ILM’s Top 77 Albums of 2018

Fingers crossed for Aviary

― jmm, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:40 (forty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

said 'oh god' three times just now

anybody wanna name the top 4 in any order?

ok computer

I would be fine with Mr Eazi

dylan
dylan
dylan
dylan

has robyn really been 78'd?

I was holding out for Mr Fingers

Hell yeah! Amazing album, not a single bad or even mediocre tune on it! I don't mind the corny lyrics, because she has so much stuff on her chest and she's almost always on point. Dropping the whole theater school cyborg concept works for her favour here, IMO this album is where she finally fully realises on the promises first made by "Many Moons" ten years ago.

is the new Datarock album gonna make it

I'm way behind in my listening, but I'm just gonna post that I really like this Daphne & Celeste album and someone should have told me that someone is doing Max Tundra in 2018

I admit I can’t think of JM now without thinking of the line “Sex in a swimming pool...”

monae lyrics:

We gon' start a motherfuckin' pussy riot
Or we gon' have to put 'em on a pussy diet
Look at that, I guarantee I got 'em quiet
Look at that, I guarantee they all inspired
A-town, made it out there
Straight out of Kansas City, yeah we made it out there
Celebrated, graduated, made it pass/fail
Sassy, classy, Kool-Aid with the kale

(or siMMy, sad lol)

I'm so sure about the top 4 that I'm not naming them here. They'd constitute a spoiler.

when the D&C album came out I wrote it was exactly the sort of thing that was gonna go ignored for a long time and then get rediscovered 10-15 years later

it's a great top 4

I've just noticed Moka's album image template complements The 1975 cover art particularly well. Ye cannae see the join, colour-wise and you've got the sideways on text thing too. Was this in fact your starting point for all of these, Moka, or is that just a coincidence?

― Jeff W

Yeah it works really good on that one but it's a coincidence. The first albums I actually used for tests were Low, Janelle Monae and Christine and the Queens as I was sure they'd make it in the top 77 (I started doing tests before knowing the results) and I needed to see how well the format would work on three different kinds of text lengths.

any one of them is a good #1 and now i have no idea which one will wind up there

the beths on #10, i guess that means that 3 albums of my ballot are in the top ten.

starting to think They Might Be Giants isn't gonna make it

that sucks

4 julia holter
3 low
2 robyn
1 kacey

https://i.imgur.com/W37CVn8.jpg
#4: Julia Holter - Aviary - 916 points – 27 votes - 4 first place votes

Julia Holter

Jenn Pelly: "If Holter’s preceding records were novellas, Aviary feels more like a meticulously organized compilation of mind-altering field notes in which a single page can be a world, and its depth is stunning."

dark horse sneaking into the top 4 would make my week

absolutely fucking incredible record

I was pretty sure this was #3 but close enough

brilliant album, bought the signed 2xLP in advance and did not regret it

an awesome record from an extremely cool person! think i'm going to pick it up today tbh.

It's been a good day of music, but the worst is about to come. Rooting quite hard for Kacey, of what's left

Oh and there it is. Folks, quite often we do not have the same ears, patience or souls. This was absolute fucking torture LOL Brad used the same language conversely!

I feel so joy

liked this a lot and voted for it. I kind of enjoyed her previous albums but this really took it to the next level.

Flatly mumbling 'Joy...Joy' into the fucking abyss as tuneless idiot instruments spiral about pointlessly. YOU GET YOUR KICKS, ILM!

holter doesn't do much for me but i'm open to trying it again once or twice more with open ears.
this nineteen minute first track/first album autechre is like being stuck in a storm of metal shards

Dang this top 10 is choice. I really liked The 1975, and didn't expect to. Autechre absolutely deserves their place here and I was shocked ILM agreed (figured NTS Sessions would be 10-20).

Had I heard the Sun-el Musician record before the Tracks results, it would have absolutely been in my top 10. That album is ridiculous and honestly, TOO LOW. I feel my summer of 2018 had much less happiness injected due to not hearing that album. Certainly is on repeat and will continue to be for weeks.

Rosalía was my #1. Surprised I was the only one who felt that way.

Pains me to say it, but OPN was TOO HIGH.

Sons of Kemet is a really nice surprise to see it that high.

I didn't quite click with Aviary. But I understand why you guys would like it so much.

Holter was my #5, I think, so fair enough (actually my #3 LP, but I ranked two Kpop mini-albums higher).

JFC imago give it a rest.

I pronounce Autechre “oughta care” because I don’t.

— Erik Highter (@EZSnappin) December 4, 2018

I hope Low is #1.

Robyn was overrated and I would be surprised if it places at all.

I submitted an unranked albums ballot with just over ten items, none of which made 77, I think?

all in all, a productive first year ballot for me

1 point leap from #6 to #5
170 point leap from #5 to #4

great 74 this year and a worthy winner, thx to poll runners!

I'm a contrarian and love being non-hivemindy, but I've not been very successful at it this year.

hahaha xp

I gave up on trying to “get” Aviary but maybe I should give it another shot

I still need to buy a copy too.
I posted this in the Holter thread but her last NTS mix makes a neat companion piece to the album:

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/julia-holter-26th-october-2018

https://i.imgur.com/iqSavKe.jpg
#3: Robyn - Honey - 933 points – 27 votes - 3 first place votes

Robyn

Will Hermes: "On her first album in eight years, taking a more active hand on the production side after what seems to have been a period of painful personal change, Robyn relaxes the tempos and lets the healing ecstasy of club grooves take over."

Stacey Anderson: "Robyn presents her first solo album in eight years subtly, with slight builds and light hands. But her masterful command of emotions on the dancefloor slowly reveals itself across another enthralling record."

FUCK I WAS WRONG

Robyn definitely amid my top five, prob top three; almost certainly her best album to date and totally worth celebrating!

Loved Aviary and had never really clicked with any of Holter's previous records (not that I've heard all of them).

glad she wasn't no. 1 but i totally voted for honey

I think I always knew this was coming down to Low vs. Kacey.