ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

i'm not a mountain goats fan but because of real life events this year i am beyond thrilled that his new album is called "goths" and appears to be about goths

"Rain in Soho" rules.

the whole album rules

Darnielle’s Kaputt

DJP did some arrangements for this album, right?

Just one track, I believe, but I could be incorrect.

What I will say about Wear Black is that it has a really satisfying bridge

Darniele would be flattered

well i didn't mean it as an insult. but let's be really real here guys, this song is no blue pedro

I'd probably be bored shitless by an Anglophone track in the vein of this Kedr Liviansky song but this is fantastic and it's all in the way the vocal line weaves around the rest of the music.

https://i.imgur.com/biT2CFF.jpg

TIE-63 JESSIE WARE "Midnight" [160 points, 6 votes]
https://youtu.be/MJz8mtImzdc

I had completely forgotten she released anything last year.

Album really came and went. It's the least best of the three, but not awful by any means.

"Your Domino" should've been the single.

tornado wallace track way back is v nice

midnight wasn't a highlight on that album

i'm looking forward to finally giving this album a spin at some point. love her, but have yet to get around to it.

Ariadna was my #7 i think?

Midnight is my first vote to place. I was excited about the album based on the first two or three singles, but I found it a slog. Probably if I were to make the effort I'd find more tracks there that I like.

If I had voted for any JW it would have been "Thinking About You" but maybe expectations were just too high.

I voted for Your Domino over this.

same, your domino is a jam.

Our next track is the one that was oh so close to being 78'ed before it was (unfortunately?) rescued by one last vote at the buzzer...

oh boy

https://i.imgur.com/RqovWEx.jpg

62 TAYLOR SWIFT "Look What You Made Me Do" [163 points, 5 votes]
https://youtu.be/3tmd-ClpJxA

lmao

Ewww

lol

Huh. Expected some TS tracks to make it, not necessarily that one.

"look what you made me do" getting 78'd would've been hilarious. i guess this is funny too

"I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now" (Ooh, look what you made me do)
"Why?" (Look what you made me do)
"Oh, 'cause she's dead!" (oh!)

worst ghost story ever

i'm prob not revealing too much by noting that taylor is the artist who probably suffered the most from vote splitting on this poll.

I just thought she suffered from having a lousy album.

ooooof

^ this

there it is

:D

it's been a real rollercoaster of a day lol

The album was a disappointment in several ways, a mixed bag, but I kinda find TS more endearing than ever... I'll save that discussion for the album thread, I think.

I'd listen to ya because endearing would probably be the very last word to come to mind re TS2018

this song could’ve been okay if only it hadn’t gone and opened the imtoos.exe email attachment

looooooool

Last one for today...

https://i.imgur.com/jYuWjMu.jpg

61 BRIAN ENO with KEVIN SHIELDS "Only Once Away My Son" [163 points, 6 votes]
https://youtu.be/HJlmCtpOfNU

ilm vmic

This is another one I heard for the first time over the weekend. Sounds very much like both of them phoning it in.

didn't vote for this (voted for the Eno album) but this is good.

oh yeah i forgot they put this out

v excited for new mbv this year. not v excited for this but hey, glacial bliss or something

the two k-pop tunes are good. Thanks to the voters - I completely spaced on k-pop this year and obviously that was a mistake.

That is just the product of a sound generating software, isn't it? The emperor's new clothes if there ever have been any.

Lest we forget:

Sounds like the answer to some sort of football question

‘have man u ever lost to mk dons dad?’

‘only once away my son’

― plp will eat itself (NickB), Wednesday, October 25, 2017

I think the Kelela track is the only one on the list so far that I've listened to prior to today. Lots of catching up to do.

Monday recap:

77 LUIS FONSI ft. DADDY YANKEE "Despacito" [146 points, 8 votes]
76 AVALON EMERSON "One More Fluorescent Rush" [149 points, 7 votes]
75 MINOR SCIENCE "Volumes" [150 points, 5 votes]
74 GOLDLINK ft. BRENT FAIYAZ & SHY GLIZZY "Crew" [151 points, 5 votes]
73 KELELA "LMK" [151 points, 7 votes]
72 LAUREL HALO "Moontalk" [152 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote]
71 TORNADO WALLACE ft. SUI ZHEN "Today" [153 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
70 TAYLOR ALXNDR "Nightwork" [153 points, 6 votes]
69 KEDR LIVANSKIY "Ariadna" [156 points, 5 votes]
TIE-67 BULLION "Blue Pedro" [158 points, 5 votes]
TIE-67 TWICE "Likey" [158 points, 5 votes]
66 BLACKPINK "As If It's Your Last" [159 points, 6 votes]
65 FRENCH MONTANA ft. SWAE LEE "Unforgettable" [160 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
TIE-63 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS "Wear Black" [160 points, 6 votes]
TIE-63 JESSIE WARE "Midnight" [160 points, 6 votes]
62 TAYLOR SWIFT "Look What You Made Me Do" [163 points, 5 votes]
61 BRIAN ENO with KEVIN SHIELDS "Only Once Away My Son" [163 points, 6 votes]

Looking forward to any and all critical rundowns

Really good day apart from the very end and beginning of today (Despatchio and those couple of 5+ min eelctronic tracks, which I think are ok but wasn't in the mood for).