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
Aw, depending on points there's a chance Black Panther OST and Emma Ruth Rundle would have placed in the top 77 had I been able to get a ballot together.
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
where'd lykke li place, forks?
― Mordy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
That "We Out Here" comp is great. Think it slipped off my ballot right at the end
― groovypanda, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
lykke is at, um #354
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:52 (five years ago) link
Awww I knew Mid-air Thief was bubbling right underneath
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:53 (five years ago) link
some absolute shiters beat that rico nasty record
― ||||||||, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:54 (five years ago) link
Mid-Air Thief were robbed - that album is blissful.
Damn, I was one place out with my Current 93 estimate!
― tangenttangent, Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:55 (five years ago) link
lol I let Max Tundra know that ILX put his album top 20 and he retweeted the poll thread :D
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link
Mid-Air Thief definitely one of those things that would've made Top 20 if people here had actually heard the record
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
xxxxx'ps
The Brandi C. album sort of straddles the line btw. country, "Americana," and just plain "singer-songwriter" excellence. If y'all who haven't heard it have even a passing interest in any of those styles, I urge you to check it out (it'll probably win big at the Grammys!)
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
yeah i heard the mid-air thief record for the first time last week and whaddya know it's beautiful
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
A big thank you to all the pollrunners from me as well! And hey everybody, yes, here it is…
YOUR OFFICIAL COUNTRY BREAKDOWN:
AUSTRALIA (3): Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Tropical Fuck Storm, Courtney Barnett.CANADA (2): Black Dresses, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan.CHILE (½): Against All Logic (½).COLOMBIA (½): Kali Uchis (½).ETHIOPIA (1): Hailu Mergia.FRANCE (1): Christine & The Queens.GERMANY (3): DJ Koze, Helena Hauff, Skee Mask.INDONESIA (1): Senyawa.JAPAN (2½): Mitski (½), Eiko Ishibashi, Wednesday Campanella.LATVIA (1): Dominique Dumont.NEW ZEALAND (1): The Beths.NIGERIA (1): Burna Boy.SOUTH AFRICA (1): Sun-El Musician.SPAIN (1): Rosalía.SWEDEN (3): Robyn, Neneh Cherry, Ghost.UK (10): The 1975, Autechre, Sons of Kermet, Tracey Thorn, Let's Eat Grandma, SOPHIE, Arctic Monkeys, Tirzah, Jon Hopkins, Kero Kero Bonito.USA (44½): Low, Kacey Musgraves, Julia Holter, Janelle Monáe, Mitski (½), Oneohtrix Point Never, Beach House, U.S. Girls, Mr Twin Sister, MGMT, Yves Tumor, Daphne & Celeste, Kali Uchis (½), Pusha T, Hop Along, Against All Logic (½), Ariana Grande, Makaya McCraven, Earl Sweatshirt, Meshell Ndegeocello, mewithoutyou, Parquet Courts, Snail Mail, Natalie Prass, Ashley Monroe, Gang Gang Dance, Saba, Sleep, The Breeders, Laurel Halo, boygenius, Noname, Deafheaven, The Armed, Foxing, Wye Oak, Mount Eerie, Andrew W.K., Cardi B, Mariah Carey, Kamasi Washington, YOB, Kadhja Bonet, Jean Grae & Quelle Chris, Charlie Puth, Amen Dunes.
As was to be expected, an even greater US dominance than in the tracks poll. (Is it okay if I say, unfortunately?)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link
Ah, 3 of my votes placed (forgot about CB)
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:04 (five years ago) link
I thought US Girls was Canadian, but I could be remembering incorrectly.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link
the mid air thief record was very charming but didn't have enough bouncebackability for me to return in the autumn and winter, when maybe it would have worked better
― nxd, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:05 (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
American; moved to Canada
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:06 (five years ago) link
thank you everyone for putting this on. Low didn't make my 25 but the album is great. happy to see them still getting love on here. I actually got into them somewhere around 2006 through a poll on ILM about the best albums from the 2000's first half. I think I picked up Things We Lost in the Fire and Trust because of that. Loved them ever since. Nothing else quite hit me like those did but will give this one a closer observation after seeing so much love for it on here.
― gman59, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:09 (five years ago) link
that low record is dope; good job team
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:10 (five years ago) link
That is way too much USA.
― jmm, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:15 (five years ago) link
Autechre was my #1, Aviary my #2. very happy with how this all turned out. great list. had not previously heard the Sun-el Musician album either. digging it so far
― gman59, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:16 (five years ago) link
you'd like Simmy's album too then
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link
this what you people call albums?
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link
jk nice rollout, thanks guys
Simmy’s Tugela Fairy is pretty much a perfect album, quite literally. Such an incredibly warm and soothing record, and so impeccably structured too. The uptempo seven-song sequence from “Hamba Juba” through “Ngonile” is flawless, my favorite stretch on any album this year. The buildup to it includes “Ubala” (!), and there’s a lovely cooldown section too. Simply gorgeous.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
yesss
― nxd, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
It does repeat saying
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
Would definitely have voted for Simmy if it had come across my radar sooner
― groovypanda, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
So gutted the best album of the year, by far, didn’t even place - knowing that it would have ranked even higher than Sun-El if we had done the album poll after the tracks rollout...When can we start nominating for Album of the Decade?
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
I'm happy at the way the top16 looks, except for some middle bafflement for Autechre (haven't heard it), #3 (it's... alright) and obviously #1 and especially at that score (it's... average. I don't know, compared to, say, Slowdive's last album for ex. Are you serious guys ?).
― Nabozo, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
That is way too much USA.― jmm, donderdag 7 februari 2019 22:15 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― jmm, donderdag 7 februari 2019 22:15 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You think?
COUNTRY BREAKDOWN, TRACKS AND ALBUMS COMBINED:
USA: 77⅓ (325⁄6 + 44½)UK: 23 (13 + 10)GERMANY: 7⅓ (4⅓ + 3)AUSTRALIA: 7 (4 + 3)CANADA: 5 (3 + 2)SWEDEN: 4⅓ (1⅓ + 3)SOUTH AFRICA: 4 (3 + 1)JAPAN: 3½ (1 + 2½)SPAIN: 3⅓ (2⅓ + 1)NEW ZEALAND: 3 (2 + 1) FRANCE: 2½ (1½ + 1)IRELAND: 2 (2 + 0)NIGERIA: 2 (1 + 1)SOUTH KOREA: 2 (2 + 0)COLOMBIA: 1⅓ (5⁄6 + ½ )DENMARK: 1 (1 + 0)ETHIOPIA 1 (0 + 1)INDONESIA: 1 (0 + 1)ITALY: 1 (1 + 0) LATVIA: 1 (0 + 1)CHILE: ½ (0 + ½)HONDURAS: ½ (½ + 0)PUERTO RICO: ⅓ (⅓ + 0)
Too bad U.S. Girls isn’t/aren’t actually half-Canadian. It would have denied US acts the actual, factual, absolute majority they have now…
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:53 (five years ago) link
And to really hit you over the head with the cold hard facts:
THE CONTINENTAL BREAKDOWN:
(And yes, “breakdown” is the right word)
NORTH AMERICA: 82⅓EUROPE: 45½OCEANIA: 10AFRICA: 7ASIA: 6½LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN: 2⅔
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:54 (five years ago) link
I wonder how that skews to ilx poster demographics and the country population-to-ilx poster ratio
― mh, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:58 (five years ago) link
Well, there’s your homework for tomorrow
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
please send me your full names, location (including address), birthdate, and social security number (if applicable_
― mh, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
Looking forward to 2019 when the Emily King album places somewhere in the 60s if the few superfans she has here do their jobs. :)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
I don’t think under-representation of the UK is the glaring issue here lol
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
wouldn't mind adding the option to include age, identified gender and country of origin/location to ballots next year; might make for some interesting conversations.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
ALSO! All you folks complaining about how your favorite album came in low, maybe hang out on the listening thread and get people excited about what you're hearing in the genre you specialize in! Trying to cross pollinate here!Listening to ILM Listen: February 2019 - Collaborative Listening Project
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link
cool idea
thanks to all the organisers again x
― nxd, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link