ILM 2023 Albums Poll Ballots/Stats/Banter/Recriminations Thread

post your ballots, banter and recriminations pertaining to our 2023 albums poll on this thread

here's seandalai's spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gbicMm4-Pq76qYSx9ycR544MKJo2gxMcC-OVnrMzhm8/edit?usp=sharing
let me know if it works or I'll copy paste on another sheet and share

albums poll:
ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2023

tracks poll:

ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2023
ILM 2023 Tracks Poll Ballots/Stats/Banter/Recriminations Thread

mixed ballot, bold didn't place:

Jim Legxacy - homeless n*gga pop music
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
Chuquimamani-Condori - DJ E
Liv.e - Girl in the Half Pearl
Lamp - Dawn to Dusk
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World

sampha - lahai
PAS TASTA - GOOD POP
lil soft tennis - i have a wing
Westerman - An Inbuilt Fault
diana starshine - fairy pop
Algiers - Shook
The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does
Squid - O Monolith
empty country - empty country ii
Christine & The Queens - Paranoia, Angels, True Love
Mike - Burning Desire
Asake - Work of Art
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Laura Groves - Radio Red
Katie Dey – Never Falter Hero Girl
Tinashe – BB/ANG3L
ML Buch - Suntub

thanks for the running of the polls!

my albums (weighted, bold placed)

Kylie Minogue - Tension
Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer
Maara - The Ancient Truth
Helena Hauff - Fabric Presents Helena Hauff
Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
Brigid Mae Power - Dream from the Deep Well
Kelela - Raven
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
Andrea - Due in Color
Brennen Leigh - Ain't Through Honky Tonkin' Yet
Purelink - Signs
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
The War and Treaty - Lover's Game
Overmono - Good Lies
Lankum – False Lankum
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
a.s.o. - a.s.o.
Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))
Boygenius - The Record
Romy - Mid Air
Yu Su - I Want An Earth
K-Lone - Swells
Deena Abdelwahed - Jbal Rrsas جبل الرصاص
Yeule - Softscars

spreadsheet link doesn't work

Yeah, it says we have to request access.

oops seandalai probably has it as invite only... ok here it is:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bhVqzReyXuIgMm9sYvnDfuTEdZGuAjvCOhJB0hFM_Bc/edit?usp=sharing

is it working now?

Ranked ballot, bold placed

Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Paramore - This Is Why
Animal Collective - Isn’t It Now?
New Pagans - Making Circles of Our Own
Laurel Halo - Atlas
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
Tinashe – BB/ANG3L
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
Kelela - Raven
billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time
Jayda G - Guy
Niecy Blues – Exit Simulation
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Guided by Voices - Welshpool Frillies
Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other
Joanne Robertson - Blue Car
Victoria Monet - Jaguar II
Eddie Chacon - Sundown
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed
Jamila Woods – Water made us
Norm Archer - Splitting the Bill
Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm

Mixed, bold placed.

The Tubs - Dead Meat
Romy - Mid Air
Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada
The National - Laugh Track
Courtesy - fra euforiq
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
Sparks - The Girl is Crying in Her Latte
Everything But the Girl - Fuse
Brandy Clark - Brandy Clark
Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling

Amaarae - Fountain Baby
The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore
L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog
Låpsley - Cautionary Tales of Youth
Jenny Lewis - Joy Y’all
Cloth - Secret Measure
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Billy Nomates - Cacti
New Pornographers - Continue as a Guest
Vitalic - Disco Boy OST
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Building A New Town EP
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
The Bathers - Sirenesque
Jayda G - Guy

weighted

Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
Youth Lagoon – Heaven is a Junkyard
Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
Mui Zyu – Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century
Katie Dey – Never Falter Hero Girl
Zoon – Bekka Ma’iingan
Melati ESP – Hipernatural
Niecy Blues – Exit Simulation
Bas Jan – Back to the Swamp
Everything But the Girl - Fuse
Bar Italia – Tracey Denim
Danny Brown – Quaranta
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
Loraine James – Gentle Confrontation
ML Buch - Suntub
Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus
Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer
Mr. Fingers - Around the Sun pt.2
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows
Iris DeMent - Workin' on a World
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
Actress - LXXXVIII
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire
Kid Koala - Creatures of the Late Afternoon

Fire-Toolz - I am upset because I see something that is not there.
Katie Dey – Never Falter Hero Girl
MXLX - Saint
cori&her - Anadromous Squelch
Bob Drake - The Room in the Tower
L'Rain - I Titled Your Album
Hannah Diamond - Perfect Picture
Kostnateni - Upal
The Astronauts - LP
Tirzah - trip9love...???

Victory Over The Sun - Dance, You Monster, To My Soft Song
Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute
billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
Dodheimsgard - Black Medium Current
Sarmat - Determined To Strike
Patricia Taxxon - TECHDOG 5
Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Alice Longyu Gao - Let's Hope Heteros Fail, Learn, And Retire
Jute Gyte - Unus Mundus Patet
Kiran Leonard - River Holds Peace, Some Live
Sparks - The Girl is Crying in Her Latte
Jellyskin - In Brine
Jim Legxacy - homeless n*gga pop music
Lý Trang - Syenite
Algiers - Shook

quite amused at how stuffed with placed AND sole entries this is

Weighted bold placed

Billy Woods - Maps
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
bar italia - Tracey Denim
Oozing Wound - We Cater For Cowards
Lankum - False Lankum
The Clientele - I am not there anymore
Actress - LXXXVIII
Laurel Halo - Atlas
The Waeve - s/t
ML Búch - Suntub
Nabihah Iqbal - DREAMER
Drop Nineteens - Hard Light
Say She She - Silver
Mark Barrott - Johatsu
Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here
James Holden - Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities
Fire Toolz - I am upset because I see something that is not there

Mixed. Bold placed.

Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
Amaarae – Fountain Baby
Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
Lankum – False Lankum
Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))
Paramore – This is Why
Tomb Mold – The Enduring Spirit
Tinashe – BB/ANG3L
Verde Prato – Adoretua

Jamila Woods – Water made us
James Holden – Imagine this is a high dimensional space of all possibilities
Tirzah – trip9love…???
Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows
Irreversible Entanglements – Protect your light
Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice
Kali Uchis – Red Moon in Venus
Kelela – Raven
The Tubs – Dead Meat
Rogé – Curyman
Caroline Polachek – Desire, I want to turn into you
Say She She - Silver
Horrendous – Ontological Mysterium
Erik Hall – Canto Ostinato
Arooj Aftab, Viyaj Iyer & Shazhad Ismaily – Love in Exile
Bar Italia – Tracey Denim

A few things which surprised me at how low they placed; Pinkpantheress, Blur, Depeche Mode, Jlin, Christine & the Queens.

is it working now?

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 1 February 2024

Yes, second link works, thanks.

after being pretty idiosyncratic on the songs ballot, i was absolutely a hiveminder on this one. 9 of my top 10 made it, 16 overall.

mixed ballot, bold did not place

Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
veeze - ganger
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
The Tubs - Dead Meat
Jonny Nash - Point Of Entry
Amaarae - Fountain Baby
ML Buch - Suntub
Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
Bar Italia – Tracey Denim
Lankum – False Lankum

Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - *1
Sampha - Lahai
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Being Dead - When Horses Would Run
babyface ray - summer's mine
Laurel Halo - Atlas
pépe - reclaim
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
sexyy red - hood hottest princess
marina herlop - nekkuja
Asake - Work of Art
leo takami - next door
Youth Lagoon – Heaven is a Junkyard

three loners were sexyy red, pépe, and leo takami

Oozing Wound - We Cater For Cowards
The Waeve - s/t

These two would have been on my ballot had I had time to finish it, just glad to see someone else calling these two out!

ranked ballot, bold did not place

Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED!
Tirzah - trip9love​.​.​.​?​?​?
Vanishing Twin - Afternoon X
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Alison Goldfrapp - The Love Invention
Laurel Halo - Atlas
Modern Cosmology - What Will You Grow Now?
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
Belbury Poly - The Path
Blank Banshee - 4D
Hannah Diamond - Perfect Picture
Suzanne Ciani & Jonathan Fitoussi - Golden Apples of the Sun
Oneohtrix Point Never - Again
100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
Decisive Pink - Ticket To Fame
Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure
Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
Deerhoof - Miracle-Level
George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Ya
Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))
Geese - 3D Country
John Zorn (Brian Barsella / Ches Smith / Jorge Roeder / Julian Lage) - Full Fathom Five
Alan Palomo - World of Hassle

xp The Waeve = best Blur related release this year. I can only assume most ilxors havent heard it.

Weighted, bold DNP. Young Fathers is the one I'm most surprised at missing the cut.

Amaarae - Fountain Baby
Jaimie Branch - fly or die fly or die fly or die ((world war))
Caroline Polachek - Desire I Want to Turn Into You
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Boygenius - The Record
Creeper - Sanguivore
Laurel Halo - Atlas
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
Allison Russell - The Returner
William Tyler & the Impossible Truth - Secret Stratosphere
Margo Price - Strays
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Laura Groves - Radio Red
Rose City Band - Garden Party
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
The Tubs - Dead Meat
Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - Destiny
Purelink - Signs
Blonde Redhead - Sit Down for Dinner
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
Dina Ogon - Oas

The one on my ballot I'm really weirded out by is Algiers getting 2 votes total with (imo) their clear best album

weighted ballot, placed, sole vote

PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Laura Groves - Radio Red
Everything But the Girl - Fuse
Meg Baird - Furling
Laurel Halo - Atlas
Tara Clerkin Trio — On The Turning Ground
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Titanic - Vidrio
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Kelela - Raven
a.s.o. - a.s.o.
Position Normal - Modern and Unique
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute
Susanne Sundfør - blómi
Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
Call Super - Eulo Cramps
L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog
Niecy Blues – Exit Simulation
The Tubs - Dead Meat
Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter & Alex Temple - Behind the Wallpaper
Sparks - The Girl is Crying in Her Latte
Jana Horn - The Window is the Dream
Yazmin Lacey - Voice Notes

Very hivemind this year, really strong year overall! Huge appreciation to Moka and sean.

Weighted, bold = placed, italics = sole voter (most of these are no surprise; the exception is the Hersh LP, which I didn't nominate and thought would do better)

Gazelle Twin - Black Dog
Various Artists - ERR REC Library Vol.4: Sport & Physical Activity
Me Lost Me - RPG
Dawn Richard - The Architect
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Building A New Town EP

Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - The Nation’s Most Central Location
Karen Vogt - Le Mans

Everyday Dust - Gateway X
Kate NV - WOW
The Rowan Amber Mill - The Haunted Future Silence Bequeathed
Vanishing Twin - Afternoon X
Paul Cousins - Vanishing Artefacts
Twilight Sequence - Outline of Nature
Cate Brooks - Easel Studies
Kristin Hersh - Clear Pond Road

Cruel Diagonals - Fractured Whole

The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does

Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice

Onepointwo - Cycles
Kosmischer Läufer - The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83, Volume Five
Belbury Poly - The Path
MEMORIALS - Music For Film: Tramps! / Women Against The Bomb

Modern Cosmology - What Will You Grow Now?

Tobor Experiment - Available Forms

Blazing Worlds – Blazing Worlds


The one on my ballot I'm really weirded out by is Algiers getting 2 votes total with (imo) their clear best album

everyone else just forgot about them i guess but yeah it's their best

mixed ballot, bold placed:

Oneohtrix Point Never - Again
Mandy, Indiana - i've seen a way
Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute
James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
Tirzah - trip9love​.​.​.​?​?​?

Liturgy - 93696
Sextile - Push
Gazelle Twin - Black Dog
Das Koolies - DK.01
Depeche Mode - Memonto Mori
Deena Abdelwahed - Jbal Rrsas جبل الرصاص
Helena Hauff - Fabric Presents Helena Hauff
Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED!
Rian Treanor & Ocen James - Saccades
caterina barbieri - Myuthafoo
Actress - LXXXVIII
Maara - The Ancient Truth
Tzusing - 绿帽 Green Hat
Jlin - Perspective

did anyone vote for black classical music?

75 points, 3 votes

oh right there’s a spreadsheet d’oh ty

Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
bLaurel Halo - Atlas
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
The Tubs - Dead Meat
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
Amaarae - Fountain Baby
Behold The Arctopus - Interstellar Overtrove
Decisive Pink - Ticket To Fame
Being Dead - When Horses Would Run
Esther Rose - Safe to Run
Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss
Ragana - Desolation's Flower
Ulthar - Helionomicon
Tirzah - trip9love...???
North Americans - Long Cool World
Mystic 100's - On a Micro Diet
Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed
Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada
L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog
Jute Gyte - Unus Mundus Patet
Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
William Tyler & the Impossible Truth - Secret Stratosphere
The Hirs Collective - We're Still Here

Is that spreadsheet supposed to have voter stats etc on it, or is that seperate?

gman59 - that's a great ballot, nice to see Ragana, Krallice, Behold the Arctopus and Mystic 100s on there.

didn't put as much thought into this as i should but...

Bar Italia – Tracey Denim
Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept - s/t
Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed
Universal Harmonies and Frequencies - Tune In
Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer
Polygonia - Otro Mundo
Akasha System - Phytopia
Wata Igarashi - Agartha
Tirzah - trip9love​.​.​.​?​?​?
Yves Tumor - Praise A God Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
Nathan Micay - To The God Named Dream
DJ Gigola - Fluid Meditations
marina herlop - nekkuja
Loraine James – Gentle Confrontation

bold = placed
italics = only lonely voter

Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))
Snooper – super snooper
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
Various Artists - Gespensterland
Abi Ooze - Julia's Apartment (Demos)
Lau Nau - Aphrilis
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - These Things Remain Unassigned
Amen Seat - S/T
Animal Collective - Isn’t It Now?
Catherine Christer Hennix - Solo for Tamburium
Daniel Bachman - When the Roses Come Again
Gina Birch - I Play My Bass Loud
Edward Ka-Spel - A Carrington Event
Sparks - The Girl is Crying in Her Latte
Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling
The Necks - Travel
Waclaw Zimpel - Train Spotter
Liquids - Songs
Nicole Mitchell - Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Sway
Stephen Vitiello - Soundtracks for Andrew Deutsch
Shirley Collins - Archangel Hill
Six Organs Of Admittance - Sleep Tones
Arthur Russell - Picture of Bunny Rabbit
Barbara Manning - Charm of Yesterday…Convenience of Tomorrow
HOUSE Of ALL - HOUSE Of ALL

Universal Harmonies and Frequencies - Tune In

^ this was two polish jazz dudes working with Hieroglyphic Being, two worlds coming together in a very cool way. some people might like it maybe?
https://yeyehninih.bandcamp.com/album/tune-in

Jonny Nash - Point Of Entry
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Greg Foat & Gigi Masin - Dolphin
Andrea - Due in Color
Laurel Halo - Atlas
Tinashe – BB/ANG3L
Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute
Kelela - Raven
Maara - The Ancient Truth
Eddie Chacon - Sundown
Various Artists - 10 (Music From Memory)
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
caterina barbieri - Myuthafoo
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
a.s.o. - a.s.o
George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Ya
Dream Dolphin - Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996-2003)
Decisive Pink - Ticket To Fame
Oneohtrix Point Never - Again
James Holden – Imagine this is a high dimensional space of all possibilities
Barker - Unfixed
Actress - LXXXVIII
Surgeon - Crash Recoil
The Necks - Travel

messed up the formatting, italics placed. thank you pollrunners

Mixed Ballot. Bold DNP.

Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over
Feist - Multitudes
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - Destiny
Lankum – False Lankum
Noname - Sundial
Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight

Kelela - Raven
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Asake - Work of Art
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
Jamila Woods – Water made us
ML Buch - Suntub
Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental
Purelink - Signs
Indigo de Souza - All of This Will End
The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does
Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
Bully - Lucky for You
Allison Russell - The Returner
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

gman59 - that's a great ballot, nice to see Ragana, Krallice, Behold the Arctopus and Mystic 100s on there.

thanks. always trying to get some more metal-y albums into these polls

Mixed Ballot, Bold placed, Italics Single Voter

Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - *1
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
Overmono - Good Lies
Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques, Vol. 1
Croatian Amor - A Part of You in Everything
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
Kelela - Raven
Snow Ghosts - The Fell
Weval - Remember
dj manny - hypnotized
Mahti - Musiikki 1
hana Cleveland - Manzanita
Sigur Rós - ÁTTA
Packed Rich - Warped Fields
Rrose - Please Touch
Kahn & Neek - Lupus et ursus
Mike - Burning Desire
Oneohtrix Point Never - Again
Loraine James – Gentle Confrontation
Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
Wata Igarashi - Agartha
upsammy - Germ in a Population of Buildings

Surprised Les Jardins Mystiques, Vol. 1 only got one vote. Snow Ghosts and DJ Manny also surprised me with only 1 vote too.

How many ballots did we have this year? I'm guessing it's pretty low?

oops that should read "Shana Cleveland" btw

about 75 xp

mixed

Various Artists - Gespensterland
Jonny Nash - Point Of Entry

a.s.o. - a.s.o.
Actress - LXXXVIII
Ben Howard - Is It?
DJ Bone - Further
DJ Trystero - Castillo
Dream Dolphin - Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996-2003)
Eddie Chacon - Sundown
Golden Hallway Music - Rules & Chance Vol 3
Holy Tongue - Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 32
Khidja - Transmissions, Parts One and Two
loscil/Lawrence English - Colours of Air
Mark Barrott - Johatsu
Oneohtrix Point Never - Again
Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer
Skyrager - Traces Of Illusions
SSIEGE - Beautiful Age
The Tubs - Dead Meat
Tzusing - 绿帽 Green Hat
V/Z – Suono Assente
Various Artists - The Chants of the Holy Oyster
Wata Igarashi - Agartha

Fire-Toolz - I am upset because I see something that is not there.
Fraads - Mosquito
GNOM - Bitumenic
NewJeans - NewJeans 2nd EP 'Get Up'
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
Rian Treanor & Ocen James - Saccades
ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Amaarae - Fountain Baby
Aperly High - Cat's-Paw
Asake - Work of Art
The Armed - Perfect Saviors
4s4ki - CODE GE4SS
Reveal Party - Favourite Person
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
Liturgy - 93696
Kong Kurs - LEGO
ML Buch - Suntub
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
Defiant Presents / Sha EK / Bandmanrill ft. MCVertt - Defiant Presents: Jiggy In Jersey
Tzusing - 绿帽 Green Hat
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept - s/t
Nondi_ - Flood City Trax
Parannoul - After the Magic
Burna Boy - I Told Them

did anyone vote for black classical music?

Their videos have never really caught me for some reason, but I'm listening to the Yussef Dayes record now and it's cool. I love that Rocco Palladino is carrying on the family business.

Mixed ballot, bold placed. Say She She being within striking distance of the 77 was nice to see also.

Amaarae - Fountain Baby
Kelela - Raven
Romy - Mid Air
Sofia Kourtesis - Madres
Say She She - Silver
Hannah Jadagu - Aperture
María José Llergo - ULTRABELLEZA
Laura Groves - Radio Red
Lucinda Chua - YIAN
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Naomi Sharon - Obsidian
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice

a.s.o. - a.s.o.
Christine and the Queens - PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE
Ehla - Pause
Jamila Woods - Water Made Us
Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
Kah-Lo - Pain/Pleasure
Lady Donli - Pan African Rockstar
Madison McFerrin - I Hope You Can Forgive Me
Susanne Sundfør - Blómi
Vagabon - Sorry I Haven't Called
Victoria Monét - Jaguar II

Weighted. Placed. Sole voter.

Yaeji - With A Hammer
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Alan Palomo - World of Hassle
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed
Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
Art School Girlfriend – Soft Landing
Poppy - Zig
L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
James Holden – Imagine this is a high dimensional space of all possibilities
Mui Zyu – Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century
Dawn Richard - The Architect
Laura Groves - Radio Red
Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer
Real Lies - Sinking Suburb
Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling
Christine & The Queens - Paranoia, Angels, True Love
Kylie Minogue - Tension
Everything But the Girl - Fuse
Tennis - Pollen
John Carroll Kirby - Blowout

Thought Poppy and CHRIS would've fared a bit better but at least half of these would be replaced if I were to listen to everything in the Top 100 as yet unheard that I suspect I will like plus a few other things I've only more recently realised I should've elevated like Clark.

Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gbicMm4-Pq76qYSx9ycR544MKJo2gxMcC-OVnrMzhm8/edit?usp=sharing
Voters: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vvVpDSN_zx3cgQqRD8_6mq0dnAQajQUmo_E_K2KtxeA/edit?usp=sharing

thank you!

Hi Raymond :)

I didn't vote for any albums but I shuffled through some of the nominations and didn't like anything.

Various Artists - 10 (Music From Memory)

I quite liked the first couple of songs on this but then it wandered into a bit of a cut de sac and I never came back to it

Kosmischer Läufer - The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83, Volume Five
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Building A New Town EP
Various Artists - ERR REC Library Vol.4: Sport & Physical Activity

These all had the same problem of all concept no content, especially the Warrington-Runcorn. Those fake projects designers make which look really nice but don't exist. The second song on the Sport record was good though, I'll try that one again

Thats not my ballot, I didn't make an albums only a songs one

Those ERR Records compilations sound interesting. Or the concepts of them:

Vol. 1 Urban Spaces
Vol. 2 Science & Technology
Vol. 3 Wildlife
Vol. 4 Sports

I love the album covers I’m seeing on that label too. Very consistent, architectural design.

Weighted ballot, bold Did Not Place.

Decisive Pink - Ticket To Fame
Kate NV - WOW
Bethan Lloyd - Metamorphosis
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - *1
Current Affairs - Off the Tongue
Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute
Codex Serafini - The Imprecation of Anima
The Organizing Committee - Communication in the Presence of Noise
L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog
Lý Trang - Syenite
Jellyskin - In Brine
Me Lost Me - RPG
Sweeping Promises - Good Living is Coming for You
Deena Abdelwahed - Jbal Rrsas جبل الرصاص
Angel Electronics - Ultra Paradise
The Tubs - Dead Meat
Hulubalang - Bunyi Bunyi Tumbal
Grecco Romank - Wet Exit
Tujiko Noriko - Crépuscule I & II
Al Karpenter & CIA Debutante - S/T
Tzusing - 绿帽 Green Hat
Mariam Resaei - Bown
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - The Nation’s Most Central Location
Mahti - Musiikki 1
Food People - Many Glorious Petals

imago was my top neighbour again, but shout out to Jeff W's ballot upthread, we've got some excellent cross-overs.

I did my ranking on the fly and forgot to save and did a weighted ballot, but oh well. bold did not place

Tzusing - 绿帽 Green Hat
The Necks - Travel
Various Artists - Imaginational Anthem Vol XI: Chrome Universal A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel
Surgeon - Crash Recoil
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
Ratboys - The Window
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - *1
Poison Ruïn - Härvest
People Skills - Hum of the Non-Engine
Patrick Wolf - Night Safari EP
Nmesh and t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 - ロ​ス​ト​エ​デ​ン​へ​の​パ​ス
Natural Information Society - Since Time Is Gravity
ML Buch - Suntub
Lý Trang - Syenite
loscil/Lawrence English - Colours of Air
Li Jianhong, Wen Zhiyongm & Deng Boyu - Les trois amis de l'hiver
Jordan Martins - Fogery Nagles
Jonny Nash - Point Of Entry
Jam City - Jam City Presents EFM
Hotline TNT - Cartwheel
HiTech - DÉTWAT
Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble - III
Daniel Bachman - When the Roses Come Again
Colin Stetson - When we were that what wept for the sea
Bar Italia – Tracey Denim

I abandoned the rollout proper on the first day (I'm afraid the "let's imagine what musicians and their fans are like instead of listening" stuff was too inane even for me) so I'll thank Moka and seandalai here instead. Your toil is much appreciated!

My exposure to ILM perennials was not particularly extensive before the voting period in 2023 and I allowed myself to vote for a bunch of no-hopers this time. Including, it turns out, inevitable sole votes on stuff nominated by others lol. The following appear to be the ones where I wasn't all alone. (* = own nomination.)

 24  billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps                 10 votes
 34  James Holden - Imagine this is a high di...      11 votes
 38  Kate NV - WOW                                     8 votes
 39  Eddie Chacon - Sundown                           10 votes
 48  The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore            7 votes
 59  JPEGMafia x Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES        7 votes
121  Rian Treanor & Ocen James - Saccades              3 votes
140  Tujiko Noriko - Crépuscule I & II                76 votes
143  V/Z - Suono Assente                               3 votes
154  Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire       4 votes
171  Mike - Burning Desire *                           3 votes
187  Titanic - Vidrio                                  2 votes
246  Enno Poppe - Prozession [Ensemble Nikel...*       2 votes
356  John Carroll Kirby - Blowout *                    2 votes

Amongst other stuff rating a mention I was broadly down with the ML Buch, Tirzah, Decisive Pink, Actress, Kali Uchis, L’Rain, Say She She, Loraine James, Tkay Maidza and Liv.e albums but mostly made do with track votes.

Surprised the Bachman, Jam City, and NIS didn't place. the rest are a little more idioscyncratic to my taste.

XP: lol, sorry, catastrophic text processing failure will bug me forever if I don't fix it:

Tujiko Noriko - Crépuscule I & II 76 votes 3 votes

My ballot, bold placed, italics sole voter:

Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
Amaarae - Fountain Baby
Bruce - Not Ready For Love
Cloth - Secret Measure
Popular Music – Minor Works
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed
Tinashe – BB/ANG3L
Kesha - Gag Order
Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute
Bullant - Late Life Circ
Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
Baaba Maal - Being
JPEGMafia x Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
Ratboys - The Window
Velvet Negroni - Bulli
Sam Goku - The Things We See When We Look Closer
Laura Groves - Radio Red
Flesh & The Dream - Choose Mortality
Kelela - Raven
The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does
[i]Sarathy Korwar - KAL (Real World)[/b]
Boygenius - The Record

I really should hype the Popular Music album more given it is (or should be) total ILM catnip.

mixed

Mark Vernon - Call Back Carousel
Simon Scott - Long Drove
loscil/Lawrence English- Colours of Air

Asleep Country - Fake Opulent
Amber Meulenijzer - Saab Fanfare
buttechno & Triš - In Your Head
Croatian Amor - A Part of You in Everything
Cruel Diagonals - Fractured Whole
Flower Storm - Yek
Holly Waxwing - The New Pastoral
Ital Tek - Timeproof
Jonquera - La Croix des Cros
KRMU - Dissolution Grip
Leaving Laurel - when the quiet comes
Meredith Bates - Tesseract
Moritz von Oswald - Silencio
Nate Scheible - plume
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective- *1
SSIEGE - Beautiful Age
Stefana Fratila - I want to leave this Earth behind
Sudden Voices - Sudden Voices
Thom Nguyên - The Summer Passed in Monotone
Tongue Depressor - Bones For Time
Waclaw Zimpel - Train Spotter
Water Damage - 2 Songs

only had one placement in the 77 (rắn cạp)
fav discovery of the poll so far is the necks

thank you moka / seandalai

Cory Hanson - Western Cum
Ryan Bourne - Plant City
Joanna Sternberg - I've Got Me
The Tubs - Dead Meat
Bong Wish - Hazy Road
Brennen Leigh - Ain't Through Honky Tonkin' Yet
Brontez Purnell - Confirmed Bachelor
Checkpoint - Drift
Powers/Pulice/Rolin - Prism
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - These Things Remain Unassigned
Fire-Toolz - I am upset because I see something that is not there.
Mitski - This Land Is Inhospitable & So Am I
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - *1
Origami Angel - The Brightest Days
Arbor Labor Union - Yonder
Krano - Lentius Profundius Suavius
Lankum – False Lankum

(ranked ballot, italics sole voter)

mixed

Ratboys - The Window
Hotline TNT – Cartwheel
Laurel Halo - Atlas
Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Love in Exile
Rogê – Curyman
Melenas - Ahora
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))
Hayden Pedigo – The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored
En Attendant Ana – Principia
Lankum – False Lankum
Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
Mitski - This Land Is Inhospitable & So Am I
Kelela – Raven
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
a.s.o. - a.s.o.
Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental
Being Dead - When Horses Would Run
JPEGMafia x Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES

As is my tradition, I put my ballot together in the google form and don't have a copy of it, but it was unweighted and looked something like this:

The Necks - Travel
Holly Waxwing - The New Pastoral
Coen - Slop, Drop & Roll (Maloca)
Kendrick Scott - Corridors (Blue Note)
Daniel Ake - Green Thumb
Lukas Traxel - One-Eyed Daruma
Metrist - Pollen pt. III (Timedance)
Mark Giuliana - Mischief
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Undercover: Live at the Village Vanguard
Autechre - Sydney 8/27/2023 bootleg
DJ Znobia - Inventor vol. 1 (Nyege Nyege)
John Zorn (Brian Barsella / Ches Smith / Jorge Roeder / Julian Lage) - Full Fathom Five
Daniel Villarreal - Lados B (International Anthem)
Barker - Unfixed EP
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band - Kings Highway
aya and BFTT - Up and At Them! EP
Chris Potter - Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard
Rasmus Oppenhagen Krogh - Until Then
Dave Easley - Ballads
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Undercover: Live at the Village Vanguard
Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair - Set the Roof EP
Judgitzu - Sator Arepo (Nyege Nyege )
Lamin Fofana and the Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family - s/t
Holy Tongue, Beatrice Dillon, Lamin Fofana, LABOUR - s/t

found my ballot:

AMAKA - OASIS
Andrea - Due in Color
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Ben Howard - Is It?
Call Super - Eulo Cramps
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Cleo Sol - Gold
Dasha Rush - Contemplating
Decisive Pink - Ticket To Fame
Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over
Eddie Chacon - Sundown
George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Ya
Gonubie - Signals at Both Ears
Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
K-Lone - Swells
Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
Mandaworld - For Emotional Use Only
ML Buch - Suntub
Munya - Jardin
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept - s/t
Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
Speakers Corner Quartet - Further Out Than The Edge
Tinashe – BB/ANG3L
Tirzah - trip9love . . . ? ? ?

bold placed... I think I voted for ML Buch by accident because I had only heard a song off of it and just started listening to it after the poll. lol anyways the songs I heard sounded good and would have probably voted for it if I had heard it before.

These all had the same problem of all concept no content, especially the Warrington-Runcorn. Those fake projects designers make which look really nice but don't exist.
lol, all of these were my nominees. Thanks, saer :) Obviously I voted for the non-existent content.

I love the album covers I’m seeing on that label (ERR-REC) too. Very consistent, architectural design.
Agreed. It's all done by one of the label owners, the partner of the guy who sources/curates (and occasionally makes) the music. There's a good match between design and the music too - the latter is kind of sonic architecture, I think.

Weighted - bold DNP, bold+italics sole voter

ie crazy - Country Justice
Lewsberg - Out and About
Grecco Romank - Wet Exit
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Decisive Pink - Ticket To Fame
Bruce - Not Ready For Love
Lankum – False Lankum
the Native Cats - The Way On Is the Way Off
Jonathan Bree - Pre-Code Hollywood
Katie Dey – Never Falter Hero Girl
Maxine Funke - River Said
Guardian Singles - Feed Me To The Doves
Arbor Labor Union - Yonder
Kali Malone - Does Spring Hide Its Joy
Model Home - ... And Nobody Made A Sound
Erik Hall – Canto Ostinato
Bennu is a Heron - despite the world is so big, but not a corner belongs to me
Vor-stellen - Parallelograms
William Tyler & the Impossible Truth - Secret Stratosphere
the Sundae Painters - Sundae Painters
Ellen Arkbro - Sounds While Waiting
MSPAINT - Post-American
Cuticles​ - ​Major Works
Various Artists - Gespensterland
The Tubs - Dead Meat

Definitely in my own little bubble on NZ/Chinese/Dutch stuff, as well as being on a slightly parallel contemporary classical wavelength with the Kali Malone/Ellen Arkbro/Erik Hall instead of the Laurel Halo/ML Buch etc!

Unweighted, bold placed, italics sole voter:

Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Barker - Unfixed
Billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
Bruce - Not Ready For Love
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Dawn Richard - The Architect
Evian Christ - Revanchist
Hannah Diamond - Perfect Picture
Jam City - Jam City Presents EFM
James Holden – Imagine this is a high dimensional space of all possibilities
Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
Jim Legxacy - homeless n*gga pop music
JPEGMafia x Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
Kelela - Raven
Loraine James – Gentle Confrontation
Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer
Nathan Micay - To The God Named Dream
Om Unit + TM404 - In The Afterworld
Overmono - Good Lies
Pale Blue - Maria
Paramore - This Is Why
Real Lies - Sinking Suburb
Romy - Mid Air
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive

Very hivemindy this year but I don't spend nearly as much time listening to albums as I do playlists, DJ mixes, radio, etc, so the limited range of albums that I had a) heard b) enjoyed and c) were nominated sort of made hivemind status inevitable.

Grecco Romank - Wet Exit

Had never heard of this but it's great. Industrial goth vibes.

I liked Country Justice, but I did prefer the noisier Non Compos Mentis. Still, worth hearing if you like that sort of thing!

did anyone vote for black classical music?

Their videos have never really caught me for some reason, but I'm listening to the Yussef Dayes record now and it's cool. I love that Rocco Palladino is carrying on the family business.

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, February 1, 2024 4:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I bailed out halfway through because it felt like it was missing something without the video, similar to the Vulfpeck extended universe. Would I have thought this if I didn't know they make very popular videos featuring them playing outside in front of beautiful natural backdrops? Hard to say.

got really busy this week and didn't have time to check out the poll - looking forward to going through it and see what I missed. in the meantime, here's my unweighted ballot

i don't listen to a ton of albums every year, mostly tracks and playlists so it's lol that almost all of my choices made it this year.

Bold DNP

Amaarae - Fountain Baby
Asake - Work of Art
Avalon Emerson - & the Charm
Boygenius - The Record
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Decisive Pink - Ticket To Fame
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - Destiny
Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
Indigo de Souza - All of This Will End
James Holden – Imagine this is a high dimensional space of all possibilities
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
Kelela - Raven
Kylie Minogue - Tension
Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer
NewJeans - NewJeans 2nd EP 'Get Up'
Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Paramore - This Is Why
Parannoul - After the Magic
Patrick Wolf - Night Safari EP
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
Susanne Sundfør - blómi
Tinashe – BB/ANG3L
Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other
Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed

xp interesting, I had no idea about the videos I just think it’s a beautiful, deep, very well recorded and engineered piece of work