ILM’s Top 77 Albums of 2018

So where DID Koenji Hyakkei place?

they got like 92 points iirc, 2 votes

good album

this Low album... Well it certainly sounds different from what I've heard from them before. A bit like listening to a Low album but with a really trippy cold

Monae album has some great deep cuts - So Afraid, for example

It's quite difficult to complain about Chvrches not placing when Charlie Puth sucked the credibility out of the roll-out pretty much near the beginning.

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican),

The second album was great and was worthy of making the top 20 that year. The new one deserved to miss out. I'm surprised it got as high as it did!

i think he's complaining about a poll he didn't vote in again

if i'd known charlie puth would've kept turrican away from this thread, i would've voted for it

charlie puth is good now

Charlie Puth's transformation from "terrible joke" into "legitimately decent pop musician" has been fascinating. I liked the singles off of his album a lot when they came on the radio, something I never would have guessed/imagined would happen after that terrible Fast & Furious song.

I actually have no Charlie Puth opinions but mentioning his name is apparently a powerful ward

i dug into Puth when he placed here and I'll agree that the the front half up until Patient is surprisingly good. It's when he dips into adult contemporary that he loses me completely; the james taylor duet is terrifying.

But yeah, I associated him in 2016/2017 with the worst of pop and took to calling him "The Puth"

still kinda gonna keep calling him "The Puth" i think

was that him who duetted with meghan trainor on that truly awful song?

yes, will not embed out of self preservation but it includes the phrase "let's marvin gaye and get it on"

"Puth" - the sound you make when you spit out something that tastes horrible

https://i.imgur.com/zywVsz0.jpg

It's true. If you don't vote in metal poll, you're a cop

Monae album has some great deep cuts - So Afraid, for example

The prog-rock synth that blows up midway through So Afraid is one of my favourite moments on the album.

haha you're just trying to get imago to listen, right?

It's a fantastic album, everyone should listen to it.

Love Gritty, hate metal. A true conundrum.

For those who haven't heard it, the Switched on Pop about Charlie Puth's "Boy" is excellent and can be heard here:

http://www.switchedonpop.com/87-the-pure-pop-of-charlie-puth-carly-rae-ft-hanif-abdurraqib/

Was almost quite enjoying the Tracey Thorn record until that 8-minute thing turned up and drowned me

Ach, you cannot even listen like a girl? Fair enough; then skip it and play "Babies" and "Dancefloor" after the midpoint on that album at least.

I had never heard of The Armed before and god this album rules.

fuckin the grammys picked a better AOTY than ilm this year

yeah, don't agree

I missed the last part of the rollout, thank you Moka, seandalai, ulysses for all the hard work!

I had a lot of fun following these rollouts this year. I voted. A few of the albums I voted for made it. Best thing I hadn’t heard is probably Skee Mask (I guess the name threw me off). Also excited by a preview of Szun Waves. Album I was most surprised by not making top 77 was Konoyo.

Did anyone post the ordered list (for copy-paste) and do we have the cool Moka-images list ?

Actually I can try doing that myself

ILM Top 77 Albums of 2018

1 Low - Double Negative 1440 45 6
2 Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour 1078 30 5
3 Robyn - Honey 933 27 3
4 Julia Holter - Aviary 916 27 4
5 Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer 748 25 1
6 Mitski - Be the Cowboy 747 23 1
7 The 1975 - A brief inquiry into online relationships 739 23 3
8 Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4 649 18 4
9 sun-el musician - africa to the world 606 19 3
10 The Beths - Future Me Hates Me 602 17 3
11 Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile 586 19 1
12 oneohtrix point never - age of 540 20 0
13 Beach House - 7 539 18 1
14 Rosalía - El mal querer 532 16 1
15 U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited 515 20 2
16 Mr Twin Sister - Salt 492 16 1
17 MGMT - Little Dark Age 486 16 1
18 Yves Tumor - Safe In The Hands Of Love 483 13 3
19 Tracey Thorn - Record 482 13 3
20 Daphne & Celeste - Daphne & Celeste Save The World 455 13 0
21 Christine & The Queens - Chris 437 16 1
22 Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears 431 14 1
23 Kali Uchis - Isolation 430 13 0
24 SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides 413 15 1
25 Pusha T - DAYTONA 410 12 2
26 Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog 398 13 0
27 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs 389 14 0
28 Against All Logic - 2012-2017 380 12 0
29 Ariana Grande - Sweetener 364 11 1
30 Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino 359 12 0
31 Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace 356 12 1
32 Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings 350 12 0
33 Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs 340 10 1
34 Tirzah - Devotion 334 10 0
35 DJ Koze - Knock Knock 330 13 0
36 Meshell Ndegeocello - Ventriloquism 329 13 0
37 mewithoutyou - (untitled) 328 9 3
38 Parquet Courts - Wide Awake 323 10 0
39 Snail Mail - Lush 308 9 1
40 Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past 306 11 0
41 ashley monroe - sparrow 304 12 0
42 Gang Gang Dance - Kazuashita 300 13 0
43 Black Dresses - Waste Isolation 285 7 1
44 Eiko Ishibashi - The Dream My Bones Dream 282 10 0
45 Helena Hauff - Qualm 280 9 0
46 Saba - Care for Me 276 9 1
47 Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics 275 9 0
48 Sleep - The Sciences 270 8 0
49 The Breeders - All Nerve 267 10 0
50 Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Wood 260 10 1
51 boygenius - boygenius EP 260 9 1
52 Noname - Room 25 257 11 0
53 Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love 254 7 0
54 Domenique Dumont - Miniatures De Auto Rhythm 253 10 0
55 The Armed - Only Love 251 9 1
56 Foxing - Nearer My God 247 9 0
57 Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs 243 8 0
58 Jon Hopkins - Singularity 240 10 0
59 Burna Boy - Outside 240 9 1
60 Mount Eerie - Now Only 234 8 0
61 Andrew WK - You Are Not Alone 233 8 1
62 Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy 230 10 0
63 Mariah Carey - Caution 228 11 0
64 YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN - Dirt 227 8 0
65 Skee Mask - Compro 225 9 0
66 Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu 221 10 0
67 Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth 216 10 0
68 YOB - Our Raw Heart 214 8 1
69 Ghost - Prequelle 214 6 0
70 Kadhja Bonet - Childqueen 208 9 0
71 Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place 208 8 0
72 Wednesday Campanella - Galapagos 206 7 0
73 Senyawa - Sujud 204 6 0
74 Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's Fine 202 11 0
75 charlie puth - voicenotes 192 6 1
76 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel 190 7 1
77 Amen Dunes - Freedom 189 7 0

Did anyone post the ordered list (for copy-paste) and do we have the cool Moka-images list ?

― Nabozo

Here you go:

Albums - https://imgur.com/a/FfH9LSQ

Tracks - https://imgur.com/a/gqEoTrs

Thanks Moka !