ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2019

When Danny Brown switches his voice, it's always a thrill, but I don't want him doing it for a whole album.

I love this record.

Are they huge in Canada?

xp

They're on a couple big Chillout type playlists. I'm betting they get a lot of play in stores.

I live in Montreal and had never heard of them so I don't think so.

xp

https://i.imgur.com/IbH3zLD.jpg
#34 – Arthur Russell – Iowa Dream (323 points, 10 votes)

Arthur Russell

Your next 2020 Democratic presidential primary thread: Now we're serious

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/20/779721417/which-arthur-russell-are-we-getting-on-iowa-dream

another vote of mine, such a great surprise

Beautiful record <3

lol @ linking to the dem primary thread though

Tailwhip by Men I Trust is one of the best songs of the decade imho.

Love the sound of that - palm muted? - bass in their sound.

Not my thing, alas. I'll give it another shot some time.

for anyone curious about the Arthur Russell, this is a highlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IksudTFX42c

Never really warmed to Russell's non-disco material, gimme Patrick Cowley over him any day.

I have never heard of this Arthur Russell album but I’ve liked almost everything I’ve heard from him.

It’s incredible how consistent and vast the quality of his posthumous work is.

do love that men i trust record

some down and dirty genre notes (non-binding labels here of course):
40 - Noise/Metal
39 - alt/indie R&B
38 - chill club pop
37 - goth opera metal
36 - groovy dream pop
35 - weirdo hip hop
34 - weirdo pop

Pretty good day today overall.

I don't normally vote for archival releases but Iowa Dream shouldn't be overlooked.

remind me how far we're going

not digging today as much as yesterday but hopefully we still have some more to come right?

It’s incredible how consistent and vast the quality of his posthumous work is.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, February 5, 2020 8:27 PM (twenty-four seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is otm. I can't think of another example of someone's posthumous work being this good.

planning on getting to 21 though it's gonna happen in fits and starts until 7 as i have meetings and am about to go for a jog.

First, though, I notice that genre list doesn't include any country...

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#33 – The Highwomen – s/t (326 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote)

Rolling Country 2019

https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/the-highwomen-album-review.html

Hate, hate, hate this.

*heart eyes emoji*

My #1! I was getting worried.

good album

one more and then a pause

https://i.imgur.com/JmTc4Nf.jpg
#32 – Little Simz – Grey Area (330 points, 13 votes)

Thread of Little Simz

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/little-simz-grey-area/

Really excellent album 😎

xp

I didn't spend enough time with this. I'll correct that presently.

Good album, no more, no less.

All four of them are vv different which was a concern that it might not work but all are so phenomenally good at their best and they brought it all together on this.

Awesome! My #10. Brilliant, harrowing and varied record, and it absolutely flies by too. Simz is quite the forceful presence

One of my votes there (Little Simz) - my favourite rap record in quite a while

I'm beginning to think the Frozen II soundtrack isn't gonna make it :(

Listened to The Highwomen album a lot when it came out. Talented artists making good music, and I'm very glad they exist and are getting some well deserved attention, but as I've said elsewhere, it all feels so calculated and serious. The few places where they sneak in some levity ("My Name Can't Be Mama", "Don't Call Me") are among my favorites.

I discovered the Simz in early Jan. and it *just* missed my ballot. Reminded me a lot of Whack World.

listening to Danny Brown in the hope this is the album that clicks and... Nope I still don't get it. Always found his stuff quite flat and uninteresting. Is this really considered 'weird' for hip hop? IDGI

The Danny Brown Voice™ is considered 'weird', don't know about the rest.

why did i just listen today the american football record? so beautiful.
really glad that the highwomen made the top.

xp just sounds a bit nasal.

Brandi Carlile's love song on this album one of the intensest I've heard in years.

Seems like 2019 was her year.

listening to Danny Brown in the hope this is the album that clicks and... Nope I still don't get it. Always found his stuff quite flat and uninteresting. Is this really considered 'weird' for hip hop? IDGI

― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, February 5, 2020 3:02 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is by far least weird album he's ever released

Produced the Tanya Tucker too.

does it need to be “weird”?

Smoke + Drink from a few albums back was a fun Danny Brown party anthem I'll give him that

excited to see the placement of the danny brown-produced tanya tucker album, gotta be top 10 right?

xxxxp there's "levity" in a bunch of other Highwomen tracks - loose change, heaven is a honky tonk, redesigning women...

I'll concede that the opening track is a little "calculated and serious," in that it's a rewrite of a classic song. maybe also the closing number, wheels of laredo... which also appeared on the Tanya Tucker album, no?

xp no but it needs to be interesting. someone up thread described it as 'weirdo hip hop' but it sounds pretty strait to me

As Paul McCartney said, that would be something.

Xxxpost