ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

Before someone hoists themselves on their own petard:

Save us Johnny Fever!

there's nothing wrong with saying the misogynistic or aggro lyrics make u queasy its just you chose to go about it by adopting a tut-tutting tone

like your attempt to morally justify your repulsion & implicate the ppl who like it

Personally, I think you're all racists.

the whole omniscient "i can accurately objectively judge every song i hear" thing is not annoying at all

there's nothing wrong with saying the misogynistic or aggro lyrics make u queasy its just you chose to go about it by adopting a tut-tutting tone

― flopson, Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:05 PM (35 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup and as though they're brand new valuable insights, completely ignorant of the conversations rap fans have been having about these subjects for so long now

Imago, the problem is not that you're repulsed. Lots of people including people who actually love rap music are repulsed by some of the attitudes contained within it and grapple with that contradiction constantly, including vocally on a shedload of rap threads. So it's galling for someone to come in with zero contextual awareness and say things along the lines of 'you lot will forgive anything if there's a good beat' or 'how can anyone defend this?' when most people here aren't interested in validating or defending anything of the sort.

Everyone has a line they draw wrt repellant lyrics and sentiments and I wouldn't judge anyone for drawing that line way before the YG album, but maybe don't make it sound so much like you're the only one speaking truth to power every time you comment on it?

my main problems w louis feminism itt isnt the moral high horsing so much as its typical entry level male feministing, like using gendered insults in yr violent power fantasies is nbd but gnarly sexual come ons are the height of offense, sry for piling on louis i support yr right to free speech btw!

Can't save anyone right now. I'm at lunch.

:/

http://imoviequotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2-Election-quotes.gif

lol

No matter who wins we all lost.

think it was rev who called "running back to you" nu-jones girls, which is very otm

― gr8080, Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:57 AM Bookmark

Mary Jane Girls iirc, but that works too

how is it 2015 and we're still having the most entry level discussions with louis

is time meaningless? does it exist?

yes, no

there is no time, there is only album time

My Krazy Life was my #1.

Karry on.

Time is a flat circle

https://twitter.com/reverenddollars/status/482029158097092608 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

my krazy life never really clicked with me but i love the throwback alt title spelling very kool

I notice ur p much all male too, btw

Save us, Mr. Fever.

[prays for lunch to end]

We're all too far gone for salvation.

wtf?

xxp

I was really excited to hear some epic Knopfler/Clapton solos on the War on Drugs album (preferably over synth pads) but it never really happened.

Sund4r otm

the solo on 'suffering' is more Talk Talk than any of the other mentioned touchstones

This liberal handwringing shit is worse when it comes to country music. Like, did someone up thread say they couldn't get through a lee Ann Womack song bc she was singing about Jesus?!?! I get that like pro war Toby Keith songs would rub you the wrong way, but way too much cultural/ideological baggage is be brought to these songs. Sometimes it's just people singing about their life which is why the Womack and YG albums were 2 of my favorites this yr

i love when ppl sing abt jesus

louis it's not that you're male and therefore have nothing insightful to add (though that's part of it), it's your constant posturing and (and lagoon says) entry-level understanding of the issues, like as someone who has embarrassed himself in front of ILX on these and related issues however many hundreds of times, it's weird to see you attempt to position yourself as some sort of moral authority on the topic, idk if you crave ILX's OTMs, or the approval of your girlfriend who seems to be reading all your posts or whatever, but just fall back man

This liberal handwringing shit is worse when it comes to country music. Like, did someone up thread say they couldn't get through a lee Ann Womack song bc she was singing about Jesus?!?! I get that like pro war Toby Keith songs would rub you the wrong way, but way too much cultural/ideological baggage is be brought to these songs. Sometimes it's just people singing about their life which is why the Womack and YG albums were 2 of my favorites this yr

― Heez, Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:23 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This.

https://twitter.com/dril/status/26334898832

lol

lol

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

5 TINASHE Aquarius [1,101 points, 35 votes, 1 first place vote]

thank you based johnny fever

Mark Knopfler was pretty macho

(also whoooooo this album is great & i might not've discovered it if not for ILX)

Man I thought '2 on' was nice when it was on the radio but had no idea it and the album were such ILX faves

Tinashe - Aquarius (out October 7 2014)

This thread has like 3 posts in it

aquarius is one of my favourite album arts of recent memory

That's one of the few albums I've heard that makes floaty vaguely psychedelic sad submarine Ecco the Dolphin R&B actually seem like a good idea.

i was really out of the loops wrt to albums r&b especially toward the end of the year, had no idea that tinashe's album was this loved ("2 on" is incredible obv), will have to check it out

That's one of the few albums I've heard that makes floaty vaguely psychedelic sad submarine Ecco the Dolphin R&B actually seem like a good idea.

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:28 PM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup. even lex likes it

This album is so good. I was surprised. Prob my most-listened to album of the year. I've been burnt by pleasant, dreamy rnb hypes with no songs to back it up enough times. This album's got songs and grit and really great vocal performances. Gets physical. So many ideas and she's seemingly only scratching surface. Almost more surprisingly the mixtapes are pretty great as well, but the album tops it.

gorgeous album, tons of really awesome production details. "2 on" and "all hands on deck" made me crave more mustardwave bangerz but the rest of the album was so quality that it didn't matter. "indigo child" and "far side of the moon" >>>>>>>>

tinashe's vocals are on point throughout too, she's PRESENT in a way that many indie-r&b singers aren't

I seriously underestimated ILX's Tinashe love.

it goes back to what i said about charli xcx's songs sketching the outline of a character but not filling it in - so much indie-r&b does that. tinashe fills it in beyond the positioning and beyond the predictable aesthetic package