ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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2014's Dire Straits?

Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link

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.

mark e, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link

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...

Jeff W, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link

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

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link

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.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link

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

Mordy, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link

I admire your persistence and I lolled but I don't think "rae sremmub" is going to happen ;_;

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link

I know. But I try. Either that or "rae sreredrum". I can't decide which.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link

There hasn't been anything on the list so far I can't see the appeal of tbh

Simon H., Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link

you'll be delighted next year when the album is top ten
xp

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link

High rankings on best-of-year lists everywhere prompted me to listen to the St. Vincent album repeatedly. Still does nothing for me.

I would have voted for the Croz album had it been nominated. Likewise Joan as Police Woman.

Still several I voted for I was sure would place that haven't shown up yet, but also didn't think they'd place this high, so have no idea what to expect....

Lee626, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link

xpost agree with EZ Snappin, Rae Sremmurd more cringeworthy and embarrasing than WoD

Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link

Pretty surprised that it looks like Flying Lotus won't place at all.

klonman, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link

sometimes laying around and being lazy and doing nothing can be great. it's no way to live your life but it can often be the best way to spend your day. that's pretty much how I break WoD down to an extent.

gr8080, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link

I know, pandemic. I know. *sigh*

xposts

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link

neither are embarrassing or cringe worthy, they're just records

xxp

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link

i would be surprised to see sremm make top ten in 2015 but anything's possible

Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link

Listening to Croz right now because why not. His voice is still pretty great for the life he's lived, huh?

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link

Man I had no idea the Juan Maclean album was supposed to be so great! I spent most of my time on the Shit Robot album instead I guess. That one was super awesome too.

Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link

Just finished the Juan Maclean album, v enjoyable.

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link

i would be surprised to see sremm make top ten in 2015 but anything's possible

― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:14 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

most of the reaction to sremmlife has been "exceeded expectations, which were already high". 12 months is a long time but i don't think january releases have suffered unduly before

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link

Listening to Croz right now because why not. His voice is still pretty great for the life he's lived, huh?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:15 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Still being alive is pretty great for the life he's lived....

Lee626, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link

(albeit on his second liver)

Lee626, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link

though this january has been the best january i can recall EVER for new music so i'm hoping that people's memories are long for next year

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link

lol yeah xps

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link

I've only ever heard WoD when a friend takes me out to a restaurant that has single squiggly filament bare bulbs and giant oak tables and "hen of the woods" on the menu. They play the entire album one repeat. I've heard it three times in that environment and it is virtually indistinguishable to my ears from the Wilco that I used to hear in that environment. There's a cool song that sounds like a Silver Apples rip and I sing Silver Apples along to it. The rest of it sounds like Tom Petty and like all generic indie it seems extremely inoffensive and super-functional, I mean, it does go well with "hen of the woods". But with all generic indie it seems that the metric in which it is measured is 'competence' instead of 'genius', like, "no no this is in fact the Most Competent album by The New Pronographers" but I cannot fathom anybody getting either super-excited or super-pissed off about it, both sides of the fence are alien to me. Sounds good when a friend is buying you a hangar steak, that's pretty much how I break WoD down to an extent.

sonny and sber (fgti), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link

as someone who's been on board with wod since the beginning i'm still mystified that this record is getting the attention it is, since it's more or less the third time they've made the same record

call all destroyer, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link

excellent post fgti

we call it "chicken of the woods" here in the PacNW

brain floss mix (sleeve), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/rMeUeq2.jpg

7 YG My Krazy Life [1,004 points, 32 votes, 2 first place votes]

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link

they got it right this time tho

ciderpress, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link

wait they literally have a menu item called "hen of the woods"?

Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link

WOD is what people who don't listen to Wilco think Wilco sound like? Tom Petty, Dire Straits, Springsteen, yes. Wilco, no.

Indexed, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link

as someone who's been on board with wod since the beginning i'm still mystified that this record is getting the attention it is, since it's more or less the third time they've made the same record

Third time's the charm apparently!

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link

"Hen of the woods" is a kind of mushroom, and I have hot takes for miles but I'm too shy to post them, I wrote two paragraphs on Kiesza's reverb settings, who wants to read that? nobody.

sonny and sber (fgti), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link

i can tell this YG album is great but it's so clearly not for me

Mordy, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link

fgti relax you beat them

young thug squarepants (imago), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link

I don't mind hearing some WoD now and then, just like I don't mind a bit of early Dire Straits once in a while. But I think a lot of us are at a loss as to why it's rated so high (top 10 here, #3 Pazz n Jop).

Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link

The opening four or five tracks here are just fire, you just have to sit up and take notice.

Matt DC, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link

Voted this. Love this.

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link

32 votes, damn

Couldn't get into this for some reason

Simon H., Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link

I mean 'Bicken Back Being Bool'!!

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link

such a great album

my favourite non-obvious track from this was one of the bonus tracks! "459" is so so amazing, natasha mosley with a pretty haunting hook there

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link

i was one of the #1 votes :)

some dude, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link

I've only ever heard WoD when a friend takes me out to a restaurant that has single squiggly filament bare bulbs and giant oak tables and "hen of the woods" on the menu. They play the entire album one repeat. I've heard it three times in that environment and it is virtually indistinguishable to my ears from the Wilco that I used to hear in that environment. There's a cool song that sounds like a Silver Apples rip and I sing Silver Apples along to it. The rest of it sounds like Tom Petty and like all generic indie it seems extremely inoffensive and super-functional, I mean, it does go well with "hen of the woods". But with all generic indie it seems that the metric in which it is measured is 'competence' instead of 'genius', like, "no no this is in fact the Most Competent album by The New Pronographers" but I cannot fathom anybody getting either super-excited or super-pissed off about it, both sides of the fence are alien to me. Sounds good when a friend is buying you a hangar steak, that's pretty much how I break WoD down to an extent.

this is mostly accurate, but there's enough of a place for music like that in my life that this album did end up somewhere in the lower spots on my ballot.

Like I don't get super excited about WoD but end up listening to it a bunch because it just fits well in many situations.

I voted for it somewhere in the lower parts of my ballot.

silverfish, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link

kinda surprised YG didnt make the top 5, it is indeed incredible

indie fuxxor albums i have secretly spotified (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link

i have all the time in the world for fgti reverb discussion.

how's life, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link

I wrote two paragraphs on Kiesza's reverb settings, who wants to read that? nobody.

i'd sincerely like to hear your thoughts on this tbh

xpost

example (crüt), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link

^srsly

Could I get anything out of YG? Would revulsion overcome literary merit?

young thug squarepants (imago), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link

I wrote two paragraphs on Kiesza's reverb settings, who wants to read that? nobody.

lol girl I trippin, p sure most ppl wd want to read this

Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link

Ban imago from rap records

, Thursday, 29 January 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link


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