ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

yeah this rules.

a unicorn playing echo the dolphin whilst getting 2 on

feeling pretty on point here

er, here:

D'Angelo
fka Twigs
Aphex Twin
Taylor Swift
Tinashe
Owen Pallett
YG
The War on Drugs

― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, January 29, 2015 6:39 PM (1 hour ago)

as others have said, this album can take a while to grow on you, which is why the thread isn't that lively. it's brilliant though. "Cold Sweat" has become my favorite lately. usually not that interested in songs about being famous/the struggle to become a star, but that one has an element of lived-in realism to it that makes it shine. prob helps to know she was on a tv show with charlie sheen a few times.

That's one of the few albums I've heard that makes floaty vaguely psychedelic sad submarine Ecco the Dolphin R&B actually seem like a good idea.

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:28 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. didn't expect to like it beyond "2 On" given how people talked about her mixtapes but the whole thing holds together really well.

I knew nothing of Tinashe before trax poll so my initial impression of her is "widely acclaimed critical darling", like Ciara-level; I guess this is not the reality of it?

forks wld like to point out he has been otm itt

Nobody fucking voted for this terrific album in P&J except Chris Randle

― sonny and sber (fgti), Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:35 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well, 19 people did, including me and several others on this board

If I'm reading Matt DC right this album is #seapunk&B? Nice, will listen to in full

― 龜, Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:34 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup

oh shit, this is great

ppl who voted for aquarius in p&j: http://furia.com/pjs/artist_8975.html

i think it fell outside my ballot but it's top level. very much a slow burner.

oh man i am liking this

If I'm reading Matt DC right this album is #seapunk&B? Nice, will listen to in full

― 龜, Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:34 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup

― flopson, Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:40 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can't wait for you to hear All Hands on Deck

I would forward "Bet" as the secret best song on Aquarius

That's my non 2 On fav.

xp that, far side of the moon and thug cry are so great

gonna reiterate my "this is like 'what if Ciara was actually any good'" comment from the tracks poll

I liked "2 On" but thought I wouldn't be able to sit through an entire album; clearly I was wrong

ciara is actually good

Far Side of the Moon has consistently been the one that turns me into jelly.

disliking ciara is the mark of a scoundrel

what omg how do you hear "Body Party" and think "this isn't good"

I think my non-"2 On" fave is "Feels Like Vegas."

well, 19 people did, including me and several others on this board

Yeah, curious about how this bit of misinformation has been haunting me (and it's been haunting me, I love this album)

"thug cry" was co-written by kalenna!

Actually embarrassed I missed the Tinashe album last year.

what omg how do you hear "Body Party" and think "this isn't good"

Because it's an ill-conceived, poorly-arranged mess sung by a wispy-voiced tone-deaf chipmunk

'Thug Cry' is my favourite, it suddenly made total sense when I discovered the Kalenna connection. I like 'Bet' as well, finally a non-terrible use for Dev Hynes.

I think ~you're~ the tone-deaf chipmunk, mister

iirc i voted for this higher than i did in my p&j ballot bc it is an exceedingly charming and rich album

http://i.imgur.com/W9HMd6p.jpg

4 OWEN PALLETT In Conflict [1,297 points, 37 votes, 4 first place votes]

yay owen!!

the hometown hero

Yay! Such a good album.

TOO LOW

lol at handwringing about misogyny in rap with the right hand and cheerleading indie rock (some of the most institutionalised misogy music going) with the left

tinashe record is amazing. a real sleeper.

"indigo child" and "far side of the moon" >>>>>>>>

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:31 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"indigo child" is SO great

Liking this Tinashe on first listen, cheers!

It took me a fair while to fully appreciate this although I always thought the production and arrangements were top-drawer, now I love the whole thing.

I had problems connecting to Heartland but this is such a complete album, from the surprise Joe Hisaishi interlude in the opening track I was hooked

<3 that weirdly cute cover art for some reason

#bless

Tinashe - Aquarius (out October 7 2014)

This thread has like 3 posts in it

― 龜, Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:28 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This thread is a funny read as people slowly change their minds.

damn, was hoping this would win

Yes! My #1. In the two magazine critics' polls I voted in I was the only voter.

I don't know how many times I've played "The Riverbed" this year (my last.fm stats appear to be broken)

My #3, a truly brilliant & emotionally consuming work - in a really good year, one of the standouts - amazing from start to finish. Great live too. NYC in for a treat this evening.

And yeah, too low :P

This thread is a funny read as people slowly change their minds.

― rob, Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:57 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i didn't realise it was one of my favourite albums of the year until after it had become one of my favourite albums of the year; you called it lived-in, which is otm and crucial, but it felt like you could live in it too. cocoon-like. and have a little dance every so often