ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2019

xp: truth bombs

Speaking of annoying

― TOO LOW, the Curator (imago), Thursday, February 6, 2020 11:47 AM (thirty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

gecs already placed, man

in fact the music's meticulously arranged chamber-synth-pop with sudden deviations into thumping techno marries really well to the blunt affect she's always going for

i know i shouldn't mention this because one of the two songs literally features hval telling a story about listening to her own music and then crying, but the Lost Girls EP (LP? it's two songs, each about 15 minutes) shares some of these musical qualities - not so much thumping techno, more just electronic

Here's a thing - is there less lettering on album covers these days? Maybe cos people are buying more vinyl and want a piece of artwork as well as the music within?

lol I knew that was coming (re truth bombs) but nuh-uh

If anything I'd argue covers with no words became more of a thing in response to the increase of streaming and the cover as small avatar

Here's a thing - is there less lettering on album covers these days? Maybe cos people are buying more vinyl and want a piece of artwork as well as the music within?

― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, February 6, 2020 11:48 AM (forty-one seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

or maybe because more people are listening on streaming services where the artist and title are listed in giant bold letters at all times.

xp, right

browsing thru the Dawn Richard. Some good, modern-funky production. But I can't get with this style of pop-rnb singing. Feel like it'd be my fav album if I was a 15 yr old girl tho.

catching up, but Hval and Gecs were my number one and two, and those plus the two Black Dresses albums fully encapsulated what 2019 felt like to me.

I'mma go out on a limb and say that Polachek and gecs are both annoying, but the latter infinitely more so.

you either get no lettering or the typography on the vampire weekend record

Pang is as wonderful as I wanted the last Chairlift album to be.

i really liked the chorus of one of the Caroline Polachek songs ("Door") that placed high in the tracks poll. not so much into the rest of the album. it seems well crafted but i don't think i like pop

The first song on Pang is very pretty

surprised to see this so high also, I thought the consensus was the album was just OK

the first few tracks and the singles are on pang are SO STRONG that i get seeing the trees for the forest

I quite like Hey Big Eyes, apart from the title, that is bad. Caroline Shut Up? That's a good title.

I liked the last Chairlift album quite a bit more than this. I don't really understand why it was so hated. I like her much better when she's being sassy and fun than when she is stuck in yelpy ballad mode.

I liked the last Chairlift album quite a bit more than this. I don't really understand why it was so hated

moodles we are in a very lonely club of two

"The first song on Pang is very pretty"

yes. the synth chords are giving me deja vu of some 90s ambient track but can't think which one.
oh no 2nd track started and I can't get with this style of singing either.

surprised too. Only "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" stuck with me (on tracks ballot)

xxp

Haha, an unexpected convergence!

Being annoying as an aesthetic decision different to unintentional annoyingness. I appreciate how people wouldn’t be on board with the former, but still. Gecs rule. My #3

https://i.imgur.com/AacI0gA.jpg
#14 - Burna Boy - African Giant (492 points, 15 votes, 4 number 1 votes)
here comes the AFRICAN GIANT / Burna Boy (2019)
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/burna-boy-african-giant/

too low

Didn't like the album as much as the singles but cool.

Thought this would be Top 5

The Dawn Richard record really grew on me after a few listens, had it just outside the top 10 on my ballot.

too low

if you told me in 1998 that auto tune would prevalent in music in 2020 I would 1st say that's kind of an odd thing to say out of the blue and then I'd say no way that'd be possible

whoa thought this was a lock for top 5 maybe top 3

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the olds will be pwnd over and over again.

good album

my number 1, and that’s way too low (but please add the 50 points to its total score that longneck forgot to award it)

xposts to a previous day: those that like the Barker album should also check out Topdown Dialectic, which should be on this list but won't be

arghhhh i still need to listen tot he whole thing. everything i've heard off it is great though

How dare you not include the AFRICAN GIANT in the top 10.

I don't often like how Polachek stretches her voice, but "Caroline Shut Up" is a jam

Being annoying as an aesthetic decision different to unintentional annoyingness. I appreciate how people wouldn’t be on board with the former, but still. Gecs rule. My #3

Eh, when your annoyingness is built off of a foundation of smugfuckery that smacks of disdain for your source material, I'm not going to get on board unless I hate the source material.

Also I didn't listen to the entire Polachek album but... she is a very conventional singer? I am not quite sure what people are reacting against other than "sounds like she studied voice at some point"?

to piss on oneself is not to disrespect beverages

How dare you not include the AFRICAN GIANT in the top 10.

There's no odd timbre in her sound and she isn't doing anything particularly weird or unexpected with her voice that I've noticed

Topdown Dialectic, which should be on this list but won't be

― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:03 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm as hell

I've been waiting for years for Nigerian pop to get an international breakthrough, but when Burna Boy finally achieved it, I found the record... a bit boring... Very tasteful?

Burna Boy is good, not too far off my ballot

sustained excellence can be boring, i guess

the Polachek album is good, i never really got transported by Chairlift before but this one is enjoyable.

Also getting four number one votes and missing the top 10 is insane.