ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2019

Ît's no secret that I am to r&b as Tuomas is to rock. Except, well, not really, as I actually enjoy about 5% of it.

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Jamila Woods album is pretty bad-ass

my no. 1 (.... did you vote alfred???)

― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, February 6, 2020 12:42 PM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglin

Mine too, boo

It says 1 number 1 tho #awks

My #1 for sure. I copypasted.

Oh shoot yes wrong artist name!

I’ll fix when I get home in a couple of hours. In the meantime here’s 11:

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#11 - Taylor Swift - Lover (504 points, 16 votes, 1 number 1 vote)
taylor swift iridescent smoke bombs thread 2019 - lover
https://www.albumism.com/reviews/taylor-swift-lover

lol

ehhhh

haha

Double-checking the spreadsheet and Jamila Woods has only one number one vote.

what's the actual #11?

11 is not a joke post. Some of us in ilm really love TS that much

Woods was my number three.

I need to go back and hear These New Puritans.

My #1 for sure. I copypasted.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 6, 2020 11:06 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

can anyone confirm that the there were two no. 1 votes tallied for the jamila woods record

better than expected, glad it's not top ten

well that’s weird

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/05/16/opinion/16tue1/16tue1-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp

11 is not a joke post. Some of us in ilm really love TS that much

this is excellent commitment to the bit, kudos

still haven't heard it, but its release inspired me to revisit red, which was nice.

Are you sure you voted, Brad?

Uh-oh

iowa caucus boys to the votes

lol DJP

Are you sure you voted, Brad?

― Jeff W, Thursday, February 6, 2020 11:11 AM (fifty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

.... yes

It was an interesting strategy for Swift to use the worst two songs as the lead singles.

Buttegieg is behind all this.

maybe #12 is the fake post!

Legacy! is better than I remember, and I remembered it being pretty good

Need paper ballots, Moka.

Love about half of Lover but that half is truly excellent and as good as anything she's ever done

are both Big Thief albums are going to be top 10?

looks like it

They're the only rock band

Oof.. kind of a long stretch of albums I really don't even want to listen to.

I listened to the entirety of "new breed" after I saw it place and liked it a lot. I should listen to more Dawn Richards.

I gave the Hval a lot of points (#10). I liked Blood Bitch, but this one really clicked for some reason. If I was a better writer I might be able to articulate why I found the juxtaposition of the confessional quality of the lyrics with the guest spoken word pieces, with the slick futuristic environment she creates with the synths so pleasing. And there are just some great melodies here. I am not a lyrics person in general. I like vocals, but I usually miss the actual words, because I'm too focused in on the music itself (and also because I kind of don't give a shit), but from what I pick up on I like the basic essence of the subject matter here.

I won't waste space here trashing the placements of albums from genres I don't like.

Burna Boy and fka Twigs seem really interesting, but just haven't clicked with me on some level. I'm going to give them both another shot, though.

I guess I could start by getting her name correct.

I was glad to see FKA Twigs and Jamila Woods back-to-back as contrast: why I can't stand about R&B developments and what I love.

I also want to say that I've greatly enjoyed the Stenny, Special Request, and Topdown Dialectic albums recommended in recent posts.

tbh Alfred I wouldn't have pegged you as a neo-soul booster

Depends how you define neo-soul; I'm an R&B booster, period. As far as trad R&B goes, I've been praising K Michelle for years.

damn sorry for triggering a recanvassing

re: Jamila, HEAVN was my #1 album that year. Found it on SoundCloud and became totally enamored with its intimacy and bedroom quality, which suited her voice. The way she weaved pop culture references, her poetry, and confessional recordings together felt like a teenager's scrapbook.

Then I saw her at Pitchfork, and she'd brought in her band and transformed these songs into south side church tunes. It was fun for a summer show in Chicago, but I was really disappointed when they properly released the album and had switched out some of the back tracks with live drums and bass.

Continuing with the trend, I had a hard time connecting with the size of Legacy! Legacy! but admittedly seem to be the only person on the planet who prefers HEAVN.

heavn didn't move me, i think she leaned a little too hard on those cute-sy nursery rhyme flows, and the samples felt like they were pandering directly to the internet. legacy legacy was much more self-assured and detail-rich.

I connected with LEGACY in late July on a road trip for a beach vacation and it sounded great with windows down and a slight buzz.

certainly the consensus, voodoo, I think HEAVN just hit me in the right place at the right time

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#10 - Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (524 points, 18 votes)
billie eilish
https://www.nme.com/reviews/billie-eilish-album-review-when-we-all-fall-asleep-where-do-we-go-2467653

DUH

to bed

I should not like her, but I liked the tracks that placed in that poll, so I may actually give this a listen later.

i'm going to assume i accidentally didn't submit an albums ballot i guess lol