ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

tune *really* reminds me of something else, can't think what. do like it though, that understated vocal suits it pretty well

― faust apes (NickB), Monday, 22 January 2018 15:45 (yesterday)

Re 'Nightwork' it does remind me of Whitney Houston's 'It's Not Right But It's OK' due to its very similar staccato melodic pattern.

Heh. I nominated this at the last minute but never voted for it.

saw Destroyer live on Saturday and it was amazing, this song rules

mama "unmask me" is so good, wow. tbh maybe the only one today that has caught me

The video is great (I love hair shearing videos.)

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:49 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i do too

destroyer video should be a zine imo

oh glutes is really good

TS: "Glutes" vs. Bicep

Glutes vs Glue.

(Judging by the list so far Bicep are definitely turning up at some point unless there's been mad vote splitting)

I voted for the other Bicep track iirc. Sorry.

Way prefer Bicep to 'Glutes', though, if we're doing anatomical music comparisons. 'Glutes' is nice but it doesn't do anything to make itself stand out to me.

I ended voting for the other nominated destroyer track. This one very good too though. I think the album is great, though not up there with his best.

Feel like I need to do the obligatory *yawn* at Destroyer, but tbh I can't even be arsed to do that. ILM gonna ILM.

Ken Destroyer sure loves the 1980s!

ILM gonna ILM.

I came sooooo close to prefacing the post with that, but deleted it at the last moment. Thankful 4 U.

"truth" is a fantastic piece of music

glutes didn't really do a lot for me, but patrick baumel totally reminded me that i never did read that other jerome k jerome book

i love destroyer but nothing from him this year came close to making my ballots

https://i.imgur.com/T5OaSol.jpg

47 DUA LIPA ft. MIGUEL "Lost In Your Light" [179 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes]
https://youtu.be/r-AuLm7S3XE

Yay, L'Rain! My #4! Literally the last change to my ballot befire sending it in Friday, what a great, origunal song!

wow 2 number ones, i should probably listen to this one

this was an ok miguel track but didn't really strike me as anything special

I voted for it (but I'm not one of the number ones). It's grebt.

my no. 1

It's basically half the tracks from the first Miguel album mashed into one new song.

I loved Lost In Your Light so much when I first heard it that both artists' subsequent albums felt like a letdown, then promptly forgot to vote for it.

Destroyer live last year made me appreciate the album a lot more. Love the track.

I was the other number one vote for Lost In Your Light. There were a lot of really great song and video combinations in 2017, but this one was the most perfect. As Brad said on the Dua Lipa thread, "it totally embodies what it's like to listen to the song". Their voices blend together so beautifully. My favourite song of the year by quite a long way. It should have been as big as New Rules (which I'm sure is coming later).

destroyer video should be a zine imo

― gr8080, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 17:09 (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzXH9KtanuI

At the risk of sounding like a scold, y'all know embedding youtubes in these threads is a no-no.

Voted for the other one and the album but this is great. Big take from the run down so far is I need to start watching music videos again

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

46 CHILDISH GAMBINO "Redbone" [181 points, 6 votes]
https://youtu.be/Kp7eSUU9oy8

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record collection rock

I suspect if I'd heard Glutes out I'd feel differently about it. The way I feel about Vertigo after hearing Michael Mayer drop it at a festival a few years ago. Nothing else by Patrice Baumel has ever stuck with me like that, his tracks are custom made to precision to blow the roof off

Here 4 it

JF, I didn't but noted!

Every generation gets their own Lenny Kravitz.

wasn't Childish Gambino a punchline a few years ago?

he is so much better at everything else than he is at music

xp it helps that he stopped rapping

record collection rock

I'm definitely a champion of any contempo r&b that pulls inspiration from Sly Stone.

wasn't this 2016, i know year of impact but im surprised that itd be that way for enough people to make it now if it didn't last year

that's good for you johnny feves

I kinda like this (was it really not nominated last year?).

I got a couple votes in last year's poll (didn't place), but it charted in August 2017. xps

connan mockasin "caramel" is a better tune and i don't really care about childish gambino but this is still a pretty good tune imo!

also just remembered the scene in Atlanta where that GC record cover is in shot (on the rich white ally dude's shelf) ha

Redbone got a lot of spins this year in Cincinnaaaatiiii :P

(xps)

also it was pretty good as used in "get out"