great album
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https://i.imgur.com/6gQNZ4N.jpg#11: Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile - 586 points – 19 votes - 1 first place vote
London jazz wizard Shabaka Hutchings: Sons of Kemet / The Comet Is Coming / Shabaka & the Ancestors
Seb Law: "The richness of the source material and the deftness of interplay of each member of the band ensures that Your Queen is a Reptile leaves you with a sense of having been a part of something truly special. Predictions aren’t our thing, but Sons of Kemet, and indeed Hutchings, are names that should endure, and are truly worthy of the label’s storied history."
Madison Bloom: "For Hutchings, jazz’s cultural memory is not just something to recite, but a rich language that informs an entirely new conversation."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:45 (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
I think most OPN albums get this reaction cuz they're all so different from each other. Reminds me of how every Autechre album was the one where "they really lost it" until they managed to shed the casuals altogether
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
Voted for both OPN and Beach House.
I agree with 7 being a grower, and I still prefer Bloom. I was psyched about 7 when it was released, but kind of lost interest. Then, late in the year suddenly realized it was amazing. Much more varied, dense, and melodic than Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars.
I was down with the OPN record as soon as it came out. His most compositionally complex and inventive album yet. I think it was a bit underrated because people were understandably let down by Garden of Delete and mostly slept on the brilliant Good Time soundtrack.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
yesss to Sons Of Kemet
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
I voted for Sons of Kemet too. I think this may be the most albums I've voted for that has placed.
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
xp Garden of Delete was also awesome imo
― Dan S, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
Knew this had to place given the other jazz stuff. I like this a lot but I think the McCraven is slightly more my speed.
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
I can at least say it's a bit underrated, but I just don't love it the way I love his other albums.
xp
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
Garden of Delete was great!
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
Now we're talking. This album rules.
― jmm, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
I quite like Andy Beta's review.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
This is more like it, redeems the OPN snoozefest making it so high.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
Garden Of Delete was amazing, the new one an unengaging mess imo but to each their own etc. I only got interested in him with R Plus Seven so I'm a noob who only likes it when he plays with actual melodies I guess
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
Huh, I guess Robyn is top ten after all. Never change, ilm.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ogkySM8.jpg#10: The Beths - Future Me Hates Me - 602 points – 17 votes - 3 first place votes
The Beths
Justin Cober-Lake: "With one foot in the 1990s and one in the 1960s and both eyes looking forward, it's hard to imagine the album's title will hold true, but the smart lyrics reveal complicated insights that might keep all prognosticators guessing."
Jon Dolan: "A wonderful little record that never lets up, piling on unassumingly buzzy fun until you start realizing you might be in the presence of a true power-pop monument."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
regime indie
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:57 (five years ago) link
the little NZers that could!!!
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
this is the one imago hates, right?
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
robyn will be top one, ilm aint changed
― ciderpress, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FutureMeScaresMe
I wonder if that album was named after this TVTropes entry?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
I’ll be here giving ILM the ol’ side-eye... 👀(xp)
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
album rips
― ||||||||, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
hope Double Negative places, I never thought at this late point in their career that a Low album would be my favorite of the year
― Dan S, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
So happy that The Beths made the top 10. I love that people got behind this album. My number one and it wasn't even close.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:03 (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, February 7, 2019 11:04 AM (fifty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
even more apt bc "taking notes" is basically "natural ni koshite" all over again
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
I don't hate this at all! But the love mystifies me a little. I guess the drumming and general musicianship are rly good even if the songwriting is a little by the book
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
yea I dunno if Nakata's actually heard of Max Tundra but it's abundantly clear now that Tundra was pretty well ahead of his time
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
Oh my god has blood orange already placed or is Dev Haynes gonna find his way into an ilm top 10
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Vkf41T0.jpg#9: Sun-el Musician - Africa to the World - 606 points – 19 votes - 3 first place votes
THE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artists
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:06 (five years ago) link
no way blood orange places
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
Without having heard it I assumed this would be higher given the love
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
The Robyn is great, the best of what’s left, along with Sun-El Musician, now that a certain other album isn’t placing (don’t tell it was 78’d...)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
great album. sonini was robbed in the singles poll
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
Haven't given this a proper listen yet, but the singles are fantastic
― jmm, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
it’s the best one remaining even...
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
#78 is the 1975 btw
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
Big if true
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
No way Owl City are 78'd
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
i'll 78 you
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
Shame not to see Szun Waves place.
this was my #1. i listen to it all the time. and it has a way of becoming the fav record of everybody i show it to.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
damn those last three placements are *fire emoji*
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vCuRRxq.jpg#8: Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4 - 649 points – 18 votes - 4 first place votes
Autechre: Classic or Dud?Autechre - NTS Session 1 POLLAutechre - NTS Session 2 POLLAutechre - NTS Session 3 POLLAutechre - NTS Session 4 POLLMost ridiculous post about 'NTS Sessions 1-4' album on the Autechre thread
Andrew Nosnitsky: "Autechre’s eight-hour NTS Sessions adds another level of the British duo’s legacy. Though it’s created by a computer, it will bring you to another plane of human existence if you let it."
Mark Smith: "NTS Sessions 1-4 will elicit the same critiques as any Autechre album in the last decade, but it's their best record in many years."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
the 1978 !!
gonna listen to this brb
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
Eight hours of Autechre, Jesus Christ!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
lower than I expected!
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
Is this the longest album in 77 history?
great poll this year love so many albums on this list. really pleased to see sons of kemet so high up.
― Mordy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
nice lil run here to kick off the top 10
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link