ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

wes anderson album cover

did not really get a lot out of this record :/

Gigi Masin sounds really good so far

Yes! An album I voted for! Love these guys.

ok i rescind the ambient snark bc i've just put this gigi masin album on and i'm already quite spellbound. i like his voice!

didn't vote for the wild beasts record but it's very underrated

gigi is a man?

i love this band so much! (p sure it was on my ballot) despite some strong ideas i think this album is a slight step down from earlier ones.

feel like my 2014 was very successful in that i passed through the whole year without this terrible band once coming into my purview

didn't vote for this but it's nice, has at least 3 or 4 songs that i really dig

my #1! cant really put my finger on why it struck me so hard this year but i played it more than any other record this year

Tired Sound of Stars of the Lid was a forest favourite for a long time until I replaced music with the the sound of a pine cone lying on the ground. Winged Victory is a little rich for me, though I did like one track off the previous record

<3

never heard of gigi masin, but i'm listening to "snake theory" and the vocals just kicked in. wow.

not much use for wild beasts tho.

le saer est mort vive le saer

that pinecone mad underrated imo

fuuuuck I haven't been on this thread all day but WORKSHOP 19 IS SO FUCKING GOOD, Y'ALL!!!!

I think I'm the only regular on the ILX Brigade thread who was not totally into this Steve Gunn record, but I'm happy to see it place

― sleeve, mardi

felt it was super okay but not nearly as EOY worthy as Time Off

ugh benji
April is one of my all-time favs and Admiral Fell Promises is pretty great too but since then he's been crap. Had to turn to Rivulets to get a taste of former SKM this year.

Fennesz was on the long list, didn't expect much but was pleasantly surprised.

he's italian xp

that Kelis album was also so so so great

"Wanderlust" was the only track I'd heard on this Wild Beasts album before today, and it was okay, but I'm liking the stuff that comes after it much more.

Steve Gunn album is so good. I do also prefer Time Off but I voted for WoW too. Hoping Forsyth shows up, but probably not?

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This album is like the Kelis album except 300,087 times better. Better songs that don't all sound the same, better singers (much as I love Kelis), production that isn't dogshite. Thanks, you're welcome.

STEVIE D OTM re kassem mosse. very high quality, functional, all-purpose, endlessly repeatable trax, which sounds bland but is actually exciting and no mean feat.

that Lady album was great but was it as great as FOOD? no.

saer would like gigi masin, i would bet a small bundle of twigs on it

Man, talk about pastiche.

i didn't think the lady and kelis albums sounded much like each other beyond the general retro premise

The one Lady song I heard (Money) was a superior quality Motown rip, so I'll give this a go.

Too many albums to listen to right now!

gigi masin is my number one! so glad it placed, i had a feeling it would. easily my most listened to album of the year, and my favorite album to come out in a long, long time. i've never heard anything quite like it, really one of the greatest things ever.

Incongruously angry lyrics on this Wild Beasts opening track are fun. I don't hate this at all.

so many fêted ambient albums like fennesz just sound nice put pass by without much happening; on this gigi masin album, things seem to be constantly happening. the opening of "fata morgana" is so effective

Food was trash tho.

gigi is a man?

― groundless round (La Lechera), Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:07 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep, gigi masin is a man from venice, italy. people who like 'talk to the sea' need to listen to gaussian curve's album as well.

I've not given up on the Ian William Craig album placing just yet

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47 KATY B Little Red [342 points, 16 votes]

fennesz is quite overrated, it's the trick of being the right person doing the right thing at the right time in the right place imo

my #12! i think the pre-release reaction to this was similar to Jessie Ware in that people were starting to seemingly panic that it was going to be mediocre or lowering their own expectations but i thought it was really good.

god WHO IS gigi masin?!? this is spectacular music, easily the most impressive board upside my head of the albums rollout so far. sincere thanks to everyone who voted for this.

Since I've not said it before can I say I the cover of the Katy B album is lovely. I got almost as much out of staring at it IRL as the music on the CDs.

Mixed version > unmixed blah blah

i think the pre-release reaction to this was similar to Jessie Ware in that people were starting to seemingly panic that it was going to be mediocre or lowering their own expectations but i thought it was really good.

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:24 AM (17 seconds ago)

jessie ware was one of the best things about the singles rollout, but katy b still misses me every time

hope ian william craig's "a turn of breath" places

katy b is definitely more an acquired taste for some i guess. this isn't as good as the Jessie Ware album which i think is just about as good as 'Devotion'.

katy b! i was initially disappointed by this album. horribly sequenced, a step down from her impeccable debut...i rarely actually create alternate track listings but rearranging (and judicious deleting) actually made little red work really well, and it got under my skin and stayed with me longer than i thought it would. i seem to have pushed it off my ballot at the last minute, which annoys me, it should have been there. happy to see it here.

katy b! i was initially disappointed by this album. horribly sequenced, a step down from her impeccable debut...i rarely actually create alternate track listings but rearranging (and judicious deleting) actually made little red work really well, and it got under my skin and stayed with me longer than i thought it would. i seem to have pushed it off my ballot at the last minute, which annoys me, it should have been there. happy to see it here.

― lex pretend, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:28 AM (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

v interested in your alternate tracklist (if it differs at all from the continuous mix tracklist)

"Archie" rightly got the most attention, but the Alvvays record is top to bottom very solid; has a ton of wonderful riffs. It's also a nice length, and every track runs into the next, so I seem to want to replay it nearly every time.

They're in the same wheelhouse as Allo Darlin and Camera Obscura. It's definitely twee, but the lead singer has a dead-pan/I-don't-give-a-shit delivery and there are enough fuzzed out guitars to make it sound way cooler than, say, a Belle and Sebastian.

Oh, glad to see the Fennesz.

Really loved Endless Summer when it came out, but increasingly got the impression from it over the years that it rides a lot of MAX/MSP FX and gloss, which was definitely interesting at the time, but now also comes across as a bit like a demo reel from a studio technician.

Would be eager to meet this studio tech!

v interested in your alternate tracklist (if it differs at all from the continuous mix tracklist)

― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, January 27, 2015 7:30 PM (21 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i made it before i knew there was a continuous mix...and the continuous mix still includes the blah tracks that make it sag

next thing
everything
i like you
blue eyes
little red light
sapphire blue
vulnerable/drunk in love
stay down
emotions
aaliyah
hot like fire
all my lovin'
wicked love
crying for no reason
5 am
sky's the limit

the track First Time Ruth Saw The Sea is the best one from quick listen to the gigi masin, some of the others might be a touch rich for me again, but will definitely come back to this one!

First time Ive heard Wild Beasts, I get stressed going clothes shopping and it reminded me a lot of the last time. I've been putting off buying a winter coat partly for this reason but luckily a man here gave me a spare one. This music is stressful

I thought the Katy B record in the poll was horrible. I think any artist can have a little gem tucked away somewhere in their back catalogue. I also think its ok that you might miss out on it. I dont feel like listening to any of this

The middle stretch of the Katy B album was wonderful. I threw in "Hot Like Fire" and I was in business.