ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

also it's a brexit anthem, done classily: the townsfolk blame an ogre for their troubles and pursue it madly, ritualistically...but it is not there...

Voted for the lp, but could easily have voted for Ogre as well.

I'd have probably voted for it if I'd had more slots

Hang on, I'm thinking of Beggar rather than Soldier.

https://i.imgur.com/ZQ9vJ8U.jpg

37 RED VELVET "Red Flavor" [220 points, 7 votes]
https://youtu.be/WyiIGEHQP8o

As a k-pop agnostic, I do kind of like this one

yay, just missed out on my ballot, fav kpop tune of last year behind blackpink

Ogre!

love dawson's guitar playing first & foremost and there are some glorious turnarounds on ogre

Will admit that I sometimes wish he were (or employed) a better singer. I like the tunes, the playing, the ideas, the feel, though.

love red flavor & had it very high, it's pure excitement and the percussion is fantastic.

no idea what's with the 'interviewing fruits' mv concept though.

i don't expect any more kpop to place at this point but 4 tracks is a great showing

Ogre was #5 for me. Should be a hit!

so tasty!

I thought Richard Dawson was unlistenable shite the first time I heard him. The video for "The Vile Stuff" helped me cross that line. Voted for "Soldier", but this is a close second favourite.

I would reverse the order of all K-Pop entries so far. "Likey" is clearly the best, "Red Flavor" the worst.

https://i.imgur.com/byl1Psb.jpg

36 PLAYBOI CARTI "Magnolia" [228 points, 7 votes]
https://youtu.be/oCveByMXd_0

<3

Enjoyed the Destroyer song, although it suffers from being right next to the Kamasi Washington.

wtf is that "Ogre" song? :/

It's like somebody hacked my brain and then combined everything that I find annoying into one song.

I thought Richard Dawson was unlistenable shite the first time I heard him.

still at this stage, perhaps forever who knows

magnolia is ok but i like wokeuplikethis* way more & voted for it, idk if itll show up though

Probs won't place but I preferred and voted Location, which barely feigns interest in being a rap song

too low

smdh at richard dawson

both "magnolia" and "red flavor" are awesome

this situation is becoming increasingly antagonised & i can no longer promise to be on my best behaviour

playboi carti seems goofy rather than malevolent tho, and the production's decent

Location is excellent too

Richard Dawson's one of these folks I like the idea of in theory, but the reality is such a chore.

my first vote to place. my little brother has been finding his own taste lately and playboi carti is something we agree on. watching his enthusiasm as he drunkenly danced around the kitchen rapping along to this was a v charming 2017 moment

I didn't have a Dawsony year last year so no votes from me, but figured the LJ team would make the album do well - glad to see a track place as well.

I find Red Velvet a bit too normal and cloying for my tastes, but then I think I've got it in my head that "I don't like Red Velvet" because I hated 'Ice Cream Cake'. I'd probably dance to this out, tbh.

think I preferred Ice Cream Cake to this :/

Okay, to counterpoint all the Dawson negativity - RICHARD DAWSON IS REALLY GOOD, YOU FUCKOS VOTED FOR FUCKING PLODDING MIDDLE-AGED COUNTRY, LET US HAVE OUR PAGAN BRITISH FOLK HORROR.

https://i.imgur.com/5b0h5pv.jpg

35 MONDO GROSSO "Labyrinth" [231 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://youtu.be/_2quiyHfJQw

yay voted for this one!

The music of Richard Dawson is very very easy to admire, and people are overstating how hard it is to love.

this is a lovely song iirc

Richard Dawson's one of these folks I like the idea of in theory, but the reality is such a chore.

i hardly ever sit and listen to his records for some reason, but go and see richard dawson live if you ever get the chance, seriously he's a really funny, engaging and -at times- astonishing performer

Oh fuuuuuuuck, I meant to vote for this but completely forgot! Shit!

The music of Richard Dawson is very very easy to admire, and people are overstating how hard it is to love.

Wrong on both counts, but people be into whatever they want idc

It just didn't click when looking at the noms list, but I *loved* this song last year.

xp

last year i heard this somewhere, enjoyed it, forgot about it then rediscovered it in the nominations list and it felt like seeing an old friend again
beautiful track

This is a rush of happiness

Voted for 'Magnolia', loved the trippy video for it as well.

ooh yes! this was gorgeous, with an excellent video too

dawson was completely impenetrable to me until i heard 'ogre' which was so much more pop than anything i'd heard from him before and immediately loved it

Saer is an even worse poster than Imago

^^^going through this guy's posts reveals a short and inglorious history of being a stupid cunt fyi

I like RD and I disagree that he's easy to get into for a majority of listeners tbh

this is a good one

i don't see dawson as being too removed from joanna newsom etc. but i guess the guitar sound can be pretty offputting

the mondo grosso album is definitely worth checking out for anyone who likes labyrinth