ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

I voted for Red Bull & Hennessy. Love the whole album really but I feel like that is the standout track.

I wasn't terribly fond of the album -- Jenny Lewis albums tend to peter out for me -- but the first three songs are marvelous.

Also, her songwriting's changed since switching to piano.

hfs at the images!!!

I'm starting to think maybe I'll end up not having heard all 77
which i don't mind :)

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74:Purple Mountains - “Margaritas at the Mall” - 158 points - 5 votes - 1 number 1 vote
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Purple Mountains (RIP David Berman, August 2019)

He definitely is channeling the same existential frustration that he did in "Time Will Break the World," but with so much more backbone this time. That song always felt overly lugubrious to me, like trying to hang out with a goth kid in high school who you knew deep down meant well but honestly you were embarrassed to be seen around. "Margaritas at the Mall" at least looks you in the eye when it talks. ― del griffith

the first of 3-4 PM entries I'm going to assume

I can so imagine a latter-day Steely Dan song called "Margaritas at the Mall."

i have complicated feelings about david berman and will never listen to this album but rip

oh good, I've been meaning to ask: if someone never really listened to Silver Jews would 'starting' with Purple Mountains be a good move or no?

I gravitated most towards "Maybe I'm the Only One For Me" and "Nights That Won't Happen" but stuck to voting for the album

oh good, I've been meaning to ask: if someone never really listened to Silver Jews would 'starting' with Purple Mountains be a good move or no?

― rob, Monday, January 27, 2020 11:27 AM

Unquestionably. You might think he was always a tunesmith of the first order.

Would've maybe voted for 'Nights That Won't Happen' if I'd submitted a tracks ballot.

Woods work extremely well as his backing band.

How long can a world go on under such a subtle God?
How long can a world go on with no word from God?
See the plod of the flawed individual looking for a nod from God
Trotting the sod of the visible with no new word from God

voted for a different PM song that might yet place.

tbh, haven't revisited the alb since he passed.

I would like to now more abt brad's Berman thoughts but I guess this is not really the time/place

they're personal!

I've disliked most of the Silver Jews stuff I've heard but this album is great.

please could we get the Spotify playlist rolling? my new phone hates YouTube for some reason

ah sorry nvm!! xps

Forks has the spotify playlist closed and he's the only one who can update it!

I don't know if search is broken in here but I couldn't find any info inside ILM about the next one.

Also our first of 2 ties in this poll.

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72 (TIE):Anna Caragnano & Donnato Dozzy - “Parola (Rework)” - 160 points - 5 votes
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Donato Dozzy

I liked Silver Jews just fine back in the day, but this sort of music is just not what I want to listen to at all these days.

Y'all are right about how good that Jenny Lewis track sounds. Great production. That was my first time hearing it and I can't wait to check out the rest of the album.

Mount Eerie track not doing much for me. Voted for NASA, everything in that tune is a hook and it captures all the best things about Ariana in one song. Love Margaritas but didn't vote for it because I already had 3 other Berman songs that I couldn't bring myself to cut.

i'm glad i could help "parola (rework)" get in, astonishing track

tbh, every artist should record a song called "margaritas at the mall", if they're serious

Oops wrong song title:

72 (TIE):Anna Caragnano & Donnato Dozzy - “Parola (Rework)” - 160 points - 5 votes

Moka, you've got the track name as the last one! Do you want me to use mod powers to fix up these slips for you while I'm around, or are you fine just reposting w/ corrected info?

xposts

Ok this is good.

But I agree that every artist should have a song called 'margaritas at the mall'.

Fixed it in the original post.

oooooooh this is VERY nice

there was some talk about parola on the bobbins thread, but was sparked by a youtube link and probably no one named the track in a post

Wow, the Purple Mountains is a track I actually voted for, an unusual feeling.

don't think i voted for it cos i couldn't squeeze it on to my ballot but that's a great track

do love donato

Hm, listening to Mt Eerie/Julie Doiron. My partner loves Doiron. I actually like the Daniel, Fred, and Julie album a lot. This isn't really what I would typically put on a lot but it's pleasant. It's good that the video comes with a transcript of the lyrics, since they seem pretty central to this. The understated way the music builds and changes works with the text.

how do i listen to music if it's not arranged in a dynamically updated playlist for me??

*aimlessly bumps into furniture like a roomba*

My fault for not keeping up with Donato Dozzy since Voices from the Lake. How's 12H?

Always love these bobbins picks. Never go into the thread throughout the year, but know they'll always deliver great tunes in the 77.

Same.

alright KM, some of us just want the easy life! *presses a button, obtains a flute of champagne*

yeah, I never feel too guilty about not taking the time to dive into them cause I know many cool ones will always crop up in the rollout without my help xp

I like that both songs in this Tie could be described as 'avant garde bobbins'. Here's the next one:

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72 (TIE):Blanck Mass - “House vs House” - 160 points - 5 votes
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Rolling Reconstructed Club Music 2019
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I liked World Eater but Animated Violence Mild was a kitsch too far for me.

this was a good album, can really hear what he bought to fuck buttons

I liked World Eater but Animated Violence Mild was a kitsch too far for me.

Same.

can really hear what he bought to fuck buttons

― nxd, Monday, January 27, 2020 11:49 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

fun out of context sentence

& you're otm

"Jogging" still sounding great