ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

No offence, but there are far more beautiful sounds out there.

(To me.)

This was one of the last additions to my list after falling for it on the Spotify playlist. Gorgeous song.

after falling in love with the simmy album last year it was a pleasure to follow the sun el thread in 2019

sublime

Beauty's objective now?

― pomenitul, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:41 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah, idk if you heard

it was all over the news

Noted, thanks. I'll be sure to correct my worldview accordingly.

Best song of the rollout so far!

Damn I love this Comet is Coming song, which is completely new to me. The keyboard chord progression is basically what plays behind the Vincent Price monologue in "Thriller," right? I love it with skronky sax over it instead of Vincent Price over it.

Just a bit of Gospel let's be cool

xp sax skronk + synth is a surprisingly winning combo

The keyboard chord progression is basically what plays behind the Vincent Price monologue in "Thriller," right?

i've always thought of it as the starship trooper (wurm) progression

i personally love this stretch from Samthing to Sun-El but we gotta move on so

http://i.imgur.com/R1Sx7ma.jpg
26: Ciara – “Thinkin’ Bout You” – 317 points – 10 votes - 1 #1 vote

YouTube Video

is the ciara album worth getting?

Singles Jukebox

I don't hate this but it's distinctly NFM.

how many votes did brad get this year haha

This thing is SUCH a banger even when she strains

in my top ten

Nice!

Brad IS ILM. Well, most of it at least.

Absolutely blown away that all my votes made the top 25

I don't hate this but it's distinctly NFM.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:57 AM (fifty-three seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

same here, I keep yearning for a respite from the chord progression

Absolutely blown away that all my votes made the top 25

― ymo sumac (NickB)

Me too, Nick, me too.

hi five!

having a chord progression that changes is a bourgeois indulgence

Though as I said, I know I've got a couple coming, so I'm not going to get the coveted "least hivemindy" award.

having a chord progression that changes is a bourgeois indulgence

― opden gnash (imago)

Now he's getting it! Good lad.

having a chord progression that changes is a bourgeois indulgence

Progression is a liberal myth anyway.

being the biggest enthusiasm-spreader on the board helps get your favs into the eoy lists as it turns out

I don't understand loving Ciara. I think everything she's done after "Goodies" and "1 2 Step" has been relentlessly mediocre.

(when not actively awful)

Stand By Me (ILM Mix)

I think most of her albums since 2006 have been uneven with two or three bangers but that goes for most albums

Yeah but it's also the hookiest bassline of the year and there's a carefree-ness to it that I find irresistable. Ciara's put out three or four solid bangers in the last couple of years and everything else has been zzzzz.

Basically I feel like every Ciara album should be titled All Of My Songs Are Beige

i didn't vote for "thinkin' bout you"! i love it but i had bigger fish to fry this year. i wish "level up" had placed last year, it deserved it

I think the criteria for appreciation should be higher than "pretty girl with mediocre voice whispers over a rejected Jason Derulo beat"

LOL

I haven't heard Ciara on adult R&B radio since "Body Talk" so ILM and critics may be her only audience.

i didn't vote for "thinkin' bout you"!

ha, i thought i saw you say it was the 'best song ever,' but then you say that a lot

My 25th vote. Not my favorite vocals but the bassline is undeniable.

if there's 26 songs tied for best song ever then one gotta go

^^^ basically what it comes down to

One step closer to the weirdness

"level up" is the song i will ride for on Beauty Marks; 'thinkin bout you"feels relentlessly middle of the road to me

I haven't heard Ciara on adult R&B radio since "Body Talk" so ILM and critics may be her only audience.

8.4m monthly listeners on Spotify = it's time for a cull of either ILM or critics and I don't care which

as an aside: The differential between #30 and #16 on the Top 77 Songs is 42 points. So everything that places today has more or less equal love on the board!

anyway it's finally time for that long awaited hot imago weirdness i know you guys love

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