ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2020

I knew if I waited long enough someone would set that post on fire for me

the incredibly repetitive, violently spontaneous and sonically abrasive nature of Whole Lotta Red make it hard to believe it's as short as it is. 63 minutes but it's in a full sprint pretty much the whole way. There's a lot of crossover with Poppy.

63 minutes isn't short???

the only moment that drags is "metamorphosis" and carti's verse + cudi's hum is still a cool combo

wait 63 minutes is long, right?

i like the carti, it's cool sonically...wears me out a little bit

his style can be cool but a little too teepee for my bunghole for me sometimes

lmao at the mental image I now have

the only moment that drags is "metamorphosis" and carti's verse + cudi's hum is still a cool combo

― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Thursday, February 4, 2021 10:23 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

really think the only reason this song drags is cudi gets a verse. cudi please cut it back to humming in the future

yes, exactly

63 minutes is short is what i'm saying.

anyways, here's (probably inevitably) something less assaultive but equally creative.
#24 benefited from something of an accounting filip here as the LP proper and its follow-up EP were nominate as a single vote and there was not cry to change it until after voting was done. We took the ballots at face value and are treating both as an individual work for the purpose of reporting. Consider it bonus material!

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#24: CS + Kreme - Snoopy/howwouldyoufeelwithoutthatthought 412 points - 13 votes - 3 Nº1 votes

CS + Kreme - Snoopy

https://csandkreme.bandcamp.com/album/snoopy
https://csandkreme.bandcamp.com/album/howwouldyoufeelwithoutthatthought

“Conrad Standish and Sam Karmel expand on the stripped-down chamber-pop of their prized 2016 debut, absorbing aspects of baroque composition, ritualist psychedelia, spiritual jazz and avant classical into their patented framework of groggy 808 bass, slow-baked vocals and none-more-effective, hypnagogic atmospheres.”
https://boomkat.com/products/snoopy-8d0aca4b-2024-4704-af34-a6b1b199339d

https://www.pacificplaytents.com/content/images/thumbs/0003645_30610.jpeg

yes these are excellent releases

anyway, there are so many excellent moments on the carti album and i've enjoyed making myself feel stupid when imitating his voice.

"new tank," "punk monk," "die4guy," "stop breathin," "iloveuihateu," "vamp anthem," "slayer," etc.

xxp the new ilm upvote system is out of control

where did blueberries go?

CS+Kreme!!! I had given up all hope. Amazing record, my #1.

I assumed from the name that CS + Kreme were a dance throwback a la Shanks & Bigfoot

CS x Kreme

oh superb think i gave cs + kreme a few points

great album, great donuts

My number one too. It's the perfect lockdown album.

huh, never heard of this

I appreciate the love for CS & Kreme but I admit that I don't really get it (yet?), I didn't click with it but haven't spent time exploring its depths. And it seems like it probably has depths that require exploring?

I went back to the keiyaA album though and I'm appreciating it anew, it's amazing. It makes me want to make beats.

what is THIS

CS+Kreme are good imo, maybe a bit more ambient than i was expecting but fun soundscapes to embed yourself in.

Another ILM alumni placement? Clearly this game is rigged.

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#23: The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? - 415 points - 16 votes

Music a la Soft Pink Truth

https://thesoftpinktruth.bandcamp.com/album/shall-we-go-on-sinning-so-that-grace-may-increase

“Matmos member Drew Daniel has put together a gorgeous album that carries itself with the strength of a soft prayer, masterfully fusing jazz, deep house, and minimalism into an enormous, featherlight shield.”
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-soft-pink-truth-shall-we-go-on-sinning-so-that-grace-may-increase/

It's the perfect lockdown album

Yes yes yes. Heard this after voting but it deserves many crepuscular points and great to see it this high

(also partially compensates for the inevitable absence of the brilliant album by Jonnine Standish, aka Mrs CS)

anyway, there are so many excellent moments on the carti album and i've enjoyed making myself feel stupid when imitating his voice.

relatable post vc

the brilliant album by Jonnine Standish, aka Mrs CS

what is this? is it under their name?

Why didn't they call the 9th song "May" and write one more song called "Increase," more like lazy pink truth imo

i've never felt the length of the carti record, it throws so many hooks out in either fragmented or fully-realized forms that in the moment it feels like i'm platform jumping from idea to idea. find it difficult to get enough of either the cyborg-ass production or carti's incredibly dynamic performance, both of which keep my attention glued to the record even when kanye is rapping (regrettable imo)

ever since my brother died
ever since my brother died
i've been thinkin bout homicide
i've been thinkin bout homicide

what is this? is it under their name?

https://boomkat.com/products/blue-hills-0ab599f7-841e-4060-ad89-30af0d8d6386

i'm a rockstar i could join slayer

NA: it's "Blue Hills" by Jonnine - originally released as one of the Boomkat lockdown-ambient-twiddling edition things but entirely transcends these origins

there are some parts of that Cs + kreme album that make me think of a dub version of hood's 'cold house' coated in about five inches of extra strong glue. and then there are some parts that just don't sound like that at all

The long album titles section really boosts Moka's design concept.

thanks
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it throws so many hooks out in either fragmented or fully-realized forms that in the moment it feels like i'm platform jumping from idea to idea

yep otm. each track is its own world

killer record this

returned to it yesterday

Another ILM alumni placement? Clearly this game is rigged.

Drew Daniel was/is an ILMer?

good posts Brad

Great album though - another that I loved that didn't make my ballot, also the CS + Kreme, which is surprising how high it placed here. Not the record I expected to see get 3 number 1 votes

snoopy is intense vibes, helluva album

3 tracks into the Playboi Carti and it's clear I'm gonna have a v fun time deciding between love and hate lol

Drew was an ILMer!

Good to see SPT place, it was in my top 10 somewhere

i misread 'sinning' as 'swimming' and thought it was still an interesting title

snoopy rules, i was one of the #1's

soft pink truth record on my long list, an impressive achievement i struggled to be in the mood for, but whenever i’m in that mood, look out