also thanks very much Moka, forks, and seandalai !!!
― budo jeru
^^^
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
hahaha yess!
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
Low's great! if they ever tour anywhere near you, go
still feel weird about the time I saw side project Retribution Gospel Choir and there were about a dozen people in the audience but they still completely went all-out
― mh, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
Kendrick scored 62 votes for To Pimp a Butterfly, don't know if that was the record though.
― omar little, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
One more week to vote in the 2018 ILX metal poll! Don't forget to cast a ballot!
The 2018 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE! Ballots due by Friday, February 15th 11.59pm PST
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
To the people who organized this, thank you very much, this is the best list and ILM is the best community.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
thank you poll-runners and ILXors :)
― jmm, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
Great job running this, folks.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
thx to the poll-runners!
onward to metal
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
great poll moka, forks, seandalai. well chuffed with that #1
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
I listened to the Low album once maybe a couple of months ago and it did not make much of an impression, I should give it a more focused listen I guess.
― silverfish, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
I sneakily suspect Low could win because it was my #1 and I've never been a Low stan. There must be others like me.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 2:51 PM
I'm a genius.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
thank you to the pollrunners, and thank you to all the other people who helped place a whole bunch of albums i loved onto this list
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
Low was my #1. I kind of wanted to give one of my more idiosyncratic favorites the top spot, but this was just too good in every way imaginable. Low is a band I always admired, but never loved. The couple times I saw them live were brilliant, but I never had the patience for their recordings. Did not expect they'd put out an album that would instantly hook me. This is the perfect example of a traditional guitar/bass/drums band using modern technology to its fullest to create something new and unusual, completely avoiding the kids let loose in a room full of toys mentality of so many rock bands turned tech neophytes. These songs have weight and alien timbers, mystery and drama, and are unmistakably Low to the core. The album flows so well from song to song, and manages to feel brief despite their signature glacial pace. Perfect.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
how many ballots total were there?
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
it did not make much of an impression, I should give it a more focused listen I guess.
― silverfish, Thursday, February 7, 2019 2:13 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol i feel like this about maybe 15 or 20 albums on this list
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
usually I find the album list is a bit snoozy compared to the tracks list in terms of diversity and placement, but I had a blast with it this year
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:18 (five years ago) link
yeah, great list
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
booming post moodles
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
sorry i went overboard with the holter slagging, i get carried away at the sharp end of an eoy. will re-check everything i've heard and discover everything i haven't
I voted for my 10 favorite albums, and I think only two of them placed? I get why many of the rest wouldn’t be widespread faves, but the absence of Brandi Carlile does surprise me. Did you guys just not hear that LP? (It’s not even quite in my “wheelhouse,” yet it’s so objectively great I had to vote for it!)
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
most surprising absence imo: pistol annies
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
a bit surprised the Pistol Annies didn't place, it was probably just outside the 77. Brandi Carlile was my guess for the other country album to show up.
― omar little, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
I also voted for Brandi xps
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
Thanks poll runners! Just caught up. Happy with that as a winner. Confusion hath made its masterpiece.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
LOW
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:24 (five years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!
i love ilm, personally
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
Country music is not really a thing here, so I've never heard of those artists. Wouldn't know who Kacey Musgraves is either, if it wasn't for ILM.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
wow, Robyn made the top 3. Ah well. Low #1 though! So good! ILMFTW
― octobeard, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
wrt Low, it's crazy to me that a band managed to put out their best album 25 years in. makes me kind of hopeful.
― fffv, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
Great poll!
Moka, tell us: who bears the onus of 78?
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
wait, people are saying the new one is the *best* Low album? I've got to get back to it to relisten
― mh, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
Good winner, pretty great 77.
Thankig u Moka, Forks and Seandalai! <3
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
it is def a contender for best Low album, though Trust is my sentimental fave
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
As someone who's gone between indifference and mild delight re: Low since the 90s, this is the only one that makes my jaw drop.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
The Curtain Hits The Cast will always be my fave Low album
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
Low is one where there are a lot of contenders for best album and whenever anyone argues for any one of theirs being their best, it's usually a sound argument.
― omar little, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
Great work pollrunners, thanks to all of you.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
I have read only acess to the document, so seandalai will post the results later I guess but 78 was:
Beak> - >>>
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
my guess is sandro
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
I've been a big Low fan since the mid 90's and if this isn't their best album, it's definitely in contention. Secret Name means a lot more to me personally, but *best* is a tricky thing.
― fffv, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
things we lost in the fire is still my fav but this one is up there
― ciderpress, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
Simmy was #80:((((((((((
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
Album with the most votes that didn't get to the top 77 was Grouper - Grid of Points with 9 votes. Ended up in place 87.
Album with the most number one votes that didn't make it was Simmy - Tugela Fairy with 2 number one votes. Ended up in place 80.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
wow that's a truly excellent top 4 and a pretty decent top 20 overall, surprised that Low beat Kacey by so much though. my only real complaint is that OPN album placing which was easily his worst and pretty bad really
I really should have voted for Simmy especially since she was so close! sorry all
great work to moka, forks, and seandalai, thanks for running things
― ufo, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
sean will drop full list soon i'm sure but:
Beak> #78Current 93 #79Jon Hassell, Sarah Davachi #81Hausswolff , Mr Fingers #83Tierra Whack #86Grouper #87Khruangbin #88Hunee #89Mid-Air Thief #90Rico Nasty #91Terekke #92Spiritualized #93Emma Ruth Rundler #94Melody's Echo Chamber #95Objekt #96Rae Morris #97"We Out Here" #98The Amazing #99Marie Davidson #100Cavern of Anti Matter #101Soccer Mommy #102Kyler Gann #103Black Panther OST #104Neko Case #105Szun Waves #106Red Velvet #107
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
simmy was my number oneprobs my favourite record this decade
― nxd, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
sorry, DJ Healer also at #83
nice to see The Amazing crack the top 100 considering most of the posts about them on here are by me lol
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link