ILM’s Top 77 Albums of 2018

it's better than the last one and honestly a wonderful record, i couldn't fit it in my ballot

Great to see McCraven place. Blistering and spacious and all that. I liked Tropical Fuck Storm well enough but don't think it sustained itself across a full album. This might be my attention span.

the attention span for mccraven but not tfs? ;)

i the attention span for mccraven but not tfs? ;)

Heh. Fair point. Jazz though, innit - the spaces of jazz admit the listener. Gnarled rock music (however much it veers towards the spacious) is more demanding, more wearing.

fair! will give the mccraven a listen on my imminent commute

isolation is so good, she can do so many things so well

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#22: Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears - 431 points – 14 votes - 1 first place vote

Let's Eat Grandma

Stephen Butchard "Through all the eccentricities and quirks, it should be said that ‘I’m All Ears’ manages to be a gloriously readable pop album on first listen. For a band hailed as cult heroes one album in, this is the boldest statement they’ve made so far."

Matthew Neale: "Like a magic eye puzzle falling into place, ‘I’m All Ears’ has only slightly shifted the band’s focus, but suddenly it all makes sense."

This is a good run. I voted for Hop Along, SOPHIE and Kali Uchis. Really happy to see Kali this high. I'd started to think she might miss out as there wasn't a whole lot of action on her thread. She was comfortably in my top five all year and sounded especially great over the summer. I like the way she pulled off so many different genres so convincingly. Excited to hear what she does next.

can we not

that name is such a dealbreaker that I don't care what it sounds like

promising thread titles that turn out to be on ILM

Don't knock it till you try it.

oh I can and I will

(knock it, that is)

Good. Because grandma tastes delicious.

my #1, this album had everything

My "I'd like this to place but surely too few slots left now" that has not been mentioned yet in thread is serpentwithfeet -- so I'll guess that one for 78.

― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 8:30 AM

Definitely how I'm feeling about that record too. Voted for it and was hoping to see it place high, but I'm not so confident now

Wow I thought Let’s Eat Grandma would be top 10!

terrible band name notwithstanding, it’s a downright incredible record

Very happy to Kali Uchis this high, though!

another album where i liked some and was indifferent to some

weirdly, the melding of forces between LEG and SOPHIE wasn't so much for me, but the two epics at the end were

I saw the band name "Let's Eat Grandma" and thought to myself "I must play this immediately because I need to know what a band that chooses this name sounds like"

Turns out, they sound great

also Snakes & Ladders is a great deep cut

lots of ppl avoiding great acts because of dumb names itt

Yeah, it's totally worth getting past their name. Brilliant album that was a huge shock after how little I cared for their debut.

completely loved both the slightly askew attempts at pop songs and the epics, highlight of the album was "falling into me" which was the halfway point of the two approaches

life is too short for bands with stupid names, I'll be over here listening to the Träden album which I came to late but is actually the best record of 2018

lots of ppl avoiding great acts because of dumb names itt

― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:25 (fifty-four seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this can't be said enough

reminder that they were like 13 when they came up with the name

you're allowed to change your name though

^^^

i'm not still posting as dragonking77 or whatever else i used when i was 13

what's the highest placing non blockbuster album that isn't on Spotify to get in the 77?

lots of ppl avoiding great acts because of dumb names itt

― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:25 (fifty-four seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this can't be said enough

― imago, Wednesday, February 6, 2019

hence my avoiding the Beatles for years

It’s a much better name than Soccer Mommy

lol sleeve otm

kali uchis is pure urban outfitters aspiring instagram scammer music why do ppl like that album

holy fuck the Makaya McCraven album is awesome, good job ILM

they're only like 20 now and have already released two albums so it's fine if they keep their endearingly stupid name

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#21: Christine & The Queens - Chris - 437 points – 16 votes - 1 first place vote

Christine And The Queens (the Héloïse Letissier thread)

Kayleigh Hughes: "It’s groovy and funky and sultry, and it takes things seriously while still being joyful. It encourages freedom of form, in the sense of both body and art."

Alexis Petridis: "A swaggering masculine alter-ego delivers Letissier’s punchy statement of intent, wrapping themes from gender fluidity to female agency in heady electronic pop."

imo if you're allergic to a band bc of their name get over yourself

this album didn't do anything for me

a lot of perfect pop songs on this

You can't knock L.E.G. based solely on their band name. It's like knocking out Ice Cream.

Chris was the biggest grower of the year for me. I ended up getting quite obsessed with it in December.

the chris record is objectively very good but something about it keeps it at a distance for me

next record prob gonna sweep me off my feet

^^^I had the same feeling

surprised this wasn't higher tbh though it didn't make my list. this seems like a very ILM top 10 type record

this one came very close to sweeping me off my feet after i did not care at all about her debut

I’ve come to love a few of the Chris songs but I remember thinking the full thing was kind of boring.. maybe I’d like it more if I revisited it

Voted for a Let's Eat Grandma track instead of the album. I like their shorter pop songs, not sold on the epics.