ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2015

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

ILX List of Lists will help

pretty sure Geir was the one who tipped off ILM on Susanne Sundfor.

so did aphex twin actually come last in this poll if you calculate the number of votes per minute of music?

sundor was popular on the shambhala and pop threads, eventually got her own too

Carter Tutti Void - f(x)

Read this the other way around for a second and felt very confused...

thanks will xps

i'd never heard of her until the poll either, deej

Korea's Hidden Reverse xps

I propose this poll be retabulated to include voted of people who said they forgot to vote for Sons Of Kemet.

I learned of Sundfor via the Shambhala thread, TSJ's review of Delirious and the fact that it was one of the high ranking albums on RYM's 2015 chart for a good part of the year.

Al otm in the other thread in that it's the kind of thing that made me stop checking for TSJ.

I'm listening to the Sundor. It's not grabbing me.

yea me neither, ilm loves its scandinavian pop though huh

The two songs that made trax poll reminded me strongly of Super Trouper, and I love that album, so

added Ashely Monroe to the ol Spotify queue.

would've voted Dawn Richard and Miguel high high high, both amazing albums

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

Still, 5/25 isn't bad.

thanks to the poll runners
and thanks to the nominator who nominated THEESatisfaction, where has that album been all my life?

got 2/25 just like I had predicted

Highest Enthusiasm score in the top 150 was, um, Father John Misty. 7 of you are courageous, courageous souls.

and thanks to the nominator who nominated THEESatisfaction, where has that album been all my life?

― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, January 28, 2016 4:37 PM (33 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i think that was rev but i was the only vote for it!

what a time to be alive is such a subtle fake-out. nice. B-)

The THEESatisfaction album narrowly missed my ballot. However, one half of them did make it in the form of Sassy Black's Personal Sunlight. It's mining a different psychedelic space ore to THEE, but still fully worth checking out.

i feel like THEESatisfaction is an album i need to shortlist to listen to

Why do so many of them have no enthusiasm rating? Is it uncalculated for things with fewer than three voters?