ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

oh J0RDAN

wow take care and WTT outside of the top 50 is pretty impressive ilm

What the hell is lift ... oh, lol, Britishes.

And sure, why not.

I was kind of grooving on the beat of the first track, and then he started rapping and it was literally the same phobic physical reaction I have when a mosquito buzzes in my ear, only in this case the mosquito was sadly bragging about how awesome he was

irl lol

take care, more like take that shit somewhere else

i've done my fair share of drake defending this year, so i'll let all this pass

I heard Michael McDonald in an elevator a few weeks ago, I could have vibed to that for awhile longer than the ride took tbh.

alright last one today

i forgot to compile the full list in text, my bad

never forget: "shout out to the asian girls, let the lights dim sum" ;_; ;_;

http://i.imgur.com/MAJzB.jpg

61. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes (294 points, 10 votes)

P4K: 43
P&J: 38

Spotify

also i stopped using em dashes halfway thru cuz i switched to my work computer which uses windows

file lykke li w/ low in ppl i had no idea put out albums this year

I always want to like Lykke Li more than I actually do

i dont think i knew this album existed (oh lol xps)

yeah, this album was pretty boring.

i discovered recently that one of my favourite songs on the cousin fik album (which i doubt will place) samples lykke li - it sounds immense as a sample and may have to cause me to revise my opinion of her (previously thought she was just a twee menace)

the lykke li album is.....fine

Btw, Lex, your stock "stock photography" put-down of TTOL (this is at least the third time you've used that analogy, iirc?) only makes sense if the film were just a series of context-less images. It's not.

lol this first song sounds sort of like Santigold doing 60s rock

I liked this Lykke Li album a lot when it first came out, but cooled on it significantly as the year went on.

Btw, Lex, your stock "stock photography" put-down of TTOL (this is at least the third time you've used that analogy, iirc?) only makes sense if the film were just a series of context-less images. It's not.

leaving aside the fact that the "plot", such as it is, is incredibly thin and uncompelling, it was more of an aesthetic judgment - it's the clichéd nature and weird, polished, slick shine of the film's visuals

Lykke Li is more of a singles artist than an album artist for me.

I dig the Dave Sitek remix of "I Follow Rivers":
http://youtu.be/pWaJ35iKUO8

incredibly thin and uncompelling

Yeah, we disagree, then.

this is the amazing lykke li sampling track btw

cousin fik - collow you (colombiana mix)

i think the only album that placed today that ive heard all the way through is drake's ://

*follow

agh

I really love the Lykke Li album. Thought it was a huge improvement on the debut even though there wasn't anything as brilliant as A Little Bit on there.

^^ I agree with that assessment completely.

woooo WITTR! i have much more time for them than liturgy myself. this album in particular is evidence #1 for "black metal can do more than you think" from this year.

well at least among the albums that have any possible chance of placing obv.

Sadness Is a Blessing is my favorite Lykke Li track yet, so I agree that the album was an improvement on her debut but disagree that there's not a track on there as good as Little Bit.

(previously thought she was just a twee menace)

lol

ok, someone pls explain to me what makes WITTR exceptional? it sounds solid but i just don't hear what sets them apart.

Man I wish that Psychic Paramount sounded better cos the songs are great.

i think the only album that placed today that ive heard all the way through is drake's ://

For me, its ILXtallica...

re: what sets WITTR apart:

random excursions into almost ambient/4AD sounding stuff with fem vocals, field recordings, anti-civ philosophy as reflected in the song titles and artwork (the back cover photo is maybe my favorite single thing about the record).

So has Markers got Lulu into the top 60 then?

WITTR has songs!

Tree of Life is great and real and not like Drake. Drake is more like a mumblecore picture.

That Psychic Paramount record is fucking great, I feel a dunce for not putting it in my list. Gah.

I was a massive 'Drums & Guns' lover, but the new Low sounded a bit insubstantial to me.

Frankly hilarious that Jay-Z, Kanye and Drake all failed to hit the top 60.

I'm fine with the whole windswept Spectorish vibe that Lykke Li album is going for, and the songs are pretty good, just wish she didn't sing like she had a bad head cold.

I expected Watch The Throne to place at a low number, so I'm not sure where all the shock comes from... It's an inconsistent record with really awesome high points and a few of my favorite songs of the decade so far, but overall its placement here seems accurate.

I've never heard the band. I was just riffing on the name.

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^lol OK so I guess I just got that 'Veronica Falls' is a pun name?

I voted WITTR pretty high so that's neat, Psychic Paramount somewhere in the top 20 also

Katie Stelmanis seems like a p interesting character w/ good ideas etc but I never clicked w/ the Austra album

I didn't feel especially ill disposed towards Take Care when I played it except that it JUST KEPT GOING - like if I'd been listening right through without access to a clock of some sort I'd've guessed that it was a good two hours long

My votes thus far:

Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk
Likely consensus pick for the best chillroom microhouse of the year, with a far broader range than recent favorite Pantha du Prince.

Barbara Panther - Barbara Panther
Veering on the bridge railing vocals chanting strident ESL lyrics over Matthew Herbert productions. A political Bjork with more vocal tricks. I'm a simple man with simple needs.

Austra - Feel It Break
Suffers from brittle production, synth presets and the recent flood of similar femme-fronted gothy electronica (Esben and the Witch, Julia Holter, Sleep ∞ Over, Zola Jesus) but Katie Stelmanis is the best songwriter of the lot, and after a couple listens I was already singing along "Who-ooo signed, the consent form?"

Kinda dissappointed in the placement of the Austra, as it means 80% of my ballot picks, including my 2 favorite albums (Emika & Gazelle Twin) are almost certainly out of contention.

I voted for Emika, don't give up yet

Feel like the Lykke Li album and the Cults album are going for a similar vibe, but i like how Lykke Li approaches it better. Feels newer and less self-consciously retro.

emika is great

i love the emika and gazelle twin albums, more than austra, but they were both juuuust outside my ballot. i'd be happy to see them place though

if i'd heard gazelle twin a bit earlier that might have made my ballot tbh