ILM 2010 Albums Poll Ballot+Stats Fiesta

Full results

As in the tracks poll, we have Enthusiasm and Diversity scores for each album:

Enthusiasm = average points/ballot - 26
If an album has negative Enthusiasm, this means it was typically in the lower half of ballots

Diversity = (number of albums with which the album shared a ballot)/(number of ballots it was on)
If an album has lower Diversity than its neighbours in the ranking (e.g. Ciara), the ballots voting for it were more homogeneous. Diversity will be lower for higher-ranked ballots (more chance of overlap) so comparing #1 with #50 doesn't tell you anything interesting.

Voter stats:

(note that none of the stats pay attention to whether your ballot was weighted or not, or how you ranked the albums on it)

Hivemind Score: Average overall point score for the albums on your ballot
Fuxxor Quotient: Average "score" in the Pitchfork Top 50 for the albums on your ballot
Antifuxxor Ratio = (HS/FQ): if this is high, then your taste is much closer to ILM's than to Pitchfork
Loneliness = the proportion of albums on your ballot that nobody else voted for ;_;

ah man, if Belle & Sebastian had made it...

my ranked ballot. albums that DIDN'T place bolded.

Ciara - Basic Instinct
Diddy/Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris
The-Dream - Love King
Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back
Sade - Soldier Of Love
K. Michelle - What's The 901?
Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik
Glasser - Ring
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh)
Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have
Fantasia - Back To Me
Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
Quadron - Quadron
The Jacka & Laroo - Neva Be The Same (20 Bricks: Season One)
Guido - Anidea
DJ Nate - Da Trak Genious
We Love - We Love
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
R. Kelly - Love Letter
Kelis - Flesh Tone
School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
Nina Nastasia - Outlaster

my list, formatted all weird the way it was in the voting spreadsheet, ranked with albums that didn't make it in bold (note that my #1 was one of five #1s that did not make the top 77):

Butch Walker & The Black Widows — I Liked it Better When You Had No Heart
Diddy-Dirty Money — Last Train to Paris
My Chemical Romance — Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Jazmine Sullivan — Love Me Back
Nice Nice — Extra Wow
Styles P. & DJ Green Lantern — The Green Ghost Project
Waka Flocka Flame — Flockaveli
Superchunk — Majesty Shredding
Floored By Four — Floored By Four
Yelawolf — Trunk Muzik
The Gaslight Anthem — American Slang
Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists — The Brutalist Bricks
Freeway and Jake One — The Stimulus Package
The Nels Cline Singers — Initiate
Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Gucci Mane — Mr. Zone 6
Jonathan Richman — O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan — Hawk
Fat Joe — The Darkside Vol. 1
Nels Cline — Dirty Baby
The-Dream — Love King
Scarface — Dopeman Music
Sade — Soldier of Love
The Bird and The Bee — Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates

15 of my picks placed, thanks to the expanded-to-25 ballots this year

ranked, dnp in bold:

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
Owen Pallett — Heartland
Menomena — Mines
Spoon — Transference
The Books — The Way Out
Yelawolf — Trunk Muzik
Earl Sweatshirt — EARL
Field Music — Measure
Eluvium — Similes
E-40 — Revenue Retrievin'
Phosphorescent — Here's to Taking it Easy
Caribou — Swim
Midlake — The Courage of Others
Jacka & Laroo — Neva Be the Same
Beach House — Teen Dream
Tallest Man on Earth — The Wild Hunt
Quadron — Quadron
Delorean — Subiza
Thomas Fehlmann — Gute Luft
Superchunk — Majesty Shredding
Tyler, The Creator — Bastard
Curren$y — Pilot Talk 2
Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid
Gil Scott-Heron — I'm New Here

78-94 = p great too...

My weighted ballot (non-placers in bold):

Four Tet - There is Love in You
Caribou - Swim
Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Nina Nastasia - Outlaster
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
Tape and Bill Wells - Fugue
Guido - Anidea
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Dylan Ettinger - New Age Outlaws
Trembling Bells - Abandoned Love
Bandjo - Bandjo
Mark McGuire — Living With Yourself
Voice of the Seven Thunders - Voice of the Seven Thunders
DJ Nate - Da Trak Genious
Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Alcest — Écailles De Lune
Various Artists — Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
Mycale — Book of Angels, Volume 13
Vijay Iyer - Solo
Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid
The Magnetic Fields - Realism

If I were voting today I'd put Umberto in the top half and Electric Wizard in the bottom half, and ditch Janelle and The Magnetic Fields. Rather surprised there wasn't more love for Nina Nastasia, Charlotte Gainsbourg or Forest Swords.

ordered ballot, the ones that didn't place in bold:

Nina Nastasia — Outlaster
Jack Rose — Luck in the Valley
Club 8 — The People's Record
Allo Darlin' — Allo Darlin'
The Knife — Tomorrow, In a Year
Magic Lantern — Platoon
Gangrene — Gutter Water
Kylie Minogue — Aphrodite
Faun Fables — Light of a Vaster Dark
Emeralds — Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Hello Seahorse — Lejos, No Tan Lejos
Echospace — Liumin
Gatekeeper — Giza
Gnaw Their Tongues — L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante
Amiina — Puzzle
Roll the Dice — Roll the Dice
Underworld — Barking
The Radio Dept. — Clinging to a Scheme
Javiera Mena — Mena
Grum — Heartbeats
Console — Herself
Class Actress — Journal of Ardency EP
Active Child — Curtis Lane EP
Brendan Perry — Ark
Blue Hawaii — Blooming Summer

Weighted ballot:

1. steve reich, “double sextet/2x5”
2. william brittelle, “television landscape”
3. owen pallett, “heartland”
4. ariel pink’s haunted graffiti, “before today”
5. twin shadow, “forget”
6. javiera mena, “mena”
7. curren$y, “pilot talk 2”
8. tame impala, “innerspeaker”
9. lindstrom & christabelle, “real life is no cool”
10. the-dream, “love king”
11. janelle monae, “the archandroid”
12. curren$y, “pilot talk”
13. jaga jazzist, “one-armed bandit”
14. gold panda, “lucky shiner”
15. four tet, “there is love in you”
16. the chap, “well done europe”
17. deerhunter, “halcyon digest”
18. big boi, “sir lucious left-foot: the son of chico dusty”
19. kylie minogue, “aphrodite”
20. caribou, “swim”
21. laura veirs, “july flame”
22. erykah badu, “new amerykah part 2: return of the ankh”
23. delorean, “subiza”
24. sam amidon, “i see the sign”
25. spoon, “transference”

wow even FANTASIA beat sade too? o_0 (as pleased as i am that others cared about ms barrino)

actress an unsurprising #78, had been half-expecting it for most of the countdown.

i think there were more than 5 #1s that didn't make the top 77? Johnny said there were 72 that did, out of 100+ ballots

That was someone else keeping track of #1s...Jeff W I think?

wow i'm the #3 ilx hivemind voter-- 23/25 placed! though i guess that's what i get for deliberately boosting albums that i figured would place. next year i oughta vote my heart? judging by what missed the top 77 narrowly, i may have helped demdike stare, high on fire, kylesa all to make the countdown. though on the flipside, if i boosted a handful of these albums over something worthless in its vicinity, i guess that's fine w/ me as well

UNRANKED>..... bolded the two albums that missed the countdown

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Rick Ross - The Teflon Don
The-Dream - Love King
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
R. Kelly - Love Letter
Ciara - Basic Instinct
Sade - Soldier of Love
Robyn - Body Talk
Underworld - Barking
Lindstr?m & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
The Chemical Brothers - Further
Four Tet - There Is Love in You
Caribou - Swim
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
Glasser - Ring
School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
These New Puritans - Hidden
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Rangda - False Flag
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Neil Young - Le Noise

Gatekeeper — Giza

i did not realise gatekeeper released an album, how does it compare to their optimus maximus ep? loved that.

Phosphorescent and John Grant got 2 #1s, and there were a couple of albums that only got #1s:

Butch Walker & The Black Widows I Liked it Better When You Had No Heart
Gemma Ray It's a Shame About Gemma Ray
Jahcoozi Barefoot Wanderer
Jana Winderen Energy Field
Outrageous Cherry Seemingly Solid Reality

lots of big names missing the top 77 - B&S, Superchunk, Underworld, Sade, of Montreal, Field Music, Liars, Best Coast. Tough year!

i'm unfamiliar w/any earlier work but this one was pretty amazing imo

hmm

The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever - 32 - 1

You can sort the results by #votes and #1s via the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet btw.

lex that one's an EP too

I'm a bit sad I'm not infinitely Antifuxxor this time around, but was definitely expecting to have a little fuxxorism. With the loneliness stat, I wouldn't mind having a solid number as well as the proportion, because I am bad at maths. Although I guess I could just go through the full results...

Here's my ballot, anyway. Will follow the convention of bolding what didn't place. It's ranked.

Owen Pallett — Heartland
Umberto — Prophecy of the Black Widow
Sylvester Anfang II — Commune Cassetten
SHRAG — Life! Death! Prizes!
Trembling Bells — Abandoned Love
Kemialliset Ystävät — Ullakkopalo
Drum Eyes — Gira Gira
Moon Wiring Club — A Spare Tabby at the Cat's Wedding
The Mountain Movers — Apple Mountain
Library Tapes — Like Green Grass Against a Blue Sky
Love Is All — Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
Catherine Christer Hennix — The Electric Harpsichord
Dum Dum Girls — I Will Be
Oneohtrix Point Never — Returnal
Demdike Stare — Voices of Dust
The Chap — Well Done Europe
Various Artists — Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
Emeralds — Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Thee Oh Sees — Warm Slime
Cinema Red and Blue — Cinema Red and Blue
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
Chrome Hoof — Crush Depth
Grass Widow — Past Time
Mark McGuire — Living With Yourself
Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

My list in order.

Hot Chip — One Life Stand
Robyn — Body Talk
LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
Scissor Sisters — Night Work
The Chap — Well Done Europe
Owen Pallett — Heartland
Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Fantasia — Back to Me
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid
Caribou — Swim
Gorillaz — Plastic Beach
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists — The Brutalist Bricks
The Walkmen — Lisbon
Jazmine Sullivan — Love Me Back
Goldfrapp — Head First
Spoon — Transference
Antony & The Johnsons — Swanlights
Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Groove Armada — Black Light
The Fall — Our Future Your Clutter
Edwyn Collins — Losing Sleep
Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Rose Elinor Dougall — Without Why
The Charlatans — Who We Touch
The-Dream — Love King

Since I voted I've heard both the Curren$y and the School Of Seven Bells albums which would have all easily made my list.

lex that one's an EP too

oh yeah, forgot EPs were allowed in with the albums this year

yeah as i understand it there were 120+ ballots, & 72 placing #1s

emil.y, Who are SHRAG?

my ballot, ranked, not-placing bolded:

Robyn ? Body Talk
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti ? Before Today
Lindstr?m & Christabelle ? Real Life Is No Cool
Deerhunter ? Halcyon Digest
The Knife ? Tomorrow, In a Year
The Magnetic Fields ? Realism
The Depreciation Guild ? Spirit Youth
Mark McGuire ? Living With Yourself
Beach House ? Teen Dream
School of Seven Bells ? Disconnect From Desire
Four Tet ? There Is Love in You
Kylie Minogue ? Aphrodite
The New Pornographers ? Together
Tame Impala ? Innerspeaker
Quasi ? American Gong
Superchunk ? Majesty Shredding
Grum ? Heartbeats
Shit Robot ? From the Cradle to the Rave
Grass Widow ? Past Time
Bad Religion ? The Dissent of Man
The Radio Dept. ? Clinging to a Scheme
Stereolab ? Not Music
Girl Talk ? All Day
Sleigh Bells ? Treats
Ost and Kjex ? Cajun Lunch

Too bad about Magnetic Fields, loved that album.

also, I forgot to vote for Scissor Sisters, which would have been top 15-ish.

im guessing scik mouthy and i are the only ones who voted for 'steve mason'

i think EPs are usually allowed, it's just that few people vote them because a good album is better than a good EP on volume alone

my ballot

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Javiera Mena - Mena
Marina - The Diamonds - The Family Jewels
Earl Sweatshirt - EARL
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Tyler, The Creator - Bastard
Beach House - Teen Dream
Rick Ross - The Teflon Don
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
The-Dream - Love King
Vampire Weekend - Contra
The National - High Violet
Gucci Mane - Mr. Zone 6
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Wild Nothing - Gemini
Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
The Fall - Our Future Your Clutter
Actress - Splazsh

much <3 to the two ppl giving los campesinos first place, that album was overlooked by every list in the world and im pretty bummed it didn't place. but cool list overall. glad i could make a difference in the choice of number one

My weighted ballot; ones that didn't place in bold:

1. Curren$y — Pilot Talk 2
2. Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
3. Big K.R.I.T. — K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
4. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
5. Gucci Mane — Mr. Zone 6
6. Onra — Long Distance
7. Chromeo — Business Casual
8. J Stalin — Prenuptial Agreement
9. Mellowhype — Blackenedwhite
10. Delorean — Subiza
11. Rick Ross — The Teflon Don
12. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
13. Pantha du Prince — Black Noise
14. Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
15. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
16. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
17. The-Dream — Love King
18. Earl Sweatshirt — EARL
19. Gucci Mane — Jewelry Selection
20. Waka Flocka Flame — Flockaveli
21. Sade — Soldier of Love
22. "Tyler, The Creator" — Bastard
23. The Bird and The Bee — "Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates"
24. Hot Chip — One Life Stand
25. Curren$y — Pilot Talk

WHO ELSE VOTED FOR THOMAS WHITE, THIS IS IMPORTANT, also DJ Mencap, Extra Life #1 was you right? Until I heard top 3 right near the end of the year, it was leading the way. Emil.y u my Chrome Hoof pal

Unique votes underlined. Bushman's Revenge wasn't even my nomination!

Third Eye Foundation - The Dark
Chrome Hoof - Crush Depth
Field Music - Measure
Extra Life - Made Flesh
Working for a Nuclear Free City - Jojo Burger Tempest
Thomas White - The Maximalist
Foetus - Hide
The Fall - Our Future Your Clutter
Shining - Blackjazz
Kno - Death Is Silent
The Knife - Tomorrow, In a Year
The Chap - Well Done Europe
Drum Eyes – Gira Gira
Burkina Electric - Paspanga
Silvery - Railway Architecture
Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up
Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
Bushman's Revenge - Jitterbug
Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Pan Sonic - Gravitoni
Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
Cathedral - The Guessing Game
Quasi - American Gong

oops, Bushman's Revenge should be underlined

Its my fault. I'm sorry.

Ordered ballot with top 77 in bold (just to be contrary):

Beach House — Teen Dream (13)
We Love — We Love (40)
These New Puritans — Hidden (37)
Trentemøller — Into the Great Wide Yonder (161)
Delphic — Acolyte (364)
Gil Scott-Heron — I'm New Here (26)
Grum — Heartbeats (240)
Glasser — Ring (22)
Sade — Soldier of Love (93)
Zola Jesus — Stridulum II (74)
School of Seven Bells — Disconnect From Desire (25)
Delorean — Subiza (110)
ANBB (Alva Noto / Blixa Bargeld) — Mimikry (456)
Warpaint — The Fool (70)
Various Artists — Radio Rothko Mix by Deadbeat (152)
Burkina Electic — Paspanga (345)
Sleigh Bells — Treats (8)
Tensnake — In the House (252)
Hot Chip — One Life Stand (29)
Max Richter — Infra (155)
Crystal Castles — Crystal Castles (51)
Tamaryn — The Waves (558)
Goldfrapp — Head First (86)
Autechre — Oversteps (87)
Booka Shade — More (315)

49 #1 votes didn't make the top 77--that's 72/121 not 72/77 ship (tried to say something to you in the other thread)

poor Broken Bells, one solitary #25 vote.

Any chance someone could send me my ballot please? As with the tracks, I have lost my scribbled-on-paper copy...

seandalai, I'm not entirely sure how to describe SHRAG without using the term 'art pop' and I might have to shoot myself if I do. I guess sort of bratpunky pop? They're really great.

Looking at my ballot now, I'd probably move around everything from #8 downwards. Not sure it's entirely representative of how much I like everything in comparison to everything else.

peter in montreal
abanana
NickB
bmus

lets be friends :)

Richard Skelton - Landings
These New Puritans - Hidden
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
Glasser - Ring
Yellow Swans - Going Places
Emeralds - Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Sun Araw - On Patrol
Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
Fabulous Diamonds - II
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Mark McGuire - Living With Yourself
Shackleton - Fabric 55
Various Artists - Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House
Philip Jeck - An Ark for the Listener
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Various Artists - Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
The Knife - "Tomorrow, In a Year"
John Roberts - Glass Eights
Benoît Pioulard - Lasted
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Rene Hell - Porcelain Opera
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Lone - Emerald Fantasy Tracks

DaM: Unweighted votes don't have #1s. I don't have the # of weighted/unweighted votes here.

NickB's ballot is fantastic

what ship probably meant was there's 5 #1s that got no other votes at all, his is one of those

Emeralds — Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Steve Mason — Boys Outside
Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
The-Dream — Love King
Efdemin — Chicago
Abe Vigoda — Crush
Mark McGuire — Living With Yourself
Pantha du Prince — Black Noise
John Roberts — Glass Eights
Midlake — The Courage of Others
Arp — The Soft Wave
Caribou — Swim
Games — That We Can Play
School of Seven Bells — Disconnect From Desire
Oneohtrix Point Never — Returnal
Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
The Knife — Tomorrow, In a Year
No Age — Everything in Between
Yelawolf — Trunk Muzik
Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
Scissor Sisters — Night Work
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
Alcest — Écailles De Lune
Tonetta777 — Tonetta777

for fun, ranked

i'm pretty anti-fuxxor and super-lonely in these results

Oh, I nominated Actress and didn't vote in the end. I'm a bad bad person.

Yelawolf — Trunk Muzik
Kelis — Flesh Tone
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid
Diddy-Dirty Money — Last Train to Paris
Earl Sweatshirt — EARL

Big K.R.I.T. — K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
M.I.A. — MAYA
The-Dream — Love King

Curren$y — Smokee Robinson
Corinne Bailey Rae — The Sea
E-40 — Revenue Retrievin'
Bilal — Airtight's Revenge
N.E.R.D. — Nothing

R. Kelly — Love Letter
Roach Gigz — Roachy Balboa
Four Tet — There Is Love in You
Esperanza Spalding — Chamber Music Society
Waka Flocka Flame — Flockaveli

Flying Lotus — Cosmogramma
Ramamdanman — Ramamdanman EP
Curren$y — Pilot Talk 2
Tyler, The Creator — Bastard
Shabazz Palaces — Shabazz Palaces / Palaces of Light

I was holding a candle for Ramadanman as we entered the top 20 but gave up when I realized he's never had a thread of his own.

Mixed emotions about my whole top ten placing. I'm usually not right at the center of the ILM hivemind.

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Sleigh Bells - Treats
The-Dream - Love King
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Goldfrapp - Head First
Hot Chip- One Life Stand
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
of Montreal - False Priest
These New Puritans - Hidden
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Laetitia Sadier - The Trip
Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love
Stereolab - Not Music
Flying Lotus- Pattern + Grid World

emil.y I would have voted for that Shrag! record but I was way too late on it.

Thanks ilxor! xps

Dave85, interesting that you put Efdemin above John Roberts, I need to go back and listen to that more.

ranked, stuff in bold didn't place:

Voice Of The Seven Thunders — Voice Of The Seven Thunders
Cathedral — The Guessing Game
Kylesa — Spiral Shadows
Mugstar — Lime
Triptykon — Eparistera Daimones
Quest For Fire — Lights From Paradise
Christian Mistress — Agony and Opium
Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Gnaw Their Tongues — L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante
The Sword — Warp Riders
Across Tundras — Old World Wanderer
Agalloch — Marrow of the Spirit
Ufomammut — Eve
Rose Kemp — Golden Shroud
Electric Wizard — Black Masses
Ludicra — The Tenant
Black Bombaim — Saturdays and Space Travels
Kvelertak — Kvelertak
Alcest — Écailles De Lune
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 — Propellor Time

I forgot a lot of stuff I ranked. I didn't have as much time to keep up with music in 2010 so most of my votes were old favorites who put out good albums in the year (eg Superchunk). My 2,3, and 4 were Swans, Big Boi and Kanye, so it was nice to see them ranked high on the final list, though they were pretty much all foregone conclusions.

My #1 was "Grinderman 2" by Grinderman. Thought it would make the list around midway somewhere, surprised it didn't rank at all. It had perfect combinations of chaos and songfulness/tunefulness, and a great mix of filth, beauty, humor, and danger. Plus it had great back-up vocals on almost every song, which I think is kind of a lost art in rock music.

^^^I say it with love but that is fuxxor-tastic, right down to the 'not including a bottom 10' xps to Moodles :P

EZ, is that Rose Kemp album good then? I liked Unholy Majesty!

I think the latest Rose Kemp is the best thing she's done.

And I like the other stuff quite a bit.

I know I also ranked Harvey Milk, No Age, Superchunk, and Les Savy Fav. I didn't have as much time to investigate new bands in 2010 so I ended up with a lot of old faves on my list. The only one I feel kind of embarrassed about voting for is Les Savy Fav, one of my favorite bands but not really a great album in the end.

awesome, will investigate :)

'bratpunky pop' a GREAT way to describe Shrag! Sigh, how I love 'forty five 45's' off the earlier record.xps

I had no idea who Rose Kemp was and the whole Steeleye Span connection until the other day. xps

ordered list, non placing bolded:

Phosphorescent — Here's to Taking it Easy
Third Eye Foundation — The Dark
Foetus — Hide
Faun Fables — Light of a Vaster Dark
Enslaved — Axioma Ethica Odini
The Body — And All the Waters of the Earth Shall Turn to Blood
High on Fire — Snakes for the Divine
Shining — Blackjazz
Titan — Sweet Dreams
Owen Pallett — Heartland
Slough Feg — Animal Spirits
Ufomammut — Eve
Across Tundras — Old World Wanderer
Harvey Milk — A Small Turn of Human Kindness
Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Charming Hostess — The Bowls Project
Vampire Weekend — Contra
Alcest — Écailles De Lune
Agalloch — Marrow of the Spirit
Liars — Sisterworld
School of Seven Bells — Disconnect From Desire
Against Me! — White Crosses
Nels Cline — Dirty Baby

from the listening ive done so far emeralds and both odd future things would have gotten in there if i wasnt so in my own head about music these days

n/a I was way wrong, thought maybe you'd vote Bottomless Pit way up there.

I can't find where I copied down my final ballot. Can anyone email it to me?

btw other phosphorescent #1 voter whoever you are OTM

hahahaha wait you actually LIKE VW

:D

Oh I did vote Bottomless Pit but probably somewhere in the high middle of my list (like 6 or 7?)

other than that ;) awesome ballot, we ride 2getha

Dave85, interesting that you put Efdemin above John Roberts, I need to go back and listen to that more.

it was a combination of sentimental attachment, living in chicago, love of FM synths, and seeing efdemin dj which pushed him towards the top

ranked, non top-77 bolded:

The-Dream — Love King
Diddy-Dirty Money — Last Train to Paris
Taylor Swift — Speak Now
Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Ellie Goulding — Lights
Gucci Mane — Jewelry Selection
Kylie Minogue — Aphrodite
Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Curren$y — Pilot Talk
How to Dress Well — Love Remains
Vampire Weekend — Contra
Curren$y — Pilot Talk 2
Toro y Moi — Causers of This
Freddie Gibbs — Str8 Killa
Waka Flocka Flame — Flockaveli
Mellowhype — Blackenedwhite
Wiz Khalifa — Kush and OJ
Kelis — Flesh Tone
Best Coast — Crazy for You
Tame Impala — Innerspeaker
Soulja Boy — The Deandre Way
The National — High Violet
Beach House — Teen Dream
[b]Jay Electronica — Victory[b]
No Age — Everything in Between

I wonder why more people didn't vote for the Grinderman album. Maybe burned out on Nick Cage? Maybe too jokey sometimes? People are weird about humor in music sometimes.

pandemic, aaah so many people keep saying 'I would've voted for that but discovered it too late' about my lonely or semi-lonely votes. But glad you're a fan, anyway - 'forty five 45s' is one of my favourites, too.

really happy that diddy-dirty money got the highest enthusiasm score

Oh I did vote Bottomless Pit but probably somewhere in the high middle of my list (like 6 or 7?)

I believe that is right where I voted for it as well, I was kind of hoping to see it would place. I knew you really liked it.

Posted this on other thread by mistake:

My #1, John Grant, got only one other vote and that was a #1 too. In quality vs quantity terms that's quite something.

my two discoveries of this poll are emeralds (pending listening to their whole album, but i was sold within half a youtube) and zola jesus' "night" - i wasn't feeling most of the songs i checked out by her, but this one really is great. wouldn't have heard either w/o this poll so as ever, <3 u ilm.

shocked that my top neighbor is someone named "kornrulez".

my top neighbor is "skip" but i am no one's neighbor

Five number one votes only got one vote:

Butch Walker & The Black Widows
Gemma Ray
Jahcoozi
Jana Winderen
Outrageous Cherry

Haven't really got a clue on any of those, think I know who voted for the last one though (ESOJ right?)

howdy there neighbor

my top neighbors mother is my mothers son

Sea Talk's the other great ZJ one if you haven't heard it yet Lex.

Viceroy is my neighbor.

cool i'll check it out. might give the album a go too. (btw i heard the john grant - it's good! not really what i was expecting.)

xp

Can someone send me my ballot? I have a copy at home, but am at work and don't have it memorized.

(Actually, I probably could reconstruct it with 97% accuracy.)

you vote for 25 albums Rudi, bcz if so the mathematically closest you could get to 100% accuracy w/ being 100% is 96%...

Don't take my stats seriously, ever.

(Actually, I probably could reconstruct it with 97% accuracy.)

This is what I've attempted to do... Weighted, non-placing in bold:

Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have
Guido - Anidea
Ewan Pearson - We Are Proud Of Our Choices
Games - That We Can Play EP
Tyler, The Creator - Bastard
We Love - We Love
Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Earl Sweatshirt - Earl
Seth Troxler - Boogybytes Vol. 05
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II
Kode9 - DJ Kicks
Mount Kimbie - Crooks And Lovers
Kingdom - That Mystic EP
Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
Gucci Mane - Mr. Zone 6
Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
Darkstar - North
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: Son Of Chico Dusty
Salem - King Night
Mark McGuire - Living With Yourself
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Shackleton - Fabric 55

I think that's it anyway, I might have had Erykah Badu in there rather than Swans, not 100% sure...

Oops, that should be:

...
Salem - King Night
Mark McGuire - Living With Yourself
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Shackleton - Fabric 55

just goofin around lol, nuthin like math joeks...

Always sum humour to be had with math jokes

Who is peanut?

Awesome, I got four albums in the top 77 and still received the highest ranking for loneliness. Sort of the best of both worlds.

i am kinda stunned that i have zero loneliness votes, thats def the first time thats ever happened to me

Glad to see I had a sub-8 Pitchfork love score.

breakdown of ILM msg board end of year album poll results from 2006 to 2010

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5413673815_bec994d4e2_b.jpg

slightly bigger version

My weighted ballot - The 6 albums that placed in the 77 are bolded

Emeralds - Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Rene Hell - Porcelain Opera
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
Electric Wizard - Black Masses
Majeure - Timespan
Ludicra -The Tenant
Swans- My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun
Nachtmystium -Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2
James Blackshaw -All Is Falling
Harvey Milk - Small Turn of Human Kindness
Envy - Recitation
Slough Feg - Animal Spirits
Dawnbringer - Nucleus
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Ghost - Opus Eponymous
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
Titan - Sweet Dreams
Alcest - Ecailles De Lune
Kylesa - Spiral Shadows
Wildildlife - Give it to Live
Kemialliset Ystevet -Ullakkopalo
Man's Gin - Smiling Dogs
Underworld - Barking

steampig67 is my top neighbour!

great stuff, steve btw.

that's nice blueski! why are some things bold?

debut albums (to the best of my knowledge), should've specified that (makes the contrast between 2007 and 2008 more noticeable)

p surprised that i had 5 albums make the countdown. was the 12th least populist voter this time. had the 5th loneliest ballot (i think scanned quickly)

01 Jana Winderen ? Energy Field
02 Tyler, The Creator ? Bastard
03 BJ Nilsen ? Draught #1
04 Beach Fossils ? Beach Fossils
05 C V L T S ? Black Hole, Hi Five
06 E-40 ? Revenue Retrievin'
07 Com Truise ? Cyanide Sisters EP
08 Daniel Menche ? Raw Fall
09 Games ? That We Can Play EP
10 Emeralds ? Does it Look Like I'm Here?
11 Outer Limits Recordings ? Foxy Baby
12 Blondes ? Touched
13 Bvdub ? The Art of Dying Alone
14 Ikonika ? Contact, Love, Want, Have
15 Mellowhype ? Blackenedwhite
16 Yellow Swans ? Going Places
17 We Love ? We Love

here i am:

Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
M.I.A. — MAYA
Girl Talk — All Day
LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
The Roots — How I Got Over
Nachtmystium — Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2
Johnny Cash — American VI: Ain't No Grave
Watain — Lawless Darkness
Hole — Nobody's Daughter
Tricky — Mixed Race
Triptykon — Eparistera Daimones
Vampire Weekend — Contra
High on Fire — Snakes for the Divine
Agalloch — Marrow of the Spirit
Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Cathedral — The Guessing Game
Burzum — Belus
Robyn — Body Talk
No Age — Everything in Between
Alcest — Écailles De Lune
Ea — Au Ellai
Elizabeth Cook — Welder
Iron Maiden — The Final Frontier
Ghost — Opus Eponymous
Jamie Johnson — The Guitar Song
Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
M.I.A. — MAYA
Girl Talk — All Day
LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
The Roots — How I Got Over
Nachtmystium — Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2
Johnny Cash — American VI: Ain't No Grave
Watain — Lawless Darkness
Hole — Nobody's Daughter
Tricky — Mixed Race
Triptykon — Eparistera Daimones
Vampire Weekend — Contra
High on Fire — Snakes for the Divine
Agalloch — Marrow of the Spirit
Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Cathedral — The Guessing Game
Burzum — Belus
Robyn — Body Talk
No Age — Everything in Between
Alcest — Écailles De Lune
Ea — Au Ellai
Elizabeth Cook — Welder
Iron Maiden — The Final Frontier
Ghost — Opus Eponymous
Jamie Johnson — The Guitar Song

wtf? posted twice!

nice graphic steve!

I wasn't around for previous years but I'm kind of amazed that New Amerykah Part 1 got beaten by Gang Gang Dance and H&LA, I thought it was one of ILM's favourite things ever.

it definitely grew in stature after the year of its release

Did someone kill all the fuxxors between 2007 and 2008?

fuxxors were scared off from voting most likely

Hey seandalai, could you send my ballot? (You have them too, no?)

it was a real shock at the time that new amerykah pt 1 placed as low as it did - ilm redeemed itself by placing it #1 of the half-decade earlier this year (beating all the albums ahead of it in 08)

I wasn't around for previous years but I'm kind of amazed that New Amerykah Part 1 got beaten by Gang Gang Dance and H&LA, I thought it was one of ILM's favourite things ever.

yeah me too although contrasting that list w/ the 2005-2009 poll we did earlier this year its interesting to see whats either grown in stature and/or how the composition of who votes in ilm polls has changed. the 2007 list is p much unimaginable today

Rudipherous, I just ILXmailed it to you.

Thanks!

not sure if i ranked these. with p&j placement/ilm placement.

School of Seven Bells — Disconnect From Desire 199/25
Mock & Toof — Tuning Echoes -/147
Beach House — Teen Dream 7/13
Alcest — Écailles De Lune 175/100
Pantha du Prince — Black Noise 96/45
Home Video — The Automatic Process -/-
Electric Wizard — Black Masses 331/47
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid 4/4
Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky 29/11
Gorillaz — Plastic Beach 30/50

who were the other 2 voters for kemialliset ystävät?

Why do an improbably number of people have lex as their nearest voter? I think this held true in the tracks poll also.

Ranked:

Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels
Daddy Yankee - Mundial
DJ Crabbe - Codex Crabbe: Demolition Tape #8
Khaled Abdul Rahman - Khalediat 2010
Rashed Al Majed - Jalsat Wanasa 2010
Various Artists - 3BallMTY EP
Juliana - La Reina
Marshall Allen / Matthew Shipp / Joe Morris - Night Logic
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Bachar Mar-Khalife - Oil Slick
Fuego - La Musica del Futuro
Xiomara Laugart - La Voz
Scanner with The Post Modern Jazz Quartet - Blink of an Eye
Voice Of The Seven Thunders - Voice Of The Seven Thunders
Neil Young - Le Noise
Calle 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran

there was some mention of how the neighbor thing worked out and iirc people that voted for lots of popular albums end up being neighbors too lots of people?

Who was the other Maserati voter?

I dunno, 17 of my votes placed, including all of my top ten. And I voted for 9 of the top 24, yet no one has me as their nearest neighbor. Whatever, I'm not bitter.

Anybody able to mail my ballot to me? I would greatly appreciate it.

Ranked

Holy Ghost! — Static on the Wire EP
The Young — Voyagers of Legend
Velour — The Velvet Collection EP
Digital Mystikz — Return II Space
John Roberts — Glass Eights
Mark E — Works 2005-2009 Vol. 2
The Swiss — Bubble Bath EP
Majeure — Timespan
Ghost — Opus Eponymous
Guido — Anidea
Tonetta777 — Tonetta777
Kingdom — That Mystic EP
School of Seven Bells — Disconnect From Desire
Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
The Radio Dept. — Clinging to a Scheme
Sun Araw — On Patrol
Four Tet — There Is Love in You
Arp — The Soft Wave
Lil Silva — Night Skanker
Gatekeeper — Giza
Voice Of The Seven Thunders — Voice Of The Seven Thunders
Emeralds — Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Oneohtrix Point Never — Returnal
Shackleton — Fabric 55
Actress — Splazsh

Hello fellow Majeure voter!

I'm top neighbor for 6 people. That's cool I guess.

12 of my 15 votes placed and the other 3 (liars, of montreal, autechre) weren't that far from the top 77, so I guess that explains it.

My ballot was unranked, due to laziness:

Agalloch — Marrow of the Spirit
Caribou — Swim
DJ Roc — The Crack Capone
Electric Wizard — Black Masses
Emeralds — Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Ewan Pearson — We Are Proud of Our Choices
Gatekeeper — Giza
Gil Scott-Heron — I'm New Here
Gold Panda — Lucky Shiner
Harvey Milk — A Small Turn of Human Kindness
K-X-P — K-X-P
Kylesa — Spiral Shadows
Les Savy Fav — Root for Ruin
Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
Matthew Dear — Black City
Oneohtrix Point Never — Returnal
Pantha du Prince — Black Noise
Prins Thomas — Prins Thomas
Quest For Fire — Lights From Paradise
Slough Feg — Animal Spirits
Tame Impala — Innerspeaker
The Fall — Our Future Your Clutter
Third Eye Foundation — The Dark
Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
Ufomammut — Eve

Surprised that none of Matthew Dear, Gold Panda or Prins Thomas placed. V happy that E Wiz, Emeralds, OPN, Harvey Milk and Aggaloch made it.

I wasn't gonna vote for Majeure because I didn't think it had a chance (and it didn't) but I think I saw you mention it a few times in the noms thread and figured it was worth it. Thanks for tipping me on to Ghost. So good!

lots of good stuff there bmus - I enjoyed the Swiss EP. Not familiar with #2 through #5, can you shine some light on those?

jon - sent you your ballot

The neighbours for tracks were more diverse than for albums. It's not exactly hivemind status that's relevant here - lex is 25th for points per track - though it will correlate to some degree. A lot of ballots just had more overlap with lex than with anyone else.

My ballot, weighed:

1. Demdike Stare — Voices of Dust
2. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
3. James Blake — CMYK EP
4. How to Dress Well — Love Remains
5. Oneohtrix Point Never — Returnal
6. Third Eye Foundation — The Dark
7. The Fall — Our Future Your Clutter
8. Beach House — Teen Dream
9. Joanna Newsom — Have One on Me
10. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
11. Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
12. Moon Wiring Club — A Spare Tabby at the Cat's Wedding
13. Omar Souleyman — Jazeera
14. Fenn O'Berg — In Stereo
15. Warpaint — The Fool
16. Avi Buffalo — Avi Buffalo
17. Best Coast — Crazy for You
18. Daniel Menche — Raw Fall
19. Flying Lotus — Cosmogramma
20. Grinderman — Grinderman 2
21. Philip Jeck — An Ark for the Listener
22. Keith Fullerton Whitman — Variations for Oud & Synthesizer
23. Legendary Pink Dots — Seconds Late for the Brighton Lane
24. Robert Ashley — "Atalanta (Acts of God), Vol. II"
25. Steve Reich — Double Sextet/2 X 5

Effing sh*t, made a mess of that, soz...

And I now seem to have completely *forgotten* to vote for Emeralds... d'oh!

was v v surprised somebody else voted for 'raw fall' but looking @ your list thats a p great ballot

22. Keith Fullerton Whitman — Variations for Oud & Synthesizer

also was a little o_O that two ppl voted for this

I was the only voter for Oh No Ono and Zach Hill :(

Also attn LJ - get listening to Zs, it's really special.

excellent ballot tbh xps to LBI

Ooh, that New Slaves thing? Post yr whole ballot davek :P

xp to Lamps

*shakes hands* :-)

Love both a lot. It feels odd seeing them on my own ballot up there with, say, Kanye, because they require such completely different ways of listening to it (well, for me anyway). Love them just as dearly though. I was surprised by 'Raw Fall', though I'd gone off Menche for good, but no. Great album, and that goes for Fullerton Whitman as well obv.

xp hehehe unfortunately I forgot to copy and paste it into a document before I sent. It had some shameless fuxxory stuff like LCD, Caribou, Flying Lotus, Glasser, Swans (i guess?)..rounded off with more individual things (Zs, Zach Hill, Marnie Stern, Mark E, Oh No Ono, Robert Plant (seriously! and ofc I <3 Zep)). I thiink we both voted for Jaga which is a good proggy listen. And it was unranked.

Thanks for sending it seandalai!

My ballot (from #1 down):
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2
Warpaint - The Fool
Rangda - False Flag
The Drums - The Drums
Bottomless Pit - Blood Under the Bridge
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Kylesa - Spiral Shadows
Ludicra - The Tenant
Emeralds - Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
Spoon - Transference
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin'
Electric Wizard - Black Masses
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Christian Mistress - Agony and Opium
Watain - Lawless Darkness
Vampire Weekend - Contra

been listening to some of the tops of emil.y & lamp's ballots.........

Definitely check out the Umberto album, it's great.

yeah i listened to one track, it was much better than the unbelievably pretentious blurb suggested. it sort of casio'd along doing not much for a while, then got kind of groovy like dam funk with shit drums. i liked it.

Los Campesinos! — Romance Is Boring
Vampire Weekend — Contra
M.I.A. — MAYA
Sleigh Bells — Treats
The-Dream — Love King
Diamond Rings — Special Affections
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid
How to Dress Well — Love Remains
Owen Pallett — Heartland
Robyn — Body Talk
Diddy-Dirty Money — Last Train to Paris
Taylor Swift — Speak Now
Kelis — Flesh Tone
Tallest Man on Earth — The Wild Hunt
Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Blue Hawaii — Blooming Summer
Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can
Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Valley Maker — Valley Maker
Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
Crystal Castles — Crystal Castles
Bonjay — Broughtupsy
K. Michelle — What's the 901?
Olenka and The Autumn Lovers — And Now We Sing
Marina & The Diamonds — The Family Jewels

Other Los Camp! voters get love, but especially so does whoever else voted for Blue Hawaii

Swans aren't shameless and fuxxory! :P

xpost to Skip

I loved that Swiss EP! Their remix of Ladyhawke's Magic was pretty fantastic too.

The Young - Voyagers of Legend - Kind of reminds of Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 or at least would fit in with the "college rock" of that era. Sloppy and sludgy and just sounded really good when I came upon it. Phoebis Cluster

Velour - The Velvet Collection - More Night Slugs stuff in the vein of Girl Unit.

Digital Mystikz - Return II Space - Ominous and sparse dubstep. It took me a while to get into this one. I was kinda bored with it at first. Pop Pop Epic

John Roberts - Glass Eights - Beautiful sad house record. Glass Eights

xp fuxxory in their ILM consensus sweep...like the metal folks must've made up the numbers, as well as twee lads like myself.

There's plenty more fuxxory than this year's equivalent of...The Drift :P

currently listening to side 1 of bj nilson - draught #1, which is one-note atonal glass harp with dogs at various distances down a cave groaning, only to be replaced after a while by fuzz and icy sheets of noise and buzzing electric echo. & now back to glass harp again and a tinkling like bells and perhaps birdsong, and some hints of melodic sweetness for the first time. i guess this reminds me of...AMM? and various found sound collages. anyway i'm kind of nonplussed at it being someone's near record of the year, but it's prob better than a lot of other ballots.

1. Beach House — Teen Dream
2. Quadron — Quadron
3. Catherine Christer Hennix — The Electric Harpsichord
4. Joanna Newsom — Have One on Me
5. Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
6. Dolphins Into the Future — The Music of Belief
7. Toro y Moi — Causers of This
8. Sun Araw — On Patrol
9. Yelawolf — Trunk Muzik
10. Demdike Stare — Voices of Dust
11. Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
12. The-Dream — Love King
13. Moon Wiring Club — A Spare Tabby at the Cat's Wedding
14. Emeralds — Does it Look Like I'm Here?
15. Anika — Anika
16. Gonjasufi — A Sufi and a Killer
17. Shabazz Palaces — Shabazz Palaces / Palaces of Light
18. Oneohtrix Point Never — Returnal
19. Mark McGuire — Living With Yourself
20. Prins Thomas — Prins Thomas
21. The Soft Moon — The Soft Moon
22. Sleigh Bells — Treats
23. Warpaint — The Fool
24. Richard Skelton — Landings
25. ANBB (Alva Noto / Blixa Bargeld) — Mimikry

Overall I'm happier with 2010's results than any other year in ILX history tho so you've all done something right

i would have voted Umberto if I had heard it in time. btw my Steve Moore (zombi) lp arrived today. Its been out a while I think

are there places where u guys wrote abt these recordings, emil.y & lamp (or indeed sean)? like umberto, Jana Winderen, bj nilson, sylvester angfang

xp The Drift is a colossal fearful beast of an album that I must revisit (and which has ILM appeal for aeons, wouldn't you say.)

And it seems like there was no stifling GAPDY consensus...it was a healthy year for new music.

xp AG - What's it like? I don't really know much about this "scene" beyond Zombi and Umberto.

zvookster: There was some mention of Umberto over on the Zombi thread but it did seem to pass by mostly unnoticed.

I feel/hope the new dilettante crew rolling thread will end up as a natural home for a lot of this avant-accessible music, given the proclivities of the soon-to-be-regulars.

Which Steve Moore LP? I think he's got a few. The Henge has a few genuinely frightening moments on it.

mine ballot (weighted) -- i did pretty good this year

Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
Waka Flocka Flame — Flockaveli
Diddy-Dirty Money — Last Train to Paris
Earl Sweatshirt — EARL
Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Gucci Mane — Mr. Zone 6
Vampire Weekend — Contra
Against Me! — White Crosses
Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The-Dream — Love King
Hot Chip — One Life Stand
Yelawolf — Trunk Muzik
Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
Rick Ross — The Teflon Don
Ciara — Basic Instinct
Los Campesinos! — Romance Is Boring
Mellowhype — Blackenedwhite
Roach Gigz — Roachy Balboa
Kelis — Flesh Tone
E-40 — Revenue Retrievin'
Gayngs — Relayted
Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Wavves — King of the Beach
Aloe Blacc — Good Things

Not played it yet but im sure it wont be too different from his other solo albums (which arent that different to zombi)

x[

Steve Moore - Primitive Neural Pathways LP I got the last one from Norman Records but i expect you can still get it from Boomkat or the label (static caravan)

i'm kind of nonplussed at it being someone's near record of the year, but it's prob better than a lot of other ballots.

two things one exculpatory the other explanatory: a) i took my list from a top twenty i did for another eoy list where i was writing more in-depth. my bj nilsen 'vote' was really for draught #1 & invisible cities which is more substantial although less 'emotive' than the ash tape. my jana winderen write up also included her 'noisiest guys on the planet' tape fwiw

b) im less interested in formal qualities than i am in a record's ability to provoke: emotion, thought, resonance &c. the live performance that draught #1 draws from probably isnt the 'best' sound collage work ive ever heard but it required a level of engagement & concentration & stillness that i really admired & appreciated

For those curious about Umberto, check out Temple Room.

yeah one thing i appreciate in it and an excerpt of the winderen i heard is using quietness and at times near silence as a value in itself xp

thanks bmus!

ayo seandalai could you mail me my ballot pls? thx!

sent

haha that's the one i heard sean

Like the look of the bmus list, some overlap with me but plenty of other stuff I've never heard of to explore.

Sun City Girls — Funeral Mariachi
Rangda — False Flag
Swans — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
The Fall — Our Future Your Clutter
Kurt Vile — Square Shells EP
Neil Young — Le Noise
El Guincho — Pop Negro
Emeralds — Does it Look Like I'm Here?
Alastair Galbraith — Mass
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
Jack Rose — Luck in the Valley
Legendary Pink Dots — Seconds Late for the Brighton Lane
Tonetta777 — Tonetta777
Faun Fables — Light of a Vaster Dark
Laurie Anderson — Homeland
Portion Control — Progress Report 1980-83
Current 93 — "Unreleased Rarities, Out-takes, Rehearsals and Live 82-95"
The Chemical Brothers — Further
Michael Hurley — Blue Hills
Joanna Newsom — Have One on Me
Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté — Ali and Toumani
Grinderman — Grinderman 2
Keith Fullerton Whitman — Variations for Oud & Synthesizer
Marnie Stern — Marnie Stern
Ellen Allien — Dust

ranked, btw

yeah one thing i appreciate in it and an excerpt of the winderen i heard is using quietness and at times near silence as a value in itself

the use of silence & space in 'energy field' is incredible bcuz she manages not only to suggest the immensity and solemnity of the landscape but also the way the world shes recording is disappearing through climate change. i also think she evokes the almost cosmic horror of man's relationship to nature w/ those silences & the way changes in texture and sound occur in irregular, unmusical ways e.g. the middle section of 'isolation/measurement' where the long silence that leads into a ghostly hum seems to measure time on a much longer scale

Ranked:

Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Robyn — Body Talk
The Chemical Brothers — Further
Rick Ross — The Teflon Don
Gorillaz — Plastic Beach
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid
Sleigh Bells — Treats
Tallest Man on Earth — The Wild Hunt
Gil Scott-Heron — I'm New Here
Big K.R.I.T. — K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
Guido — Anidea
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists — The Brutalist Bricks
Yelawolf — Trunk Muzik
Onra — Long Distance
No Age — Everything in Between
Toro y Moi — Causers of This
Wavves — King of the Beach
Quadron — Quadron
Superchunk — Majesty Shredding
Goldfrapp — Head First
Tyler, The Creator — Bastard
Roc Marciano — Marcberg
Diddy-Dirty Money — Last Train to Paris
LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
Curren$y — Pilot Talk

Me talking about Umberto again: Temple Room isn't the best track on the album, but it's one of the only ones on Youtube. If you have Spotify check out "Red Dawn" and "Night Stalking".

1. Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
2. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
3. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
4. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
5. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
6. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
7. Neil Young - Le Noise
8. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
9. Owen Pallett - Heartland
10. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
11. High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
12. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
13. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
14. Liars — Sisterworld
15. School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
16. These New Puritans - Hidden
17. Ufomammut - Eve
18. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
19. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
20. Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
21. Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas
22. Rangda - False Flag
23. Sam Amidon - I See the Sign
24. Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2
25. Actress - Splazsh

i def got "the immensity and solemnity of the landscape" just from whatever 5:30 was excerpted but i hadn't thought of the quietness and some of the more discomfiting noises from the ecological side. some of what we're hearing is prob human noise pollution now that i think of it. i feel like something nilson has going for it that winderen doesn't is the tension of performance - what if it goes wrong, what if it stays this beautiful, what if it stays this ugly, what if it keeps building til it overwhelms me, what if it ends &etc. so because it's two prolonged live pieces happening in real time yr locked into them as an audience member, not a consumer with a product that u can pause or walk away from. xp to lamp

@ the same time, that's somewhat exhausting tho

Le Bateau Ivre, I was confused by Oud & Synthesizer being nominated and not Disingenuity, would definitely have voted for the latter. Also, I desperately attempted to find that Robert Ashley but failed completely.

Glad to see Dan S' ballot is full of excellence, as he is my closest neighbour.

who were the other 2 voters for kemialliset ystävät?

I was one of them.

are there places where u guys wrote abt these recordings, emil.y & lamp (or indeed sean)? like umberto, Jana Winderen, bj nilson, sylvester angfang

Not really - I think I've chatted about Umberto a little bit, maybe, but not really seen a place relevant to chat about Sylvester Anfang, and always worry about starting threads for stuff that probably won't get many responses. Plus I tend to like the more back-and-forth discussion on poll threads rather than making proclamations that I'll probably be embarrassed by later, ha.

contrasting that list w/ the 2005-2009 poll we did earlier this year its interesting to see whats either grown in stature and/or how the composition of who votes in ilm polls has changed. the 2007 list is p much unimaginable today

ehh, all of top 4 in '07 made it to the top 10 of the half-decade poll. I think the '07 poll kind of plays it safe, though there are some great indie wtf entries (Drum's Not Dead, anyone). I think the most wtf poll up there is def. the '08 poll, & not just because the low placing of Erykah (& Weezy). That poll made this one look like the P&J; it almost had sort of a fever-dream surreal quality to it, honest to God!...

The four albums that nobody except me voted for - shame on y'all:

Tape and Bill Wells - Fugue
Dylan Ettinger - New Age Outlaws
Bandjo - Bandjo
Vijay Iyer - Solo

one of my good friends swears on that Vijay Iyer record, I need to give it a listen

The Bandjo album is worth checking out if you're a fan of Scandinavian cosmic beach music in the vein of Studio. The vibe is similar to West Coast, if a bit darker and with an unfortunately greater prevalence of those dubious vocals. It's on Spotify, Unknown Island is the only track up on Youtube and it's one of the weaker ones imo.

I listened to Fugue and thought it was good, but not mind-blowing. Only heard it once, though, so it may well be a grower.

I love Fugue and I still wouldn't say it's mind-blowing. Its pleasures are subtle.

thanks emil.y! I don't recognize some of the stuff on your ballot. have downloaded the Umberto and Kemialliset Ystavat but haven't heard them yet.

I haven't heard Fugue, but I thought KFW's Disingenuity/Disingenuousness and the other Pan LP I heard this year from Joseph Hammer were excellent

Oh yeah, Joseph Hammer! That record is really good. Didn't hear that until after the nominations were over, though, and it wasn't nominated by anyone else. Me and Craigo saw him play Colour Out Of Space last year, which was great - beautiful cut-up tape loops with bits of submerged radio etc.

(Last year meaning 2009, way to forget it's 2011 Emily)

feel I should have thought about nominations properly so I could vote for more than ten albums but on the other hand, mmm it's nice & snug in the hivemind

1. Groove Armada - Black Light
2. Taylor Swift - Speak Now
3. The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years
4. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
5. Robyn - Body Talk
6. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
7. Spoon - Transference
8. Wigwam - Non Stop Rock 'n' Roll
9. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
10.Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
11.Class Actress - Journal of Ardency EP
12.HEALTH - Disco 2
13.M.I.A. - MAYA
14.Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
15.Grinderman - Grinderman 2
16.Shit Robot - From the Cradle to the Rave
17.Rihanna - LOUD
18.Francoise Hardy - La Pluie sans Parapluie
19.Otis Redding - Live on The Sunset Strip
20.Four Tet - There Is Love in You
21.Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
22.Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer
23.Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
24.Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight to the World
25.Dawnbringer - Nucleus

My ballot was weighted, but I only have it in alphabetical order now. My number one was either Autechre or Janelle or Big Boi or Console.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
Autechre — Oversteps
Big Boi — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Brian Wilson — Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
Console — Herself
Darkstar — North
Demdike Stare — Voices of Dust
Drum Eyes — Gira Gira
Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Feedle — The Evening Wore On
Games — That We Can Play
Gil Scott-Heron — I'm New Here
Girl Unit — Wut
Guido — Anidea
James Blake — CMYK EP
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid
Mount Kimbie — Crooks and Lovers
of Montreal — False Priest
Oneohtrix Point Never — Returnal
Pit Er Pat — The Flexible Entertainer
Salem — King Night
Shining — Blackjazz
Sleigh Bells — Treats
Spoon — Transference
Yelawolf — Trunk Muzik

My number one was either Autechre or Janelle or Big Boi or Console.

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just realised this is the first eoy ILM poll where my #1 album placed outside the top 20 (and by some distance)

this umberto stuff is amazing. had dl'ed it previously but never got around to it til today

sleeve i want to trade music collections w/ you plz

zvookster what does your ballot look like?

I was confused by Oud & Synthesizer being nominated and not Disingenuity, would definitely have voted for the latter

i probably would have voted for the later since i had space on my ballot

have decided to get the shackleton and legendary pink dots records based on the ballots containing them

Five people voted Mark E for the volume 1, anyone get the second volume? I just started listening to the first track and this is exquisite ... DJ Sprinkles like?

aw Lamp thanks for the Pink Dots props... I really tried w/that Jana Winderen based on your nomination but all I heard was Chris Watson... I'll give it another go.

lol well i like chris watson too! but i think the dialogue that winderen opens up btw listener & subject is a lot more considered and interesting than in the work ive heard from watson

idk i mean im both a biologist & big fantasy nerd so this idea of documenting forces vast & unseen that lay @ the root of our world is really compelling to me & i think contra to what zvookster says there is a real tension to the record bcuz it positions the listener not as a consumer but as an active witness (which is why it works so hard to make you listen) to something so much ~bigger~ than themselves.

the sound of these mammoth sheets of ice cracking apart and dissolving feels both ancient and terminal

if i had voted i would've thrown one of those mark e volumes a few points, i like them both but it's hard to compare to vol 1 when it has "rnb drunkie"

xp

The problem with Vol. 1 is I start listening to it and then get bored and end up just listening to "RnB Drunkie" over and over.

Here's my ranked ballot, highlighted the ones that made it to the top 77:

Jahcoozi - Barefoot Wanderer
Jätkäjätkät- Ykstoist Ykstoist
Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
Kelis - Flesh Tone
Uusi Fantasia - Heimo
Acid Washed - Acid Washed
Mavis Staples - You're Not Alone
Ellen Allien - Dust
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy
Various Artists - Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House
Black Dog - Music for Real Airports

No one else gave a single point for my top 2 albums. :( Well, with Jätkäjätkät that was foreseeable (didn't assume many people here would know or care about Finnish progressive gypsy folk/rap/reggae music), but I would've thought someone would've included Jahcoozi in their ballot.

Of the albums I hadn't previously heard that I've checked out so far (many more to come in the next few weeks/months), I'm most impressed with Gayngs.

Sounds like something that was meticulously designed to appeal to my hearing. I don't find any of it false or namby-pamby like some people said. The blue-eyed soul/soft rock influence is there, but it's not done in a tongue-in-cheek way; it's been reimagined as psychedelia.

When 10CC's "I'm not in Love" turned up on the 20thC poll, someone fittingly described it as a "love song for spacemen", which is exactly what Relayted is.

And I love the version of "Cry" - incredibly powerful. It's amazing that people are still finding influences from the '80s to mine, but they are, and hell, as long as it isn't some bland electro or postpunk pastiche, i'm happy.

If chillwave means stuff like this, Games and VHS Head, then count me on board. I don't care how hipsterish it is (living where I do, hipsters don't really register on my radar), I love this kind of sound. I'm not so keen on things like jj though.

I was also pleasantly surprised by Marina & the Diamonds - quite different to what I expected. Find it strange how her voice seems to jump from r'n'b diva to Lahndahn indie-pop chick. It's kind of confusing, but in a cool way I guess.

I'm surprised Shining's Blackjazz didn't place higher. I was certain the metal contingent would come out in favour of it, but it just scraped. I suggest even non-metal fans listen to this.

Also depressed about Autechre placing outside the 77. I know there was a lot of enthusiasm for it, plus 2010 was such a great year for Ae on ILM, what with those polls.

@Emily, you can buy Robert Ashley here. Or did you mean you couldn't find mp3's/stream?

@Lamp, please do get the Legendary Pink Dots record, it's ace!

Is this the year we've had the most metal albums hit?

ranked, non top-77 bolded:

Gemma Ray — It's a Shame About Gemma Ray
Yakuza Heart Attack — II
Stereolab — Not Music
Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday
Eliza Doolittle — Eliza Doolittle
Four Tet — There Is Love in You
Laura Veirs — July Flame
Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can
Kelis — Flesh Tone
Taylor Swift — Speak Now
The-Dream — Love King
Jazmine Sullivan — Love Me Back
Guido — Anidea
Laetitia Sadier — The Trip
Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
The Bird and The Bee — Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates
Tinie Tempah — Disc-Overy
Ellen Allien — Dust
Goldfrapp — Head First
Wing — Wing Sings For All the Single Ladies and Raps For All the Safe Parties
Prins Thomas — Prins Thomas
The Ruby Suns — Fight Softly
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
Mulatu Astatke — Mulatu Steps Ahead
Moon Wiring Club — A Spare Tabby at the Cat's Wedding

I strongly recommend the Gemma Ray album to fuxxors and anti-fuxxors alike. It's a covers album, mainly just Gemma and her electric guitar (with a bit of help from Matt Verta-Ray who used to be in Madder Rose), recorded very quickly over new year 2009-10. Kinda baffled really that nobody else on ILM even seems to have heard it.

Is this the year we've had the most metal albums hit?

Not in the top 50 dont think.

It's amazing that people are still finding influences from the '80s to mine, but they are, and hell, as long as it isn't some bland electro or postpunk pastiche, i'm happy.

I've been wanting to say, but haven't been sure quite where to put (or how to put it, for that matter), that checking out things for this poll has reinforced my sense that the 80s revival is alive and well. But it's really less a matter of a revival at this point and more a matter of certain strands of 80s music becoming more fully digested and simply becoming ongoing possibilities within the culture. Sometimes this leaves me disoriented though, wondering why people who seem very interested in what's new are so excited by things that sound like what I was listening to in high school (in the 80s).

I'm not sure exactly what I just said there, so please don't ask for clarification.

I think I would have voted for this Kelis album if I'd heard it in time, though it might have been in the lower half of my list. I'm still sorting it out. Parts of it are really terrific, but it's short and I think there's a little bit of dead time on it.

I still haven't gotten all the way through the Knife album. That might require the right mood to get through, though I like the track that made the track poll.

Re: the 80s, I guess to underscore what dog latin was saying: not just that the 80s are still around and active as a source but that more and more of it is being dug into.

I think I like Oneohtrix, too, but I need to listen more for real. Emeralds is just too much like the old electronic music I used to listen to and mostly gave up, though I still need to give it a thorough listen. Caribou is okay but the vocals bug me and it all feels a bit smug somehow, but I can see the appeal, I guess.

Also, I need to go back and hear some earlier Kelis albums now.

Rudipherous, no it makes sense.

I think it's entirely healthy for a revival to outlast its own faddiness. I think that a lot of people were waiting for the eighties revival to die down so we could start making music again without having to get dressed up in Sigue Sigue spandex or resorting to ironic square-wave synth. But after over a decade of eighties-influenced music, where would we be if we decided to consign that influence to the bin?

Truth is, the eighties revival doesn't need to die, it just needs to shake off its tongue-in-cheek shackles. I guess this is how all revivals work - people go "Haw! remember the lol'70s, what about all those wafros and flares and John Travolta?"; then it's, "Hey some of this is quite cool in a cheesy way - let's do an ABBA tribute"; then it's, "We want to make an album that sounds like a cross between On The Beach, Kick Out The Jams and Maggot Brain". And so on, until the '70s revival becomes so assimilated with modern pop culture that the influences are borne without massive red arrows pointing at them going "LOOK I AM REVIVING THE SEVENTIES!!!"

That sounds about right.

Somehow this seems relevant: I remember playing a Siouxsie and the Banshees song within earshot of my brother's wife, who had not particular interest in music, some time in the mid-to-late-80s and her saying: "This sounds like a 60s band," which wasn't entirely wrong, since there is plenty of psychedelia running through Siouxsie & the Banshees.

Not sure if I voted exactly this way, but I kept a ranked list of the stuff I listened to in 2010 here:

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/president_keyes/2010_releases

just curious, how many times do u listen to a record in yr top 50 say? like how many of those have u played the hell out of, and at what sort of number does it become two listens, one listen?

bless last.fm for providing that exact answer - http://www.last.fm/user/lexpretend/charts?rangetype=year&subtype=albums

I think everything in the top 100 I listened to 5-7 times at least, with the upper 50 more like 10 times or more. The stuff past 100 is probably in the 1-3 times range.

lex i think that's counting any one track from an album, i.e. yr top nina nastasia track has 20 plays, yr nina album count is 140

lex is 99% of your listening really done in front of a computer?

yeah that 140 = i have played individual tracks off the nina nastasia album 140 times

(obv this skews in favour of eg the diddy album which has 19 tracks in total on its deluxe edition)

xp my ipod scrobbles count too

but yeah 100% of at-home listening is done through the computer, which is plugged into the stereo system & proper speakers - obv not necessarily while i'm actually in front of the computer

^^^Same here.

Stuttering by JaZmine Sullivan just came on random!!

:-o

Also sounds like 'better off without a wife' by Tom waits.

:-O

but yeah 100% of at-home listening is done through the computer, which is plugged into the stereo system & proper speakers - obv not necessarily while i'm actually in front of the computer

About 3/4 of my listening is done away from home so last.fm would be kinda useless for me.

you can get your ipod or other mp3-playing device to scrobble to last.fm. don't ask me how though, i got mine working accidentally and i know people who can't get theirs to. but then i am a luddite.

i am of the vague opinion that every working critic should be on last.fm.

but yeah 100% of at-home listening is done through the computer, which is plugged into the stereo system & proper speakers

best thing i ever bought was this usb stick i plug into the computer and it transmits the sound output of my computer to my hi-fi on the other side of the room wirelessly. before that i had shitty computer speakers rather than wires trailing across the room.

(just pasting this here while I have temporary access to a PC that can view google spreadsheets. Sorry)

78 Actress Splazsh
79 Grinderman Grinderman 2
80 Demdike Stare Voices of Dust
81 Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
81 Superchunk Majesty Shredding
83 Toro y Moi Causers of This
84 Kylesa Spiral Shadow
85 Los Campesinos! Romance Is Boring
86 Goldfrapp Head First
87 Autechre Oversteps
88 Fantasia Back to Me
89 Tame Impala Innerspeaker
90 Twin Shadow Forget
91 Mark McGuire Living With Yourself
92 Underworld Barking
93 Sade Soldier of Love
94 High on Fire Snakes for the Divine
95 Games That We Can Play
96 Tonetta777 Tonetta777
97 Nachtmystium Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2
98 Shining Blackjazz
99 of Montreal False Priest
100 Alcest Écailles De Lune
101 Field Music Measure
102 Mellowhype Blackenedwhite
103 Against Me! White Crosses
104 Liars Sisterworld
105 Ludicra The Tenant
106 Best Coast Crazy for You
107 Various Artists Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
108 Jacka & Laroo Neva Be the Same
109 Midlake The Courage of Others
110 Delorean Subiza
111 Christian Mistress Agony and Opium
112 Forest Swords Dagger Paths
113 Wavves King of the Beach
114 Nina Nastasia Outlaster
115 Voice Of The Seven Thunders Voice Of The Seven Thunders
116 Scissor Sisters Night Work
117 J Stalin Prenuptial Agreement
117 Triptykon Eparistera Daimones
119 Marnie Stern Marnie Stern
120 Mark E Works 2005-2009 Vol. 1
121 How to Dress Well Love Remains
122 Jaga Jazzist One-Armed Bandit
122 Kingdom That Mystic EP
122 The Chap Well Done Europe
125 Shackleton Fabric 55
126 Superpitcher Kilimanjaro
127 Roc Marciano Marcberg
128 Ewan Pearson We Are Proud of Our Choices
129 The Books The Way Out
130 Gucci Mane Jewelry Selection
131 Jack Rose Luck in the Valley
132 DJ Nate Da Trak Genious
133 Killing Joke Absolute Dissent
134 Extra Life Made Flesh
135 The Corin Tucker Band 1,000 Years
136 The Body And All the Waters of the Earth Shall Turn to Blood
136 The New Pornographers Together
138 Faun Fables Light of a Vaster Dark
139 Ellen Allien Dust
140 Iron Maiden The Final Frontier
141 Zs New Slaves
142 Holy Ghost! Static on the Wire EP
143 Phosphorescent Here's to Taking it Easy
144 Perfume Genius Learning
145 Gnaw Their Tongues L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante
145 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks
147 Drum Eyes Gira Gira
147 Mock & Toof Tuning Echoes
147 Yellow Swans Going Places
150 Ufomammut Eve
151 The Young Voyagers of Legend
152 Various Artists Radio Rothko Mix by Deadbeat
153 Salem King Night
154 Wild Nothing Gemini
155 Max Richter Infra
156 Roach Gigz Roachy Balboa
157 AG Everything's Berri
158 Cathedral The Guessing Game
158 Lone Emerald Fantasy Tracks
158 Trey Songz Passion, Pain, and Pleasure
161 Trentemøller Into the Great Wide Yonder
162 Curren$y Pilot Talk
163 Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté Ali and Toumani
164 K-X-P K-X-P
165 Kvelertak Kvelertak
166 Various Artists The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 1
167 Michael Mayer Immer 3
168 Charlotte Gainsbourg IRM
169 Corinne Bailey Rae The Sea
170 Bottomless Pit Blood Under the Bridge
171 K. Michelle What's the 901?
172 James Blake CMYK EP
172 The Sword Warp Riders
174 Dungen Skit i allt
174 Majeure Timespan
174 Menomena Mines
177 Jamie Johnson The Guitar Song
178 John Grant Queen of Denmark
179 Laura Veirs July Flame
179 Stereolab Not Music
181 Walter Gibbons Jungle Music
182 Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz
183 Efdemin Chicago
183 Girl Talk All Day
183 Girl Unit Wut
183 Kurt Vile Square Shells EP
183 Various Artists Night Slugs All Stars Vol. 1
188 Shit Robot From the Cradle to the Rave
189 Holy Fuck Latin
189 Moon Wiring Club A Spare Tabby at the Cat's Wedding
191 Burn One & Starlito Renaissance Gangster
191 Danger Mouse / Sparklehorse Dark Night of the Soul
193 Tracey Thorn Love and Its Opposite
194 Aboombong Asynchronic
195 Ellie Goulding Lights
195 The Roots How I Got Over
197 Mulatu Astatke Mulatu Steps Ahead
198 Jerusalem and The Starbaskets Battle of the Orchids
198 John Roberts Glass Eights
198 Matthew Dear Black City
201 Daddy Yankee Mundial
202 Barn Owl Ancestral Star
202 NHT Boyz Power Triangle
204 The Volebeats The Volebeats
205 Prins Thomas Prins Thomas
206 Rene Hell Porcelain Opera
207 Club 8 The People's Record
207 Foetus Hide
207 I Am Kloot Sky at Night
210 2NE1 To Anyone
211 Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer
212 Ost and Kjex Cajun Lunch
213 Sightings City of Straw
213 Slough Feg Animal Spirits
215 The Gaslight Anthem American Slang
216 Black Breath Heavy Breathing
216 Eluvium Similes
216 Maserati Pyramid of the Sun
216 Rumer Seasons of the Soul
216 Umberto Prophecy of the Black Widow
221 Richard Skelton Landings
221 Steve Reich Double Sextet/2 X 5
223 Bvdub The Art of Dying Alone
223 Ea Au Ellai
223 Kode9 DJ Kicks
223 Wiz Khalifa Kush and OJ
227 Future Islands In Evening Air
227 VHS Head Trademark Ribbons of Gold
229 Massive Attack Heligoland
230 Omar Souleyman Jazeera
231 Nicki Minaj Pink Friday
232 Sam Amidon I See the Sign
233 Groove Armada Black Light
234 El Guincho Pop Negro
235 Mount Kimbie Crooks and Lovers
236 Catherine Christer Hennix The Electric Harpsichord
236 Steve Mason Boys Outside
236 William Brittelle Television Landscape
236 Yakuza Heart Attack II
240 Grum Heartbeats
241 Across Tundras Old World Wanderer
241 Kemialliset Ystävät Ullakkopalo
243 Fang Island Fang Island
243 Peter Wolf Midnight Souvenirs
245 Ghost Opus Eponymous
246 Klaxons Surfing the Void
246 Surfer Blood Astro Coast
246 The Drums The Drums
249 jj No. 3
249 Linkin Park A Thousand Suns
249 Thomas White The Maximalist

Hey, somebody else voted for Yakuza Heart Attack! Sweet.

best thing i ever bought was this usb stick i plug into the computer and it transmits the sound output of my computer to my hi-fi on the other side of the room wirelessly.

Wait, what? Tell me about this, please.

this is the one i bought but i'm sure there are plenty of equivalent thigns:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/wireless-pc-to-stereo-audio-transmitter-104993

changed my listening habits completely

Thanks. I'm probably not in the market for that right now, but eventually. (I keep kicking myself for buying a car instead of escaping apartment living hell and renting a house. It seemed like the right decision at the time, but now it's going to delay, possibly significantly, getting myself into a small house where I can have control over my aural environment.)

is there a list of ballots etc available thru somewhere other than the google spreadsheets site

i just realized if i had remembered to vote for actress (my #3 in some list i wrote on some other thread) i would have bumped it to 77. i wonder if that harvey milk album is any good

only one way to find out!

is there a list of ballots etc available thru somewhere other than the google spreadsheets site

― frail slattern altness (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 23:03 (Yesterday)

As in just the full results or everyone's ballot? We haven't made the ballots public; I can send you a PDF of the results (or can put it up somewhere if anyone wants to host it).

cool, well you could always put it on mediafire

Ok, will do it later today.

there are a lot of ballots in...this thread?

don't rly rate results this year....not far distinguished from yr average webzine list, a few ilx favs like lindstrom given extra prominence

would quite like to know what other webzines contained all of yelawolf, ciara, we love, swans, glasser, jazmine sullivan, WAKA, taylor swift, diddy and earl sweatshirt in their top 40

also people who didn't vote can quit complaining

of those maybe we love and earl sweatshirt are outliers

yeah ciara and jazmine were really tearin up the EOY lists elsewhere! plus, all of those acts together?

i am of the vague opinion that every working critic should be on last.fm.

Honest question: why? Has never occurred to me and not sure why it matters.

ha it's only a vague opinion, but a critic's taste is a part of our selling point/brand/whatever, right? certainly looking at a person's taste in toto helps me understand where they're coming from w/r/t their opinions.

always tempted to point PRs there when they start hassling me, too. "does it LOOK LIKE i'd be interested in that shit you sent me?"

ciara will be more valued on an ilx album poll than most elsewhere, but since she had a couple of the consensus top10 rnb songs of last decade it's not really a recondite /name/

tho i am from an opposite perspective to lex since i am really not invested in many of the names who placed (or could have been expected to place)

stuff i voted (and a few that weren't nominated) was s/thing like

autechre
pan sonic
neil young
actress
oneohrix
lcd
lovesliescrushing
vainio/booth/matsunaga
forest swords
fennoberg

various things i have forgotten

xpost. Ah, I see. I think my taste is broader than yours (or maybe more dilettantish/distractable) so I don't think lastfm stats would reveal as much.

it might actually help with more dilettantish tastes - to see if you can pin down any common thread! (and in my case it'd reveal a lot of stuff that people might find unexpected.)

if i was a PR i would totally track journalists' last.fms, see when they're in a particular mood for a type of music and hit 'em with it at that point.

I bet there still are a lot of music journalists who listen to stuff mostly on vinyl and CDs, so last.fm wouldn't really reveal that much about them.

I'm not a journalist, but my last.fm figures don't really represent my listening habits, as maybe 5% of my listening is done via the computer.

John Grant — Queen of Denmark
These New Puritans — Hidden
Rumer — Seasons of the Soul
Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté — Ali and Toumani
Luke Abbott — Holkham Drones
I Am Kloot — Sky at Night
Glasser — Ring
Jackie Leven — Gothic Road
Carolina Chocolate Drops — Genuine Negro Jig
Khaira Arby — Timbuktu Tarab
We Love — We Love
Hot Chip — One Life Stand
Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson — Gift
Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can
Esperanza Spalding — Chamber Music Society
Ellen Allien — Dust
Goldfrapp — Head First
Smoke Fairies — Through Light and Trees
The Chieftans / Ry Cooder — San Patricio
Four Tet — There Is Love in You
Quadron — Quadron
Ron Basejam — Deep and Meaningless
Owen Pallett — Heartland
Chris Wood — Handmade Life
Janelle Monàe — The ArchAndroid

came across frank kogan's ballot on his livejournal last night. his #1 track was one that i nominated (but forgot to vote for)! woooooooo

http://koganbot.livejournal.com/257261.html

John Grant — Queen of Denmark

btw i now think this album is completely amazing, so thanks to dorian for turning me on to it - he definitely reminds me of someone really specific but i can't bring it to mind - something to do with his kinda laconically romantic style. like he erodes the distinction between cynic and romantic.

also i love his voice - is this "indie"? if it is why do more indie males not sing like this!

It's camp!
Great record, too.

Smoke Fairies — Through Light and Trees

These girls are amazing. Saw them live. Two girls with capo'd classicals stomping their heels and harmonising like nothing else. Filled the room. I'd like to hear the album. Beautifully folky, and a good antidote for those who get a bit sick of Newsom's ickiness. There's absolutely nothing pretentious or cloying in them, just really pure music.

Ok, the full results are downloadable from http://www.mediafire.com/?84vfbu0febtdlwa

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thx everyone.

i, uh, accidentally left off ciara and the-dream (who would have been in my top five!)

Diddy-Dirty Money — Last Train to Paris
Perfume Genius — Learning
Javiera Mena — Mena
Max Richter — Infra
Jerusalem and The Starbaskets — Battle of the Orchids
Sleigh Bells — Treats
Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can
Francis and The Lights — It'll Be Better
Guido — Anidea
Los Campesinos! — Romance Is Boring
Joanna Newsom — Have One on Me
Jazmine Sullivan — Love Me Back
Corinne Bailey Rae — The Sea
M.I.A. — MAYA
Sun City Girls — Funeral Mariachi
No Age — Everything in Between
Wavves — King of the Beach
Vampire Weekend — Contra
Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
Rihanna — LOUD
Laurie Anderson — Homeland
Heater — God and Hair
Mellowhype — Blackenedwhite

just me and lj voting for pan sonic

surprised autechre and actress didnae get in 77

well actress was 78

i never got around to listening to the pan sonic disc! i really should, esp if you rate it...

is it recondite enough that's the question

yr mum could be more recondite

And Autechre was somwhere in the 80s, I think? I have Oversteps but didn't really get into it.

yah lamp it's pretty great though nothing earth shattering like KESTO

oh yeah both of those were 'bubbling under' xp

is it recondite enough that's the question

'the purity of the process'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY5zcMS_ckM&feature=related