**********Just the trax, ma'am: THE ILX 2007 POLL RESULTS, part 1**********

what

Canadians are scum too?

don't get him started on those Greenlanders

14. Cortney Tidwell - Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson's Objects In Space Mix) (116 points, 10 votes) (link)

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3052/o829678yb9vk9.jpg

Production-wise at least, I'd kind of written Ewan Pearson off as a past-it electrohouse producer by the start of 2007, but this remix obliterated that perception. Pearson takes his initial sound palette from minimal and lets it flower and wilt, drifting from icy shudder of beats and slowly thawing into a glorious nu-Balearic 7am anthem and back again, via one astonishing collapse into a swarm of electronic drones and swirls. Cortney's Bjorkish vocals help too, soaring over the top of it all as Pearson treats us to pay-off after pay-off after pay-off.
-Matt DC

xpost, It's awkward because I don't know anyone who self-identifies as a "North American". I don't think anyone externally refers to anyone as that either.

Wow, nice to see Pantha du Prince over Panda Bear, tho I didn't vote for it on the singles ballot.

'The Past Is A Grotesque Animal' is amazing. Still. Every listen. I don't get the Spoon love though.

-- Mister Craig, Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:04 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

OTM, too.

I think my top three records just clocked in one after another?

One more for today, and then the top 12 will be tomorrow:

13. Burial - Archangel (128 points, 12 votes, 1 number one vote) (link)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/BurialUntrue.jpg

Hi, I think 2007 was the worst music year ever. And I don't think my opinion will change in hindsight, unless 2008 turns out somehow worse, which it very well might be. I thought 2004 & 2006 were not-so-great at the time, but now looking back at this or this, I was surprised how many songs I actually enjoyed.. whereas this list I consider hugely disappointing.. especially the top 10. I really would love to be proven wrong about this, but in my own opinion, I don't think there was a single solid album from 2007. A few good singles here and there, but overall, it's definitley the worst of this decade so far.. I looked back to the 90's, 80's, 70's and 60's to try and find a year that was worse, and I couldn't find one. I was hoping this thread would be the saving grace that would change my opinion, but so far it looks like it's just more of the same crap.

I do think that "Out There" by Studio is really effin good.

so far this list might be more indie than Pitchfork's 07 tracks list.

*UPDATED*
50. M.I.A. - Jimmy (58 points, 5 votes)
49. Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song (58 points, 5 votes, 1 number one vote)
48. Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah (61 points, 5 votes, 1 number one vote)
47. Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! (61 points, 7 votes)
46. Malcolm Middleton - We're All Going To Die (62 points, 5 votes
45. Björk - Earth Intruders (62 points, 6 votes)
44. Low - Murderer (64 points, 5 votes
43. Kanye West - Stronger (67 points, 5 votes)
42. Von Südenfed - The Rhinohead (68 points, 6 votes, 2 number ones, + 1 vote for Pilooski Remix)
41. Rich Boy - Throw Some D's (69 points, 5 votes)
40. Chromatics - Running Up That Hill (69 points, 6 votes)
39. M.I.A. - Boyz (69 points, 7 votes)
38. National - Fake Empire (69 points, 8 votes)
37. Feist - My Moon My Man (72 points, 5 votes + 2 for Boys Noize Remix)
36. Spoon - The Underdog (72 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote)
35. Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (73 points, 7 votes)
34. Radiohead - Reckoner (74 points, 6 votes)
33. Lil' Mama - Lip Gloss (75 points, 6 votes)
32. White Stripes - Icky Thump (79 points, 8 votes)
31. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (79 points, 10 votes)
30. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (82 points, 8 votes)
29. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me (83 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes)
28. Gwen Stefani Ft Akon - The Sweet Escape (84 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote)
27. Radiohead - 15 Step (84 points, 8 votes)
26. Studio - Out There (87 points, 9 votes, 1 number votes
25. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (88 points, 8 votes)
24. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (90 points, 7 votes, 1 number votes)
23. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (90 points, 10 votes)
22. Spoon - You Got Yr Cherry Bomb (91 points, 10 votes)
21. Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal (93 points, 10 votes)
20. Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are (93 points, 12 votes)
19. Brave Kylie - 2 Hearts (& Studio Version) (96 points, 8 votes)
18. Caribou - Melody Day (99 points, 9 votes)
17. Panda Bear - Bro's (104 points, 12 votes)
16. Pantha Du Prince - Saturn Strobe (110 points, 9 votes, 2 number one votes)
15. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (114 points, 10 votes)
14. Cortney Tidwell - Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson's Objects In Space Mix) (116 points, 10 votes
13. Burial - Archangel (128 points, 12 votes, 1 number one vote)

man, 2007 was a lot worse than I remembered

Oh fucking Jesus. Why do people unfailingly manage to think themselves clever by decrying the current or previous year as the worst year for music ever, especially when, by fact of reality, it's only possible to hear a tiny fraction of what's available or even tiny fraction of what is great?

-- The Reverend

^

2007 had a lot that i loved...its just not totally comming through on this poll

I don't think there was a single solid album from 2007.

That's funny, I managed to hear probably about 50 of them.

gman kind of otm, though

Actually, I guess I count about 15 or so songs I like in there, so not too bad.

i think 2007 was a really strong year for albums, not so much for singles. i voted for <5 singles on the current list, but i like a great deal more. my statement up thread was solely about pop music— the truly ubiquitous songs of last year. i think those songs were weaker than years past, yes

I do think 2007 was a bad year for music, even though I like to avoid making such sweeping generalizations. I guess it has to be wrong, because there is so much going on that I just don't know about, but in most areas I looked, there wasn't much to like. Also, it's not unusual for me to discover a few songs I like, sometimes really mainstream ones (since I can be pretty disconnected from pop), as a result of checking the winners of these end of the year polls. This time there's nothing on the list (so far) that I can get excited about.

50 solid albums? Yeah? I doubt I'd agree.

i think 2007 was a really strong year for albums, not so much for singles.

I agree with this.

Oh, God, I can't believe Saturn Strobe actually made it, and at 16 nonetheless. By the time it got down to the 30's (especially the indie/popist fest it is) I was ready enough to post "NO PANTHA NO CREDIBILITY" but wow, ILM got me on this one. I'm really, really glad people aren't overlooking this (especially as it was released in January). As I've said many times before here, he reminds me why I like music in the first place, and right now that seems more important than ever.

btw, I did my not-at-all flawed statistical analysis of this poll vs. p4k and Stylus, and got that the average place of p4k's top 10 in this poll is 10.2, and Stylus's was 34. And tomorrow I'll post the final tracks and you can all contribute your own math projects.

the average place of p4k's top 10 in this poll is 10.2,

i have no idea what this means

wtf @ 'sweet escape' beating throw some d's

so what's left? (sorry to be all spoilsportish)

Flashing Lights
Atlas
Rehab
I'm a Flirt
(redacted)
No Pussy Blues
D.A.N.C.E.
Int'l Player's Anthem
Someone Great
Paper Planes
Umbrella
All My Friends

????????

Yeah, I wasn't even aware that "Sweet Escape" was well-liked.

can't tell me nothing?

there's probably some dance tracks we're forgetting and/or don't know about that could slip into the top 10. something by the field maybe

"Can't Tell Me Nothing" wasn't nominated.

hm

you probably have 8 or 9 of the top 12 on that list

i have no idea what this means

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver

I explained it a bit above confusingly when I did the Idolator and VV polls...basically, I determined where their top 10 songs placed in this poll (for example, their #1 song was our #5 song, their #2 song was our #16 song, and so on) and then averaged the placements (5+16....divided by the number of songs). If this poll and the other poll in question shared the same top 10, the average would be 5.5, so the closer the average is to that, the closer their top 10 "relates" to ours.

i'm betting all my friends or paper planes take it

for example, their #1 song was our #5 song

this is 'all my friends'

i think it's 'umbrella'

Those were just arbitrary numbers as an example, I wasn't referring to one poll in particular.

sweet escape got robbed.

With Every Heartbeat still to come, I hope.

it was my #1 iirc, but it's also like 2 years old.

With Every Heartbeat will definitely be in there. I'd say around the #10 mark.

Also, 1234 will be in there. Was 'Nude' nominated? Probably more Radiohead in there somewhere.

"All I Need" is the only other nommed 'head. I can't see it placing. As for 1,2,3,4. I actually have my doubts. Of course, now that I've said that, I'll end up yelling "THIS IS NOT ILM" at the screen when it takes top place.

no love for 'remember love' - noze? :'(

buy u a drank or kiss kiss maybe? actually i am holding out hope for yeasayer - 2080 too

Here we go, the top #12 tracks of 2007 as voted by ILM:

12. Amy Winehouse - Rehab (129 points, 11 votes, #35 in 2006) (link)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Amy_Winehouse_-_Rehab.jpg

uck.

I second that 'uck.'

Thirded.

I had never heard of Aly & AJ before looking at this, so I checked their wikipedia and found this tidbit:

In an interview with Blender magazine, the two expressed their disbelief in the theory of evolution, with the interviewer asking what their thoughts were. When asked if they accepted evolution, AJ responded, "No," and Aly responded, "Are they teaching that in schools now?" When told that it had been taught for the last quarter of the century, she replied, “I think that’s kind of disrespectful, anything that has to do with anybody’s beliefs on religion, that should stay out of the classroom. I mean, I think people should be able to pray in school, if people were into that. Everybody should just do their own gig", and AJ added "Evolution is silly. Monkeys? Um, no."

stingy you should look up Prussian Blue.

^^ thought this was 'dabug' posting for a sec