status.

yeh this tornado wallace song is so gorgeous

i didn't really click with the tornado wallace album, maybe it was just a bit too emotionally neutral for me

loved all of the laurel halo album, but moontalk sounds a lot more focussed that much of the rest of it and yeah, i totally get the ymo shout. didn't vote for it though

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70 TAYLOR ALXNDR "Nightwork" [153 points, 6 votes]
https://youtu.be/ZsKhfKYrbc8

yessssssss

list slaps so far

This reminds me of 2011 in a good way. Sits somewhere sonically between Azari & III, Jamie Woon and Hercules & Love Affair

never heard of this before but i love it

Lots of great tracks so far! Been adding a few new discoveries to my lists.

Nightwork rips

just over 3,000 views on YT, so I'm curious how you all heard this one? I know Tim posted about it on his year-end thread

tune *really* reminds me of something else, can't think what. do like it though, that understated vocal suits it pretty well

ah yeah i completely underestimated the laurel halo record

Assuming Tim voted for it (I haven't laid eyes on the ballots), that means only 5 people would've had to have seen his thread and voted for it.

I love this song now, but didn't hear it until yesterday.

good point!

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69 KEDR LIVANSKIY "Ariadna" [156 points, 5 votes]
https://youtu.be/3kM-NXin1Ec

Niiice

haha i think Despacito turned up at the wrong club

i have no idea what this is but it's gorgeous

sounds a bit like a glummer zola jesus

haha i think Despacito turned up at the wrong club

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I was just thinking this. There's definitely a 'vibe' going on with this list so far, Despacito notwithstanding

recognise this name, not sure where from (i guess here)
anyway this song is all kinds of lovely, adore the final couple of mins

i remember being interested in her ep last year but completely missed that there was anything new

similar feeling to the kelly lee owens album

the first song of the list, to which i listened to till the end. Some nice ethereal dance vibes.

but two whities releases in a row

Wow, racist much? Oh wait.

Everything is amazing so far - though I voted for the Kedr Livansky album over the single, I’m not sure I usually have as many votes placing in the full 77 as I have in the first eight.

lol rudipherous

it's a label fyi

kedr livanskiy song has a lovely sound/feel, even if the melody is a bit repetitive - those are the vibez i guess ^_^

https://i.imgur.com/IjtuYgc.jpg

TIE-67 BULLION "Blue Pedro" [158 points, 5 votes]
https://youtu.be/Ow8cLdgJ5LE

lol yesssss!