ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

Love this Ronika album. It's the kind of album I wish Annie would come back with.

ronika! which i cut from my ballot

Tune-Yards way too low. My #2 and better than whokill IMO. Also "Water Fountain" is the least best track in an otherwise brilliant first half. So, if that's putting you off, try "Look Around" or "Find A New Way" instead. Love Merrill's voice though can understand why it's marmitey.

I slogged dutifully through the Ronika a few weeks back, albeit not under ideal listening conditions. I can see why ppl here like her but I wasn't convinced. I may give it another try.

imo it should be summer

Ronika sounds great so far

i never bothered with ronika bc of third-tier popjusticebait assumptions - wow this is derivative as hell BUT somehow doesn't just seem like dead-end pastiche. i think it's the backing vox that do it. idk if i need an album of it though

oh wait the song ended and i've just somehow put on actual early madonna instead of another ronika track, oh well

With lex on the "derivative as hell" except I also think it's dead-end pastiche, pass on Ronika

her enthusiasm shines through imo

Yeah she's better than a lot of that Popjustice friendly bollocks, quality of songwriting helps here. The album runs out of steam towards the end but the first third in particular is loads of fun, played it a lot in the early summer, which is when you need albums like this. 'In The City' is my favourite.

wow this is derivative as hell BUT somehow doesn't just seem like dead-end pastiche

basically its appeal. also connects early madonna explicitly to freestyle so

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54 MOODYMANN Moodymann [291 points, 12 votes]

yeahhhhh i voted for thissss onnnne

this album is weed

Album Covers Featuring Tiny People Living In The Artist's Or Cover Model's Hair

yes! one of the albums I listened to the most this year

brad which ronika tracks have freestyle? i did not hear it in "1000 nights" but that is relevant to my interests

i love moodymann yet somehow COMPLETELY missed that he released an album last year until EOY list time; i intend to hear it but haven't had time yet

The finest Ronika tracks IMO are at the end of the album: 1000 Nights and Search Siren.

"forget yourself" imo!

Too much dicking about on this one, 27 tracks on a single album is just ridiculous, there's some terrific grooves on this one but he never allows them for settle for too long in a way that I find absolutely infuriating.

and "only only"

that's why i like this moodymann record so much actually, it's just as long as his others but keeps moving between ideas

Moodymann is one of those perennial names i see on ilm and nowhere else for years and years without having any idea what it is besides "ilm loves it"

I usually get as far as 'Video Collection' and think 'you're trying too hard now'. There's one enjoyable one right at the end but it feels like too much of a Technique-era New Order rip to really love.

I didn't really hear '27 tracks' when it was playing, though. It felt like one long piece

oh christ i forgot how much i loved ronika's "in the city"

exquisite construction

Missed a bunch of time here but I am starting to think "infantilism" doesn't mean what you guys think it does wrt:tuneyards

he's pretty much a house legend, some dude

moodymann's afternoon set at sónar a few years ago was one of the best sets i've ever experienced

xps

Is this one of those Cockney rhyming slang things

I'm currently on a train for the first time in months, hence using headphones for the first time in months. This is making Ninos Du Brasil sound glorious, every bit as good as the track which placed last week.

ooh heard the track he did with andres just the other day and loved it
will check out this record

Is this one of those Cockney rhyming slang things

he's from detroit iirc, me old china

"forget yourself" seems more tom tom club than freestyle imo? again it's ok i guess

well i'm prob overstating it

House flute slow jam hash odyssey. This is very listenable so far.

The Moodymann mix of Cosmic Slop towards the end of the record is amazing

"Shell Shocked" is the freestyle Ronika I think

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB)
Posted: January 27, 2015 at 11:02:34 AM
Is this one of those Cockney rhyming slang things

he's from detroit iirc, me old china

Haha I was making a joke about britsh people and this whole infantilism thing, but as usual I wasn't terribly clear

couldn't find a way into ronika after botanist & steve gunn. sounded like shallow 80s pop pastiche, and the songwriting wasn't drawing me in.

but fuck i LOVE the moodymann album. i went on a massive moody bender after "discovering" him a few years ago, and it's great to have new album of this quality to slot in with silentintroduction, black mahogani, etc. such a gorgeous front-to-back listen.

that's why i like this moodymann record so much actually, it's just as long as his others but keeps moving between ideas

^ brad nelson otm. you want longer grooves? there's a dj for that.

I sorta admired and appreciated this when I heard it, but didn't deeply connect. Moodymann in general is obviously all time tho.

The annoying infantilised adult is a fairly common archetype in gentrified London and a quick image search for Tune-Yards suggests her entire image is based around being a particularly egregious version of that, and that's before you even get onto the music itself.

Disclaimer, I've not listened to any of the lyrics.

sorry jjj, i think i missed a few posts there

voted "lyk u used 2" in the tracks poll but i think this missed my albums ballot. good album

It's probably best if everyone logs out now and comes back in a half hour or so while #53 sits here uncommented upon...

lol

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53 SUN KIL MOON Benji [292 points, 9 votes]

well i'm glad it's this low

ha

Errr... whatever the opposite of mice is.

Rats!