ILM’s Top 77 Albums of 2021

The only irl Olivia Rodrigo fan I know is a 12yo girl and I would take this over some other things she might listen to so wtg Sour?

xpost Wolf Alice and CHVRCHES will be in here too.

xp: I'm sure you know some 43yo men who are also Olivia Rodrigo fans

Billie who, I'm sure the top 5 will be Soccer96, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes, Tristan Arp, and John Coltrane.

xpost Not if you're lucky

Only via the Internet xxp

pulling for an aftab #1, but no way she beats too low

― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, February 11, 2022 11:17 AM (three minutes ago)

she's my #1 so I also briefly indulged this fantasy, but Low not winning would be a stunning upset

My #2 but I wouldn't have thought she had a shot at top 5.

Would be strange if the Can live album made the list but A Love Supreme Live did not.

that doesn't seem strange to me in the context of ilm

And I mean, "Brutal" got her to practise guitar again. I'm all for it.xps

I assumed all the Oliva Rodrigo hype I've seen on social media was some nexus of payola, Disney pervs, and adults not following new music too closely.

Magdalena Bay pulling an upset and getting #1 would be a very ILM move in my mind

Arooj was my #2 as well

(Sour was my #3... my kids introduced me to it, but that shit is just undeniable)

some quality real music talk, by gar it's been a while

:clenches betting slip:

there was serious excitement surrounding "drivers license." payola works fine but payola alone doesn't create the biggest debut week in spotify history

the middle age folks tapped into olivia around album time, after she'd scored a couple #1s already

xp to chris l

Cleo Sol still to place surely?

so thrilled the best chvrches record got this far without my help

simz and sault tie was funny. i don't see her placing this high above both??

Based on the low number of votes needed to crack the lower reaches of the 77 I'd be very surprised if she misses out completely

prepare yourself

Cleo Sol was definitely better received here than those two, as it should have been (it was in my top 10).

Wolf Alice album was a major let down imo. Very generic without anywhere near the highs of the last two albums. Making the poll wouldn't have surprised me but Top 10?

announce Biffy Clyro u cowards

justice for DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ

so thrilled the best chvrches record got this far without my help

― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, February 11, 2022 11:41 AM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Wait, did you forget to vote too?

People have been sleeping on the Arlo Parks. Better than Sault, Little Simz and Cleo Sol imo.

ehhhh sounds like Starbucks music to my ears

I'm fine with Starbucks music tbh

I totally thought Arlo Parks would be lower down in the list. Wouldn't mind seeing her this high at all.

Yeah, could not get in to the Arlo Parks album at all xps

xpost I feel like people really liked the Wolf Alice album overall. Didn't it win the Mercury poll on here a few months ago?

I only know one Arlo Parks song but it's very nice

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starbucks mater

I know a bunch of Arvo Part, rules

Wait, did you forget to vote too?

― peace, man, Friday, February 11, 2022 9:54 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

did not want to make a year-end list at all

Wolf Alice's Restaurant music

while Moka tortures us, I will disclose that I was underrating the Dawn album, I sincerely apologize and hope to do better in future

Arlo Parks is good and there's stuff way more boring to me here.

(Although much less than there used to be in previous years tbf)

Revisited the GYBE album. I sometimes just forget to listen more to things that I know I will enjoy in familiar ways vs things that may be new or complex or challenging but it's completely solid and all holds together really well and satisfyingly.

Was looking at the 2019 poll just now -- forgot that Weyes Blood somehow beat out LDR, Purple Mountains, and Big Thief! Maybe another upset year but Low does feel like the frontrunner.

Aw, I was really hoping L'Rain would break the top 10. If we're taking apologies for underrating albums right now I think he could give one, too :P

Sorry I was on a meeting! Torture over

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10. Tinashe - 333
441 points / 18 votes / 1 #1 vote
Video from the album: “X”
Tinashe - Aquarius (out October 7 2014)

worth the wait, thank you Moka

Nice. I voted for the last 3, all good. I agree that Second Line is not my favorite of hers, but it works on its own terms. The L'Rain album I may be slightly overrating because it's the album that introduced me to L'Rain overall, so my vote is probably really for both albums. But she's pretty awesome. And 333 always seems over too soon, even though it's like 47 minutes.