Driver, roll up the partition, please: ILM 2013 albums poll stats and ballots

UZU would have snuck in ahead of MBV too, had I heard it all then. Incredible work. emil.y your ballot is as ever full of stuff I need to hear

I didn't really place anywhere interesting in the voter stats, except 6th least populist. Apparently I should read the Quietus.

Oh, thought I'd voted for Katie Got Bandz; threw the album ballot together in a rush after labouring over the singles one :(

(bold: DNP; bold+italics: DNP & sole voter)

The 1975 - The 1975
Haim - Days Are Gone
Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds
Paramore - s/t
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
Patrick Cowley - School Daze (#108)
Brandy Clark - 12 Stories
Holden - The Inheritors
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
K. Michelle - Rebellious Soul
Marnie Stern - The Chronicles of Marnia (#125)
Jute Gyte - Discontinuities (#141)
zmoney - rich b4 rap (#143)
Sharpie Crows - 12 Omeros (#652)
Graze - Edges (#312)
Dominique Leone - 365 Songs (#283)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Dawn Richard - Goldenheart
Beastwars - Blood Becomes Fire (#539)
Amel Larrieux - Ice Cream Everyday
John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
Ashley Monroe - Like a Rose
Fall Out Boy - Save Rock and Roll
DJ Sprinkles - Queerifications and Ruins: Collected Remixes by DJ Sprinkles
Quadron - Avalanche

(usual sacrificial votes for some Kiwi stuff; thanks other Beastwars voter!)

Le1f got whupped by vote-split

Nice to see someone else in the middle of the Pharmakon / Joanna Wang Venn diagram!

Also, reminding me I want to check out that private press new age comp

Karl, my comrade in Almunia voting. Would have been my #1 except nils frahm made a late run.

― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, January 30, 2014 5:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dang, i still need to listen to that nils frahm album

i didn't save my ballot but i'm always surprised how low my hivemind score is given that i get 90%+ of my music recommendations from ILM

I never heard Tree House, but ended up playing Fly Zone an awful lot - and for all my eye-rolling about ILM polls would never have heard him at all if it wasn't for 'Wut' placing last year.

xposts to Rev

got rev as my top neighbor in both polls :D

didnt save my ballot though

Did the Thicke album itself ever really have any buzz? I thought it was all about the single.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:55 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's respected among people who enjoyed previous Thicke albums, but the hit certainly didn't lead many people to listen to the album who wouldn't have otherwise

21 in the top 77, which is the most out of everyone. I am either very boring or you are all worshipping what I rep.

Weighted:

Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Charli XCX - True Romance
Haim - Days Are Gone
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
K. Michelle - Rebellious Soul
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
M.I.A. - Matangi
My Bloody Valentine - MBV
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
Emma Louise - Vs Head Vs Heart
Amel Larrieux - Ice Cream Everyday
DJ Koze - Amygdala
The 1975 - The 1975
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Classixx - Hanging Gardens
The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
Little Mix - Salute
Quadron - Avalanche
Tiffany Evans - 143
Fantasia - Side Effects Of You
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Blondes - Swisher
Paramore - s/t

Wow. That compilation of New Age music placed higher than Run the Jewels.

Also, reminding me I want to check out that private press new age comp

Same here - that and the DJ Sprinkles one that placed are the two I really wanted to get around to before voting but still haven't heard.

nils frahm album is amazing, a last-min addition for me too (that chucked the knife off). fav album of 2013 that my bf got me into (kacey musgraves was his that i got him into)

If I'd heard it in time I would've voted for Joanna Gruesome.

(usual sacrificial votes for some Kiwi stuff; thanks other Beastwars voter!)

― etc, Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:05 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i forgot to save my ballot, but i reckon that was me. they should be global!

it's respected among people who enjoyed previous Thicke albums, but the hit certainly didn't lead many people to listen to the album who wouldn't have otherwise

― some dude, Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:11 PM Bookmark

Eh, definitely feels weak among his discography.

haha it said i'm most like to read NME and i don't believe i've ever even SEEN a copy of NME lol

I just realized Alex in MTL didn't vote because I recall geeking out with him about the Mykki Blanco :(

right I uh absolutely goddamn MUST know who the other Blanchex3 Wooden Ball voter was (sarahell probably ahaha)

I says I'm most likely to read Q...

Since there's an issue of it open on page 50 right next to my laptop, I guess I can't disagree with that.

Kevin Gates vote split btw the 2 albums. Rappers too prolific.

KT Tunstall finished one place ahead of phoenix

i wish i'd saved my ballot :/

Eh, definitely feels weak among his discography.

― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Thursday, January 30, 2014 5:15 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i didn't say anyone called it his best ::shrugs::

My highest ever loneliness ranking (4th). Hmm. Point to ponder: whether to lead more or follow more in 2014.

MIXED

Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a pretty daze
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Haim - Days Are Gone
Charli XCX - True Romance
Paramore - s/t
Classixx - Hanging Gardens
Ducktails - The Flower Lane
Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
Mayer Hawthorne - Where Does This Door Go

(alphabetical)

!!! - Thr!!!er
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Disclosure - Settle
Gold Panda - Half of Where You Live
Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
My Bloody Valentine - MBV
Quadron - Avalanche
The Range - Nonfiction
Rhye - Woman
Xenia Rubinos - Magic Trix
Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
Dustin Wong - Meditation of Ecstatic Energy

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
The 1975 - The 1975
Kevin Gates - Stranger Than Fiction
Kevin Gates - The Luca Brasi Story
Tree - Sunday School II
Chris Forsyth - Solar Motel
Amel Larrieux - Ice Cream Everyday
Glenn Jones - My Garden State
Jade Alston - Sunday Morning: Single on a Saturday
K. Michelle - Rebellious Soul
Ka - The Night's Gambit
Dom Kennedy - Get Home Safely
MC Eiht - Keep It Hood
Motorpsycho - Still Life With Eggplant
Nils Frahm – Spaces
E-40 - The Block Brochure V. 4/5/6
Paramore - s/t
Peven Everett - King Of Hearts
Rhye - Woman
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
Troy Ave - New York City
Young Thug - 1017 Thug
Dawn Richard - Goldenheart
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
Freddie gibbs - ESGN

I stupidly thought frahm had a chance here, but then I was convinced matana roberts, both omars s and run the jewels would appear

Kevin Gates vote split btw the 2 albums. Rappers too prolific.

― pandemic, Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:18 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

really wanted him to place and knew this would happen so threw em both up high haha

i voted for luca brasi story iirc

Weighted...and if I had to do the list now I would bump up the Sky albums several notches and the Charli XCX album would be way up there on my list. Bolded didn't place.

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
DJ Rashad - Double Cup
Stara Rzeka - Cien chmury nad ukrytym polem
Troller - Troller
Burial - Rival Dealer EP
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Moderat - II
FunkyStepz - Backlog
Blondes - Swisher
Swearin’ - Surfing Strange
My Bloody Valentine - MBV
Perfect Pussy - I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling EP
Patrick Cowley - School Daze
Tim Hecker - Virgins
Beautiful Swimmers - Son
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - UZU
Omar S - Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself
humanbeast - venus ejaculates into the banquet
Pharaohs - Replicant Moods
Darkside - Psychic
Saâda Bonaire - Saâda Bonaire
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
DJ Sprinkles - Queerifications and Ruins: Collected Remixes by DJ Sprinkles
Bill Callahan - Dream River
Cave - Threace

Such a great poll. Thanks to everyone involved. Love this thing every year.

xp kt tunstall was so great, i am so in love with her voice, besides the israel nash gripka the biggest discovery for me last year.

xp me too. i like spottie's strategy, would have been hilarious if everyone had done that & both had placed

I think m@tt and I are neighbors

yes xp, woulda been awesome

Feeling weirdly regretful that I didn't put Ariana Grande on my final ballot, especially as I look again at what I did go with.

I think m@tt and I are neighbors

― Spottie,

he's my closest also

kept forgetting whether or not i'd voted for things in the rundown, this is pretty arbitrary

mixed

The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
dbh - Time Flies

Young Smoke - Smoke The Astrozoid - Space Lyfe Unite The Movement 3D The Movie
Om'mas Keith - City Pulse
William Onyeabor - Who Is William Onyeabor?
Classixx - Hanging Gardens
Julia Holter - Loud City Song
Perfume Advert - Tulpa
Cakes Da Killa - The Eulogy
Kevin Drumm - Humid Weather
Various Artists - the music of the now age
Mann - Lisa
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Glenn Jones - My Garden State
Mano Le Tough - Changing Days
Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain
Dawn Richard - Goldenheart
Katie Gately - Pipes
Dustin Wong - Meditation of Ecstatic Energy
Kanye West - Yeezus
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu
Richard Dawson - The Glass Trunk
Lonnie Holley - Keeping A Record Of It
Floorplan - Paradise

Weighted, bold didn't place:

Retribution Gospel Choir - 3
Earthless - From the Ages
Roomrunner - Ideal Cities
In Solitude - Sister
Pinkish Black - Razed to the Ground
Shooting Guns - Brotherhood of the Ram
SubRosa - More Constant Than the Gods
True Widow - Circumambulation
The Bevis Frond - White Numbers
VHÖL - VHÖL
Snailface - Snailface IV
Clutch - Earth Rocker
Blood Ceremony - The Eldritch Dark
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Coliseum - Sister Faith
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - UZU
Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu
The Cult of Dom Keller - The Cult of Dom Keller
Hawkeyes - Poison Slows You Down
Power Trip - Manifest Decimation
Russian Circles - Memorial
Radkey - Cat & Mouse
Lycia - Quiet Moments
Eluvium - Nightmare Ending
Cathedral - The Last Spire

what does it mean that i am no one's closest neighbor?
i like making my ballot but i am always disappointed that more things i like don't place or even warrant a vote from anyone but me.

LL it means that we are COSMIC TWINS

ok well i'll take that :)

btw DJP the other thread moves so fast I forgot to say, but I really appreciated the facebook posts you put up for certain albums. Good stuff.

w/r/t albums crossing demographics, i notice sky ferreira had a big impact on the dance crew itt - i noticed this elsewhere too (the factmag staff loved her). i can't actually fathom why this is!!

La Lechera - we shared two picks, so in comparison to the bulk of voters that puts us not as neighbors but at least on the same block.

yar DJP has been a major player, and not least because I've magically ended up liking everything he does (except his number one, lol)

And Drugs A. Money lives in the house between us.

xpost

My ballot:

Dawn Richard - Goldenheart
Paramore - s/t
Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
Charli XCX - True Romance
Ciara - S/T
dj mustard - ketchup
Keysound Recordings Presents... This Is How We Roll
Congo Natty - Jungle Revolution
Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
Joanna Gruesome - Weird Sister
Logos - Cold Mission
Blondes - Swisher
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Kelela - Cut 4 Me
Kevin Gates - The Luca Brasi Story
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest

lol @ drake #142, just behind jute gyte and stara rzeka

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:59 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this post is still messin with my head. i mean, i know why you used those two albums to gloat @ drake but what are you saying????

I think he's just saying that a huge blockbuster album that placed high on a lot of critics's lists was way down with some obscure records in this poll

Ok right on.

no reason to use those albums apart from they were near drake in the results, i'd never heard of either and they SOUNDED obscure, no idea what/who they even are and no shade at them intended

K, just the way you singled them out felt like you knew of them and were wielding them as shorthand for some context that I had no access to...