ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

I was excited about Barbara Panther at first. Great name, interesting story. Her affected Bjork-isms wore me down by track 5 though. Best in small doses. When Saints Go Machine is cool. Bits remind me of Antony, Wild Beasts, Long Fin Killie.

most of US ILX didn't seem to care about PJH though

Only thing that might stop PJ is will enough americans have heard it/liked it enough but it's ILM so it shouldn't really be a problem.
I can see Beyonce beating it though.

The ILX List of Lists

hah xp with lex

nice one nathey. thanks!

the last PJ Harvey record I liked came out in 1993.

I had no idea PJH wasn't popular in the States. Before LES I'd frequently forget she was English - always stored her in the American/Alternative category in my mind.

2003 appears to be geirs top albums not ilm's. LOL

PJH has made a lot of good music since 1993, although Rid of Me is probably always going to be my favorite.

first one today

http://i.imgur.com/1b84y.jpg

60. James Ferraro — Far Side Virtual (295 points, 11 votes)

P4K: DNP
P&J: 316

Spotify

okay 2002 winner is massively lol

I have no idea who James Ferraro is but points off for putting a fucking iPad on the album cover

This was #1 in the Wire's EOY under "controversial" circumstances

Still haven't heard the Ferraro. The Wire's number one album of 2011 btw.

ha xp

you should hear the music. lol @ people voting for this.

xp to dan

It's ok but not an album I want to hear a second time.

... okay seriously?

2003 appears to be geirs top albums not ilm's. LOL

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker

I love this write up he did for his number ten.

Virtually every genre has sort of the crossover album that mixes the genre with elements from lots of other genre in a really ambitious concept album, and creates a classic. "Speakerbox/The Love Below" is basically to hip-hop was "London Calling" was to punk, "Mellon Collie" was to grunge, "Leftism" was to electronica and "Physical Grafitti" was to heavy rock. A truly ambitious album that is sooo much more than just a hip-hop album. Which is probably why it is the first ever hip-hop album to appear in my year-end Top 10 ;)

still haven't heard ferraro. Is it like James Blake?

I mean, if you're going to go for pastichey throwback music, at least go for the epic Hughesian sweep of M83; no one needed a dude to pastiche the incidental music from "Mannequin"

2002 - THE STREETS - Original Pirate Material
2003 - no poll
2004 - Kanye West College Dropout
2005 - MIA - Arular
2006 - Knife - Silent Shout
2007 - LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
2008 - Portishead - Third
2009 - Fever Ray - Fever Ray
2010 - BIG BOI — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

damn i didn't beat the rollout. sorry j0rdan

I predict that Ferraro cover will comfortably out-ugly everything else that will be posted on this list.

It's an electronic album that sounds like it was made almost entirely from preloaded Microsoft Windows 98 sound effects. Fair play to him for trying it, but good god it's a terrible concept.

2007 and 2008 count as rock, I'd say?

the whole thing is a joke about shitty sounds and a 'commentary on our disposable digital culture' or something, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7u-xHPNIco

xp

i guess if you don't consider Sound of Silver a rock record..

Wow, really surprised how much I like all the previous winners.

it's 7 amazing albums and The Streets

i dont

xps

i only like the portishead out of the winners

none of those albums I'd classify as rock tbh

Hmm. Anyway, is anyone here to defend the Ferraro album?

I just listened to that youtube. So, no.

please post another album so I can stop listening to this fucking horrible James Ferraro album, which comes across like the Lambda Lambda Lambda band from Revenge of the Nerds releasing a sellout album

hadn't heard of 'No Poll'
checkin it on youtube.... it's awful :(

It's an electronic album that sounds like it was made almost entirely from preloaded Microsoft Windows 98 sound effects. Fair play to him for trying it, but good god it's a terrible concept.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:58 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Oh I've made this album. Veronica Falls, the Fratellis and now this. Shit, so ahead of the curve in dog latin towers..

That Ferraro album sounds cool in theory, but it's pretty boring, IMO.

http://i.imgur.com/mKZ37.jpg

59. Perfume — JPN (298 points, 10 votes, two first place votes)

P4K: DNP
P&J: 461

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

My first vote to place...

argh

post something I can play in Spotify

yay perfume!

is this J-Pop?

that james ferraro track is nowhere near as bad as i thought it'd be - well, i kinda like the piano. but the beat is woefully thin and most of the sounds bring to mind that episode of friends with ross's toy keyboard

That James Ferraro totally sounds like KPM library music, Richard Myhill in particular.

Perfume sounds like a twee-90s indie band.

i voted perfume

xp This is J-Pop btw. My favourite tracks:

Spice: http://youtu.be/1R-fu2jHvrw
natural ni koishite: http://youtu.be/1R-fu2jHvrw

i think triangle was a better album than JPN, both very good x

That Ferraro album sounds cool in theory, but it's pretty boring, IMO.

otm
i listened to it 2 times and really have never had the urge to listen to it again, which is strange since 'internet/digital trash' is one of my favorite aesthetics as of late