ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2015

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I hope the real Gaz Coombes came in at 78 with a bullet.

i'm actually crying right now it's so funny

fuck, if I'd have voted Gaz coulda been #1 ...

FOR SHAME

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3 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Emotion (1967 points, 54 votes, 9 first place votes)
Pitchfork - 34 / P&J - 3
2 SUSANNE SUNDFØR Ten Love Songs (2025 points, 53 votes, 12 first place votes)
Pitchfork - DNP / P&J - 72
1 KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp A Butterfly (2204 points, 62 votes, 6 first place votes)
Pitchfork - 1 / P&J - 1

My enthusiasm for the Grimes album peaked with my second listen and it just got more and more sonically annoying after that

omg

wait, no ... Gaz didn't place?!

closer than i thought

WHOA

nice called shot on the 12 first place votes

wow, a real squeakah

good one. great top 3. CRJ was my number one but somehow I think it's much better and makes more sense this way.

i learned recently that CRJ is older than me which was a surprise, i figured she had to be in her 20s still

completely immortal top two

sundfor my #6 but again that was too low, it's fucking incredible

didn't vote for kendrick which was an oversight but i knew you'd all pull through

gr8 poll ty poll ppl

TWELVE number one votes for Ten Love Songs. Thank you ILM, it's great to see an album so seemingly ignored by media outlets so appreciated otherwise.

Wild that an artist I hadn't even heard of before these polls came in at #2. Glad Kendrick won.

What a top three! I'm disappointed Susanne didn't quite get thee but Kendrick is amazing and a well deserved winner.

Kendrick got more votes/pts than any album in ilx yrly polls ever, which honestly would not have been too insane to predict happening

ILX 77 Albums of 2015 - Day Three Recap - Spotify Playlist

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49 TOVE STRYKE - Kiddo
48 LEVON VINCENT - Levon Vincent - Not on Playlist - Full Album on YouTube
47 JUTE GYTE - Ship of Theseus
46 JIM O'ROURKE - Simple Songs - Not on Playlist - Full Album on YouTube
45 STARA RZEKA - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi
44 DUMBLONDE - Dumblonde
43 LOW - Ones and Sixes
42 DJ RICHARD - Grind
41 Aphex Twin aka user18081971 - 2015 SoundCloud Dump - Not on Playlist - SoundCloud Account is currently down, more info here - Listen to selections on YouTube
40 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS - Beat The Champ
39 HOP ALONG - Painted Shut
38 BEACH HOUSE - Depression Cherry
37 YEARS & YEARS - Communion
36 LANA DEL REY - Honeymoon
35 JANET JACKSON - Unbreakable
34 ANGEL HAZE - Back to the Woods
33 ALGIERS - Algiers
32 ABRA - Rose
31 SLEATER-KINNEY - No Cities to Love
30 KAMASI WASHINGTON - The Epic
29 FUTURE - 56 Nights
28 KEHLANI - You Should Be Here
27 EARL SWEATSHIRT - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
26 CHELSEA WOLFE - Abyss
25 DESTROYER - Poison Season
24 JLIN - Dark Energy
23 JEREMIH - Late Nights: The Album
22 RÓISÍN MURPHY - Hairless Toys
21 HOLLY HERNDON - Platform
20 FUTURE - DS2
19 ASHLEY MONROE - The Blade
18 CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
17 BJÖRK - Vulnicura
16 YOUNG THUG - Barter 6
14 (tie) RAE SREMMURD - SremmLife
14 (tie) JOANNA NEWSOM - Divers - Not on Playlist - Full Album on YouTube
13 COURTNEY BARNETT - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
12 FLOATING POINTS - Elaenia
11 SUFJAN STEVENS - Carrie & Lowell
10 JULIA HOLTER - Have You in My Wilderness
9 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER - Garden of Delete
8 VINCE STAPLES - Summertime '06
7 JAZMINE SULLIVAN - Reality Show
6 MIGUEL - Wildheart
5 DAWN RICHARD - Blackheart
4 GRIMES - Art Angels
3 CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Emotion
2 SUSANNE SUNDFØR - Ten Love Songs
1 KENDRICK LAMAR - To Pimp A Butterfly

All praise to gr8080, Johnny Fever, seandalai, and forksclovetofu for running flawlessly smooth polls this year.

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TWELVE number one votes for Ten Love Songs. Thank you ILM, it's great to see an album so seemingly ignored by media outlets so appreciated otherwise.

Ten Love Songs was among the 25 best-reviewed albums of the year (according to metacritic)

yeah thanks bros!

Wow @ Sundfør votes.

Susanne beating Kendrick would have been a travesty but clocking in at #2 is so gloriously ILM.

Also, 12 first places votes. Called it.

many thanks to poll runners you guys are awesome, this was so much fun

could lift to the skieees and abo-ove

Yeah massive thanks for poll-running! Amazing top 2.

Yeah, thanks to all you guys for running this. So much fun.

sorry, trying one more time:

ILX 77 Albums of 2015 - Day Three Recap - Spotify Playlist

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77 KURT VILE - B’lieve I'm Goin Down
76 PROJECT PABLO - I Want to Believe
75 BRANDON FLOWERS - The Desired Effect
74 DICK DIVER - Melbourne, Florida
73 BARONESS - Purple
72 EEK - Kahraba
71 FOUR TET - Morning/Evening
70 GHOST - Meliora
69 FETTY WAP - Fetty Wap
68 NEON INDIAN - VEGA Intl. Night School
67 DEAFHEAVEN - New Bermuda
66 JME - Integrity>
65 COLLEEN GREEN - I Want To Grow Up
64 JOAN SHELLEY - Over and Even
63 HEALTH - DEATH MAGIC
62 NEW ORDER - Music Complete
61 DOMENIQUE DUMONT - Comme ça
60 KAITLIN AURELIA SMITH - Euclid
59 COLLEEN - Captain of None
58 DEERHUNTER - Fading Frontier
57 TY DOLLA $IGN - Free TC
56 FATHER JOHN MISTY - I Love You, Honeybear
55 f(x) - 4 Walls
54 HELEN - The Original Faces
53 MBONGWANA STAR - From Kinshasa
52 PANDA BEAR - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper"
51 TAME IMPALA - Currents
50 FUTURE - Beast Mode - Only Two Tracks on Playlist, Full Album Here
49 TOVE STRYKE - Kiddo
48 LEVON VINCENT - Levon Vincent - Not on Playlist - Full Album on YouTube
47 JUTE GYTE - Ship of Theseus
46 JIM O'ROURKE - Simple Songs - Not on Playlist - Full Album on YouTube
45 STARA RZEKA - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi
44 DUMBLONDE - Dumblonde
43 LOW - Ones and Sixes
42 DJ RICHARD - Grind
41 Aphex Twin aka user18081971 - 2015 SoundCloud Dump - Not on Playlist - SoundCloud Account is currently down, more info here - Listen to selections on YouTube
40 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS - Beat The Champ
39 HOP ALONG - Painted Shut
38 BEACH HOUSE - Depression Cherry
37 YEARS & YEARS - Communion
36 LANA DEL REY - Honeymoon
35 JANET JACKSON - Unbreakable
34 ANGEL HAZE - Back to the Woods
33 ALGIERS - Algiers
32 ABRA - Rose
31 SLEATER-KINNEY - No Cities to Love
30 KAMASI WASHINGTON - The Epic
29 FUTURE - 56 Nights
28 KEHLANI - You Should Be Here
27 EARL SWEATSHIRT - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
26 CHELSEA WOLFE - Abyss
25 DESTROYER - Poison Season
24 JLIN - Dark Energy
23 JEREMIH - Late Nights: The Album
22 RÓISÍN MURPHY - Hairless Toys
21 HOLLY HERNDON - Platform
20 FUTURE - DS2
19 ASHLEY MONROE - The Blade
18 CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
17 BJÖRK - Vulnicura
16 YOUNG THUG - Barter 6
14 (tie) RAE SREMMURD - SremmLife
14 (tie) JOANNA NEWSOM - Divers - Not on Playlist - Full Album on YouTube
13 COURTNEY BARNETT - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
12 FLOATING POINTS - Elaenia
11 SUFJAN STEVENS - Carrie & Lowell
10 JULIA HOLTER - Have You in My Wilderness
9 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER - Garden of Delete
8 VINCE STAPLES - Summertime '06
7 JAZMINE SULLIVAN - Reality Show
6 MIGUEL - Wildheart
5 DAWN RICHARD - Blackheart
4 GRIMES - Art Angels
3 CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Emotion
2 SUSANNE SUNDFØR - Ten Love Songs
1 KENDRICK LAMAR - To Pimp A Butterfly

yall did a super amazing job this was so fun haha

yes, thank you pollrunners as always!

this ruled thank y'all

I was really hoping Sundfor would win this thing, since the winner of the albums poll has tended to be my favorite in the 4 prior polls. But Kendrick is fine.

Kendrick was my number one and nothing else came close.

Sundfør was my number five and my number one purely ILM discovery. I've introduced this to a few people and it blew them all away.

I was really pulling for CRJ at number one. I haven't yet listened to the Susanne Sundfor one. Kendrick - some outstanding tracks but I really couldn't stand that stupid poem about the evils of Lucy and I didn't listen to it again after the first few weeks.

Think I had CRJ #1, SS #2 but it could easily have been the other way around. Great top 3

Ten Love Songs was among the 25 best-reviewed albums of the year (according to metacritic)

Well it helps that it only had 7 reviews counting towards its score.

great work everyone, esp. forks, gr8080, ulysses, and any other poll runners

whoa @ top 5 placements - lividity at dawn being so low sort of counterbalanced by susanne being so high (and thank fuck grimes got shut out from the top 3). i know how much ten love songs was loved but it got so little critical traction outside of ilm, and neither song that placed was in the top 10, so i thought it might just be as niche within the board.

ten love songs was also the same trailer different park of 2015 for me in that it was the album i found it easiest to convert others to

Some key people in the hype industry have failed when it comes to not bringing SS at least to a lot of year-end lists from publications, if not global success the likes Tove Lo got. I mean she's doing fine, touring europe and the us, but

thanks to all the pollsters for your hard work! this is the most fun EOY poll by far.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-8gDt6RFXdw8JeGy805ASWWkBZZXwhNM80D3dY41Gqo/edit?usp=docslist_api

^ full results

thanks all, i appreciate you all more than i like you (JK)

i think i'm good to post this as well:

FULL RESULTS

seandalai should be by soon to start a stats/ballots thread iirc

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