ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2019

Maybe one of you or Alfred accidentally put in an unweighted ballot?

possible

tbc it definitely deserves top 10 placement here on importance

foe = just a vague sense of message-over-music flippancy, being like so dark ya know, that damn DUH, this is completely a hunch obv and I hope unfounded. good luck to her

I have 13 placements. Seems high and yet... not

i can't believe tinashe made it this high so... i'm not believing it

Tinashe will def make it imo

foe = just a vague sense of message-over-music flippancy

I'm sorry but it seems like you're saying she will eventually became your favorite artist of all time

i don't want to do a whole billie eilish convo/argument here bc i suspect the answer is "you old" but we tried a few of her songs last night. she has some real expressiveness in her voice and i can see what ppl find compelling about her but so much of the music and production feels tepid and boring and there's not enough going on in the songs really keep my attention. i'd be interested in seeing what she does in a few albums maybe experimenting with more adventurous styles? not sure if that nails my issue with it but more or less etc

def tin

well put mordy

I find it extremely compelling that a teenager got a song that repeats the line "I wanna end me" into the top 40

nb I also love "The Hills" by The Weeknd

lol DJP, gecs r all about the music ^_^

the music and her voice are both so strong, i don't get any sense of message being the prominent thing, and the darkness is sincere but so is the humor, and the humor to her darkness is the crucial thing both in image and in performance.

tepid and boring

can't apply this to "ilomilo" no matter how hard i try

it's pop music, why ask for "adventurous"

too pop for this rockist

I'm now imagining an Alec Empire remix of "Bad Guy" and that would be pretty choice

I find it extremely compelling that a teenager got a song that repeats the line "I wanna end me" into the top 40

ha, if anything that's the bit that feels like cynical audience pandering to me

So when’s that perfectly beige Burna x Billie duet gonna drop?

congrats to billie on winning the grammy for ilm's 10th best album of the year

i am definitely a fan of hers in general, but this felt very much like a first album to me. an incredibly promising first album, but still a first album. glad that the folks 10 years younger than me have a milestone album recorded by someone their age.

that's otm to me. it's a little loose, and "wish you were gay" shouldn't be a song

ha, if anything that's the bit that feels like cynical audience pandering to me

― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.),

You remember being a teen?

The album defeated me, but I loved hearing every single on the rado.

https://i.imgur.com/DuGjq4S.jpg
#09 - Big Thief - Two Hands (544 points, 15 votes)
Big Thief - Two Hands
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/big_thief-two_hands

Big Thief manage to be both really good and slightly overrated. That's it. That's the post.

i'm curious to see where she goes from here, the album is good all the way thru imo but there's more she's capable of in the future, and she has a rare level of total confidence + being seemingly vv relatable (compared to most if not all other major pop stars).

just how big a thief are we talking here

they stole our hearts

The album defeated me, but I loved hearing every single on the rado.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 6, 2020 2:26 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

oh yeah, whatever misgivings i had about the album, the songs did really stand out from the crowd on z100

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JG9Y9rk52sY/maxresdefault.jpg

Big Thief manage to be both really good and slightly overrated. That's it. That's the post.

― TOO LOW, the Curator (imago), Thursday, February 6, 2020 7:29 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

Really?!

I can't lie, I laughed a bit when I saw that Billie Eilish album title and cover (hadn't seen them before), but finding out she's a teenager (I did know that either), I feel bad know. People are allowed to be young.

Yeah, they're great but people do talk about them like they've saved rock! Not the messiah,just a very good band. idk maybe they have saved rock, who am I to say

Glad to see These New Puritans place this high, well done everyone!

Feel like we've had a roll-out like discussion on Big Thief at least twice before already

Rock doesn't ever need saving imo xp

U.F.O.F. >> Capacity >> Two Hands > Masterpiece

I've tried to really like these guys, but my attention always drifts off when listening to them and I can't help but feel there's an emperor's new clothes element to their mystique.

wait was swift real

U.F.O.F. >> Capacity >> Two Hands > Masterpiece

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 6, 2020 8:34 PM (fourteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

That's how I break it down to an extent, too.

swift was totally real

I was the number one for Lover, what can I say, I loved it

Rock doesn't ever need saving imo

Is there a music fan equivalent to Stockholm Syndrome?

I enjoyed both the Big Thief albums plenty, but I didn't end up voting for either of them. Two Hands would have been the one I'd have gone for. Neither of them come close to the magic of Capacity for me though.

yes it's called fandom xp

agree with kitchen person for me

Is there a music fan equivalent to Stockholm Syndrome?

100 Gecs? XD

Neither of them come close to the magic of Capacity for me though.

― kitchen person, Thursday, February 6, 2020 12:37 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's worth repeating a lot

I was the number one for Lover, what can I say, I loved it

― juntos pedemos (Euler), Thursday, February 6, 2020 12:36 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

*high fives euler*