ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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

tinashe record is sounding fantastic, def living up to the hype (which a few things from today did not at all)

predicting the order of the top 3 to go

3. t-swift
2. f-twigs
1. d-angelo

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

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:59 PM (22 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally agreed, it's quite a deep album and needs exploring. I just found it funny how literally it enacts the idea of the album as a "slow burner" as the start of the thread is quite negative. I do wonder if D-40 ever came around on it?

3. D'Angelo
2. T-Swift
1. Twigs

Is my guess.

I want Twigs to win but I don't see it happening

I have to listen to this album. I've gotten very into "The Riverbed" (and fantastic video) since last week.

lex's order looks right

swift will win i think

Yes! OWEN!

http://i.imgur.com/0CwAvMr.jpg

3 FKA TWIGS LP1 [1,509 points, 43 votes, 2 first place votes]

1989 for the top spot

XP

did tay tay fan vote in the albums poll? lol

this was my no. 1 for so long, until another album got released last month.

"Two Weeks" is amazing but I didn't find myself revisiting the album very often.

i think more ILMers *love* d'angelo than really like taylor swift. could be wrong.

good for fucka twigs.

fka twigs just barely made my ballot but it's rare that these sorts of records appeal to me at all so i consider it one of the year's big pleasant surprises.