2012 Albums Poll Afterparty of Stats, Ballots and Differential Calculus

xp:

My understanding is the axes aren't particularly meaningful - its a two-dimensional projection (or shadow) of neighbors of seen in a very high-dimensional space (a 132x132 similarities matrix).

i should have put more thought into my ballot :(

As I said on another thread, what I really wanted to do was a mixed ballot in which the albums in the top tier would be worth more than the albums in the bottom tier (as this system allows), but within each tier (i.e., not just the bottom one) the albums would be equally weighted. My point is that I didn't care too strongly about the order of my #1-10, but I knew I wanted them to count more than my #11-25.

i think this might be the lowest hivemind score i've ever had in an ilx poll

I should have written an explanation of the graph at the top of the thread...it's a plot of all the similarities between voters collapsed into two dimensions through PCA. On average, people with similar ballots will appear close to each other in the plot but the method doesn't work all the time and seems to have a particular aversion to Tim F.

― questino (seandalai), Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:44 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh ok thanks

I was the second loneliest voter. *sob*

weighted:

Shackleton - Music For The Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organ Eps
Dawn Richard - Armor On
CC Hennix & The Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage - Live at the Grimm Museum Volume 1
Beach House – Bloom
Burial - Kindred EP
John Talabot – Fin
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Laurel Halo – Quarantine
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Nina Kraviz - Nina Kraviz
Angel Haze – Reservation
Girl Unit - Club Rez EP
Ricardo Villalobos - Dependent and Happy
Julia Holter – Ekstasis
Blondes – Blondes
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Jam City - Classical Curves
Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras meet The Congos - Icon Give Thank
Voices From The Lake - Voices From The Lake
Demdike Stare – Elemental
Todd Terje - It's The Arps
Actress – R.I.P.
Cooly G - Playin' Me
Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
Thomas Köner - Novaya Zemlya

Yeah, Sanpaku's right. Each dimension is a weighted sum of similarities to each of the 123 voters; it's pretty hard to interpret.

Never read Decibel in my life btw

Mixed:

Shackleton - Music For The Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organ EPs
Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras meet The Congos - Icon Give Thank
Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
Untold - Change In A Dynamic Environment (Volumes 1-3)
Cooly G - Playin' Me
Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing
Mirrorring - Foreign Body
Claro Intelecto - Reform Club
Duane Pitre - Feel Free

Black Sun Roof - Feral
Chromatics - Kill For Love
Container - LP
DJ Spinn - Teklife Vol 2: What You Need
eMMplekz - IZOD Days
Eugene Carchesio - Circle Music
Fay - DIN
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Monolake - Ghosts
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Shed - The Killer
Vessel - Order of Noise
Vindicatrix - Mengamuk
Voices From The Lake - Voices From The Lake

Would probably swap out Voices From The Lake for either Shed or Traxman if I was doing it again, got a bit bored with VFTL in the end

lex is a pitchfork stan apparently?

I assembled this list extremely hastily to get it done (and move on with my life), which meant that I forgot a bunch of top notch stuff (that wouldn't have placed anyway)

it was weighted, only 4 placed

#1 #1 Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing #1 #1
Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
Agalloch - Faustian Echoes EP
Bitchin Bajas – Vibraquatic
Alexander Tucker - Third Mouth
Swans - The Seer
Moon Duo - Circles
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing
Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica
Rangda - Formerly Extinct
Eternal Tapestry - Dawn in 2 Dimensions
Bill Fay - Life Is People
UFOmammut - Oro: Opus Primum
Christian Mistress - Possession
Emeralds - Just to Feel Anything
Golden Void - s/t
Gunn Truscinski Duo - Ocean Parkway
High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
Holly Herndon - Movement
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
Pinkish Black - Pinkish Black
Batida - Batida

My most sincere apologies to SYLVESTER ANFANG II. Sorry I nommed and forgot, but I definitely enjoyed the album a lot.

Ooops forgot to bold JOSEPHINE FOSTER - BLOOD RUSHING aka THE #1 ALBUM OF THE MILLENNIUM

Never read Decibel in my life btw

― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:51 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wasn't sure what metal list to use and I happened to find the Decibel EOY in a format I could easily process. I don't know which metal magazines are cool.

Weighted, non-77 in bold, albums that only I voted for in italics.

Natalie Duncan - Devil In Me
Sam Lee - Ground Of Its Own
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
Actress - R.I.P.
Carter Tutti Void - Transverse
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Fetch
Goat - World Music
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Sleaford Mods - Wank
Spiro - Kaleidophonica
Django Django - Django Django
Field Music - Plumb
Efterklang - Piramida
Tindersticks - Something Rain
Saint Etienne - Words & Music by Saint Etienne
Kylie Minogue - The Abbey Road Sessions
Beach House - Bloom
Matt Elliott - The Broken Man
TheeSatisfaction - awE naturalE (*)
Rachel Newton - The Shadow Side
Batida - Batida

(*) I voted for this one, but it's not on the spreadsheet.

that Kylie album just missed my ballot

If you only had three similarities (say the distances between three ballots), you could represent them in three dimensions by objects hanging in space. The projection on the floor/wall whatever would depend a lot on where the light source is, and could show neighbors where they're originally far apart. Now just increase the analogy to 132 dimensions, and hope PCA picks the least distorting angle of illumination.

Oh its not that seandalai but its pretty much impossible to get outwith north america

So, yeah, only 6 of mine placed. I was nearer the hivemind on the tracks poll.

I was the second loneliest voter. *sob*

― emil.y, Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:49 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sleaford Mods made my ballot cos I checked it after you listed it on noms thread and if I'd had a chance to check 'Sweater Girls' before now that may have made it too (if it lives up to the first 3 terrific tracks)

Weighted

1. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, mAAd City (#2)
2. Hot Chip – In Our Heads (#26)
3. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (#9)
4. Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream (#1)
5. Jessie Ware – Devotion (#8)
6. John Talabot – fin (#3)
7. Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man (#45)
8. Father John Misty – Fear Fun (DNP)
9. Jack White – Blunderbuss (DNP)
10. Orbital – Wonky (#55)
11. Beach House – Bloom (#25)
12. Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe (DNP)
13. Saint Etienne – Words and Music by St Etienne (#27)
14. Chairlift – Something (#36)
15. Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral (DNP)
16. Angel Haze – Reservation (#37)
17. Alt-J – An Awesome Wave (DNP)
18. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas (DNP)
19. Lindstrøm – Smalhans (#13)
20. Matthew Dear – Beams (DNP)
21. Polica – Give You the Ghost (DNP)
22. Tracey Thorn – Tinsel and Lights (DNP)
23. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die (#35)
24. Spoek Mathambo – Father Creeper (DNP)
25. How to Dress Well – Total Loss (DNP)

Swans - The Seer
Actress - R.I.P.
Saint Etienne - Words & Music by Saint Etienne
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
Blondes - Blondes
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Baroness - Yellow & Green
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages
Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65
Orbital - Wonky
High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
Krallice - Years Past Matter
Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliees
Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Swans - We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head
Burial - Kindred EP
Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory

weighted

Dustin Wong - Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads
Lambchop - Mr. M
Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV
The Chap - We Are Nobody
Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers ii
Chairlift - Something
Gerry Read - Jummy
Roc Marciano - Reloaded
Screaming Females - Ugly
Action Bronson & Party Supplies - Blue Chips
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
Grimes - Visions

put it together really fast and now wish i'd thought about it more. some stuff on here i already don't care about and missed some obvious stuff but mainly things i was sure would get votes from others. but i stand by the top 5 at least.

Most likely to read Pitchfork!? God no!

Ha, lex is a Pitchfork reader too.

Sleaford Mods made my ballot cos I checked it after you listed it on noms thread and if I'd had a chance to check 'Sweater Girls' before now that may have made it too (if it lives up to the first 3 terrific tracks)

― pandemic, Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:56 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think it does. I'd not got into them through the singles but the album works really well for me.

haha turrican you got caught out

My short, unweighted ballot (DNP in bold):

Action Bronson & Party Supplies - Blue Chips
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Christian Mistress - Possession
Death Grips - The Money Store
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Grimes - Visions
Hospitality - Hospitality
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Going To Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Royal Headache - Royal Headache
Screaming Females - Ugly

Mixed.

Pauline Oliveros - Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970
Lee Gamble - Diversions 1994-1996
Headboggle - Head Boggle
Mirrorring - Foreign Body
Goat - World Music
Violens - True
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing
Demdike Stare - Elemental
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Farrah Abraham - My Teenage Dream Ended

Actress - R.I.P.
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Blondes - Blondes
Chairlift - Something
DIIV - oshin
Golden Retriever - Occupied with the Unspoken
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
Madalyn Merkey - Scent
Maria Minerva - Will Happiness Find Me?
Marielle V Jakobsons - Glass Canyon
Matt Carlson - All Moments
NHK'Koyxeи - Dance Classics Vol. I & II
Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line
Suum Cuique - Ascetic Ideals

ha I love that both tracks and albums are telling me to read Spin, which used to be my favorite music magazine (back when I read music magazines regularly)

n/a that dustin wong album is great, good choice!

seandalai can you autocorrect "spin" to "car and driver"

hahaha

n/a that dustin wong album is great, good choice!

― Jaap and roids (NickB), Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:10 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know, right!

Marielle V Jakobsons - Glass Canyon

This was a really late cut from my ballot; there were too many albums I wanted to vote for and I decided to think tactically for a change.

Not that it matters now, but this was my cut list:

Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando
Marielle V Jakobsons - Glass Canyon
Lindstrom - Smalhans
Hiss Golden Messenger - Poor Moon
Zita Swoon Group - Wait For Me
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds
Emeralds - Just to Feel Anything?
Discoverer - Tunnels
Fatima Al Qadiri - Desert Strike
OMBRE - Believe You Me

This afterparty needs to swing a little bit more, IMO... stimulants, anyone?

theyre all eating at the dinner party

i see you j0rdan

(lost my ballot but... i voted future #1 lololol)

xps to seandalai: Yeah, the Jakobsons really is an excellent album, great at proper volume. Probably would have snuck Emeralds into my ballot for a sympathy vote had I known about their imminent dissolution.

second lowest hivermind, rudipherous beat me here. mixed ballot:

Tindersticks - Something Rain
Tracey Thorn - Tinsel and Lights
Allah-Las - Allah-Las
The xx - Coexist

Aimee Mann - Charmer
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Brad Mehldau Trio - Where Do You Start
Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano II
Cody ChesnuTT - Landing on a Hundred
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Deerhoof - Breakup Song
Dr. John - Locked Down
Giant Giant Sand - Tucson
Lambchop - Mr. M
Lee Fields & the Expressions - Faithful Man
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Mark Eitzel - Don't Be a Stranger
Pinback - Information Retrieved
Rufus Wainwright - Out Of The Game
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Sun Kill Moon - Among the Leaves

I should have written an explanation of the graph at the top of the thread...it's a plot of all the similarities between voters collapsed into two dimensions through PCA. On average, people with similar ballots will appear close to each other in the plot but the method doesn't work all the time and seems to have a particular aversion to Tim F.

― questino (seandalai), Thursday, 31 January 2013 8:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

why am I so bad and hated

you're unique!

I felt this was a very 'me' year actually, my top choices all placed:

1. Dawn Richard - Armor On (#4)
2. Grimes - Visions (#5)
3. Taylor Swift - Red (#6)
4. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (#1)
5. Blondes - Blondes (#18)
6. Angel Haze - Reservation (#37)
7. Future - Pluto (#14)
8. Gunplay - Bogota Rich (#67)
9. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City (#2)
10. John Talabot - Fin (#3)
11. Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss (#17)
12. Voices From The Lake - Voices From The Lake (#32)

you have the highest hivermind score of all 25 album voters. your taste is ilm's or vice versa!

My ballot:

Mac Demarco - Mac Demarco 2
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
The Fresh & Onlys - Long Slow Dance
Zombie Zombie - Rituels d'un Nouveau Monde
Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
Chris Cohen - Overgrown Path
Rye Rye - Go! Pop! Bang!
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Nu Sensae - Sundowning
Dent May - Do Things
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
Metz - Metz
Beak> - >>
Todd Terje - It's The Arps
Death Grips - The Money Store
Disasterpeace - Fez
Dustin Wong - Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
UFOmammut - Oro: Opus Primum
Tenniscoats - Papa's Ear
Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
Grass Widow - Internal Logic
Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Dan Deacon - America
Off! - Off!"

I can't believe I was the only person to vote for that Daily Bread album :(

weighted

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Burial - Kindred EP
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Bass Clef - Reeling Skullways
Angel Haze - Reservation
Grimes - Visions
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Holy Other - Held
Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
Jam City - Classical Curves
Jeremih - Late Nights with Jeremih
Beach House - Bloom
The KDMS - Kinky Dramas & Magic Stories
Swans - The Seer
The xx - Coexist
Taylor Swift - Red
Chairlift - Something
Cate Le Bon - CYRK
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Actress - R.I.P.
Catcall - The Warmest Place
Solange - True
Charli XCX - Super Ultra

only heard pluto about a week or so ago, would've put it in my ballot had i voted today.

Weighted. LOL Boys, Rihanna (!), and Silkie & Quest were unique votes.

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Future - Pluto
Young Smoke - Space Zone
Ab-Soul - Control System
LOL Boys - LOL Boys Enter the Unknownp
Le1f - Dark York
Nina Kraviz - Nina Kraviz
Mala - Mala in Cuba
Rihanna - Unapologetic
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday ... Roman Reloaded
Silkie & Quest - Dubstep Allstars, Vol.09
Lone - Galaxy Garden
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect
Dawn Richard - Whiteout EP
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Azealia Banks - 1991 EP
Terror Danjah - Dark Crawler
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Wynter Gordon - Human Condition: Doleo
Chief Keef - Finally Rich
Mykki Blanco - Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss
A Tribe Called Red - s/t

weighted:

Le1f - Dark York
Windhand - s/t
Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Pharaoh Overlord - Lunar Jetman*
Fushitsusha - hikari to nazukeyo
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Sungod - Cuts from the Ether
Sylvester Anfang II - Perzische Tapijten
Ice Dragon - Dream Dragon
Golden Void - s/t
Starring - ABCDEFG-HIJKLMNOP-QRSTUV-WXYZ
Sun Araw & M Geddes Gengras meets the Congos - Icon Give Thank
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Pinkish Black - s/t
Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock
Flavor Crystals - Three
Bardo Pond - Yntra
Aqua Nebula Oscillator - Third
Sula Bassana - Dark Days
Neneh Cherry & the Thing - The Cherry Thing
Astra - The Black Chord
Fuxa - Electric Sound of Summer
Saint Vitus - Lillie F-65
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

*unbelievably forgot to nominate the Pharaoh Overlord so I ended up just swapping it out with For Lee Jackson in Space

Here is my weighted list.

iamamiwhoami - Kin
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Dexys - One Day I'm Going to Soar
Saint Etienne - Words & Music by Saint Etienne
Sebastien Tellier - My God Is Blue
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Lindstrøm - Smalhans
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Tindersticks - Something Rain
Solange - True
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
Niki & The Dove - Instinct
Twin Shadow - Confess
Santigold - Master Of My Make Believe
Paul Buchanan - Mid Air
Nite Jewel - One Second of Love
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Schoolboy Q - Habits And Contradictions
Chairlift - Something
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Grimes - Visions
The Chap - We Are Nobody
Keyshia Cole - Woman To Woman

High five to the other two Dexys voters.

Ha you pegged me - I read a lot of p4k

I voted dexys

i should read the Quietus apparently. Lots of people should.

I voted dexys

― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper)

Nice one. I thought I might be the only one who did.

Here's the LOL Boys mix lex

http://www10.zippyshare.com/v/87530650/file.html

did not enjoy Dexys, even though this is the year I fell for their OG stuff.

Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
Le1f - Dark York
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Grimes - Visions
Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Future - Pluto
How to Dress Well - Total Loss
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
Azealia Banks - 1991 EP
Mykki Blanco - Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss

Taylor Swift - Red
Angel Haze - Reservation
Jeremih - Late Nights with Jeremih
Jade Alston - Single On A Saturday Night
Purity Ring - Shrines
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday ... Roman Reloaded
Solange - True
Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
Ke$ha - Warrior
JoJo - Agápē
G-Dragon - One of A Kind EP

11 in common!

Weighted, bold didn't place.

Pinkish Black - Pinkish Black
Tweak Bird - Under Cover Crops
Witch Mountain - Cauldron of the Wild
Kowloon Walled City - Container Ships
UFOmammut - Oro: Opus Primum
Vespero - Subkraut U-Boats Wilkommen Hier
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Sonic Youth - Smart Bar 1985
Grand Magus - The Hunt
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing
Sula Bassana - Dark Days
Tigon - Infinite Teeth
Lambchop - Mr. M
Goddess - Discovery
Menace Ruine - Alight In Ashes
Striker - Armed to the Teeth
RAM - Death
Mugstar - Axis
Swans - The Seer
Ancestors - In Dreams and Time
Giant Giant Sand - Tucson
Graveyard - Lights Out
Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
Various Artists - For Lee Jackson in Space
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Drokk

i wish i'd listened to more albums this year

(weighted)

Meridian Brothers - Desesperanza
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
Mungolian Jetset - Mungodelics
John Talabot - Fin
Twin Shadow - Confess
Blondes - Blondes
CFCF - Exercises
Niki & The Dove - Instinct
Action Bronson & Party Supplies - Blue Chips
Quiet Village - Too High To Move: The Quiet Village Remixes
Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet On Sky
Dr. John - Locked Down
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Grimes - Visions
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Lindstrøm - Smalhans
Nina Kraviz - Nina Kraviz
Azealia Banks - 1991 EP
Chain & The Gang - In Cool Blood
Clams Casino - Instrumentals 2

Weirdly patterned non-placers here:

Mixed

Dawn Richard - Armor On
John Talabot - Fin
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Grimes - Visions
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Four Tet - Pink
EL - Something Else
Legowelt - The Paranormal Soul
Various Artists - LoveBug Riddim
Pye Corner Audio - Sleep Games

Actress - R.I.P.
Blondes - Blondes
CFCF - Exercises
Daphni - Jiaolong
Dave Aju - Heirlooms
Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang - En Yay Sah
Le1f - Dark York
Miguel - Art Dealer Chic, Vols. 1-3
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday … Roman Reloaded
Robert Hood - Motor: Night time world 3
Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
Various Artists - Shangaan Shake
Voices From The Lake - Voices From The Lake

Weighted

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One
Swans - The Seer
Om - Advaitic Songs
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - Black is Beautiful
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
TNGHT - TNGHT
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Crystal Shipsss - Yay
Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
Future - Pluto
The xx - Coexist
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Synd & Skam - Blafret Ør af Kjoler
Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock
Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Âme
Burial - Kindred EP
Chief Keef - Finally Rich
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Grimes - Visions
Mount Eerie - Clear Moon

rob you voted for EL too! A lot of overlap generally between our lists.

the EL album is great! a ton of good songs on there, remarkably consistent for a double-album I thought. Whenever people diss Nicki Minaj for trying to do too much, I think of EL (or most major Jamaican artists for that matter) and wonder why that would be a complaint.

There weren't a ton of surprises in the poll for me, but so far my big discoveries are this quite lovely Manuel Tur album I'm listening to right now, and Lindstrom's Where You Go, which I'd never checked out before having assumed all his stuff was like Real Life Is No Cool (which I liked but don't love). So thanks poll.

Lindstrøm - Smalhans
Mungolian Jetset - Mungodelics　
Disappears - Pre Language　
Adrian Sherwood – Survival and Resistance
Tussle - Tempest
Mouse on Mars – Parastrophics
Various Artists - The Cinematic Orchestra Presents in Motion # 1
Peaking Lights - Lucifer
Windy and Carl – We Will Always Be
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
Burnt Friedman - Bokoboko
Liars - WIXIW
Django Django - Django Django
Todd Terje - It's The Arps
Om - Advaitic Songs
Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin - Instrumental Tourist
Beak> - >>
Grasscut - Unearth
Scuba - Personality
Moon Duo - Circles
Blondes - Blondes
Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Âme
Four Tet - Pink
Peaking Lights – Lucifer in D

Porcelain Raft released one of my favorite albums of the decade in 2012. Sad to see no-one feels the same.

That album's alright.

I'll take it! :)

i listened to it quite a bit last year, though tbh i had kinda forgotten about it

Yeah, my first couple of spins and I thought it was just solid. But I grew to love it after a half dozen spins or so.

I may see if there is already a thread on albums you love but most others find either middling or shite.

Lol just saw this last post. Shd start one if only to post abt the New Young Pony Club