ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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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

58 votes!! WOW

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

good job running thus guys. Thanks.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link

holy shit

ciderpress, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link

2105! I noticed that we crossed 1000 as far back as YG.

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link

Yessss!

cajunsunday, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link

record-breaking points total

so not gonna häpna (seandalai), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link

i havent listened to the record yet since it came out so late in the year but that is an impressive % of the voter base

ciderpress, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link

sort of relieved taylor didn't win with her worst album, even though i'm likely to play the best songs off 1989 more than black messiah, which also has its flaws

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link

Thx Fever and Sean.

pandemic, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link

http://i.minus.com/izlIafbXI9G7h.gif

prolego, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link

also haha tie for first place votes!

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link

D'Angelo is a worthy winner. Thanks JF. Sorry for shitting it up briefly.

Why? Gee! (imago), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link

cheers JF and crew for the effort, tis much appreciated.

mark e, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link

so glad that was a blowou

Simon H., Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link

lol Taytay gif is perfect

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link

Thanks, JF, gr80, seandalai!

The Reverend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link

lmao prolego

example (crüt), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link

D'Angelo is a worthy winner. Thanks JF. Sorry for shitting it up briefly.

― Why? Gee! (imago), Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:27 PM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh louis. it wasn't that brief.

some dude, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link

YES thank you thank you thank you JF!

(also it's just in time for all of you to go nominate some stuff for ILGames's top of 2014, just saying)

otm rcuise (Will M.), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link

lol prolego

thx johnny & seandalai & gr8080!

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link

wow D'Angelo was on 40% of the ballots if I'm doing this right

rob, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link

Can't begrudge D'Angelo for winning but it does make me wish I loved Black Messiah more than I did, although I'm listening now and Sugah Daddy is really doing it for me.

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

love the guy behind swift saying "fuckit"

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

congratulation dangelo! i am glad u came back

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

Direct link to the full results for those rationing their clicks: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HzdPL-OpUWIUEAOj9aKRbzPxMPyh0-XGBwxIK9YdPBo/edit?usp=sharing

so not gonna häpna (seandalai), Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link

good poll JF and seandalai!

rob, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link

It's not Taylor's best album - that's Fearless - and it's not necessarily more interesting than her last two, but with a few sequencing edits she succeeded in making an album-album which I've listened to more start to finish than, for example, Speak Now in the same period. And it doesn't really matter if the moment she went big, not only in album sales but in general acceptance, if you will, does not sound like what she's done so well until now -- because she has the power to define that even more now, anew, and has stated she's not doing the same album again, and after being so sceptical of the 1989 she pitched us, and an ill-advised lead single statement, and yet so happy with the result, all I can say for her future ventures is I'm more giddy with excitement than ever.

abcfsk, Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link


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