ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

my favorite part of this record is that sonar-ping keyboard melody on 'i prefer your love'

The Juan Maclean album is the first one to pass my new (post laptop acquisition) test, i.e. sounded so good on Spotify I bought the CD.

Like the Todd Terje a lot but agree with Matt DC upthread. I *think* I voted it for it but just possible I omitted it to give something else a bit of love.

Can't see myself bothering with St Vincent any time soon. The track that placed this year was OK but hardly an advert for greatness.

Just realised the Guy Gerber & Puff Daddy LP is not going to place :(

I find her a bit too restrained. Actor her best as it lets go a little more. Critic tricking algorithm kinda otm - she's better than that, but errs on the safe side too often. This album is cool but not mindblowing imo

She is capable of greatness, still, I think

Just realised the Guy Gerber & Puff Daddy LP is not going to place :(

― Jeff W, Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:47 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its for patient motherfuckers only (shrug)

Thought the St Vincent would be higher. It's a beautiful record and I think it might have been my number 1(?) If anything because my favourite track on it kept changing until I realised I loved the whole thing. Serious live performer too

st vincent seems like it was made by a critic tricking algorithm, same one that made dirty projectors

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:44 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

david byrne tricking, too

I find that the weird-ish tics in her music feel forced and I'd like her to be either more conventional or totally out there and she's neither. I actually like the quieter more restrained moments on here more than the big singles.

i think i need more of a vocal performance from her, or more stunning lyrics, for her shtick to work for me - like i just can't imagine a moment where i'd rather listen to her over angel olsen (not that they're nearly the same really but that comparison probably reveals my bias against vincent's kinda robotic / alienating persona)

"i'm a BAD GIRL and i will NOT eat my vegetables!"

for a second I thought this was in reference to St Vincent and it still works

david byrne tricking, too

― Indexed, Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:49 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well yeah it is overtly in the byrne-zone

david byrne tricking, too

tbf lots of stuff tricks David Byrne these days.

xpost Croz is a good album. Not enough lyrics about fuck boys to interest modern listeners tho

its the throw back listeners who like the fuck boi lyrics tbf

http://i.imgur.com/c2TqaA0.jpg

8 THE WAR ON DRUGS Lost in the Dream [925 points, 26 votes, 4 first place votes]

more like war on interesting music

― ienjoyhotdogs, Friday, May 2, 2014 12:15 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

4 people need to hear better records.

^this xp

(i am one of the 4)

i genuinely had hopes this would fail to place and we'd get a surprise in here :(

1-2 has to be owen pallett & YG.

get it all out people

how is the war on drugs better than HONEST

Your dad would love the WOD

I should probably give this another try

my mom loves the WOD album

good album.

i mean i've groused to varying extents about like...the majority of the top 20 so far but each and every one of them is so obviously so much worthier of recognition than this dull dull dull gristly meat and overdone potatoes rock

hurrr

I don't think ILM will recover from this epic mistake. The War on Drugs' tedious, besotted, dull as ditch water excuse for an album in the top ten.

RIP ILM

good record

No one who likes rae sremmub can criticize War on Drugs.

Lex OTM!!

I'd never thought I'd say that, and pray to god I never have to again. The damage that frikking War on Drugs is doing...

A pox on both your houses.

I don't think ILM will recover from this epic mistake. The War on Drugs' tedious, besotted, dull as ditch water excuse for an album in the top ten.

RIP ILM

― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:02 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've been told that everyone has 20 minutes to clear out, and the rest of the countdown has been canceled. good luck and may god have mercy on our souls.

what about if you like rae sremmurd?

xxxp

aw this isn't that bad, just too high/overrated

^

"red eyes" is a decent song, but for one particular reason...it's short, unlike almost. every. other. fucking. song. on. the. album.

ilm revealed to contain Guitar Rock Likers

can we cut and paste remarks from singles thread?

Roughly 1 in 5 or 6 voters had it on their ballot. Just deal with it.

one of my favorite shows of all time was seeing these guys open up for destroyer during the kaputt tour

guessing that Amory is also in the Wod Four

2014's Dire Straits?

sorry to interrupt.

one of the best parts about swans live is gira literally doing the jigglepanda dance

i saw swans back on the children of god tour (my ears my ears), and i have always wondered if he still does this.

brilliant.

back to catching up.

nothing i enjoyed in 2014 has appeared (i never vote in these as i feel i do not listen to enough to new music to make an informed decision), but that does not stop me from soaking all of this up.

one of my favorite shows of all time was seeing these guys open up for destroyer during the kaputt tour

Ah! So that explains it.

19 minutes and counting...

For stats' sake, there were 142 ballots in the albums poll.

what about if you like rae sremmurd?

xxxp

― pandemic

I question all judgments you may have about music. I'm not a fan of this War On Drugs record, but I can see it's appeal to people. Which is something I can't say about rae sremmub.

WOD is pretty good to listen while stoned (lol what isn't)