ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2015

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.

This is probably the best overall top ten in ILM history by the way.

2 SUSANNE SUNDFØR Ten Love Songs (2025 points, 53 votes, 12 first place votes)
1 KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp A Butterfly (2204 points, 62 votes, 6 first place votes)

jesus christ

I loved the Malportado Kids record more than the Downtown Boys one so I totally pushed DB to the bottom of my ballot to balance MK's high placing, but I figured they didn't need my help. How wrong I was.

xposts

Is there an easy to access spot with the other top 10s for comparison's sake?

lol, grady played y'all crazy

It was entertaining watching people actually go for the fake placements this year.

lol yeah

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

Yayyy! I am listening again in protest.

Also, how was I the only person who voted for Midday Veil?? That album is so gorgeous...

It was entertaining watching people actually go for the fake placements this year.

i'm two for two: my young thug 1&2 got a few ppl last year

B-)

Is there an easy to access spot with the other top 10s for comparison's sake?

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2015/

Not perfect but click on the links in the right column to see each pub's top. Also you can look at the albums list on that page and see how many top 10s they were part of.

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?

― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:01 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the drummer is lol ex bloc party iirc, not sure he plays on the album though

nice work on the timing of the fakes gr8080

I meant the other ILM Album top 10s from year's pasts.

2015 KENDRICK LAMAR - To Pimp A Butterfly (2204 points, 62 votes, 6 first place votes)
2014 D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2105 points, 58 votes, 8 #1 votes)
2015 SUSANNE SUNDFØR - Ten Love Songs (2025 points, 53 votes, 12 first place votes)
2015 CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Emotion (1967 points, 54 votes, 9 first place votes)
2012 Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (1909 points, 51 votes, 7 #1 votes)
2013 Haim - Days Are Gone (1792 points, 56 votes, 3 #1 votes)
2015 GRIMES - Art Angels (1761 points, 53 votes, 6 first place votes)
2015 DAWN RICHARD - Blackheart (1688 points, 50 votes, 6 first place votes)
2014 Taylor Swift - 1989 (1624 points, 40 votes, 8 #1 votes)
2013 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (1532 points, 44 votes, 5 #1 votes)
2013 My Bloody Valentine - MBV (1520 points, 47 votes, 2 #1 votes)
2014 FKA twigs - LP1 (1509 points, 43 votes, 2 #1 votes)
2013 Beyoncé - Beyoncé (1450 points, 39 votes, 9 #1 votes)
2013 Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time (1426 points, 45 votes, 2 #1 votes)
2013 Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (1397 points, 39 votes, 8 #1 votes)

oh, my bad

I meant the other ILM Album top 10s from year's pasts.

― MarkoP, Thursday, January 28, 2016 1:13 PM Bookmark

I'll post this later when I'm at home.

so...were rev & i the only ones in the dark about susanne sundfor? i feel like there's an ilm i never visit

can we get a list of fakes from the past few years