ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2019

The weird thing is, I kind of felt like ILM wasn't particularly enthusiastic about Titanic Rising

okay this is surprising. thought those were def gonna be top 2

was this the second fakeout

not discounting that tbh

I'm predicting #2 is JPEGMAFIA and #1 is Nick Cave or Tool

Has to be Weyes Blood. And that would make a great number one. LDR... You do not like to see it.

i just assumed weyes blood was gonna be #1 from the start, did not realize people liked the ldr anywhere near as much as it though

This is not a joke placement. PM is our numero tres.

Ok. let's get this over with.

https://i.imgur.com/9era1Jc.jpg
#02 - Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (961 points, 29 votes, 2 number 1 votes)
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019)
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lana-del-rey-norman-fucking-rockwell/

https://i.imgur.com/gW2eMjH.jpg
#01 - Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (1158 points, 33 votes, 4 number 1 votes)
Weyes Blood
https://music.avclub.com/weyes-blood-ascends-to-new-musical-heights-on-the-lush-1833816081

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

hell yeah!!!

holy shit

Jute Gyte robbed again

hell yeah

ah poor jpegmafia, good album that

Well well. I had no idea ILM was so crazy about either of these. but I'm glad Weyes Blood won

WOW! Love this album <3

Narrowly missed having an album with a Sublime cover top this thing.

Going to karaoke tonight; hope "Andromeda" is offered.

the weyes blood album was indeed better than the lana album

think this was my favorite albums rollout ever great job everyone. thanks forks, seandalai, moka

thank jeezus LDR didn't win

Brad got 4/6! not bad

woo!

2. Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa - The Return of the Scorpion Kings

1. DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small - Scorpion Kings

this might be the first time in a decade that I saw two of the top ten live?

6/6 if you discount order

Never got the impression on ilm that the LDR record would climb this high?

Well deserved number one though. Love that record.

Big Thief? xp

idgi but congraps to way splud

thank you forks, moka, seandalai

great poll!

Wooooo! What a winner! Thanks again to crüt for first recommending her back in 2014. I associate Weyes Blood very strongly with ILX and so this feels like a logical ascent to the top of our polls/hearts

ty Moka, forks and seandalai! and what a winner! proud to say: my #3, behind two metal albums lol. could just as easily have been my own #1 though, she is on another level

LDR seemed to top so many lists so well done ILM for bucking that

Yeah what an amazing journey, from a humble crut nomination to this!

I take back all of my Taylor Swift snark and redirect it towards Lana Del Rey

I got tix for Weyes Blood but didn't go :/

Thanks Moka, Forks and Seandalai for the beautiful ride! <3

(Sund4r: You posted "us" so I posted an image from the promo material for the movie "Us". IOW you didn't miss much)

Thanks to the poll runners for the excellent roll out and images!

Got a bit more hivemindy toward the top, but over half of the ilm top 50 appeared outside the composite Top 50 on Rob Mitchum's sheet.

ILM Rank - Artist - Composite Rank (# of lists, out of 18)

#1 - Weyes Blood - 9 (12 lists)
#2 - Lana Del Rey - 1 (16 lists)
#3 - Purple Mountains - 7 (12 lists)
#4 - Big Thief - 10 (11 lists)
#5 - Carly Rae Jepsen - 52 (4 lists)
#6 - Octo Octa - 178 (1 list)
#7 - Tinashe - 334 (1 list)
#8 - Ariana Grande - 16 (8 lists)
#9 - Big Thief - 42 (4 lists)
#10 - Billie Eilish - 11 (12 lists)
#11 - Taylor Swift - 45 (4 lists)
#12 - Jamila Woods - 17 (9 lists)
#13 - FKA Twigs - 4 (15 lists)
#14 - Burna Boy - 48 (5 lists)
#15 - Caroline Polachek - 79 (4 lists)
#16 - Dawn Richard - dnp (0 lists)
#17 - Jenny Hval - 23 (9 lists)
#18 - 1000 Gecs - 38 (6 lists)
#19 - These New Puritans - 142 (1 list)
#20 - Vampire Weekend - 13 (11 lists)
#21 – Charli XCX - 67 (4 lists)
#22 – Holly Herndon - 43 (6 lists)
#23 – Charly Bliss – 60 (4 lists)
#24 – Underworld – 69 (3 lists)
#25 – Nilüfer Yanya – 54 (6 lists)
#26 – CFCF – dnp (0 lists)
#27 – Raphael Saadiq – 133 (1 list)
#28 – SAULT - dnp (0 lists)
#29 – The Comet Is Coming – 26 (6 lists)
#30 – Richard Dawson - 88 (2 lists)
#31 – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – 286 (1 list)
#32 – Little Simz – 19 (8 lists)
#33 – The Highwomen – 50 (4 lists)
#34 – Arthur Russell – dnp (0 lists)
#35 – Danny Brown – 30 (8 lists)
#36 – Men I Trust - dnp (0 lists)
#37 – Lingua Ignota - 73 (3 lists)
#38 – Erika De Casier – 197 (1 list)
#39 – Kelsey Lu - dnp (0 lists)
#40 – Sunn O))) – 68 (3 lists)
#41 (TIE) - Kim Gordon - 56 (4 lists)
#41 (TIE) - SAULT - dnp (0 lists)
#43 – Angel Olsen - 2 (15 lists)
#44 – Shura - 164 (2 lists)
#45 – Kali Malone - 148 (1 list)
#46 – Solange - 6 (14 lists)
#47 – Liturgy - dnp (0 lists)
#48 – Hatchie - 129 (2 lists)
#49 – Chemical Brothers - 135 (1 list)
#50 – Glass Beach - dnp (0 lists)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SklyhzT6ty4fJH9wrItm0qOiI6kiloRdkZMhONpZ0CA/edit#gid=0

Kinda bummed I haven’t connected with Titanic Rising the same way many people have seemed to — still love Front Row Seat, though

Never heard Weyes Blood. It...it...sounds like LDR??

ILM Albums Poll 2019: Thread of Stats and Ballots

Me and imago saw her at The Camden Lock Tavern in 2015 and there were like six people in the audience and she played her backing tracks off a laptop. She used my phone to call her manager maybe I can find that number and call to let them know the good news?

xps: they're not a major publication or anything so it doesn't surprise me that they're not in that spreadsheet, but Gorilla vs Bear was how I found out about the Men I Trust album - it was high on their list, as was Essentials.

Really didn't mind who won between Weyes Blood and Lana. They were both in my top three.

Great list, easily the best on the internet. Thanks to all the pollrunners! This is the only thing I enjoy about this time of year.

wild that Sault didn't appear in any other lists. was definitely some internet buzz for that

I just laid down and cried
The waters don't really go by me
Give me something I can see
Something bigger and louder than the voices in me
Something to believe

this bit slays me every time <3

i'm seeing her in a few weeks as well, super excited!