a balm for the eyes in comparison!
― imago, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
here are the top 10s from past ILX album polls
2014 for me if I had to POO.
― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
2018 and 2015 are my faves, in that order
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
the latter really only hampered by gr*mes
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
This is fun. I apparently started keeping google docs of records I bought/listened to in '09, so here are my faves from 2010 - 2012 (only looking at those for now since I remember them being particularly pivotal years for me, musically):
2010Xiu Xiu, Dear God, I Hate MyselfMount Kimbie, Crooks & LoversFlying Lotus, CosmogrammaErykah Badu, Nu-Amerykah Part TwoJames Blake, CMYK EPJames Blake, The Bells Sketch EPJames Blake, Klavierwerke EPBig Boi, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico DustyFantastic Mr Fox, Evelyn EPTeebs, ArdourEskmo s/tActress, Splazsh
2011Low, C’monJames Blake, s/tJonwayne, BowserLapalux, Many Faces Out of Focus EPLiturgy, AestheticaForest Swords, Dagger Paths (reissued in '11)Young Montana, LimerenceShlohmo, Bad VibesBalam Acab, Wander/WonderRustie, Glass Swords
2012Shigeto, LineageShlohmo, Vacation EPGrimes, VisionsActress, R.I.P.Ryan Hemsworth, Last Words EPFlying Lotus, Until the Quiet ComesMirel Wagner, s/t
It's got to be 2010, what an incredible year for my personal canon. I would have thought 2012 would have been stronger without looking back.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
2011 is close behind though!
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
Here are RYM's top 10s, 4 the lulz:
2010
1. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy2. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma3. Beach House – Teen Dream4. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me5. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs6. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz7. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening8. The National – High Violet9. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest10. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
2011
1. Danny Brown – XXX2. C418 – Minecraft: Volume Alpha3. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues4. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 19725. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake6. Grouper – A I A: Alien Observer7. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica8. Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy9. Kendrick Lamar – Section.8010. Giles Corey – Giles Corey
2012
1. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city2. Death Grips – The Money Store3. Swans – The Seer4. Franck Ocean – channel ORANGE5. Tame Impala – Lonerism6. Beach House – Bloom7. Lil Ugly Mane – Mista Thug Isolation8. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…9. Death Grips – No Love Deep Web10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
2013
1. Kanye West – Yeezus2. Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork3. Tim Hecker – Virgins4. Deafheaven – Sunbather5. Ichiko Aoba – 06. Jon Hopkins – Immunity7. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City8. Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven9. Gorguts – Colored Sands10. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels
2014
1. Swans – To Be Kind2. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata3. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 24. D'Angelo and The Vanguard – Black Messiah5. Sun Kil Moon – Benji6. Death Grips – Niggas on the Moon: The Powers That B Disc 17. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – I'm in Your Mind Fuzz8. Masakatsu Takagi – Kagayaki9. Flying Lotus – You're Dead!10. Widdly 2 Diddly – LISA Soundtrack
2015
1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly2. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell3. Death Grips – The Powers That B4. Carly Rae Jepsen – EMOTION5. Death Grips – Jenny Death: The Powers That Be Disc 26. Travis Scott – Rodeo7. Julia Holter – Have You in My Wilderness8. Joanna Newsom – Divers9. Earl Sweatshirt – I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside10. Mgła – Exercises in Futility
2016
1. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition2. David Bowie – Blackstar3. Frank Ocean – Blonde4. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool5. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service6. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo7. Death Grips – Bottomless Pit8. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial9. Swans – The Glowing Man10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
2017
1. Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy2. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me3. Brockhampton – Saturation II4. Kendrick Lamar – Damn.5. Brockhampton – Saturation III6. Shoji Meguro – Persona5 Original Soundtrack7. Keiichi Okabe & Keigo Hoashi – NieR: Automata Original Soundtrack8. Angelo Badalemnti – Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series Soundtrack9. Brockhampton – Saturation10. Lorde – Melodrama
2018
1. Kids See Ghosts2. Daughters – You Won't Get What You Want3. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs4. Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy5. Pusha T – Daytona6. Denzel Curry – TA13OO7. Against All Logic – 2012-20178. MGMT – Little Dark Age9. Death Grips – Year of the Snitch10. JPEGMAFIA – Veteran
2019
1. Tyler, the Creator – Igor2. Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising3. JPEGMAFIA – All My Heroes Are Cornballs4. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Bandana5. FKA twigs – Magdalene6. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell!7. Little Simz – Grey Area8. black midi – Schlagenheim9. British Sea Power – Disco Elysium10. Danny Brown – uknowhatimsayin¿
― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
saturation indeed
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
I don't go to RYM but I take it's just a playground for the Fantano/4chan crowd, yeah?
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
Yes and no. Once you move past the top 40, it becomes considerably more interesting in terms of potential finds. You should check out our very own RYM thread. We recently discussed this very problem.
― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
2. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think - and Sometimes I Just Sit
2 A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
9. Earl Sweatshirt – I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
10 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
7 The 1975 - I like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
Album titles got really wordy in the 2010s.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 00:44 (four years ago) link
RYM used to be way better pre-fantano. Several music subreddits like indieheads and RYM have been negatively affected by his influence imho.
That said I agree RYM is better when you get rid of the top 40 or so, the best way to find stuff you might like in there is to follow at least 20 people that give 5 stars to albums you find interesting and sort by friends’ ratings.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 01:02 (four years ago) link
the best way to find stuff you might like in there is to follow at least 20 people that give 5 stars to albums you find interesting and sort by friends’ ratings
Sound advice.
― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 01:16 (four years ago) link
To compare this is the top 10 albums of all time based on the ratings of 30+ people I follow:
1. The Velvet Underground & Nico - s/t2. Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady3. Coltrane - a love supreme4. MBV - loveless5. Talking Heads - remain in light6. J dilla - donuts7. Pharoah Sanders - karma8. The Velvet Underground - s/t9. Talk talk - laughing stock10. Kate bush - hounds of love
There’s no Pink Floyd in the top 40, OK computer which is #1 on the usual list is also missing. Kid A is in #27 instead of #2.
The two albums that are also in the rym top 10 from those are velvet underground and nico and loveless. I’m actually not against that top 10 as the best of all time and I find the overall top 40 very agreeable. I Imagine I follow a couple of people who are big into Leonard Cohen as I have two of his albums in the top 40 and, even though I don’t hate them I don’t think I’d have them in a top 100. I need to follow more people into Stereolab.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 02:48 (four years ago) link
2018 or 2015 if we're going by ILM-type music though I gotta confess 2012-2014, my peak k-pop/j-pop listening years, brought me so much pure pop pleasure and euphoria.
― Roz, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 13:00 (four years ago) link
2013 was the rare year (post-teens) with four albums that have been ongoing steady sources of pleasure for me: Stara Rzeka, Cate Le Bon, Fire! Orchestra and A Hawk and a Hacksaw.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
These guys and Beirut are the Bram Stokers of Eastern European folk music.
― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
I added up stuff from my personal decade canon just now.
2014 has a strong lead for singles/tracks -- not what I expected.2010, 2012, and 2015 are tied for albums.
Adding the totals together, 2010 is my overall winner.
If I include reissues, the winner changes to 2012. But I probably should not include those. So it's 2010.
The numbers go down a lot starting in 2016 despite many strong favorites in the past 4-5 years.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
most of my favs of the decade came out in 2010-2013 though that's probably mostly because i was spending more time keeping up with new releases back then
voted 2011 because of kaputt
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
Stara Rzeka is the Eastern European Bram Stoker of American Primitive guitar.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
I'm cool with that.
― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
2015 for me.
Wolf Alice - My Love Is CoolCarly Rae Jepsen - EmotionGrimes - Art AngelsFailure - My Heart Is A MonsterVeruca Salt - Ghost NotesSleater Kinney - No Cities to Love
― peace, man, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
i think i'm basing my 2012 entirely on how much i enjoyed Scott Walker's 'Bish Bosch' and Swans' 'The Seer' at the time. That said BB came out right at the end of the year, and I have major issues with Swans these days and can't really listen to them any more. So maybe 2013 is a better year? Shaking The Habitual came out and it seemed to solidify everything I was into up to and including that point.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:53 (four years ago) link
I should really keep all my EOY ballots in a single spreadsheet
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
Three makes a trend: Why did Hawk and a Hacksaw, Nicholas Jaar and Aram Bajakian all create alternate soundtracks to Parajanov films between 2013-2015? Are there more?
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link
imo This makes more sense as a current reassessment as opposed to just re-reading the way we thought in January of the following year. A lot of the music that makes me feel some nostalgia today is the same stuff that fell outside of my top 10s at the time, or discoveries from a year or two after their release.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 16:49 (four years ago) link
I guess that's a plus for RYM -- all of those top 10s are current.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
Is no one gonna vote for 2014 lol
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
personally, 2010 by a landslide
― gaudio, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
I'll certainly consider 2014, for Neneh Cherry alone
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
And was involved in at least two excellent albums in 2017 (Zimpel / Ziolek and The Luminous Guitar Craft of Alameda Duo).
Why do people dunk on millennials.
― kvetches of spain (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
I did. D'Angelo, Aphex Twin, Run the Jewels, Grouper, Spectral Lore, Robert Rich, John Luther Adams, Behemoth… All albums I still listen to.
― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
Ziolek's upcoming collaborative project, Clinamen, is excellent. Kinda moving towards Owen Pallett art-song territory.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
I'm a fan. The Alameda 4 record (2018) is wicked as well.
― kvetches of spain (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
yeah that is the ziolek pinnacle imo (a controversial belief i'm sure!)
― imago, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
2015 for me.Wolf Alice - My Love Is CoolCarly Rae Jepsen - EmotionGrimes - Art AngelsFailure - My Heart Is A MonsterVeruca Salt - Ghost NotesSleater Kinney - No Cities to Love― peace, man, Wednesday, August 12, 2020 3:51 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― peace, man, Wednesday, August 12, 2020 3:51 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
forgot about Screaming Females - Rose Mountain
― peace, man, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
every year is a best year for music- Bob Marley
But since ILM polls are all about Year of Impact I will go with 2012, which was a ground zero year for me, musically speaking.The 00s were the first decade I was no longer really on top of the music I liked. I started buying fewer and fewer cds. Only after I got internet at home in 2008, I slowly started getting back into gear. YouTube, last.fm and Spotify on the listening side, and FreakyTrigger, The Singles Jukebox and yes, ILM on the reading side were instrumental in this. But it wasn’t until late 2011 that I started actively exploring new genres and downloading new music.In 2012, not only did I get into Kpop, much more importantly I discovered Ghanaian azonto and in its slipstream all kinds of other African pop, and it blew my mind. I never looked back, almost literally.(Lots of this was actually music from 2011 or even earlier, but hey: year of impact)Anyway, Bob Marley was right. Silly poll.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 13 August 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
So I pulled up the Top 25 "Best of the Decade" Albums & Tracks lists I made at the end of 2019 -- gave each Top 10 appearance a score of 2 and each "next 15" appearance a score of 1. Here's how the combined scores hashed out:
2010: 62011: 82012: 62013: 11 (7/11 from Albums)2014: 92015: 72016: 14 (11/14 from Tracks)2017: 42018: 52019: 0
― Indexed, Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:19 (four years ago) link
Interestingly my top 2 albums were both released in 2010 and my top 2 tracks were both released in 2011.
― Indexed, Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
A bit odd that the first Stsra Rzeka album gets so many mentions since it was basically the 2nd SR album + To Pimp a Butterfly that caused me to vote for 2015
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 14 August 2020 09:57 (four years ago) link
does everyone actually remember what year stuff came out or do you look it up? cuz honestly I could not tell you if something came out in 2014 or 2016
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
lousy smarch albums
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:02 (four years ago) link
I look it up unless it's one of my GOATs.
xp
― pomenitul, Friday, 14 August 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link
I have no idea when most things came out
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
Mine was 2011 because of this astounding run:
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter OneCorrupted - Garten der Unbewusstheit Hallock Hill - The UnionBlues Control & Laraaji - FRKWYS Vol. 8Petrels - Haeligewielle Rob St. John - WealdRoly Porter - AftertimeDean McPhee - Son of the Black PeaceDestroyer - KaputtMeg Baird - Seasons on Earth
Yikes.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 17 August 2020 10:14 (four years ago) link
I can definitely reel off release dates for albums released before I was born much easier than I can the 2010s.
― Chris L, Monday, 17 August 2020 10:19 (four years ago) link
― flappy bird, Sunday, 27 September 2020 06:45 (four years ago) link