ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

You guys are collectively missing at least one as yet unnamed artist

rico nasty? nah

lmao sun-el musician??

please god 🙏🏻

Is it me? It's me, isn't it? I'm number one! I'm number one!

Ibibio Sound Machine? Haim?

Rihanna??

Hmmmn, my "ILx gonna ILx" guess'd be the Cut Copy massive turning out for the Horrors.

(would be nice if it was e.g. Nadia Rose, mind)

Is Miguel in with a shot? The album got a mixed response overall, but Told You So and Pineapple Skies got good reactions on here. He's had a good hit rate over the last few years.

oh god it'll obviously be him

idk reception has been a little lukewarm to Miguel

miguel isn't a #1 contender like in previous years but i am surprised he hasn't shown up yet

damn, didn't realize War and Leisure was released.

I think Miguel will certainly place in the album poll but I would be surprised if he had a track in the top 20

and further, Miguel can't be the person we allegedly haven't discussed yet, because we did - when "Lost In Your Light" placed.

just catching up - this was a fun roll-out! so many weird (in a good way) entries.

Voted for: The xx, Red Velvet, Yaeji, Mondo Grosso (I was the first place voter for "Labyrinth" - so gorgeous)

Considered voting for: Kelela's LMK, Nilufer Yanya, Kamasi Washington, Kedr Livansky, The Mountain Goats, Alvvays, Atelje, Susanne Sundfor, Wolf Alice, Lil Uzi Vert, Lorde, and all the K-pop tracks that wasn't Red Velvet

Kedr Livanskiy, Kamasi Washington and Wolf Alice were definite standouts when I was going through the noms list, and I voted for a different Lorde track ("Supercut") which I guess isn't going to make it now.

My ballot was less K-pop heavy than usual and tbh I had sort of given up repping for K-pop after so many years of having minimal representation on the EOY poll. But it turns out it didn't need my help this year! I mean, TWO LOOΠΔ tracks - that's incredible. I guess more people are keeping up now that most of it is on Spotify + increased TSJ coverage? Holding out hope for "Palette", another one I actually voted for, but maybe it's just a little too understated for ILM.

I couldn't follow dance music as much as last year was a particularly busy work year for me so am glad the bobbins crew stepped up. Enjoyed a bunch of tracks I heard via the noms list - might have ended up voting for any number of Avalon Emerson tracks if I had heard them sooner. The S.A.M. track is lovely too, very Superpitcher circa 2005.

Favourite discoveries:
70 TAYLOR ALXNDR "Nightwork" [153 points, 6 votes] - didn't see Tim's thread until after I had already voted but yeah, this is fantastic.
TIE-54 L'RAIN "Which Fork/I'll Be" [170 points, 5 votes]
25 SERGE BEYNAUD "Akrakabo" [276 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes]
28 KARA-LIS COVERDALE "Grafts" [256 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote] - this is intriguing.
38 RICHARD DAWSON "Ogre" [216 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes] - not normally my thing but I actually kind of like this?! Don't know if I can sit through a whole album of it though.

It's HAIM, isn't it?

Which was the group I was hinting at earlier as possibly genreating some groans and mentions of ILM being on autopilot.

That or the ILM voting body really liked that Blink-182 styled cover of The 1975's Girls.

It's HAIM, isn't it?

― MarkoP

The only way I'd be happy to see a Haim song appear at this point is if there had been a bunch of write-in votes for their Shania cover.

the haim album was quite good despite the underwhelming singles, i doubt they'll show up now since no one seemed too enthusiastic about any of them

Charly Bliss haven't been mentioned yet. I assumed people were just going to vote for the album (because that's what I did), maybe they'll sneak in somewhere?

Feel like i'm totally outside the ILM hivemind, but love y'all..hopefully shining places

iirc only one Charly Bliss song was nominated, surprisingly. I guess it could make it since no vote-splitting? I think most people opted to vote for the album instead though. xp

Grafts is good. I didn't get a chance to check it out thoroughly earlier.

Did any of those posthumous Prince tracks gain traction here? I wonder if Prince in top 20 is a possibility.

other curiosities about this year's poll so far: no metal (a result of doing the metal poll afterwards?) and not much in the way of shambhala thread stuff (though that was pretty dead this year)

Akanamali will make the top 20.

The Arcana will be top 10.

iirc only one Charly Bliss song was nominated, surprisingly. I guess it could make it since no vote-splitting? I think most people opted to vote for the album instead though. xp

Glitter was my #1! I'm not counting on it placing though

Whelp, was holding out hope some bobbins picks of mine would make it, such as SW., Four Tet, Blanck Mass and Terje's Jungelknugen (Four Tet mix), but it's lookin' grim.

I voted for Maskindans over Jungelknugen

xp - fwiw, I had Blanck Mass in my top 10, so fingers crossed. The rest of my ballot was mostly filled with Europop and Drab Majesty tracks (both sorely missing in this poll).

I thoroughly expect most of those acts to make the albums list (maybe not SW but who knows). Terje/Four Tet would have been ILM catnip in previous years so it might appear although reaction seems to have been fairly muted.

voted for the four tet album but my favourite single track he was involved with is the kaitlyn aurelia smith remix. not crazy about the direction todd seems to be going in tbh

I still have hopes for Four Tet, though the entire album was great I believe there was a clear standout

Please sir what is SW?

SW. (the trailing period is vital) = Stefan Wust.

hey what a great bunch of songs so far

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]

TIE-59 DRAKE "Passionfruit" [164 points, 8 votes]
TIE-59 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix)" [164 points, 8 votes] [80 points for original]
58 BURIAL "Rodent" [165 points, 7 votes]
57 JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT "If We Were Vampires" [166 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote]
56 NILÜFER YANYA "Baby Luv" [168 points, 5 votes]
TIE-54 YEMI ALADE "Mon Lo" [170 points, 5 votes]
TIE-54 L'RAIN "Which Fork/I'll Be" [170 points, 5 votes]
53 THE XX "I Dare You" [170 points, 6 votes]
52 MAMA "Unmask Me" [172 points, 4 votes] [48 points for "(Ashley Beedle Vocal Mix)"]
51 ST. VINCENT "New York" [172 points, 8 votes]
50 PATRICE BÄUMEL "Glutes" [175 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
49 KAMASI WASHINGTON "Truth" [176 points, 7 votes]
48 DESTROYER "Tinseltown Swimming In Blood" [177 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
47 DUA LIPA ft. MIGUEL "Lost In Your Light" [179 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes]
46 CHILDISH GAMBINO "Redbone" [181 points, 6 votes]
45 BICEP "Aura" [182 points, 8 votes]
44 LOOΠΔ/ODD EYE CIRCLE "Girl Front" [187 points, 7 votes]
43 ATELJE "50/50" [197 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
42 LITTLE BIG TOWN "Lost In California" [202 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
41 WOLF ALICE "Don't Delete The Kisses" [202 points, 8 votes]

40 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "Oh Baby" [208 points, 8 votes]
39 CHROMATICS "Shadow" [213 points, 9 votes]
38 RICHARD DAWSON "Ogre" [216 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes]
37 RED VELVET "Red Flavor" [220 points, 7 votes]
36 PLAYBOI CARTI "Magnolia" [228 points, 7 votes]
35 MONDO GROSSO "Labyrinth" [231 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
34 J HUS "Did You See" [234 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
33 S.A.M. "Pour Aisha" [236 points, 6 votes]
32 ALGIERS "The Underside Of Power" [238 points, 11 votes]
31 KELELA "Frontline" [244 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
30 ALVVAYS "In Undertow" [250 points, 8 votes]
29 LOOΠΔ/YVES "New" [250 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]
28 KARA-LIS COVERDALE "Grafts" [256 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
27 OCTO OCTA "Adrift (Avalon Emerson's Furiously Awake Version)" [269 points, 9 votes] [93 points for original]
26 LORDE "The Louvre" [271 points, 8 votes]
25 SERGE BEYNAUD "Akrakabo" [276 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes]
24 LIL UZI VERT "XO Tour Llif3" [280 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
23 SUSANNE SUNDFØR "Undercover" [284 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
22 YAEJI "Drink I'm Sippin On" [286 points, 11 votes]
21 LORDE "Green Light" [295 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]

https://i.imgur.com/krDr3Iq.jpg

20 ARCADE FIRE "Everything Now" [296 points, 9 votes]
https://youtu.be/zC30BYR3CUk

haha, what's the real #20

:D

Disastrous start to the day.

I can't confirm or deny there's a joke post coming, but it's not this one. xp

did mark e smith fucking die for this

my little brother, whos two songs on his phone that he listens to include jason derulo fight for you, told me this wasn't very good so i haven't checked it yet haha

holy fuck nooooooo

nine of you need to own up so we can FP without fuss, otherwise it's show trials, informants, dirty shit. nobody wants that

i assumed this was going to be rubbish, but am listening to it now and fuuuuck, they've really surpassed themselves this time ;_;

I mean this isn't even close to the worst thing on that album but still gtfo with that

hahaha really

this was ok especially in comparison to most of the album but what's it doing so high

also if that placed i really doubt there's room for any more surprises

There's one song where I saw it on the nominations list and went 'Oh right, I actually really liked that back then...' which I can imagine enough other voters to feel that way about that it should make it right about now and if it does you'll all go insane :)
Fingers crossed

― Frederik B, 24. januar 2018 19:16 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ta-daa

even as someone with a decent number of AF tracks on their phone I'm mad about this placement lol