ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2015

also well played on the fake #3 curveball, scrolling down i nearly had a heart attack

made even better by drake actually getting 79'd, like not even 78'd

only 6 votes for Gaz Coombes, i hope some of you can sleep tonight

Haaaaaaaaaaaaa I almost voted for Drake too.

Haha. Jamie XX got 178.

― MarkoP, Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:37 PM (15 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

amazing

lol given the way the joke was beaten into the ground still remain surprised the fucking gaz coombes thing didn't actually place

Kind of glad I didn't, this is way funnier.

joke?

117 Beauty Pill - Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are

:(

Most of the joke votes went to blur surely?

Re: Tinashe, I took for granted that it would make the list, but I guess too few actually listened. What a stupendous mixtape. A cornucopia of ideas, every song has something that could serve as a foundation for a full length album. At her most playful, inventive, confident, cocky.

U.S. Girls at 83…weep. Could have used one higher placement *cough cough*

i didn't expect so many votes for the honey cocaine ep, wish i'd known - would have voted for it here instead of for "sundae" in the trax in vain

Omg and beaten by Gaz…the ultimate insult

119 Nozinja - Nozinja Lodge 164

my #1, genuinely thought this would make it

Good work everyone!

I though Torres and Liturgy might do a bit better than they did.

Extended edition:

78 Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, Girl
79 Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
80 Benoît Pioulard - Sonnet
81 FKA twigs - M3LL155X
82 Gaz Coombes - Matador
83 U.S. Girls - Half Free
84 Heavy-K - Respect The Drumboss 2015
85 Royal Headache - High
86 FFS - FFS
87 Beach Slang - The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us
88 Dr.Yen Lo - Days With Dr.Yen Lo
89 Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer
90 Mastery - Valis
90 Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
92 Blur - The Magic Whip
93 Helena Hauff - Discreet Desires
94 Tamaryn - Cranekiss
95 Patrick Cowley - Muscle Up
96 Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire
97 Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr
98 Arca - Mutant
99 Ata Kak - Obaa Sima
99 Young Galaxy - Falsework

Only two votes for Wonder Girls ;[

88-90 is a gutting omission tooo.

HAUFF in the top 100 at least

here are your country breakdowns. extremely america-centric poll - keeping track as we went along this really stuck out

USA (52): Kendrick Lamar, Dawn Richard, Miguel, Jazmine Sullivan, Vince Staples, Oneohtrix Point Never, Julia Holter, Sufjan Stevens, Joanna Newsom, Rae Sremmurd, Young Thug, Ashley Monroe, Future (3), Holly Herndon, Jeremih, Jlin, Chelsea Wolfe, Earl Sweatshirt, Kehlani, Kamasi Washington, Sleater-Kinney, Abra, Algiers, Angel Haze, Janet Jackson, Lana Del Rey, Beach House, Hop Along, The Mountain Goats, DJ Richard, Low, Dumblonde, Jim O'Rourke, Jute Gyte, Levon Vincent, Panda Bear, Helen, Father John Misty, Ty Dolla $ign, Deerhunter, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Health, Joan Shelley, Colleen Green, Deafheaven, Neon Indian, Fetty Wap, Baroness, Brandon Flowers, Kurt Vile
GBR (8): Floating Points, Chvrches, Róisín Murphy, Years & Years, Aphex Twin, New Order, JME, Four Tet
CAN (4): Carly Rae Jepsen, Grimes, Destroyer, Project Pablo
AUS (3): Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala, Dick Diver
SWE (2): Tove Styrke, Ghost
NOR (1): Susanne Sundfør
ISL (1): Björk
POL (1): Stara Rzeka
COD (1): Mbongwana Star
KOR (1): f(x)
FRA (1): Colleen
LAT (1): Domenique Dumont
EGY (1): Eek

all kidding aside i would like to know if there was a genuinely enthusiastic vote for Gaz Coombes aside from imago.

Gaz the only record with 2 first place votes to not place

Good to see Young Galaxy make the Top 100 (just).

Jenny Hval at #78! Damn.

also, request for imgur page please!

Wild that an artist I hadn't even heard of before these polls came in at #2. Glad Kendrick won.

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 28, 2016 1:28 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://imgur.com/a/RPySl xp

12 first place votes for Susanne! woah

Wow, the UK really did poorly this year. Curse you American pigdogs.

Algiers is transatlantic, but I can't remember if more members are from the UK or US.

there really is a complete absence of latin american artists huh

U.S. Girls at 83…weep. Could have used one higher placement *cough cough*

― tangenttangent, Thursday, 28 January 2016 20:40 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it would have had to have made my top 4

speedy ortiz would have had to have made my top six

think of it this way. at least i didn't put them higher, but not high enough. then the agony really would be intolerable

the weeknd at #185

I hate you. xp

;_;

as much as i knew about the love for susanne, double the amount of first place votes than for anyone else surprises me

albums with a single #1 vote and no other votes:

Art Melody - Moogho
Esther Stephens & The Means - Esther Stephens & The Means
FIDLAR - Too
Francis Poulenc/Louis Lortie/Hélène Mercier/BBC Philharmonic/Edward Gardner - Piano Concertos; Aubade
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
Maria Schneider - The Thompson Fields
Molly Nilsson - Zenith
State Champion - Fantasy Error
White Out / Nels Cline - Accidental Sky

thanks to the poll runners. truly a labor of love.

Ha, not that I was expecting different but my top four or so all placed at #371 or lower.

Wau @ only one vote for Julien Baker; pre-rollout had figured that creeping in 70-77.

did anyone vote for the apartments album? it would have been my #1 if i had voted...

Wau @ only one vote for Julien Baker; pre-rollout had figured that creeping in 70-77.
― etc, Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:56 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tell me about it

Wau @ only one vote for Julien Baker; pre-rollout had figured that creeping in 70-77.

yeah same here! but i couldn't fit that record in my ballot :(

ata kak and hauff in the top 100 fills me with smiles :)

xxxp No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal was one of the few I was considering for one of the last spots on my ballot, but I ended up not voting for it

Listening through Ten Love Songs for the first time this year and yes, it's that good.

I was pretty sure Helena Hauff, Nicolas Jaar and Downtown Boys from my ballot would make it. But only Hauff came close, it seems.

Algiers is transatlantic, but I can't remember if more members are from the UK or US.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:45 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

iirc all Americans, but relocated to the UK?

I'm surprised that the Laura Marling album didn't get much love, it's really good. I kept coming back to it all throughout the year. I thought putting it as my #1 would give it a bit of a boost, but nah.

I was pretty sure Helena Hauff, Nicolas Jaar and Downtown Boys from my ballot would make it. But only Hauff came close, it seems.

― emil.y, Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:01

Even adding the Malportado Kids votes to the Downtown Boys votes and you only get to #154 :/

Finally listening to the US Girls album. Yoooooo this is fuckin good.