ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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can't see Tay beating D'Angelo but I am almost always wrong about everything so

Simon H., Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link

I waited so long before checking out what the hype was all about. I don't have anything clever to say about it yet but one of my favorites.

abcfsk, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link

The T-Swift record is so strong though, I hadn't listened to a full record of hers before and I still can't stop blasting it daily

ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link

If Taylor wins idek

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link

I'm surprised Taylor's going to finish so high with my fourth-favorite Taylor Swift album. But I guess the crossover worked. No complaints, I like the record. Probably would have been in the low end of the top 10 for me.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link

Does not in any way deserve to beat D'Angelo tho.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link

I don't usually feel "Fuck out of here you all have atrocious taste" about artists I don't like but...

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link

i have no feelings toward the top three finishers ilx u hav forsaken me gon go meet me old cunt down the pub

lag∞n, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link

im rooting for beck

cajunsunday, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link

the FKA twigs album is great but "two weeks" does tower over the rest of it for sure

k3vin k., Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link

im rooting for dire straits feat young thug

lag∞n, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link

If other people dare like something I don't like, why, I'll just have to deal with it like an adult.

Yeah, I'm kidding myself. That doesn't happen here.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link

i don't like this record at all beyond the singles and i've listened to it so much

oh well

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link

If other people dare like something I don't like, why, I'll just have to deal with it like an adult.

Yeah, I'm kidding myself. That doesn't happen here.

― EZ Snappin, Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:11 PM Bookmark

Rae Sremmub

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link

I don't remember the last time I had such a violent, abrupt 180 on an artist like I had with FKA twigs. When "Water Me" placed last year, I basically rolled my eyes and went "eh whatever" and when people were going gaga over the "Two Weeks" video my initial thoughts were "wait, isn't this the really boring static whisper girl that three ppl were into last year" up until I played it, at which point my eyes got wider and wider until they took up about 80% of my face and I kept muttering "holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, WHAT IS THIS OH MY GOD"

The album is the best use of space in musical arrangement that I've heard since the first XX album and is a master class in crescendo. Once you get past "Two Weeks" and "Pendulum", spend some time really studying "Give Up", "Lights On", "Closer" and "Video Girl". Putting this at #1 on my ballot was the easiest decision I've ever made in an ILX poll.

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Bono_U2_360_Tour_2011.jpg

"DID YOU PEOPLE NOT READ THE ROLLING STONE LIST???"

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link

The battle for the top spot was hard-fought, and amazingly ended in a tie...

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/STg5Qq2.jpg?1

TIE-1 CANNONBALL ADDERLEY The Black Messiah [7,498 points, 142 votes, 141 first place votes]
TIE-1 VARIOUS ARTISTS Billboard Top Hits 1989 [7,498 points, 142 votes, 141 first place votes]

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link

black messiah #1

gr8080, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link

DJP I still haven't gotten past "Pendulum" :)

brain floss mix (sleeve), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link

lol, fka twigs.

Nourry, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link

Rev - I didn't say I wasn't part of the problem.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link

I've never gotten the whole fascination with "Two Weeks" above and beyond the rest of LP1. It's just another track on the album to me, the whole thing is so of a piece I'd have a hard time declaring highlights.

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link

ha ok xp

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link

hmm. these numbers don't look right.

cajunsunday, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link

And I've got a whole year to work on my hand-wringing when it comes to the Ear Bummers.

xpost

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link

I've never gotten the whole fascination with "Two Weeks" above and beyond the rest of LP1. It's just another track on the album to me, the whole thing is so of a piece I'd have a hard time declaring highlights.

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:14 PM (13 seconds ago)

just on a basic level it's the easiest to get into, if you come at the album from an r&b-fan perspective, as i do, you're going to be drawn to the one that sounds like a ciara song. not to say there aren't some great other songs

k3vin k., Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link

Honestly, I don't even play "Pendulum" that much. I spend a lot of time jumping between "Video Girl" and "Give Up", the latter slowly becoming my secret favorite when I'm not humming "Pull out the incisor/Give me two weeks/You won't recognize her" to myself

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link

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 (46 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is very true but also she can really sing ... she has really strong vocal moments ("bated breath") but they don't break the glass so to speak, it's kind of a tricky thing they pull off

J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link

the bridge on "two weeks" is just unfairly sublime

k3vin k., Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, I've never gotten why it's a stronger song or more r&b than anything else on there. xxxp

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link

was waiting for the u2 zing :-)

mark e, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link

DJP otm. To me LP1 evokes much the same emotional state as the Marina Topley Bird tracks on Maxinequaye, only with present UK bass sonics and more coherence as an album, and that's no small feat. I also think, song for song, EP2 is stronger.

The inscrutable savantism of (Sanpaku), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link

Or maybe the real touchstone is, what if Nearly God wasn't made by a lazy stoner.

The inscrutable savantism of (Sanpaku), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link

I went back to EP2 thinking "omg I WAS WRONG" after loving LP1 so much and... well, I liked it more than I did initially, which is to say I didn't think it was monochromatic boring nonsense this time, but rather a dry run for the album that didn't work for me.

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link

Prob my favorite Twigs song is still "Papi Pacify" tbh

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link

this is very true but also she can really sing ... she has really strong vocal moments ("bated breath") but they don't break the glass so to speak, it's kind of a tricky thing they pull off

Wish she had more of these tbh, I love her lower register and she doesn't use it that much. I also prefer the more conventional second half to the floatier first half.

Matt DC, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link

ha i went back to EP2 as well and still thought it was boring wispiness

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link

Haven't heard any taylor swift since the first track to place on an EOY poll. People seem super into her though. Good luck to 'em.

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link

YES to praising tinashe's lower register

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link

i'll have to revisit ep2. I loved 'water me' but wasn't so in to the others.

cajunsunday, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link

Water Me and Papi Pacify are still the two best Twigs songs imo, but LP1 works so well as it is that I'm glad they weren't repurposed for it.

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link

But FKA Twigs isn't someone who really works well for me on a song-by-song basis. Way better to just put it all on and immerse.

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link

I've spent a lot of time listening to EP2 and LP1 back to back. For some reason I've never gone back to the first EP tho.

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link

we should just stop the poll here and leave the top 2 a mystery

example (crüt), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link

CROZ

ciderpress, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link

If that averts Taypocolypse, it works for me.

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/GI5m3tp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZEZWSSy.jpg

2 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 [1,624 points, 40 votes, 8 first place votes]
1 D'ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD Black Messiah [2,105 points, 58 votes, 8 first place votes]

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link

why even bother with 1-2?

you could listen to 3-4-5 on repeat forever and just generally be a happier person

xp haha nvm i guess the cat is etc

otm rcuise (Will M.), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link


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