ILM’s Top 77 Albums of 2018

very surprised Cardi B was so low, would have probably expected her to make top 10 here? it didn't quite make my ballot but it was very solid and even made me enjoy "Bodak Yellow" in context

Cardi B was a case of "this is not for me, but I fully get why other people dig it".

solid pop record that gradually unsticks from your attention imo

i haven't heard any andrew w.k. but the one adebisi shank song i've heard is anamanaguchi-style chiptune? is that what andrew w.k. does?

andrew w.k. is an approach to life

oh damn I would probably have tossed Cardi a #1 sorry for not ilxing

Ha, I played Andrew WK right after you played REO Speedwagon in plug one time, rushomancy, and you said it was a ditting segue.

*fitting

i don't think i'll ever understand the love post-i get wet andrew wk gets here

mariah was another one i thought might do a fair bit better here based on the general love for it, took me a while to get into but certainly one of her best albums. might have voted for it if i'd gotten into it sooner and spent more time with it. "the distance"/"giving me life" was a really nice section in the middle

i haven't heard anything from andrew w.k. other than i get wet, btw

talk about not living life to the fullest

i'm more of a glass half full guy, something to aspire to you know? that's what 'glass half full' means iirc

wait a second, that is what glass half full means. goddammit, joeks

yay @ Kadhja Bonet, such a good album

I was surprised and very happy to see Kadhja Bonet, make the list. I've been going back to it a lot. Gives me strong Rotary Connection/early Minnie Riperton vibes.

Just checking out the Wednesday Campanella album for the first time. Really gorgeous stuff, especially that dreamy song at the end.

Ha, I played Andrew WK right after you played REO Speedwagon in plug one time, rushomancy, and you said it was a fitting segue.

― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r)

most surprising thing about this is that i was apparently playing REO Speedwagon, i must have been in a right mood that day

I loved hearing the crowd cheer so loudly for the accordion when Hailu Mergia played here, that gig just got better and better as he warmed up

When I Get Wet arrived with full media fanfare and his fkn gooning face everywhere I hated it, it was 55 Cadillac that got me on board. The Greatest Showman wld be a good title for his next album

The previous Quelle Chris record is leaner and with higher highs imo but there's still a gently-handled weight to this record

I like the Cardi album a lot and voted for it but it still spends too much time in the generic Migos zone and is much better when it doesn't. If Rico Nasty places then justice is done.

Skee Mask: listened to it again, same result as before: I quite like it, except when it gets boringly drum’n’bassey (not Shirley) and most definitely when it veers dangerously close to big beat territory, and all I can smell is watery beer.

i don't have any strong feelings towards the Skee Mask album but i liked it best when it reminded me of the Metroid Prime soundtrack

Only voted for Kamasi Washington so far, have also listened to Skee Mask, Senjawa and Cardi B. Cardi B was one of the last records I cut. So far I feel a bit more represented than on the track-list, but I also suggest my hivemind score is so high most of my votes will turn up higher on the list...

I don't really get the Skee Mask record, I have to admit. From what I read it was supposed to be drum'n'bass with good ambient pieces in-between, but that combination sorta just turned out to be too much like the too pretty d'n'b that killed the genre in the first place.

LTJ Bukem did no such thing.

Was gonna say, it wasn't atmospheric d'n'b that killed off d'n'b. It was the technocrats that stole the genre from the dreamers and sucked the soul out of it.

Peter Mandelheadz.

:D

it was the jazzbos that killed d'n'b

They killed it with their skinny arms.

Or people just moved on ? Not just any genre can be cocky and think it's reggaeton.

Wait, did I get the lyrics to 'Fillmore Jive' wrong? The internet says it's 'Jasper's skinny arms', not 'jazzbos' skinny arms'. I feel crushed.

Jasper's skinny arms. I did wonder what you meant.

YEah it was all the people saying dumb stuff like 'd'n'b is the new jazz' that soured it for me. loads of my friends still <3 drum'n'bass though. they must be hearing something i'm not

Not a single album/compilation after 2003/2004 that is even remotely half decent imo. It all went to shit around that time.

2004 is when I got into d&B

What about The Third Eye Foundation's self-explanatory The Dark?

voted that my album of the year on ilx

the last special request album had some bangers on it iirc

The notion that Yob need a new vocalist is insane to me

Yeah, I really enjoy his aching rasp in the context of Yob's music.

Not a single album/compilation after 2003/2004 that is even remotely half decent imo. It all went to shit around that time.

I'm not saying my assessment of Scheidt's vocals is fair but for some reason they register as distinctly insincere to my ears. Due to the myth surrounding the man it's hard to refrain from judging them in terms of authenticity. I'm also just not into stoner metal (or weed for that matter, which is unfortunate).

I'm glad I've never had a "vocal authenticity" gauge I guess

fwiw I do zero w33d and it's never prevented me from enjoying stoner metal. stoned is a ~state of mind~ mane

YOB play doom metal not stoner

Surely they have strong stoner leanings? Or maybe I'm just saying that because I love doom.

save us moka

I only mentioned authenticity because it seems like they were consciously aiming for it on the somewhat-relevantly-titled Our Raw Heart. I'm finding it hard to disregard their intentions completely.

And yes, salve regina.

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