Without further ado...
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20 KEHLANI "Undercover" [296 points, 10 votes]https://youtu.be/rBrmg0BBHI4
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
Hell yeah. I'd have liked it even higher but I'll take it. earworm of the year
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
Fantastic song
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:27 (six years ago) link
thank the lord for that but i am never forgiving you for making me listen to that arcade fire abomination
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:27 (six years ago) link
too low!
i had already mapped out the top 20 so i knew u were fuckin with me
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:28 (six years ago) link
I feel like such a credulous moron about the fact that if someone tells me they're not lying, even on THE INTERNET, I am naturally inclined to believe them
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:28 (six years ago) link
One way or anotherI'mma love youSlidin' under covers, undercoverThey don't wanna see it happenBut we say, "Fuck it"They don't wanna see it happenBut we say, "Fuck it"
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link
the bit where she sings one way or another slays me every time
― nxd, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
tbf "Everything Now" is the only Arcade Fire song I've ever liked
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:34 (six years ago) link
Hahahahaha. I totally believed Arcade Fire, tbh, as other people have said, ilx has voted for worse. The 1975 didn't have anything out this year, did they?
― emil.y, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
the two basically-opposite "Undercover"s being only 12 pts apart is quite nice
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
if Arcade Fire had shown up at 50 or something I wouldn't have been surprised at all
couldn't really pick a highlight from the Kehlani album but Undercover is great
― ufo, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
just noticed that bob marley gets a writing credit on undercover - anyone know which bit is his?
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
One way or anotherI'mma love youSlidin' under covers, undercoverThey don't wanna see it happenBut we say, "Fuck it"They don't wanna see it happenBut we say, "Fuck it"--bob marley
― rob, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
courtesy of The Fader:
On “Undercover” — probably the most fun song on the album — Kehlani pulls from Akon’s 2006 megahit “Don’t Matter,” which itself takes a part of its crucial melody from Bob Marley’s 1979 song “Zimbabwe.” (Marley and Akon both received songwriter credits on the track.)
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
ah ok, don't think i know 'zimbabwe' tbh
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
I don't think the bit of Zimbabwe that was in Don't Matter ended up in Undercover but that's how writing credits work
― ufo, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link
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19 STORMZY "Big For Your Boots" [300 points, 10 votes, 2 first place votes]https://youtu.be/dFOErVWlsxg
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
this is fun :)
― #TeamHailing (imago), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
hell yes
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
Beuuuts
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
maybe 20 seconds too long but otherwise great
― ufo, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:50 (six years ago) link
totally forgot to vote for the man stormzy
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
Way too low, but may have lost votes to the album.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
a regrettable last-minute cut from my ballot--glad to see it so high!
― rob, Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
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18 FEVER RAY "To The Moon And Back" [326 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]https://youtu.be/fJjGZkPl9Tw
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
those fakes were excellently played, kudos
― ogmor, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
oh shit
this was actually one of my least faves on the album tbh
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
still just a mediocre retread of Silent Shout except in a major key, huge disappointment
― ufo, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
yeah idk about this, it's ok maybe
― #TeamHailing (imago), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
This fever ray track grew on me a lot in the context of the album. Prefer "Mustn't Hurry" tho
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
I know I began listening to this album once, but I can't remember if I even finished it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
It's a definite grower, and there's a handful of tracks that could stack up to the first. There's also a bunch of tracks that take the internalized body horror and grief of the first and turn it outwards and in a more ramped up, percussive direction. Comparisons to the knife make sense but it's worth the price of admission
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:18 (six years ago) link
Obviously Stormzy has made it to national treasure status in record time but Big For Your Boots is the one that just clicked instantly and never went away. Totally deserves its status as ubiquitous UK anthem.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
he is mayor of london at this point. and the adenuga brothers are our foremost public intellectuals
― #TeamHailing (imago), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
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17 TOVE LO "Disco Tits" [328 points, 11 votes]https://youtu.be/8RQDPwODja4
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
ok I can say I called this one. good song imo
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
tove lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:27 (six years ago) link
i think this song is Just O.K.
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
The lesser of the Toves.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
unfashionable conservative opinion: ugh
― #TeamHailing (imago), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
Dope track
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
Men tend to overrate songs in which women get vulgar but "Disco Tits" is a good 'un.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
Helluva run this. Just clocked that I've had a veggie burger at the Bethnal Green takeaway Stormzy's on the counter of in the vid.
Disco Tits is the 1st of these today I voted for but I'm down w/ everything tbh
― lilcraigyboi (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
I like the track but the video is a bit silly
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
it took me a while for it to click but this is by far the best tove lo track
i hope the other tove is still to show up but i really doubt it
― ufo, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
Unless you've gotten head from a puppet, don't judge. xp
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
its placing #17 on ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017 is not enough to convince me to listen to a song called "Disco Tits"
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
what if I asked you to dance to "Disco Tits"
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
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16 THE BLACK MADONNA "He Is The Voice That I Hear" [329 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]https://youtu.be/0NCjHeiwycQ
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link