OH BABY LET'S MAKE: 2017 Tracks Poll debrief, ballots, and haters mad for whatever reason

i sat this year out, i can't make sense of what went on last year yet, but here are the songs that placed that i heard/liked:

76 AVALON EMERSON "One More Fluorescent Rush" [149 points, 7 votes]
61 BRIAN ENO with KEVIN SHIELDS "Only Once Away My Son" [163 points, 6 votes]
TIE-54 L'RAIN "Which Fork/I'll Be" [170 points, 5 votes]
49 KAMASI WASHINGTON "Truth" [176 points, 7 votes]
45 BICEP "Aura" [182 points, 8 votes]
38 RICHARD DAWSON "Ogre" [216 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes]
32 ALGIERS "The Underside Of Power" [238 points, 11 votes]
27 OCTO OCTA "Adrift (Avalon Emerson's Furiously Awake Version)" [269 points, 9 votes] [93 points for original]
16 THE BLACK MADONNA "He Is The Voice That I Hear" [329 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
12 BICEP "Glue" [361 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]
07 KENDRICK LAMAR "Humble." [402 points, 13 votes]
06 SUN EL-MUSICIAN ft. SAMTHING SOWETO "Akanamali" [463 points, 16 votes, 3 first place votes]
05 KENDRICK LAMAR "DNA" [510 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote]

i totally missed the voting (sigh) and even though i’m meh on “boys” i think it’s notable that the top four was all women in a year when american pop was very girls averse for the most part

My weighted list

Dua Lipa & Miguel - Lost In Your Light
Charli XCX - Boys
Rita Ora - Anywhere
Paramore - Hard Times
Dua Lipa - New Rules
Japanese Breakfast - Boyish
Jessie Ware - Your Domino
Susanne Sundfør - Undercover
Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm
St. Vincent - New York
Rae Morris - Do It
Tove Styrke - Mistakes
Paramore - Fake Happy
Heinali - holding a cloud (Steve Hauschildt Remix)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling
Kesha - Praying
LOOΠΔ/yves - new
Nico Niquo - In a Silent Way
Lana Del Rey - Love
Miley Cyrus - Malibu
Miguel - Pineapple Skies
Denai Moore - Desolately Devoted
BC Unidos - Trouble in the Streets
Charlotte Day Wilson - Doubt

I actually forgot to save my ballot, so this is my ill-fated recreation of it - however there's one song I can't remember. Sean, would you be able to tell me what it is?

Mixed:

Charly Bliss - Glitter
Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3

Alex G - Bobby
Avalon Emerson - One More Fluorescent Rush
Cardi B. - Bodak Yellow
Carly Pearce - Every Little Thing
Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling
Dua Lipa - New Rules
Errorsmith - I'm Interesting, Cheerful and Sociable
Girlpool - It Gets More Blue
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - An Intention
Karen Gwyer - The Workers Are On Strike
Kehlani - Undercover
Kelela - Frontline
Paramore - Hard Times
Playboi Carti ft. Lil Uzi Vert - wokeuplikethis*
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
Stormzy - Big For Your Boots
SZA - Love Galore
Taylor Swift - Delicate
The Black Madonna - He is the Voice That I Hear
The xx - I Dare You
Tove Lo - Disco Tits
Yaeji - Drink I'm Sippin On

I forgot to nominate tracks, so it came out rather conventional. Also this was my first full year on ILM and honestly it's been a great time. I've learned about so much new stuff and everyone here is generally nice. Thanks so much to Johnny, Sean and all else involved for putting this together!

i'm pretty sure this is correct. weighted ballot, bold placed

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – “If We Were Vampires”
Kendrick Lamar – “Duckworth”
Kamasi Washington – “Truth”
Big Thief – “Haley”
Jens Lekman – “How Can I Tell Him”
Playboi Carti – “Magnolia”
Daniel Caesar – “We Find Love
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “The French Press”
Susanne Sundfør – “Undercover”
Jay Som – “One More Time, Please”
Migos – “T-Shirt”
Lil Uzi Vert – “XO Tour Llif3”
Moses Sumney – “Quarrel”
Algiers – “The Underside of Power”
Alex Lahey – “I Haven’t Been Taking Care of Myself”
Ty Dolla $ign – “Lil Favorite” ft. MadeinTYO
Spoon – “Hot Thoughts”
Pardison Fontaine – “Food Stamps”
OMB Peezy – “Lay Down”
Tee Grizzley – “First Day Out”
Kehlani – Honey
J HUS – “Did You See”
Tay-K – “The Race
Young Thug – “Killed Before”
Oxbow – “Cold & Well Lit Place”

My mixed tracks ballot:

bold: did not place, italic: sole voter

1) Flavour ft. Phyno - Loose Guard (#374)
2) Wizkid - Sweet Love (#160)
3) Mut4y ft. Wizkid - Manya (#426)
4) Wizkid - Medicine (#462)
5) Mayorkun - Che Che (#491)
6) Davido - If (#118)
7) Kidi - Odo (Remix ft. Mayorkun & Davido) (#549)
8) Dua Lipa - New Rules (#2)
9) J Hus - Did You See (#34)
10) Olamide - Saysaymaley (#453)
11) Olamide - Wo!! (#120)

Adekunle Gold - Call On Me (#654)
Alkaline - Fast (#449)
Diamond Platnumz - Eneka (#943)
DJ Vetkuk vs Mahoota ft. Black Motion, Nokwazi & Drumatic Boys - Thando Lok'dlala (#508)
Don-E ft. Nado - You Alright Yh? (#112)
Eddy Kenzo - Jubilation (#630)
ExQ ft. Killer T - Nhema (#943)
L.A.X - Run Away (#943)
Mr Eazi - Leg Over (#83)
Niniola - Maradona (#221)
Pappy Kojo ft. Mr Eazi - Give Me Love (#392)
Simi - Joromi (#943)
Sun El-Musician ft. Samthing Soweto - Akanamali (#6)
Tekno - Yawa (#943)

I was the sole voter for 5 of my top 7 tracks. Happy that a couple of my noms got some love though.
Curious about the voters for KARD’s Rumor, Olamide’s Saysaymaley and Pappy Kojo & Eazi’s Give Me Love.

ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

my weighted ballot

Fever Ray - To the Moon and Back
Carla dal Forno - We Shouldn't Have To Wait
Tove Styrke - Say My Name
Charli XCX - Boys
Bullion - blue pedro
Charlotte Adigéry - 1,618
Mabel ft. Kojo Funds - Finders Keepers
Gerd Janson x Shan - Surrender
Objekt - Theme from Q
Peverelist - Still Early
Atelje - Zephyr
Paramore - Hard Times
Mella Dee - Techno Disco Tool
Dua Lipa - New Rules

I wish I had spent more time on this - totally forgot to vote for Self Esteem's "Your Wife" and there's plenty of things on both Jeff W and Dan S' ballots I should have considered. Also I stuck to my rule about not doubling up artists on the albums ballot and I think it was a much better year for albums than tracks.

shame about 'Your Wife'. I was hoping it'd place.

11) Olamide - Wo!! (#120)

x-post

I voted for this Olamide track but not the other one.

catching up...

This would be forapper's weighted ballot:

Hitchhiker x Taeyong - Around
Kesha - Praying
OGUOGU - ICE CHU
Ka5sh - I'm Depressed
BLACKPINK - As If It's Your Last
Fever Ray - To the Moon and Back
Twice - Signal
TWICE - Likey
EXID - DDD
BTS - Go Go
Cardi B. - Bodak Yellow
Childish Gambino - Redbone
Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee - Despacito
Yaeji - Drink I'm Sippin On
Tove Lo - Disco Tits
Red Velvet - Red Flavor
LOOΠΔ/yves - new

and 2011nostalgia's mixed ballot:

Charly Bliss - Glitter
Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3

Alex G - Bobby
Girlpool - It Gets More Blue
The Black Madonna - He is the Voice That I Hear
Taylor Swift - Delicate
SZA - Love Galore
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - An Intention
Playboi Carti ft. Lil Uzi Vert - wokeuplikethis*
Yaeji - Drink I'm Sippin On
Cardi B. - Bodak Yellow
Dua Lipa - New Rules
Stormzy - Big For Your Boots
Kehlani - Undercover
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
Karen Gwyer - The Workers Are On Strike
Tove Lo - Disco Tits
The xx - I Dare You
Errorsmith - I'm Interesting, Cheerful and Sociable
Paramore - Hard Times
Kelela - Frontline
Johnny Jewel – Windswept
Avalon Emerson - One More Fluorescent Rush
Carly Pearce - Every Little Thing
Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling

Shit I voted for Windswept? My dedication to twin peaks remains strong

5 people (incl me) voted for that Errorsmith track still placed pretty low

I can't find my ballot, but I think there's no surprise that Tim F is my closest neighbour. such an honour.

Thanks seandelai!

Justice for Ka5sh, guys.