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[Bronx-Man]

Check out the full list here. The top 20:

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20. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
19. Rihanna - ANTI
18. Mitski - Puberty 2
17. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
16. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
15. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
14. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
13. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
12. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
11. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
10. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. Angel Olsen - My Woman
8. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
7. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
6. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book

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5. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

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4. David Bowie - Blackstar

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3. Beyoncé - Lemonade

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2. Frank Ocean - Blonde

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1. Solange - A Seat at the Table

Pretty surprising pick for #1, but well deserved all the way.

 

[gdt]

Frank got robbed






Been meaning to pick up their number 1.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Lol TLOP at five.

 

[robotrock]

Wow, this is the same exact list I have!

 

[Seesaw15]

Solid top 20. Guess i gotta give Bon Iver another chance.

 

[TheWasTheJoke]

Admit it lads if TLOP was released by Lil Boat it would be a 5/10 and Pitchfork would write a long artsy review criticism every minute detail

Coloring Book is trash too replace that with Tribe

 

[Grakl]

Admit it lads if TLOP was released by Lil Boat it would be a 5/10 and Pitchfork would write a long artsy review criticism every minute detail

Coloring Book is trash too replace that with Tribe

Well atcq is just right there too
But yeah obv should be higher

 

[torre_avenue]

Holy shit. Pitchfork went for the contrarian

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Knowles sister.

Pretty alright list, finally Nico gets some higher recognition on these lists.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Imagine being this mad that Yeezy is still killing it with a 12-year career and 7 straight critically-acclaimed albums.

Your faves could never.

 

[Seesaw15]

Admit it lads if TLOP was released by Lil Boat it would be a 5/10 and Pitchfork would write a long artsy review criticism every minute detail

Coloring Book is trash too replace that with Tribe

 

[Banana Aeon]

Atrocity Exhibition got robbed.

TLOP is fucking hot trash.

 

[23qwerty]

sure is mainstream in here, not surprising of course

 

[robotrock]

sure is mainstream in here, not surprising of course

Man there's probably only about three bands I actually knew of before I got to the top 20

 

[DocSeuss]

I haven't heard of anyone I know talking about this music so it must be trash, other than like... two of those albums, which were great.

 

[Glazed]

great top 5 💖💖💖

but atrocity exhibition should be higher 😡

 

[thequickandthedead]

Imagine being this mad that Yeezy is still killing it with a 12-year career and 7 straight critically-acclaimed albums.

Your faves could never.

Yeezy militia assemble

 

[Owari]

Imagine being this mad that Yeezy is still killing it with a 12-year career and 7 straight critically-acclaimed albums.

Your faves could never.

cold

but true.

 

[23qwerty]

Man there's probably only about three bands I actually knew of before I got to the top 20

Just talking about most of the ones listed in the OP of course

 

[Sai-kun]

i'm glad james blake's dumb ass didn't get in

 

[robotrock]

i'm glad james blake's dumb ass didn't get in

Damn. I bet you wouldn't say that to his face.

 

[Sobriquet]

I don't get the Mitski love. It's pretty good, I guess, but not even close to being one of my 2016 favorites.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Anything from 10-20 you all recommend? making a shopping list. I can do anything but metal.

 

[Ivan 3414]

i'm glad james blake's dumb ass didn't get in

James Blake deserved it, top five at least

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Not a single metal album on the list. Not that these aren't 50 great albums, but lol

 

[Glazed]

Anything from 10-20 you all recommend? making a shopping list. I can do anything but metal.

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

 

[equippedwithtowel]

i'm glad james blake's dumb ass didn't get in

The Colour in Anything > your fav overrated synth pop album

 

[leroidys]

i'm glad james blake's dumb ass didn't get in

Well said

 

[hidys]

i'm glad james blake's dumb ass didn't get in

I agree.

I haven't gotten into any of his stuff wince his first album, which is still a classic.

 

[Peotical Injection]

TLOP is fire. Anyone who says otherwise is not wavy, baby.

A Moon Shaped pool is my number one, tho.

 

[royalan]

I don't think I've ever agreed more with a Pitchfork best album's list.

Flip Rihanna with Kanye, and I'm good.

And good for Solange. A Seat at the Table was such an out-of-nowhere slay.

 

[NameGenerated]

Not a single metal album on the list. Not that these aren't 50 great albums, but lol

Between all of NPR's, Pitchfork's, and Rolling Stone's top 50 lists, there was 1 metal album. Metallica at like 30-something for RS.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

How the fuck is TLOP in the top 20 but Views isn't? Feel No Ways is one of Drakes best songs EVER and I still listen to childs play. These homies is whack but I already knew daaat

 

[olympia]

not enough emo or punk. pinegrove is close, i guess

 

[Psychoward]

Moon Shaped Pool and TLOP are the only albums I've listened to in the top 10. Both were hugely disappointing (TLOP is just bad, Moon Shaped Pool isn't bad but it's the worst Radiohead album since Pablo Honey)

Meh

 

[Sai-kun]

Anything from 10-20 you all recommend? making a shopping list. I can do anything but metal.

nico jaar - sirens
blood orange - freetown sound
danny brown - atrocity exhibition

 

[robotrock]

How the fuck is TLOP in the top 20 but Views isn't? Feel No Ways is one of Drakes best songs EVER and I still listen to childs play. These homies is whack but I already knew daaat

Haha

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Between all of NPR's, Pitchfork's, and Rolling Stone's top 50 lists, there was 1 metal album. Metallica at like 30-something for RS.

yikes

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Really solid list as a whole though. Makes it easy to overlook the albums that p4k snubbed (imo) undeservedly. On top of James Blake I'd also throw in

Deakin
Japanese Breakfast
The Hotelier
Ka
Ty Segall
Preoccupations

as more deserving of a spot then something like Savage Mode or even Vince Staples

 

[Kevtones]

Real top 10


1. Danny Brown
2. Jessy Lanza
3. Frank Ocean
4. Whitney
5. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

6. Bon Iver
7. DIANA
8. The Range
9. Jenny Hval
10. Teen Suicide

 

[overcast]

Chance, Rihanna, Frank Ocean, ANONHI and Paak shouldn't be as high as they are. I feel like P4K in particular pushed ANONHI hard for whatever reason.

Paak kills features but I didn't care for Malibu, that said I respect his hustle. Hell, Kendrick shouldn't be that high as his side b collection was just good. Understandably so.

 

[Master_Funk]

Poor frank, getting second place in pitchforks list for the second time lol.

Awesome choice for number 1. Always preferred solange when it comes to the knowles sisters in terms of music.

I'm kinda happy they showed restraint and didn't put tlop at number 1, since they love Kanye over there at pitchfork.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

i'll accept that list actually

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after i move everything around

 

[mariachi507]

Can't understand the hate for TLOP, it's a beautiful mess, almost White Album like.

I need to get on with the Knowles sisters I guess. Never really gave a Beyonce album the time of day, but Solange has peaked my curiosity.

My top albums list is mostly safe at this point, I listen to some good stuff but I need to listen to more. For some reason it's hard for me to listen to more than fifteen albums a year, I'm going to check some stuff out the next couple of weeks though. Is GAF going to have an AOTY thread?

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

tyvm

nico jaar - sirens
blood orange - freetown sound
danny brown - atrocity exhibition

tyvm

Can't understand the hate for TLOP, it's a beautiful mess, almost White Album like.

agree. i still play it regulary

 

[20cent]

Not a single metal album on the list. Not that these aren't 50 great albums, but lol

Korn or Slipknot didn't release any album this year so nothing happened, Metal is dead. And it's Pitchfork anyway..

s/

(oops Korn did release a new album this year)

 

[Cubas]

Teens of Denial should be higher and ANTI should be nowhere near a Top 20. I also feel that Blackstar should be in front of Lemonade but solid list otherwise. Guess I should check out Solange's album......

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Frank got robbed.

 

[TheTylerRob]

You already know that if Kanye hadn't pulled his Trump Shit he'd have place higher.

 

[hidys]

You already know that if Kanye hadn't pulled his Trump Shit he'd have place higher.

I doubt it. 5 is still pretty high.

He still topped the top 100 songs with Ultralight Beam.

 

[Laieon]

Thanks for the list. I almost never agree with Pitchfork, so I know what 50 albums to avoid now.

 

[Dan]

Hah. I've bought 59 EPs/LPs so far this year, but I lean heavily electronic, experimental, downtempo, etc. Only four are on that list.

Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
ANOHNI - Hopelessness
David Bowie - Blackstar

I keep waffling on grabbing Anderson .Paak's album. I liked it, but maybe not for $9-10.