ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

xpost i, for one, like going from 77 to 1 ... the youtube playlist is this way.

btw for NYC ilxors who are just now checking out Adigery:
https://lpr.com/lpr_events/lpr-presents-charlotte-adigery-february-6-2020/

chick hop

i'm sorry but this term has me screaming

lol I kinda dropped that to get a response, but I definitely didn't mean any disrespect by it. My point was the music is killer.

lol dude rap can be called "dick hop" I guess haha okay I'll see myself out

sir hop and madam hop

Breastcrawl, i fixed the caption credits for akulaleki.

just a big 'ol
heep
hawp

3 tracks I voted for today, 2 of which were in my top 10 ("Want You In My Room" and "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings") and one which got a downballot slot ("Bags") but which I now kinda wish I voted for higher.

TBH I probably should have voted for "Juice" but I think I got sick of Lizzo discourse, as noted above, and took it out on her.

q: is sharon van etten’s “seventeen” gonna place

For Immediate Reference:

31: Billie Eilish - Bad Guy - 308 points - 11 votes
32: Wiley, Stefflon Don, Sean Paul & Idris Elba - “Boasty” - 266 points - 7 votes
33: Lizzo - “Juice” - 263 points - 12 votes
34: Caroline Polachek - “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings” - 260 points - 9 votes
35: Stormzy - “Vossi Bop” - 255 points - 7 votes - 2 number 1 votes
36 (TIE): Hatchie - “Stay With Me” - 254 points - 9 votes
36 (TIE): Koffee - “Toast” - 254 points - 9 votes
38: Schacke - “Kisloty People” - 250 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
39: Carly Rae Jepsen - “Want You In My Room” - 247 points - 7 votes
40: Underworld & The Necks - “Appleshine Continuum” - 244 points - 9 votes - 1 number 1 vote
41: Rema - “Dumebi” - 243 points - 8 votes - 1 number 1 vot
42: Samthing Soweto feat. Sha Sha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small - “Akulaleki” - 237 points - 7 votes - 1 number 1 vote
43: Weyes Blood - “Movies” - 228 points - 8 votes - 1 number 1 vote
44: FKA Twigs - “Sad Day” - 222 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
45: HAIM- “Summer Girl” - 214 points - 8 votes
46: Charlotte Adigéry - “Paténipat” - 210 points - 8 votes
47: Angel Olsen - “All Mirrors” - 210 points - 7 votes
48: Lana Del Rey - “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It” - 210 points - 6 votes
49: Clairo - “Bags” - 206 points - 8 votes - 1 number 1 vote
50: Purple Mountains - “Nights That Won’t Happen” - 204 points - 6 votes
51: SAULT - “Up All Night” - 197 points - 7 votes
52: DaBaby - “Suge” - 195 points - 7 votes
53: Erika de Casier - “Intimate (Club. Mix)” - 195 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
54: Normani - “Motivation” - 194 points - 8 votes
55: Holly Herndon - “Eternal” - 192 points - 7 votes
56: Raphael Saadiq feat. Rob Bacon - “Something Keeps Calling” - 192 points - 5 votes
57: Big Thief - “Cattails” - 191 points - 7 votes
58: Shura - “BKLYNLDN - 186 points - 6 votes
59: Charlotte Adigéry - “High Lights” - 181 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
60: Peggy Gou- “Starry Night” - 180 points - 6 votes
61: Weyes Blood- “Wild Time” - 177 points - 5 votes
62: Rosalía- “Aute Cuture” - 175 points - 7 votes
63: Burna Boy feat. Zlatan- “Killin Dem” - 175 points - 6 votes
64: Vampire Weekend - “This Life” - 172 points - 6 votes
65: KH - “Only Human” - 170 points - 5 votes - 1 number 1 vote
66: Kasper Marott - “Drømmen om Ø (Forever mix '19)” - 169 points - 6 votes
67: Jamila Woods feat. Saba - “Basquiat” - 168 points - 7 votes
68: Tayla Parx - “Me vs. Us” - 168 points - 5 votes
69: Mark Ronson feat. Angel Olsen - “True Blue” - 164 points - 6 votes
70: Purple Mountains - “Darkness & Cold” - 162 points - 7 votes
71: Cate Le Bon - “Daylight Matters” - 161 points - 5 votes
72 (TIE): Blanck Mass - “House vs House” - 160 points - 5 votes
72 (TIE): Anna Caragnano & Donnato Dozzy - “Parola (Rework)” - 160 points - 5 votes
74: Purple Mountains - “Margaritas at the Mall” - 158 points - 5 votes - 1 number 1 vote
75: Jenny Lewis - “Red Bull & Hennessy” - 158 points - 5 votes
76: Ariana Grande - “NASA” - 157 points - 5 votes - 1 number 1 vote
77: Mount Eerie feat. Julie Doiron - “Love Without Possession” - 157 points - 4 votes - 1 number 1 vote

That's a great looking list. Really excited to see what else is to come as it feels so open this year.

Already more interesting and varied than literally every other Best of 2019 list on the internet.

I don’t think “wild time” made my ballot but it sure is lovely.

“summer girl” sounded a lot better in the car yesterday, nice sax

“Suge” is good, I voted for “BOP” though. I needed some shit with some bop in it.

“Basquiat” is deeeep

Kisloty People is the one today that I voted for. Akula’s Kisloty DJ is also really something

I like the way her voice is distorted and pixelated in the Shacke version, and the background it's placed in is so great

*Schacke

anyway we can resume this when "The Greatest" shows up.

― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, January 29, 2020 8:30 AM bookmarkflaglink

I'm not so sure any Six60 tracks are gonna place, tbh

This is a really strong and diverse list so far.

yeah, I wish we could do this all year round

I'd never heard either Akulaleki or Dumebi before and both are tremendous. Boasty placing is a pleasant surprise, the Idris Elba verse is objectively terrible but also one of the most enjoyable moments of the year.

'Diverse' is relative but so far I'm liking it better than last year's 77, even though this one lacks Autechre's 'all end' (I suppose we've got 'Appleshine Continuum' to compensate).

There's been nothing so far, unlike other years, where my response has been an excited "what's THIS?" - perhaps in part because I tried to listen to every single tracks nomination...but I usually miss something good. I suppose High Lights would have been the 'wow' moment if I hadn't heard it already, but it wouldn't have made the 77 in that case!

What I'm saying is: surprise me

The Donato Dozzy/Anna Caragnano got that reaction out of me. Not a single one of last year's 77-31 did.

itt imago feening for that Akrakabo kick and pomenitul looking for guaranteed 100% pop-free content

man I miss Akrakabo

Not entirely true – I've praised quite a few pop songs since the beginning of the rollout. But what you describe is indeed my fantasy.

xp

actually, Buka Dansa by KOKOKO was this year's wild imago-friendly African track and I did bung it quite a few; if it places I'll be hyped

Key revelation for me is short stories and poems are bad. Good to know the future of criticism is in safe hands! :)

Real revelation has been Adigéry.

Any Adigéry naysayers? Seems like we’ve reached some kind of consensus for once.

Not me, she's great and I'm pleasantly surprised by the love she gets. (surprised because I'm probably not in the threads that big-upped her already)

spotify just played me an advert for the Kent police and it was more enjoyable than the haim track that proceeded it.

The list is diverse, more than other years when we've had a long slough of US indie rock and 80s pastiche punctuated by the occasional completely crazy, out-there track. The list lacks the latter, so far, but is considerably broader in general.

It told me I couldn't post without Grammarly but when I tried it said Rozzers wasn't allowed, and now the actual rozzers have told up and said to Grammarly "no you aren't allowed". Situation is tense

That was youtube though, Spotify is still banned where I am

nothing i voted for has placed so far and considering 3/4 of my ballot was k-pop i doubt it's showing up in the top 30, pouring one out for 'dalla dalla' and 'gogobebe'. did like the billie eilish track that placed though which is the first thing i've heard of hers. oh and 'dumebi' which i almost voted for.

The list is diverse, more than other years when we've had a long slough of US indie rock and 80s pastiche punctuated by the occasional completely crazy, out-there track.

Agreed, at one point a few years ago it seemed like every pop song to place in these polls was some '80s style indie-friendly synth pop tune with vaguely wistful arrangements and "cool", unaffective vocals. If we're finally over thant, thank god!

unaffective

I love this portmanteau.

maybe the aforementioned craziness of the top 10 is just that's where all the blandest indie rock is hiding

Maybe Wilco's 'Love Is Everywhere (Beware)' will reach the top 10.

idk we've had a fair slice of bland indie pop so far

lol poor wilco

agree with above praise, altho sadly we're lacking a few asian bangers

no kpop isn't surprising at all, everyone agreed it was a very mediocre year without much in the way of even one consensus single to rally behind

43: Weyes Blood - “Movies” - 228 points - 8 votes - 1 number 1 vote

This is vile lol. May the cinema die.

😘

Here is the top 25 tracks from the AOTY list aggregate. Bold have already placed, italics were not nominated.

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/songs/best/2019/

1 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy #31
2 Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen
3 Lizzo - Juice #33
4 FKA twigs - Cellophane
5 Clairo - Bags #49
6 Big Thief - Not
7 J Balvin, ROSALÍA - Con Altura
8 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road Remix FEAT. BILLY RAY CYRUS
9 DaBaby - Suge #52
10 Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
11 Tyler, the Creator - EARFQUAKE
12 Lana Del Rey - The Greatest
13 Charli XCX - Gone FEAT. CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS
14 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road
15 Angel Olsen - Lark
16 Lana Del Rey - hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it #48
17 Pop Smoke - Welcome to the Party
18 Angel Olsen - All Mirrors #47
19 Mannequin Pussy - Drunk II
20 Normani - Motivation #54
21 100 gecs - money machine
22 Megan Thee Stallion - Cash Shit FEAT. DABABY
23 Solange - Almeda
24 Dave - Black
25 Lizzo - Cuz I Love You

Not about you, fuck off xp

This is the best two day rollout. I'd just list everything I liked but that would include everything from 60-48 lol.

lol how can that be anything other than an attempt to bait me you sad berk, if you have actually functioning ears you wouldn't say that, nor compare her to john lennon

Plenty of people liked this hence why its on the list. Stop.

just weird how you'd single that one out while claiming to like almost literally everything else

Post here when you want to shit on someone passive aggressively until they see it and start a fight with you ITT

anyway, looking forward to some of the tracks CAAL has mentioned above placing. one in particular