my #3
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
my no. 2
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
agree w ufo that this is their best album, grew on me massively
― lowercase (eric), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
I don't really know Perfume but they seem cool? Anyway back to your peak ILMing
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
lmao would have been p funny if mgmt had beat TS
― ||||||||, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
nothing on this one that i like as much as the first track on the self titled but still good
― ciderpress, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
great record
quintessentially ILM band (see also eg junior boys, kelley polar etc)
― ||||||||, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
(Did Yves Tumor place in the tracks poll?)
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
you don't know meor my tastetaste in movies
― lowercase (eric), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
the yves tumor was no. 7 on my list. pop songs struggling through a whorl of static, ultimately succumbing to it, great
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
too low
― flopson, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
13 people voted for it because it's good and they liked it
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, February 7, 2019 10:55 AM (fifty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there were only like 5 people in the thread. and I think 3 of 'em were LJ socks
don't get me wrong, the album is excellent and it's definitely held up throughout the year. it's like a throwback to an era of truly weird and intricate pop music. I just didn't know that many people on here had actually heard it. I think it was my #3 or 4, though a lot of years it could've been #1
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
YT track almost placed and I found it on the expanded playlist xps
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
frogbs, if you look at tracks results and read the D&C thread, you'll see their constituency was much bigger than one might think! no socks haha
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
My sixth one to place
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
― imago, Thursday, February 7, 2019 10:48 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a lot of the more maximalist pop stuff on the daphne and celeste record reminds me DIRECTLY of them. i think you... just might like them. check out "dream fighter"
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
MGMT was my last to place--#18--I was kind of embarrassed at how much I liked it, a sensation amplified when most of the songs that I'd end up skipping made the tracks poll. Most of the rest of it kinda sounded to me like OMD on shrooms though; I'm pretty sure I mentioned that during tracks poll as well
Oh shit, I think you mean Noid! That was a top 5 track for me. Easily the highlight of the album for me, and one of the highlights of the year!
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VgN6yoT.jpg#15: U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited - 515 points – 20 votes - 2 first place votes
U.S. Girls
Dave Simpson: "It’s protest music, in the guise of joyous, life-affirming pop."
Will Coma: "On the nose with invisible fingers, In a Poem Unlimited is as lush, disgusted, and dour as the previous album, but with less obscuring vaporous swirl. The tone is more one of defiant, soaring majesty and poison-laced confection, underscored with lyrics of damnation and earnest imparting."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
Nice!!
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
Phew!
― tangenttangent, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
Aww, was hoping this would be higher. Twas my #2.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
didn't quite make my ballot, delighted to find it didn't come close to needing my help
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
loved MAH and incedental boogie off this
― nxd, Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
This was slightly spoilt by the cumbersome closing track for me, but the rest was pretty great and Incidental Boogie was incendiary
Given that Woman's Work was my track of the year way back when, I probably had outsize expectations for a US Girls 7-minute closer tbf
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
Love this record.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
The Perfume comparison is kind of apt given that their song ナチュラルに恋して felt very much inspired by Max Tundra's Which Song, which in term was very much inspired by Scritti Politti's Perfect Way. I remember Max Tundra even trying to reach out to them on Twitter to produce music for them after that song was released.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
This is one of like 20 records I bought physically last year. Rosebud is my favorite song off of this one, and would've voted for it in the tracks poll if it was nominated. I think it would have ended higher in several EOY lists if it had been released later in the year.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
u.s. girls record is v good but i could never get excited about it for some reason. can’t begrudge its placement though
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
pearly gates was by far my fav from this, mostly because it strongly reminded me of nate dogg and warren g
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ekb85wX.jpg#14: Rosalía - El mal querer - 532 points – 16 votes - 1 first place vote
Thom Jurek: "There is as much subtlety in both the compositions and production as there is drama, all of it imbued with restless soul via Rosalía's singular voice that marries the folk lineage of flamenco to 21st century styles and sounds, making El Mal Querer not only a provocative and original offering, but a magnificent one as well."
Julianne Escobedo: "It is one of the most exciting and passionately composed albums to appear not only in the global bass tradition but in the pop and experimental spheres this year."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
TOO LOW
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
very excited to check out that rosalía record later today
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
This was growing on me a bit but will need more convincing. Maybe another listen will do it
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:20 (five years ago) link
It’s definitely a grower record. I didn’t get it at all at first
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/iGF7Vfk.jpg#13: Beach House - 7 - 539 points – 18 votes - 1 first place vote
Beach House - 7 (2018)
Matthew Neal: "After Bloom’s widescreen production almost pushed them into stadium territory, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally have continued to amp up the melodies while retaining the band’s ASMR qualities, arguably culminating with Depression Cherry. While the latter wasn’t completely adored at a critical level, to me, it felt like they’d at least hit on the blueprint for a masterpiece. On 7, the Baltimore duo presents us with the completed architecture."
Jake Cole: "Teen Dream and Bloom will likely always remain the pair’s canonical entries, but by some margin, this is their most accomplished record to date and the latest proof that Beach House will go down as the finest, boldest and most singular dream pop act since the Cocteau Twins."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
speaking of growers
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
i go through the same cycle with every new beach house album. i think it's kind of a let down, and then on i listen again and it feels so warm and familiar, like these are very old, standard songs. already, 7 feels like an album i've known for years and years
out of respect for Karl Malone I will only roll my eyes once for this placement
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link
I used to think there could never be too much handclaps in music, but guess I never tried to listen to a whole album of flamenco-ish songs
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/T2rzEPi.jpg#12: Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of - 540 points – 20 votes
oneohtrix point never
Rob Hakimian: "While it undoubtedly packs in a humongous swath of influences and touchstones from today’s pop culture, the overall piece created is completely unique, unreplicable and ultimately undescribable. That, of course, is the only way that Daniel Lopatin knows how to create music, and Age Of now happily sits alongside his previous planets in Oneohtrix Point Never’s utterly individual universe."
Matt McDermott: "Flitting through soundtrack-style pieces, pop songs and dense instrumentals spanning from post-kosmische to neo-baroque, it's a dizzying trip meant to shore up Lopatin's status as an avant-garde auteur while aiding his forays into mainstream pop culture. It'd be easy to see this album-as-prospectus approach as cynical. But whatever his motives, Lopatin has successfully broadened his scope"
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
smell a rat here
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
*bathes in the respect*
hahaha
i didn't vote, btw. honestly it would probably make my top 20, but that's because i don't listen to much new music. i didn't vote because my top 20 would be a ranked list of the 20 albums from 2018 albums that i listened to. get off my lawn! (but i did enjoy this album, and my wife loves it so it's still in pretty heavy rotation in my apartment at the moment)
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
xposts
hmmmmm
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
I voted for OPN
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
https://s3.amazonaws.com/radiomilwaukee-wordpress-uploads/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/27133237/i_voted.jpg
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
Love that album art
― enochroot, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
I voted for OPN too. great album!
― Dan S, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
did his Good Time soundtrack make it last year (or whenever)? i loved that album
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
don't get the sentiment here that this album was "bad", although for me it took a lot of listens to sink in
― Dan S, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link