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[Messofanego]

Was not expecting Lambchop, The Body, Jenny Hval, and Car Seat Headrest to show up here. Nice!

ANOHNI sounds fascinating based on the description ("Reinforcing ANOHNI’s urgency is the heightened melodrama of the production, the result of the maximalism of Hudson Mohawke clashing with the hyperkinetic experimentation of Oneohtrix Point Never. Between psychosexual voyeurism to feminist theory about our connection to the Earth, ANOHNI issued a scathing indictment of how we got here"), will buy that.

I noticed there were no Korean artists on the list.

Surely, you don't mean Kpop, right?

 

[see5harp]

Wozard of Iz is the only other rap song I thought was actually listenable. I just didn't think the rap stuff mixed well with their psychedelic style. Listening to this album start to finish and then Since You've Been Gone was actually depressing to me. Driving through the hills in Hawaii during the summer was some transcendent shit. It's hard to not hit the skip button a few times during Wildflower.

 

[NandoGip]

Coloring Book is better than Pablo.

Fight me.

No problem is better than anything on TLOP but I would say TLOP is better than Coloring Book as a whole.

The only blemishes were the random trash-tier lines that really take you out of the moment like the "bleached asshole line" and others. Also Panda being on the album doesn't help.

The intro to Father Pt. 1 alone puts TLOP in the conversation.

 

[see5harp]

I also really loved ANOHI but all of my favorite songs are the most direct and grotesque. The DRONE BOMB MEEEEEEEE's got sorta grating after a while.

 

[Ooga Booga]

Happy to see Babymetal in the list.

 

[Messofanego]

It sounded so boring without the Doom metal... They are just another slowcore band now, while their previous album sounded really unique.

Speaking of doom metal, SubRosa's new album is killer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPM_PexLplw

 

[NandoGip]

Good to see Frank Ocean getting the recognition he deserves everywhere on these lists. Probably one of the most overlooked black artist to come out with new music this year.

Frank Ocean is overhyped AF. People have been constantly talking about him for years. He is the opposite of overlooked.

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

I liked Coloring Book a lot. He's one of the few rap artists that can make fun, uplifting hip-hop without being a cornball. Also has a unique style to his instrumentals and delivery. I am surprised to see Chance take #2 while Danny Brown doesn't make the top 20, though.


Also glad to see Leonard Cohen on there. His new album is great. One of the few artists who made music well into their senior years and was actually worth listening to on their own merits.

 

[allansm]

Speaking of doom metal, SubRosa's new album is killer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPM_PexLplw

Yep. It's in my personal top 50, Troubled Cells is my favorite track. I recommend everyone here who likes rock music to give this album a listen, it is a very accessible metal album.

 

[Catvoca]

Glad to see Gaf peeps also think Colouring Book is overrated. I like the sound he was going for on the record but the songwriting just isn't there.

I gotta go back to that Frank Ocean record. I listened to it once or twice and it did nothing for me. Felt like a hip-hop artist learned how to play acoustic guitar for the first time lol, I must give it another chance.

 

[Nickle]

I noticed there were no Korean artists on the list.

Read the title, it's a list of the 50 best albums of the year.

 

[Gorillaz]

Coloring Book is better than Pablo.

Fight me.

No problem definitely crushes a good portion of that album

Spoiler

All we got and Drinking all night ain't bad either

but let's not get carried away here.


I can't wait until the industry makes this the "new" fad next year. Somehow this shit will win or at least get nominated for a grammy.

 

[Perfect Blue]

Coloring Book is better than Pablo.

Fight me.

High bar lol.

 

[Vanillalite]

Teens of Denial is the indie rock record we needed for a few years now and just finally got.

 

[Soma]

Coloring Book is better than Pablo.

Fight me.

co

fucking

signed

 

[olympia]

From the Radiohead blurb

But it’s the bitterness of strong dark chocolate, the kind that goes down sweet and leaves a smile on the lips. –Wren Graves

I'm dead from the corniness

 

[LucidMomentum]

Glad to see Gaf peeps also think Colouring Book is overrated. I like the sound he was going for on the record but the songwriting just isn't there.

I gotta go back to that Frank Ocean record. I listened to it once or twice and it did nothing for me. Felt like a hip-hop artist learned how to play acoustic guitar for the first time lol, I must give it another chance.

It was not worth the wait. Coloring Book at least came out in a timely manner.

 

[Sadsic]

is the wilco album any good? summerteeth is one of my favorite albums

 

[hypernima]

Good to see Frank Ocean getting the recognition he deserves everywhere on these lists. Probably one of the most overlooked black artist to come out with new music this year.

Nah if anything that's Blood Orange.
Now Tim Hecker is a pleasant surprise.

 

[Bounceounce]

Fuck Coloring Book.

 

[March of the Crabs]

Literslly nothing in my top 20 has been on any of these lists. Not sure what that says about me or these lists.

 

[Kevtones]

btw the Pavo Pavo record is really good and it won't make any of these lists

 

[Fevaweva]

Where is Still Brazy in all these top 20 lists?

It is easily one of the best albums of the year.

 

[disappeared]

I'm so behind on music.

Fucking Wilco had a new album this year?

 

[keuja]

I'm so behind on music.

Fucking Wilco had a new album this year?

I'm even more behind you probably. I know 4 artists on this list. I have no idea who Wilco is.

 

[allansm]

is the wilco album any good? summerteeth is one of my favorite albums

It is good, but nowhere near as good as Summerteeth.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Make sure you guys check this out. Khemmis - Hunted.

Killer doom in vein of Pallbearer.

 

[allansm]

Make sure you guys check this out. Khemmis - Hunted.

Killer doom in vein of Pallbearer.

I second this recommendation.

 

[mambadragon]

Good to see Malibu make one of these lists

 

[Tomasoares]

Radiohead's album was the only one I listened lol (it's pretty good, not my favorite though)

 

[xeroborn55]

40 Watt Sun - Wider Than the Sky. The only album worth putting at No.1, really.

ahhh wow! didnt know there was a new album. every couple months for the last few years i've been checking for updates on new music from 40 watt sun. cant wait to listen.

 

[bomma_man]

I'm even more behind you probably. I know 4 artists on this list. I have no idea who Wilco is.

Wilco have been around for over 20 years

Edit: same as Radiohead, nick cave since the 70s, cohen and Bowie the 60s

 

[Discotheque]

My boy Danny Brown getting shafted over for both Chunce and Schoolboy...

schoolboy q album was good but yeah that either are getting over Atrocity Exhibition is laughable, especially that chance one.

 

[Viewt]

is the wilco album any good? summerteeth is one of my favorite albums

It's solid - maybe a little bit better than The Whole Love, but not really on the level of Summerteeth/A Ghost is Born, and definitely not on the level of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or Sky Blue Sky.

 

[FaintDeftone]

Man, and here I thought I was the only one that thought Coloring Book was just decent at best.

 

[Grenouille]

Coloring Book is better than Pablo.

Fight me.

Chance is better in Pablo than in his own album.

 

[Silver Arrows]

I noticed there were no Korean artists on the list.

The only Korean 'artist' that put out anything close to a good album this year is DEAN.

That's it. The rest is shite.

 

[sasliquid]

I like Colouring Book but it's a step back from acid rap

ANOHNI is my album of the year so far but I still gotta listen to a few such as Beyonces and Angel Olsens

 

[PigSpeakers]

Bon Iver's album is hot garbage. The guy has lost his mind and has delved too far into experimental bullshit. Of course the magazines are going to eat it up.

His previous two albums were great. I don't know what happened.

 

[Servbot24]

My boy Danny Brown getting shafted over for both Chunce and Schoolboy...

Yeah this is just crazy. Danny so clearly a few notches above both of those.