2018 FBG Album Poll - 13th Annual (1 Viewer)

[Northern Voice]

Link to last year's countdown

Tenative deadline is January 24th. If there aren't enough lists in by then, I will extend it but I'm away from the 26th to Feb 2nd, so the countdown needs to either go down the week before of after that.

Suggestions and discussion welcome in this thread. PMing lists to me is encouraged vs. posting them here, so there is some drama in the big reveal.

Rules
These are the rules we've used in the past, still work for everyone, or should we do some tinkering? The one thing that happens with the assigned points is one person can love an album, give it 30 points and it finds it's way into the midsection of the countdown. It puts an album "loved" by one person ahead of one that was "liked" by 3 or 4 people, which can be either a good or bad thing, depending on how you look at it. Personally, I think it adds some diversity to the chart but maybe we should roll the max per album back to 25?

- You have 200 points to distribute as you see fit among 10 to 20 albums.
- No album can be given more than 30 points
- You can also simply post your top 10-20 albums in order and they will be awarded points in a descending order from 19-1.

- You must post at least 10 albums
- Any album consisting of new/previously unreleased material released in 2018 is eligible (No reissues, compilations must be all new material)
- Live Albums must have been recorded and released in 2018
- EP's are eligible
- You can post your album rankings/points assignments here or PM them to me (PMing them to me adds some mystery as to how the final results shake out, but if some people just want to post a top 10/20 list, that's fine too).
- The more participants the better
- Let's try to keep this near the top of the page for the next couple weeks.

EXAMPLE 1 - Points Assigned:

The Beatles - Abbey Road - 30
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - 30
The Band - The Band - 25
The Who - Tommy - 20
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - 15
Led Zeppelin - II - 10
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - 10
The Stooges - The Stooges - 10
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River - 10
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - 10
Neil Young with Crazy Horse -Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 5
Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis - 5
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams - 5
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills and Nash - 5
The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace of Sin - 5
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King - 1
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left - 1
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! - 1
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis - 1
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica - 1

Example 2 - Albums Ranked

1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (will be awarded 19 points)
2. Led Zeppelin - IV (will be awarded 18 points)
3. The Who - Who's Next (will be awarded 17 points)
4. Joni Mitchell -Blue (will be awarded 16 points)
5. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (will be awarded 15 points)
6. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (will be awarded 14 points)
7. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (will be awarded 13 points)
8. Carole King - Tapestry (will be awarded 12 points)
9. John Lennon - Imagine (will be awarded 11 points)
10. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (will be awarded 10 points)
11. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (will be awarded 10 points)
12. T. Rex - Electric Warrior (will be awarded 9 points)
13. Janis Joplin - Pearl (will be awarded 8 points)
14. The Doors - L.A. Woman (will be awarded 7 points)
15. Can - Tago Mago (will be awarded 6 points)
16. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate (will be awarded 5 points)
17. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (will be awarded 4 points)
18. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (will be awarded 3 points)
19. Jethro Tull - Aqualung (will be awarded 2 points)
20. Yes - Fragile (will be awarded 1 points)

 

[Northern Voice]

This was the first ever - 2006 Album Poll

 

[El Floppo]

black doot doot

 

[Jaysus]

done.

 

[El Floppo]

done.

we get rosen any hints?

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Sent.

Thanks, NV.

 

[Jaysus]

we get rosen any hints?

He's 1 and 2 on my list.

 

[steelcitysledgehammers]

I'll try to put mine together this weekend and get it submitted.  Might try assigning points this year instead of the straight ranking.  I've got a handful of albums I REALLY love and dozens more I just enjoyed.

I'm excited to see what albums I missed.  One of my most listened to albums last year was Lucid by Clowns, which I didn't know even existed until participating in last years poll.

J

 

[ericttspikes]

in!

 

[Jaysus]

This was the first ever - 2006 Album Poll

I voted for one of those bands this year!

 

[El Floppo]

I'm hoping you guys will be posting yours here prior to the announce.... helps me pick up ones that I'd otherwise forget about and not include.

here's where I am so far- top 5 or so are pretty locked in, the rest are just thrown in as favorites yet to be ranked.

Spoiler

1.       IDLES- Joy as an act of resistance

2.       Parquet Courts- Wide Awake!

3.       Shame- songs of praise

4.       Superchunk- what a time to be alive

5.       No age- snares like a haircut

6.       Mastersytem- dance music

7.       Pissed idiots- princes (ep)

8.       City calm down- echoes in blue

9.       West thebarton- different beings being different

10.   JOHN (TIMESTWO)- god speed in the national limit

11.   Ron gallo- stardust birthday party

12.   Eels- the deconstruction

13.   Tune-yards- I can feel you creep into my private life

14.   Warmduscher- whale city

15.   GRMLN- 5 ####### albums- FIVE!

16.   David Byrne- American Utopia

17.   Guided By Voices- Space Gun

18.   London Bullet- secrets of the sewer

19.   Canshaker pi- naughty naughty violence

20.   Goggs- pre strike sweep

21.   Car seat headrest- twin fantasy

22.   Of montreal- white is relic/irrealis mood

23.   A place to bury stranger- re-pinned

24.   Thee oh sees- smote reverser

25.   The beths- future me hates me

26.   Beak- la playback

27.   Big Joanie- sistahs

28.   Bodega- endless scroll

29.   ####ed up- dose your dreams

30.   Iceage- beyondless

31.   Mourn- sorpressa familia

32.   Ought- room inside the world

33.   Preoccupations- New Material

34.   Shark toys- labyrinths

35.   Stephen Malkmus & the jicks- sparkle hard

36.   Steve Reich- Pulse/Quartet

37.   Unknown Mortal Orchestra- sex & food

38.   Young fathers- cocoa sugar

39.   Yo la tengo- there’s a riot going on (eta)

40.   Bass Drum of death

41.   Cloud Nothings

42.   Coolzey

 

[Jaysus]

At any point in the last two months I had from 9-11 albums that could have been #2 on my list.  I would up narrowing it down to 8 or 9 depending on which way the wind was blowing... but after listening to it again this weekend I am pretty sure I picked the right one and that 3-10 on my list are now the interchangeable ones. 

 

[D_House]

In! Consider this a placeholder and unranked working list from memory.


####ed Up

Anderson .Paak

The Beths

The Internet

Kali Uchis

Superchunk

Parquet Courts

Shame

Hot Snakes

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Janelle Monae

IDLES

 

[Nick Vermeil]

 

[El Floppo]

I really do want to give a big shout to GRMLN, who put out 5 albums this year... and all good. 

 

[steelcitysledgehammers]

I'm hoping you guys will be posting yours here prior to the announce.... helps me pick up ones that I'd otherwise forget about and not include.

I wasn't able to complete my rankings this weekend, but I did get a working list created and semi-sorted into tiers.  I'll post my final rankings a bit later.  I'm also checking out some of the other suggestions to see if I can make any last-minute additions to my final list.

J

Spoiler

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture) - Various Artists
Future Me Hates Me - The Beths
Hypochondriac - The Frights
LONER - Caroline Rose
Take Good Care = The Revivalists
Pray For The Wicked - Panic! At The Disco
All Of This Life - The Record Company
Tearing at the Seams - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Repeater - King Buffalo

PRhyme 2 - PRhyme
Joy as an Act of Resistance. - IDLES
Shake The Spirit - Elle King
Find a Light - Blackberry Smoke
Hear The Rivers - Greenleaf
Vicious - Halestorm
Young Sick Camellia - St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Anthem Of The Peaceful Army - Greta Van Fleet
ATW - All Them Witches
Just Business - Bass Drum of Death
Longing to Be the Mountain - King Buffalo

Smote Reverser - Oh Sees
28 Days In The Valley - Dorothy
Vide Noir - Lord Huron
AMERICA - Thirty Seconds To Mars
The Now Now - Gorillaz
Treehouse - Sofi Tukker
And Justice for None - Five Finger Death Punch
Delusions - The Blackwater Fever
Parallel Universe - Plain White T's
Wide Awake! - Parquet Courts
Tell Me How You Really Feel - Courtney Barnett
Ember - Breaking Benjamin
Man of the Woods - Justin Timberlake

 

[rockaction]

Man, I listened to nothing new this year, really. Well, a few things, but not enough to submit a ranking. I love this stuff.  

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I'm hoping you guys will be posting yours here prior to the announce.... helps me pick up ones that I'd otherwise forget about and not include.

My list came from this group of 30 albums:

Spoiler

Not really in order:

Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

T. Hardy Morris - Dude, The Obscure

The Glands - Double Coda

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle Hard

77:78 - Jellies

Deeper - Deeper

Bonny Doon - Longwave

Clearance - At Your Leisure

Ought - Room Inside the World

Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Shame - Songs of Praise

The Spook School - Could It Be Different?

Mastersystem - Dance Music

City Calm Down - Echoes in Blue

IDLES - Joy As An Act of Resistance

Hookworms - Microshift

Sam Evian - You, Forever

Mount Eerie - Now Only

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

Canshaker Pi - Naughty Naughty Violence

Phosphorescent - C'est La Vie

Wand - Perfume

Eels - The Deconstruction

A Place to Bury Strangers - PInned

Great Lake Swimmers - The Waves, The Wake

Salad Boys - This Is Glue

Neko Case - Hell On

Nothing - Dance on the Blacktop

Jeff Tweedy - WARM

 

[El Floppo]

My list came from this group of 30 albums:

Spoiler

Not really in order:

Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

T. Hardy Morris - Dude, The Obscure

The Glands - Double Coda

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle Hard

77:78 - Jellies

Deeper - Deeper

Bonny Doon - Longwave

Clearance - At Your Leisure

Ought - Room Inside the World

Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Shame - Songs of Praise

The Spook School - Could It Be Different?

Mastersystem - Dance Music

City Calm Down - Echoes in Blue

IDLES - Joy As An Act of Resistance

Hookworms - Microshift

Sam Evian - You, Forever

Mount Eerie - Now Only

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

Canshaker Pi - Naughty Naughty Violence

Phosphorescent - C'est La Vie

Wand - Perfume

Eels - The Deconstruction

A Place to Bury Strangers - PInned

Great Lake Swimmers - The Waves, The Wake

Salad Boys - This Is Glue

Neko Case - Hell On

Nothing - Dance on the Blacktop

Jeff Tweedy - WARM

I wasn't able to complete my rankings this weekend, but I did get a working list created and semi-sorted into tiers.  I'll post my final rankings a bit later.  I'm also checking out some of the other suggestions to see if I can make any last-minute additions to my final list.

J

Spoiler

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture) - Various Artists
Future Me Hates Me - The Beths
Hypochondriac - The Frights
LONER - Caroline Rose
Take Good Care = The Revivalists
Pray For The Wicked - Panic! At The Disco
All Of This Life - The Record Company
Tearing at the Seams - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Repeater - King Buffalo

PRhyme 2 - PRhyme
Joy as an Act of Resistance. - IDLES
Shake The Spirit - Elle King
Find a Light - Blackberry Smoke
Hear The Rivers - Greenleaf
Vicious - Halestorm
Young Sick Camellia - St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Anthem Of The Peaceful Army - Greta Van Fleet
ATW - All Them Witches
Just Business - Bass Drum of Death
Longing to Be the Mountain - King Buffalo

Smote Reverser - Oh Sees
28 Days In The Valley - Dorothy
Vide Noir - Lord Huron
AMERICA - Thirty Seconds To Mars
The Now Now - Gorillaz
Treehouse - Sofi Tukker
And Justice for None - Five Finger Death Punch
Delusions - The Blackwater Fever
Parallel Universe - Plain White T's
Wide Awake! - Parquet Courts
Tell Me How You Really Feel - Courtney Barnett
Ember - Breaking Benjamin
Man of the Woods - Justin Timberlake

thanks for that steelcity! don't know most of those... I have a lot of listening to do.

marco- hookworms! love that album, and can't believe I forgot it. definitely into my 20. our tastes are pretty similar, but still a handful of others I don't know at all- more listening.

 

[ericttspikes]

Didn't listen to a ton of quantity this year. Just kind of kept to stuff I figured I'd like. Looking forward to the list.

Spoiler

Spiritualized: And Nothing Hurt 30
This is an emotional album that hit during an emotional year for me. I lost my mother to cancer and this album reflected the profound loss and heartache I was experiencing and yet had a thread of hopefulness I could grasp onto. The video for “I’m your Man” encapsulates visually what this album sounds like; J. Spaceman traveling the American West in search of the grave of Gram Parsons. This album accomplished for me what I love most about music, it weaved itself into my memories.

No Age: Snares Like A Haircut 30
11 years since their release of Weirdo Rippers they finally made their masterpiece. Feels like they found a comfortable balance between experimentation and rock. Soft Collar Fad, Send Me, and Drippy are some of the best tunes they’ve written. 

Iceage: Beyondless 30
Punk rock with violins and horns from Denmark doesn’t seem like it would work, but this one hit me in the gut from first listen. This album pulls off the rare feat of sounding familiar and groundbreaking at the same time. Pain Killer might be my favorite song of the year.

Ty Segall: Freedoms Goblin 30
Not as concise as last years “Ty Segall” album, but some great tracks on here. “And, Goodnight” is Ty channelling Neil in all his ragged glory. The Freedom Band is my favorite Ty line-up.

J. Mascis: Elastic Days 20 
J. Mascis and Dino Jr. hold a special place in my heart. Dinosaur Jr.'s s/t first album was probably my first “indie” album I ever bought after hearing it spinning at my local record store. I’ve seen them live every time they come to town and both Dino Jr. and J.’s music are part of the soundtrack of my life. There is nothing new sounding here. J. being J. which is perfect. Like a pair of broken in Chuck Taylors, it just feels good.

Hookworms: Microshift 20
This is probably my favorite album of the year. At least I listened to it the most. I think it’s a genius combo of kraut /psychedelic rock and dance music. Just love everything about this release. BUT these guys went the way of The Orwells, another casualty in the #metoo era. The singer being accused of sexual and mental abuse by a friend of an old girlfriend made it impossible for the band to go on and they disbanded. It really got me thinking; should this matter? It really did for me. As much as I loved the album the allegations did taint the music for me which was interesting. The rumors of Zeppelin stuffing pieces of shark in a groupies cooz made them Gods of Rock back in their day and I never once allowed those stories effect my enjoyment of their musical output, but the pudgy guy from Leeds "allegedly" being an ####### and creeper didn’t work for me. Still a great record and one of my few vinyl purchases this year.

Salad Boys: This Is Glue 10
I think this was a Nigel Tufnel recommendation. I’m drawn to New Zealand rock music, and this release totally worked for me. Sure, they sound a lot like fellow Kiwi legends The Clean which makes me dig them, but there is something more to their sound. They do a good job fluctuating between quiet and rock and incorporate a jangly American sound like maybe the Feelies? It’s a joyful sounding record with a dark lyrical side. Love it.

Jeff Tweedy: Warm 10
Tweedy is one of my favorite modern singer/songwriters and this may be his best solo output. Feel lucky to live in his hometown and catch a lot of Wilco/Tweedy shows around the midwest. Released later in the year I haven’t spent as much time with this as other albums. My wife gave the the LP for Christmas and it sounds great on a Sunday morning with a cup of coffee. 

Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel 10
Seems like this album was either received as a disappointment or overlooked. Not as great as Sometimes I Sit and Think…..but a respectable next album that is a bit less quirky and more serious, which I think is a good path for her to follow.

Lala Lala: The Lamb 5
Living in a diverse musical city like Chicago it is hard to keep up with all the bands. I never heard of this band before I saw them open for Courtney Barnett last year. Lyrically dark and well written by London native Lillie West, Lala Lala sounds a bit familiar to me, like a radio tuned to an indie pop station in the early 90’s.

Parquet Courts: Wide Awake! 5
This is probably too low. Wide Awake is a great tune, so is Total Football and Freebird II also surprisingly works for me. Why so low? I have no idea. Overall I just didn’t find myself going back to the album much. More songs don't work than do for me. I think it all seems a bit disjointed sonically and never finds it’s groove as a collection of songs. Individually these are some of their best, but they’re still working toward a cohesive masterpiece album IMO. Still a great recording by a band who has come a long way in a short period of time. 

 

[E-Z Glider]

I voted for one of those bands this year!

2.5 for me 

List sent

 

[El Floppo]

Didn't listen to a ton of quantity this year. Just kind of kept to stuff I figured I'd like. Looking forward to the list.

nothing in that spoiler tag, gb.

 

[ericttspikes]

nothing in that spoiler tag, gb.

thanks. fixed.

 

[El Floppo]

thanks. fixed.

thanks. love the writeups-

forgot about Salad Boys... that one might make my 20 as well. some great stuff from NZ and Aussie this year.

never heard of lalalalalla will check them out.

 

[Eephus]

This was the first ever - 2006 Album Poll

Surprised that Arctic Monkeys' debut only got two votes that year.

@Northern Voice

 

[El Floppo]

thanks. fixed.

never heard of lalalalalla will check them out.

had previuosly heard and really liked the first track, destroyer, but hadn't playlisted it and hadn't heard anything else of theirs.

that's a great album- I think I prefer it to Barnett's new one. I'm having the opposite problem as you- this has been one of my favorite years for music in a long time... bunch of albums I love, way more I really like (this one getting added to that latter list at the very least).

love this thread. 

 

[Brony]

 

[Jaysus]

Man, I listened to nothing new this year, really. Well, a few things, but not enough to submit a ranking. I love this stuff.  

Conversely, I rarely listened to anything not new last year. 

 

[El Floppo]

Conversely, I rarely listened to anything not new last year. 

same

muchas gracias el spotifyo

 

[El Floppo]

okeedoke... tougher even than normal this year to get it to 20, even though the top 10 or so were pretty easy (been tougher to get there most years). I put them in tiers... today's tiers, tomorrow's tears. pretty sure 10-42 are interchangeable for me on a given day.

eta: link to playlist

Spoiler

1.       IDLES- Joy as an act of resistance (30000000000000000)... colossus

2.       Parquet Courts- Wide Awake! (30)... freebird 2

3.       Shame- songs of praise (20)... dust on trial

4.       Superchunk- what a time to be alive (15) ... what a time to be alive

5.       No age- snares like a haircut (15) ... tidal

6.       Hookworms- Microshift (10) ... negative space

7.       Ron Gallo- Stardust Birthday Party  (8) ... love supreme (work together)

8.       City Calm Down- Echoes in Blue (8) ... distraction/losing sleep

9.       West Thebarton- Different Beings Being Different (8) ... bible camp

10.   Canshaker Pi- Naughty Naughty Violence (8) ... put a record out

11.   Warmduscher- whale city (8) ... big wilma

12.   The beths- future me hates me (8) ... uptown girl

13.   Cloud Nothings- Last Building Burning (4) ... echo of the world

14.   Mastersytem- dance music (4) ... notes on a life not quite lived (rip)

15.   A Place to Bury Strangers- Pinned (4) ... there's only one of us

16.   Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks- Sparkle Hard (4) ... shiggy

17.   Preoccupations- New Material (4) ... disarray

18.   Bodega- endless scroll (4) ... can't knock the hustle

19.   Goggs- pre strike sweep (4) ... pre strike sweep

20.  Lala Lala- The Lamb ... destroyer (thanks to ericspikes... last minute addition- mightve gone higher with more listens)

21.   Young fathers- cocoa sugar

22.   ####ed up- dose your dreams

23.   Pissed idiots- princes (ep)

24.   Yo la tengo- there’s a riot going on

25.   Car Seat Headrest- Twin Fantasy

26.   Guided By Voices- Space Gun

27.   Thee oh sees- smote reverser

28.   Beak- la playback

29.   Eels- the deconstruction

30.   GRMLN- 5 ####### albums- FIVE!

31.   Iceage- beyondless

32.   Big Joanie- sistahs

33.   Ought- room inside the world

34.   Of montreal- white is relic/irrealis mood

35.   JOHN (TIMESTWO)- god speed in the national limit

36. Mourn- sorpressa familia 

37.   London Bullet- secrets of the sewer

38.   David Byrne- American Utopia

39.   Shark toys- labyrinths

40.   Steve Reich- Pulse/Quartet

41.   Unknown Mortal Orchestra- sex & food

42.   Tune-yards- I can feel you creep into my private life

 

[D_House]

Bumping as a reminder to self and others. Also to add Iceage to my working list, definite top 10er for me.

 

[Ilov80s]

Just now seeing this, I’ll try to get my #### together 

 

[El Floppo]

Bumping as a reminder to self and others. Also to add Iceage to my working list, definite top 10er for me.

was top 10 for me most of the year. but the last couple weeks (and at other times as well), I just coudln't take his voice. really great album though. that and f-ed up were hard to leave off- both genuinely fantastic albums where if I was in the right frame of mind for the singing, they'd be near the top... and that's from an IDLES fan. 

 

[D_House]

OK my ranked list for public release @Northern Voice. Went with 10 to keep it tight but also because I’m more of a singles and playlist listener these days and haven’t done enough albums justice to rank more. I discovered a lot of these albums here, including my top 2 (in the mid-year drafts), which are by far my most-played albums of the year.


1. Shame - Songs of Praise

2. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me

3. Superchunk - What a Time to be Alive

4. The Internet - Hive Mind

5. ####ed Up - Dose Your Dreams

6. Iceage - Beyondless

7. Kali Uchis - Isolation

8. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

9. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

10. Anderson .Paak - Oxnard


 

[El Floppo]

OK my ranked list for public release @Northern Voice. Went with 10 to keep it tight but also because I’m more of a singles and playlist listener these days and haven’t done enough albums justice to rank more. I discovered a lot of these albums here, including my top 2 (in the mid-year drafts), which are by far my most-played albums of the year.

1. Shame - Songs of Praise

2. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me

3. Superchunk - What a Time to be Alive

4. The Internet - Hive Mind

5. ####ed Up - Dose Your Dreams

6. Iceage - Beyondless

7. Kali Uchis - Isolation

8. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

9. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

10. Anderson .Paak - Oxnard

love it.**

I don't know the internet or kali uchis- diving into the former now... 1st song's already grabbed me.  

**

Spoiler

one major glaring obvious omission, given that list. hint- it's the one floppinho DIDN'T sing on.

 

[D_House]

love it.**

I don't know the internet or kali uchis- diving into the former now... 1st song's already grabbed me.  

**

Spoiler

one major glaring obvious omission, given that list. hint- it's the one floppinho DIDN'T sing on.

Definitely dig IDLES but they just missed my top 10. I just found their album a little same-y (apart from a couple standout songs), moreso than some of the other aggressive rock I enjoyed this year. Same with Hot Snakes. And I’d put both ‘Danny Ndelko’ and ‘Six Wave Hold Down’ in my top 10 songs of the year.

 

[steelcitysledgehammers]

Here's my **Official** ranking.  Went with the Points instead of the straight ranking so I could "tier" things.


Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture) - Various Artists :: 30
Future Me Hates Me - The Beths :: 30
Hypochondriac - The Frights :: 15
LONER - Caroline Rose :: 15
Take Good Care - The Revivalists :: 15
Repeater - King Buffalo :: 10
Pray For The Wicked - Panic! At The Disco :: 6
All Of This Life - The Record Company :: 5
Tearing at the Seams - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats :: 5
PRhyme 2 - PRhyme :: 5
Joy as an Act of Resistance. - IDLES :: 5
Shake The Spirit - Elle King :: 5
Find a Light - Blackberry Smoke :: 5
Hear The Rivers - Greenleaf :: 5
Vicious - Halestorm :: 5
Young Sick Camellia - St. Paul & The Broken Bones :: 5
Anthem Of The Peaceful Army - Greta Van Fleet :: 5
ATW - All Them Witches :: 5
Longing to Be the Mountain - King Buffalo :: 5
West thebarton- Different Beings Being Different :: 5
Just Business - Bass Drum of Death :: 1
Smote Reverser - Oh Sees :: 1
28 Days In The Valley - Dorothy :: 1
Vide Noir - Lord Huron :: 1
AMERICA - Thirty Seconds To Mars :: 1
The Now Now - Gorillaz :: 1
Treehouse - Sofi Tukker :: 1
And Justice for None - Five Finger Death Punch :: 1
Delusions - The Blackwater Fever :: 1
Parallel Universe - Plain White T's :: 1
Wide Awake! - Parquet Courts :: 1
Tell Me How You Really Feel - Courtney Barnett :: 1
Ember - Breaking Benjamin :: 1
Man of the Woods - Justin Timberlake :: 1
J

 

[JZilla]

deadline's pushed I hope, I might just be able to get a list in yet

 

[El Floppo]

bump

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Will submit a list today.  Been a brutal January.  

 

[Ilov80s]

I keep forgetting...ugh

 

[Eephus]

It was a better year for music than for albums

Spoiler

30    --    Foxing    --    Nearer My God

20    --    Shame    --    Songs of Praise
20    --    Natalie Prass    --    The Future and the Past
15    --    The 1975    --    A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
15    --    Arctic Monkeys    --    Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
15    --    BC Camplight    --    Deportation Blues
15    --    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever    --    Hope Downs
10    --    Mitski    --    Be the Cowboy
10    --    Hookworms    --    Microshift
10    --    Parquet Courts    --    Wide Awake!
4    --    Cloud Nothings    --    Last Building Burning
4    --    Viktoria Mullova, Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra    --    Arvo Pärt
4    --    The Internet    --    Hive Mind
4    --    Johnny Marr    --    Call the Comet
4    --    Iceage    --    Beyondless
4    --    Anna Calvi    --    Hunter
4    --    Courtney Barnett    --    Tell Me How You Really Feel
4    --    Khruangbin    --    Con Todo El Mundo
4    --    The Beths    --    Future Me Hates Me
4    --    Ezra Collective    --    Juan Pablo: The Philosopher


Last five cuts:  Blood Orange, Makaya McCraven, Tracey Thorn, Mastersystem, Gaz Coomes

 

[El Floppo]

It was a better year for music than for albums

Spoiler

30    --    Foxing    --    Nearer My God

20    --    Shame    --    Songs of Praise
20    --    Natalie Prass    --    The Future and the Past
15    --    The 1975    --    A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
15    --    Arctic Monkeys    --    Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
15    --    BC Camplight    --    Deportation Blues
15    --    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever    --    Hope Downs
10    --    Mitski    --    Be the Cowboy
10    --    Hookworms    --    Microshift
10    --    Parquet Courts    --    Wide Awake!
4    --    Cloud Nothings    --    Last Building Burning
4    --    Viktoria Mullova, Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra    --    Arvo Pärt
4    --    The Internet    --    Hive Mind
4    --    Johnny Marr    --    Call the Comet
4    --    Iceage    --    Beyondless
4    --    Anna Calvi    --    Hunter
4    --    Courtney Barnett    --    Tell Me How You Really Feel
4    --    Khruangbin    --    Con Todo El Mundo
4    --    The Beths    --    Future Me Hates Me
4    --    Ezra Collective    --    Juan Pablo: The Philosopher

Last five cuts:  Blood Orange, Makaya McCraven, Tracey Thorn, Mastersystem, Gaz Coomes

 ... love the list even if you did it all wrong.

didn't realize tracey thorn had an album out... heading there now.

and is that Pärt album new music? will check that out too.

 

[El Floppo]

I keep forgetting...ugh

psst... 

 

[Nick Vermeil]

 ... love the list even if you did it all wrong.

didn't realize tracey thorn had an album out... heading there now.

and is that Pärt album new music? will check that out too.

It was the NPR guy's album of the year.  

 

[El Floppo]

didn't realize tracey thorn had an album out... heading there now.

and is that Pärt album new music? will check that out too.

It was the NPR guy's album of the year.  

listening now... so far after 3 songs it's kinda ez-listening drek, tbh. sorry eph and npr. the vulnerability/depth of her voice feels lost here, and the song writing is pretty dull- but hopefully it takes a turn for the better.

 

[Fiddles]

It was a better year for music than for albums

Spoiler

30    --    Foxing    --    Nearer My God

20    --    Shame    --    Songs of Praise
20    --    Natalie Prass    --    The Future and the Past
15    --    The 1975    --    A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
15    --    Arctic Monkeys    --    Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
15    --    BC Camplight    --    Deportation Blues
15    --    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever    --    Hope Downs
10    --    Mitski    --    Be the Cowboy
10    --    Hookworms    --    Microshift
10    --    Parquet Courts    --    Wide Awake!
4    --    Cloud Nothings    --    Last Building Burning
4    --    Viktoria Mullova, Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra    --    Arvo Pärt
4    --    The Internet    --    Hive Mind
4    --    Johnny Marr    --    Call the Comet
4    --    Iceage    --    Beyondless
4    --    Anna Calvi    --    Hunter
4    --    Courtney Barnett    --    Tell Me How You Really Feel
4    --    Khruangbin    --    Con Todo El Mundo
4    --    The Beths    --    Future Me Hates Me
4    --    Ezra Collective    --    Juan Pablo: The Philosopher

Last five cuts:  Blood Orange, Makaya McCraven, Tracey Thorn, Mastersystem, Gaz Coomes

funny I rated your #1 the same and then we have nothing else in common

you know they are opening for coheed on their upcoming tour?  interested to see how that goes down

 

[Abraham]

I didn't listen to a lot of stuff but:

1. Deafheaven - best metal-whatever-you-call-this record in MANY years.  Love this record.

2. The 1975 - Very much like Vampire Weekend a few years ago that was so well received, I really like this record but don't think it's my favorite kind of music.

3. Kasey Musgraves 

 

[El Floppo]

listening now... so far after 3 songs it's kinda ez-listening drek, tbh. sorry eph and npr. the vulnerability/depth of her voice feels lost here, and the song writing is pretty dull- but hopefully it takes a turn for the better.

finally got going for me. except it had moved onto the next album in spotify's list- solos and collaborations from 82-15

 

[Northern Voice]

Plan is still to do the countdown next Friday, assuming I get enough lists in between now and then - probably need about ten more . 

When I'm back in Canada I'll "@" everyone who sent a list in last year.