ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

xp :)

so T-Shirt is going to beat this huh

I like the original Sugar For The Pill just fine, but the Avalon Emerson treatment is phenomenal and otherworldly. (I voted for neither, but would've voted for 'Gilded Escalation' if I had.)

voted very unstrategically this year and now getting sadly hopeful that Akanamali is going to win

Oh, Charly Bliss's "Percolator" is pretty cool. I could have used a catchy uptempo pop-rock album last year; listening with interest.

"T-Shirt" would be the funniest possible 78 imo

Charly Bliss song is fun enough. In the 90s, I would have probably scorned it as too sugary/fluffy but one takes what one can get in this brave new world.

― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, January 25, 2018

This elicited mirthless laughter from me. Too relatable.

T-SHIRT SONG OF THE YEAR

if my ballot has anything to do with what's no. 1 then it's not crj or charli (but tbh i almost never have anything to do with what's no. 1)

Oh, Charly Bliss's "Percolator" is pretty cool. I could have used a catchy uptempo pop-rock album last year; listening with interest.

Album is all killer, no filler. You'll be pleased imo.

idk if T-Shirt is even placing at this point, maybe if Humble doesn't? (very possible)

SZA probably got vote split too but I have no idea which of the singles will be the consensus

T-SHIRT SONG OF THE YEAR

― gr8080, Thursday, January 25, 2018 4:31 PM (thirty-five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Would be quite something for a song that wasn't a hit iirc

Annoyed by how much the "nipples are hard" line in Tove Lo is getting me turned on.

ok lock thread

no way in hell "Love Galore" isn't placing xps

love galore is the one imo

"T-Shirt" would be the funniest possible 78 imo

― Simon H., Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:30 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol I didn't even consider that

would love to see Love Galore at #1

i voted drew barrymore, guess love galore is more likely though

best song I've heard today for the 1st time is the black madonna one. Still dont care much for the slowdive song or the remix

"mask off" and "t-shirt" placing is gonna be a real dull stretch for me but enjoy yourselves i guess

ooh, the imago household threw quite a few points at Drew Barrymore...

not sure I ever got all the way through "mask off" (I did vote for T-Shirt tho)

I just remembered "Bad and Boujee" only placed around 30 or something? so I'm really doubting "T-Shirt" at this point

B&B was #25.

pffft never underestimate this board's desire to stick it to deej

things are placing with only 13 votes right up to the top 10 - it's an absolute lottery tbh

not really hearing much of Pygmalion on this Avalon Emerson remix, more like the In Mind remixes ep imo

Ooh I'll check it out, though "otherworldly" is sorta what I didn't want from Slowdive this year. Felt like "Sugar for the Pill" demystified my love for them in a much needed way.

I've been predicting New Rules as song of the year.

T-Shirt has always seemed like the most likely winner to me (I called Black Beatles early last year too, without even being aware of its use in the mannequin challenge thing) - it got its own thread and early enough in the year to just linger in ILM consciousness throughout and doesn't seem to have a controversy factor like Bodak Yellow.

tbf, I haven't listened to Pygmalion in like a decade

I was noticing the lower point totals this year, for example Flesh Without Blood, which placed at #11 in 2015 had 542 points. I'm wondering if this is because of fewer voters or general lack of consensus

i guess it'd just be kind of a bummer for me if a song that completely evaporates from my memory after i hear it turns out to be no. 1 (deej otm)

honestly the only reason I'm predicting CRJ is cause she always did great even w/ vote splitting, and there's none with her this year

t-shirt is coming

Would be nice if JF said there was a massive curveball we've not considered yet to come...

tbf, I haven't listened to Pygmalion in like a decade

ha same here tbh

i'm glad bodak yellow didn't win, though i really don't have anything against the song. just the rapturous reactions always seemed a little out-of-place to me.

i like our top ten quite a lot.

I was noticing the lower point totals this year, for example Flesh Without Blood, which placed at #11 in 2015 had 542 points. I'm wondering if this is because of fewer voters or general lack of consensus

― Dan S, Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:39 AM

It's some of both. Spoiler: no song is even close to 1,000 points this year.

Let's break the seal on the top ten...

https://i.imgur.com/IPiUgDZ.jpg

10 FUTURE "Mask Off" [364 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://youtu.be/xvZqHgFz51I

I do wonder if Bodak Yellow would have placed higher if it wasn't the critical consensus pick of the year.

it's been both fewer voters and less consensus in general

Bodak Yellow received about 3.45 points per voter, while Flesh Without Blood received about 4 points per voter

not sure I ever got all the way through "mask off" (I did vote for T-Shirt tho)

― rob, Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:35 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

went to youtube to listen to Mask Off again and it started at 2:04 so I guess that answers that

what's up flute loop

#52 "Unmask Me" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #10 "Mask Off"

flute loop is sweet, but I'm very tired of dreary Future
besides 2017's best flute jam was Bum Bum Tam Tam: https://youtu.be/_P7S2lKif-A
(there's even a remix with Future if you must)

Back in March I thought I was the only one who thought "Mask Off" my favorite.

Iconic song