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[Servbot24]

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

You can post lists for fun if you want but they will not be counted after this point. Please make no further edits to your lists.

I don't have a specific date for the results but I hope to have them by the weekend. Thanks for participating everyone!

We had a couple threads on music in 2016 already, but this is the one where you post your official list and the results get tallied up at the end!

RULES!!!!

Please follow these or your list may be thrown out !!!

• Use correct spelling.
• No abbreviations.
• If your list is not clearly ranked it will not be counted.
• Only albums released in 2016 - I'm not going to be too picky as long as there's a case for it (a greatest hits collection would probably not be counted).
• EPs are allowed.
• Try to avoid singles, but again I won't be too picky.
• Post as many or as few albums as you like, but only the top 25 receive points.
• You can edit your list as much as you like until the deadline.

Use this format:

1 | Artist | Album
2 | Artist | Album
3 | Artist | Album

I won't disqualify you if you do 1. Artist - Album or something like that, it's just not as easy for me to tabulate.

Point system is simple:

1 = 6 points
2-3 = 5 points
4-6 = 4 points
7-10 = 3 points
10-15 = 2 points
16-25 = 1 point

If you have issue with that let me know, I'll consider other systems as long as they are easy to use.

Lastly, posting comments is encouraged! If you post comments with your albums, I will include some of them in the final results! It also makes the thread more fun to read and will help your fellow Gaffers key in on some recommendations. Album art is cool too!


Check out this post from 2014 for an example of an ideal submission!

Check out this post for an example of a standard valid submission!


That's it! Have fun everyone, I look forward to seeing what you enjoyed in music this year!

 

[TheBowen]

I was really slacking on listening to new albums this year, alot of records i did where disappointing and some records i didnt get to listen all the way through ( atrocity exibition )


1. Tribe Called Quest I We Got It From Here.....Thank Your 4 Your Service
2. Frank Ocean I Blonde
3. NoName I Telefone
4. Aesop Rock I The Impossible Kid
5. Open Mike Eagle I Hella Personal Film Festival
6. Anderson .Paak I Malibu


Still so much to catch up on.

 

[torre_avenue]

1| David Bowie | Blackstar
2| Frank Ocean | Blonde
3| Frank Ocean | Endless
4| Swet Shop Boys | Cashmere
5| Nicolas Jaar | Sirens
6| Jefre Cantu-Ledesma | In Summer
7| Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
8| A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It From Here
9| Kanye West | The Life of Pablo
10| KFC Murder Chicks | Cortex Rampage
11| Death Grips | Bottomless Pit
12| ANOHNI | HOPELESSNESS
13| DEAKIN | Sleep Cycle
14| Jenny Hval | Blood Bitch
15| LSDXOXO | Fuck Marry Kill
16| Nichiec | Nichiec
17| Zeal and Ardor | Devil Is Fine
18| ScHoolboy Q | Blankface LP
19| Moderat | III
20| James Blake | The Colour in Anything

 

[HiiiLife]

Views AOTY.

 

[t-storm]

1 | The Northern Lights | Alchemy

for those that like synthwave, retrowave, M83-like tunes

 

[Servbot24]

I thought PlayDat was handling AOTY duties?

Regardless, haven't decided yet, will update as my mind gets made up.

Oh shoot, communication spread across too many different threads maybe. If PlayDat had claim to the thread we can definitely switch.

 

[Interframe]

1 | Blonde | Frank Ocean
2 | Life of Pablo | Kanye West
3 | Jeffrey | Young Thug
4 | Lemonade | Beyoncé

 

[EVOL 100%]

1 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool
2 | Xiu Xiu | Plays the Music of Twin Peaks
3 | David Bowie | Blackstar
4 | Warpaint | Heads Up
5 | Autolux | Pussy's Dead

Dear god I really need to catch up with this year's music. Those 5 are literally the only albums I bothered listening to this year. I feel pretty good about the rankings themselves though

 

[IrishNinja]

1. Tribe Called Quest I We Got It From Here.....Thank You 4 Your Service
2. Kendrick Lamma I Untitled
3. Ka I Honor Killed the Samurai
4. Danny Brown I Atrocity Exhibition
5. Isaiah Rashad I The Sun's Tirade
6. Oddisee I The Odd Tape
7. Frank Ocean I Blonde

more to come...need to hear that Primo & a bunch of other shit, include Staples, that other Frank Ocean one and shit i'm forgetting

Views WAOTY.

for real? even with TLOP though?

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

1 | Solange | A Seat at the Table
2 | Kid Cudi | Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'
3 | Blood Orange | Freetown Sound
4 | Anderson Paak | Malibu
5 | Frank Ocean | Blonde
6 | Beyoncé | Lemonade
7 | NxWorries | Yes Lawd!

 

[torre_avenue]

Oh shoot, communication spread across too many different threads maybe. If PlayDat had claim to the thread we can definitely switch.

You should be fine

Thank you for making the thread in the first place, though.

 

[HiiiLife]

for real? even with TLOP though?

Whats TLOP

 

[Macadinho94]

1 | Frank Ocean | Blonde
2 | Angel Olsen | MY WOMAN
3 | Sunflower Bean | Human Ceremony
4 | Bleached | Welcome the Worms
5 | Modern Baseball | Holy Ghost
6 | Bon Iver | 22 a Million
7 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo
8 | Hinds | Leave Me Alone
9 | Childish Gambino | "Awaken My Love"
10 | Warpaint | Heads Up

 

[Bronx-Man]

1 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo
2 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love!
3 | Young Thug | JEFFERY
4 | Frank Ocean | Blonde
5 | The Avalanches | Wildflower
6 | Bon Iver | 22, A Million
7 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool

 

[chaislip3]

1 | Frank Ocean | Blonde
2 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool
3 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
4 | Angel Olsen | MY WOMAN
5 | A Tribe Called Quest | We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
6 | Frank Ocean | Endless
7 | Roosevelt | Roosevelt
8 | Bon Iver | 22, A Million
9 | Solange | A Seat at the Table
10 | The Avalanches | Wildflower
11 | Childish Gambino | "Awaken, My Love!"
12 | Kendrick Lamar | untitled unmastered.
13 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo
14 | David Bowie | Blackstar
15 | Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels 3
16 | Chance the Rapper | Coloring Book
17 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial
18 | Anderson .Paak | Malibu
19 | M83 | Junk
20 | Blood Orange | Freetown Sound
21 | ScHoolboy Q | Blankface LP
22 | Young Thug | Jeffrey
23 | James Blake | The Color in Anything
24 | Home | Falling Into Place
25 | Isaiah Rashad | The Sun's Tirade

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

I thought PlayDat was handling AOTY duties?

Regardless, haven't decided yet, will update as my mind gets made up.

PlayDAT was talking about Gaf-Hop album of the year, which is a separate thing.

 

[chrominance]

Oh cool, I've been waiting for this.

If tl;dr, here's a handy playlist!

1 | Kero Kero Bonito | Bonito Generation
Makes Intro Bonito sound like a tossed-off collection of leftovers, which it actually kind of is. Bonito Generation is relentlessly upbeat, often goofy, and never very far from another killer hook. It's the album you always hoped Kero Kero Bonito would make. (Trampoline, Lipslap)

2 | Yosa | Orion
Without much fanfare, Orion snuck into my rotation time and time again. Laid-back hip-hop beats that beg for an endless summer of youthful indiscretions. (夜明け前, Navy)

3 | brinq | Magical brinq Tour
Imagine the glorious synthpop of CHVRCHES, but with a bit more house and a lot more kawaii. That's brinq, and while the formula occasionally becomes overbearing, when it hits, it hits like the atom bomb. (baby baby, Time to Say Goodbye, bonus non-album track: ミュージック イズ マジック)

4 | NZCA Lines | Infinite Summer
Austere, space-age synthpop for a utopian future we'll only ever get to imagine. (Persephone Dreams, Two Hearts, Jessica)

5 | chelmico | chelmico
Carefree Japanese rap duo. Hooks and rhymes in equal measure. (ラビリンス'97, Love Is Over)

6 | ASEUL | New Pop
Fractured post-midnight electronic pop from South Korea. (Give Me Five, Dazed)

7 | MCpero | の一人遊び
Now that Daoko's gone major label and mainstream pop, we need a new rapper to claim her throne. MCpero's my pick; more attitude and a weirder sonic palette, but still with a pop sensibility. (SKIP, 天の川)

8 | Honeyblood | Babes Never Die
What I loved so much about Honeyblood's first album, the brooding post-grunge intensity that reminded me so much of angst-ridden adolescence, is mostly gone here. In its place is a fresh energy that cuts deeper and hits harder. (Ready For the Magic, Sea Hearts)

9 | Beth Orton | Kidsticks
I wrote Beth Orton off shorlty after the milquetoast Daybreaker, and found no reason to come back during her self-imposed folk exile. Fine music, I'm sure, but not for me. Whatever the reasons for her return to electronic music, getting Beth Orton back at this late stage feels a bit like a miracle. (Moon, 1973)

10 | Sunny Day Service | Dance to You
It has the same gently nostalgic vibe of other jangly-guitar indie pop bands like Real Estate, but also some additional quality--an extra burst of energy, an added dash of soul. Maybe it's what happens when a decades-old band reunites and finds its stride again. (セツナ x2 because idk, I'm a boy)

11 | Charisma.com | 愛泥C
Maybe the most reliably entertaining Charisma.com release to date. (サプリミナル・ダイエット, 自撮ール)

12 | Suiyoubi no Campanella | UMA
No one else sounds quite like Suiyoubi no Campanella's heady mix of house beats and KOM_I's impish rhymes. Less immediate than some of its predecessors, UMA nevertheless shows evolution. (ツチノコ, チュパカブラ)

13 | Carly Rae Jepsen | EMOTION Side B
If only everyone's cutting room floor scraps were so catchy. (Body Language, Cry)

14 | Especia | CARTA
Especia's swan song showed the group's willingness to experiment with their sound, sometimes for the better (Interstellar) and sometimes not (Clover). And when they reach striking distance of the vaporwave-idols sound of Gusto (Boogie Aroma, Aviator), the formula Especia built their name on still shines. (Aviator / Boogie Aroma)

15 | Parakeet | KASA
Drenched in reverb and mid-90s guitar crunch like candy coatings on a Tootsie Pop. (Monsoon, Pink Noise)

16 | Tacocat | Lost Time
Feminist power-pop from the band that brought you the new Powerpuff Girls theme song. (I Hate the Weekend, Dana Katherine Scully)

17 | Gurr | In My Head
If riot grrl and surf rock had a child, this might be the result. Never has a German band sounded so much like they should be in Southern California. (Moby Dick, Walnuts)

18 | Shiggy Jr | ALL ABOUT POP
It rarely comes off as anything more than a collection of singles and should-be-singles, but when the singles sound this good... (恋したらベイベー, サマータイムラブ)

19 | Rainbow Chan | Spacings
Here mostly on the strength of first single Nest, one of my favourite songs of the year. (Nest)

20 | Trails and Ways | Own It
A bit more rock and a bit less bossa nova than first album Pathology, Own It doesn't quite reach the highs of its luminescent predecessor. (My Things)

Have to re-listen to a whole bunch of stuff, though. Random aside: if you'd told me a year ago that I'd ever like a new Beth Orton album again, I would've called you a big fat liar.

 

[Professor Crate]

Whats TLOP

The Life of Pablo

1 | David Bowie | Blackstar
2 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
3 | Solange | A Seat at the Table
4 | A Tribe Called Quest | We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
5 | King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity
6 | Death Grips | Bottomless Pit

 

[Kurita]

1 | the HIATUS | Hands of Gravity

2 | KANA-BOON | Origin

3 | THE ORAL CIGARETTES | FIXION

4 | Mrs. GREEN APPLE | TWELVE
5 | [Alexandros] | EXIST!
6 | indigo la End | Aiiro no Music
7 | Frederic | Frederythm
8 | 04 Limited Sazabys | eureka
9 | Gesu no Kiwami Otome | Ryouseibai
10 | My Hair is Bad | woman's
11 | Awesome City Club | Awesome City Tracks 3
12 | Nothing's Carved In Stone| Existence
13 | Hitorie | IKI
14 | RADWIMPS | Ningen Kaika
15 | go!go!vanillas | Kameleon Lights
16 | Yoru no Honki Dance | Danceable
17 | Kankaku Piero | Fukanou Kanouka
18 | Bentham | EXP
19 | androp | Blue
20 | CreepHyp | Sekaikan
21 | LILI LIMIT | a.k.a
22 | MY FIRST STORY | ANTITHESE
23 | Straightener | Cold Disc
24 | SiM | THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
25 | UNISON SQUARE GARDEN | Dr. Izzy
26 | 9mm Parabellum Bullet | Waltz On Life Line
27 | Takahashi Yu | Kishitakayukusue
28 | The Mirraz | S'il vous plait
29 | Perfume | Cosmic Explorer
30 | Ame no Parade | New Generation

 

[Servbot24]

Oh cool, I've been waiting for this. Preliminary:

1 | Kero Kero Bonito | Bonito Generation

yaaaaaay!

 

[IrishNinja]

PlayDAT was talking about Gaf-Hop album of the year, which is a separate thing.

yeah, took me a minute to realize this wasn't that, haha

Whats TLOP

a miserable pile of revisions

 

[NotSelf]

1 | Mild High Club | Skiptracing

 

[walkmetothelake]

Hi. Trying to include genres (which I've taken from RYM because I'm bad with labeling genres, sorry) and recommended songs with each entry. This will probs be a work in progress until the cut-off point.

1 | Mitski | Puberty 2

Genre: Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Dream Pop, Art Pop
Recommended tracks: Happy, Once More to See You, Your Best American Girl

2 | Tancred | Out of the Garden

Genre: Indie Rock, Power Pop, Pop Punk
Recommended tracks: Pretty Girls, Control Me, Swimming

3 | Solange | A Seat at the Table

Genre: Neo-Soul
Recommended tracks: Cranes in the Sky, Borderline (An Ode to Self Care), Rise

4 | Told Slant | Going By

Genre: Slowcore, Midwest Emo, Indie Folk
Recommended tracks: Tsunami, Sweater, I Don't

5 | Against Me! | Shape Shift With Me

Genre: Punk Rock, Pop Punk, Power Pop
Recommended tracks: Norse Truth, 12:03, Delicate, Petite, & Other Things I'll Never Be

6 | Beyoncé | Lemonade

Genre: Contemporary R&B, Pop, Pop Rap, Alterantive R&B
Recommended tracks: Hold Up, All Night, 6 Inch

7 | G.L.O.S.S. | Trans Day of Revenge

Genre: Hardcore Punk, Queercore, D-Beat, Anarcho-Punk
Recommended tracks: this is a 7 minute EP, so just listen to the whole thing?

8 | Frank Ocean | Blonde

Genre: Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul, Art Pop, Ambient Pop
Recommended tracks: Close To You, Ivy, Good Guy

9 | Jimmy Eat World | Integrity Blues

Genre: Alternative Rock, Emo
Recommended tracks: Pol Roger, The End Is Beautiful, You With Me

10 | Bellows | Fist & Palm

Genre: Chamber Pop
Recommended tracks: Bummer Swells, Beauty, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

11 | Daughter | Not to Disappear

Genre: Dream Pop, Art Pop, Post-Rock, Indie Rock, Trip Hop
Recommended tracks: Fossa, How, Numbers

12 | Joyce Manor | Cody

Genre: Power Pop, Indie Rock, Pop Punk, Emo
Recommended tracks: Eighteen, Last You Heard Of Me, Stairs

13 | Rihanna | ANTI

Genre: Contemporary R&B, Alternative R&B, Pop Soul, Pop Rap
Recommended tracks: Kiss It Better, Love on the Brain, Close To You

14 | Sad13 | Slugger

Genre: Synthpop, Indie Pop
Recommended tracks: <2, Just a Friend, Tell U What

15 | The Jezabels | Synthia

Genre: Art Pop, Dream Pop, Synthpop, Ambient Pop
Recommended tracks: Stand and Deliver, Smile, Unnatural

16 | Carly Rae Jepsen | E·MO·TION: Side B

Genre: Dance-Pop, Synthpop, Electropop
Recommended tracks: The One, Roses, Cry

17 | Jenny Hval | Blood Bitch

Genre: Art Pop, Ambient Pop
Recommended tracks: Female Vampire, Conceptual Romance, Secret Touch

18 | Kendrick Lamar | untitled unmastered.

Genre: Jazz Rap, Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
Recommended tracks: Untitled 2, Untitled 3, Untitled 5

19 | Shura | Nothing's Real

Genre: Synthpop, Dance-pop, Alternative R&B
Recommended tracks: Touch, What's It Gonna Be?, Nothing's Real

20 | pronoun | There's no one new around you.

Genre: Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Synthpop
Recommended tracks: A Million Other Things, just cuz you can't

 

[Servbot24]

1. H. Takahashi - Body Trip
2. Huerco S - For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
3. Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales
4. Steven Julien - Fallen
5. The Movement Trust - Asemic Swing EP
6. Body-San - Shining the Money Ball
7. Marquis Hawkes - Social Housing
8. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here
9. The Body & Full of Hell - One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache
10. M83 - Junk
11. Orlando Voorn - In My World
12. Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek - Shroud Lines
13. Marcel Fengler - Kyu EP
14. Kyle Hall - From Joy
15. Jay Daniel - Broken Knowz
16. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
17. Omar S - The Best
18. C. Diab - No Perfect Wave
19. Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
20. Uyama Hiroto - Freeform Jazz
21. Five Guitars for Tony Conrad - Five Guitars for Tony Conrad
22. Oranassi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
23. Xenia Rubinos - Black Terry Cat
24. Stanislav Tolkachev - When You Are Not at Home
25. Frank Ocean - Blonde
26. G.H. - Housebound Demigod
27. Sean McCann - Music for Public Ensemble
28. Demdike Stare - Wonderland
29. NHK yx Koyxen - Doom Steppy Reverb
30. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
31. Noname - Telefone
32. William Tyler - Modern Country
33. Drose - Man Boy Machine
34. Ian William Craig - Centres
35. Arianna Grande - Dangerous Woman
36. Trim - 1-800 Dinosaur Presents
37. Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura - The Grand Celestial Purge
38. Biosphere - Departed Glories
39. Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
40. Alfredo Mazzilli - Nibiru
41. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
42. CFCF - On Vacation
43. Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom EP
44. Warduna - Runaljod Ragnarok
45. David Bowie - Blackstar
46. Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
47. Skee Mask - Shred
48. M. Geddes Gengras - Two Variations
49. Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
50. Mark Barrot - Sketches from an Island 2

 

[New Year. New Me]

1 | Solange | A Seat at the Table
2 | Frank Ocean | Blonde
3 | A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
4 | David Bowie | Blackstar
5 | Angel Olsen | My Woman
6 | Deakin | SLEEP CYCLE
7 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo
8 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
9 | Death Grips | Bottomless Pit
10 | James Blake | The Colour in Anything
11 | Radiohead | A Moon-shaped Pool
12 | The Avalanches | Wildflower
13 | Animal Collective | Painting With
14 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily&#8217;s D+Evolution
15 | Bon Iver | 22, A Million
16 | Rihanna | ANTI
17 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love!
18 | Mitski | Puberty 2
19 | Beyoncé | Lemonade
20 | Kornél Kovacs | The Bells
21 | nao | For All We Know
22 | Glass Animals | How To Be A Human Being
23 | Frank Ocean | Endless
24 | of Montreal | Innocence Reaches
25 | Iggy Pop | Post Pop Depression

 

[torre_avenue]

5 | Clarence Clarity | No Now

That was a 2015 release, like March 2015.

 

[jambo]

This is a WIP, will finish off in a few hours.

15 | Monkey3 | Astra Symmetry
14 | Haken | Affinity
13 | BT | _
12 | RasaSound | Beginnings
11 | 65daysofstatic | No Man's Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe
10 | Flowjob | Better Rave Than Sorry
09 | Tycho | Epoch
08 | Opeth | Sorceress
07 | Riverside | Eye of the Soundscape


06 | John 00 Fleming | Alter Ego

Shifting gear now, it's time for some psytrance. This list would probably have a lot more of JOOF on it if he ever actually put albums out. This is his third in 25 years and he decided to really go for it in a wonderful way. The tracks are dark and unforgiving, with some fantastic bass lines and build ups and some truly aggressive and energizing tracks.

Stand Out Tracks:
The Imperial Echos Of Devastation (2016 Rework)
Planet X
Desert Rider


05 | Anderson/Stolt | Invention Of Knowledge

Jon Anderson is a giant in the prog rock world and it's wonderful to see him back in full on 70s Yes mode with this new release. This time he's collaborating with Roine Stolt of Flower Kings fame, and it's a perfect match. This is full on 15 minute hippie prog with lots of nonsensical lyrics and great guitar and keyboard work to back it up. Anderson's voice is still great, which is pretty amazing at age 72! Much better than the last few albums Yes have put out.

Stand Out Tracks:
We Are Truth
Knowing


04 | 3rd Ear Experience | Stones of a Feather

Yet more space rock, I'm starting to see a trend here... This southern Californian group, along with around 20 guests, returns for their 4th album. A great release with some nice variety amongst the tracks. Tracks are given space to breathe and there are some lovely quiet passages that give way to great build ups that really pay off well. Also features a great 20 minute jam taken from a live show, really driving and rocking the whole way.

Stand Out Tracks:
Space Tripping (Live)


03 | Causa Sui - Return To Sky

Causa Sui are another space rock band that I discovered only recently, but which has had a big impact on my listening habits. After pouring through their back catalogue a number of times I was very happy to hear that they had new material on the way for 2016. Return To Sky is a wonderful album, with some fantastic guitar riffs and also stellar keyboard work, something that I often find is lacking as bands concentrate more on guitar and bass work.

Stand Out Tracks:
Dust Meridian
Dawn Passage


02 | Øresund Space Collective | Visions Of...

I discovered space rock (a sub genre of psychedelic and progressive rock) in 2015, but 2016 was the year that I fully embraced the madness of this awesome genre. Øresund Space Collective are one of the great space rock bands, sitting on the jam band side of things. They never play a song twice, always performing new jams at every live show and studio session. Visions Of... is a triumph of jamming and space rock, with the 42 minute title track rolling along with a wonderful feel and sound. Above the Corner and Around the Corner are 2 sections of the same jam, this time pulling on funk as the main inspiration. These two are my favourites from the album.

Stand Out Tracks:
Above the Corner


01 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool

I've been a fan of Radiohead for about 10 years now and this is probably the most warm and inviting album that they've ever released. After some highly experimental and sometimes impenetrable releases it feels like Radiohead have finally opened up a bit. It's just great to hear guitar in a Radiohead song again, and the orchestral arrangements by Jonny Greenwood are a wonderful addition.

Stand Out Tracks:
Ful Stop
Daydreaming

 

[YaBish]

1 | Frank Ocean | Blonde

The first time that I listened to this album was the day after a huge house party that I hosted. I saw it posted on Gaf that the album was out on Apple Music and I rushed to tell my hung over housemate who's a huge Frank Ocean fan. We hooked up my phone to a speaker that was still plugged in, and we listened to the whole thing front to back. Halfway through, my other housemate's mom who barely speaks English came in and remarked that we listened to good music.
That day is seared into my brain, and over time, the album itself was too. More than any other album in 2016, Blonde spoke to me. If I was having a bad day, turn on Blonde. If homework was driving me up the wall, put on Frankie. If I was walking down the street, start bumping Pink + White.

It's just that good. Also, The vinyl needs to get here yesterday.
Standout tracks: Pink + White; Solo;

Spoiler

everything but Facebook Story (why Frank?)

2 | Bon Iver | 22, A Million

This album took a bit to click with me, but the moment on 29 #Strafford APTS where Justin Vernon's voice gets all warbly just spoke to me. I was driving back from my girlfriend's school (which is a 3 hour drive) and the album just encapsulated how I was feeling in the moment. That was when I knew that this album was going to be high on my list at the end of the year. For Emma, Forever Ago is on my all-time list, and 22, a Million is making moves.
Standout tracks: 10 d E A T h b R E a s T &#9860; &#9860;; 29 #Strafford APTS

3 | The Dear Hunter | Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional

When a friend showed me The Dear Hunter for the first time, I wasn't quite sure what to think. Here was this band with a complex 6 album story arc which hadn't even been fully released yet. When Act IV dropped last year, I started to get into them a bit more, and when Casey said that they were releasing Act V this year, I started to think it might not be of the same quality. I was so wrong. If you haven't listened to this band yet, I implore you to give them a shot.
Standout tracks: Light; Gloria

4 | The Hotelier | Goodness

Quite a reversal in tone from their previous work, Goodness is the most hopeful album from The Hotelier yet. Love the way that songs flow into one another.
Standout tracks: Soft Animal, Piano Player

5 | A Tribe Called Quest | We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

This album came out at the perfect time. It feels like Tribe modernized, but not too much. Hits especially hard with Phife gone. Feels like an album we didn't deserve, but got anyways.
Standout Tracks: Space Program; Black Spasmodic

6 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool

Standout tracks: Glass Eyes; The Numbers

7 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition

Standout tracks: Ain't it Funny; Really Doe

8 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity

Standout Tracks: Gamma Knife; Mr. Beat

9 | Whitney | Light Upon the Lake

Standout tracks: No Woman; Dave's Song

10 | Childish Gambino | "Awaken, My Love!"

Standout tracks: Redbone; Stand Tall

11 | Various Artists | Furi (Original Video Game Soundtrack)
12 | Vince Staples | Prima Donna
13 | Glass Animals | How To Be A Human Being
14 | Kendrick Lamar | Untitled Unmastered
15 | Thrice | To be Everywhere is To Be Nowhere
16 | Two Door Cinema Club | Gameshow
17 | Julian Lage | Arclight
18 | Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam | I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
19 | Vulfpeck | The Beautiful Game
20 | Machinedrum | Human Energy

 

[Conkersbadfurday]

So my rule for myself is I only list albums I purchased. There are a few that would make this list for sure, but money/time says I probably won't be getting them until 2017. Thems the breaks!

1 | Sully Erna | Hometown Life
2 | Avantasia | Ghostlights
3 | Moonsorrow | Jumalten Aika
4 | Gojira | Magma
5 | Delain | Moonbathers
6 | Sixx A.M. | Prayers for the Damned
7 | Thomas Rakowitz | The Musings of Balance
8 | All Hail the Yeti | Screams from a Black Wilderness
9 | Amaranthe | Maximalism
10 | Korn | The Serenity of Suffering

 

[Floridian]

1 | The Avalanches | Wildflower
2 | A Tribe Called Quest | We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
3 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity
4 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
5 | Rihanna | ANTI
6 | David Bowie | Blackstar
7 | Anderson .Paak | Malibu
8 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Skeleton Tree
9 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens Of Denial
10 | Death Grips | Bottomless Pit

Will update later.

 

[ohlawd]

I didn't listen to much stuff from this year again

4 | Rihanna | ANTI
3 | Beyoncé | Lemonade
2 | Drake | Views

and finally

1 | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman

DASSIT MANG. my fave album of the year. I dig the whole album so it gets my #1 spot.

 

[Darksol]

1 | David Bowie | Blackstar
2 | Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker
3 | Frank Ocean | Blonde

 

[Infernostew]

1 | Descendents | Hypercaffium Spazzinate
2 | David Bowie | Blackstar
3 | Parquet Courts | Human Performance
4 | Weezer | Weezer (White Album)
5 | The Bouncing Souls | Simplicity
6 | Beach Slang | A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings
7 | PAWS | No Grace
8 | Tiger Army | V•••-
9 | Jeff Rosenstock | WORRY.
10 | Blink-182 | California

Best single: The Menzingers - Lookers
Best EP: Night Birds - Who Killed Mike Hunchback?
Most anticipated for 2017: Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life. The Menzingers - After The Party, Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound, Possibly a new World/Inferno Friendship Society EP or LP

 

[equippedwithtowel]

1 | Angel Olsen | My Woman
2 | Frank Ocean | Blonde
3 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial
4 | James Blake | The Colour in Anything
5 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
6 | Parquet Courts | Human Performance
7 | Mitski | Puberty 2
8 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo
9 | Deakin | SLEEP CYCLE
10 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool
11 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Skeleton Tree
12 | The Hotelier | Goodness
13 | Nicolas Jaar | Sirens
14 | Solange | A Seat at the Table
15 | Japanese Breakfast | Psychopomp
16 | A Tribe Called Quest | We Got it From Here... Thank You for Your Service
17 | Kendrick Lamar | Untitled Unmastered
18 | David Bowie| Blackstar
19 | Thee oh Sees | A Weird Exits
20 | Ty Segall | Emotional Mugger
21 | Young Thug | JEFFREY
22 | Preoccupations | Preoccupations
23 | Bon Iver | 22, A Million
24 | Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam | I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
25 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Emotion Side B

Will probably update with comments

 

[kami_sama]

1 | Makeup and Vanity Set | Wavehymnal
2 | Gost | Non Paradisi
3 | Com Truise | Silicon Tare

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

1 | David Bowie | Blackstar
2 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Skeleton Tree
3 | Frank Ocean | Blonde
4 | A Tribe Called Quest | Thank You 4 Your Service
5 | Nicolas Jaar | Sirens
6 | Solange | A Seat at The Table
7 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool
8 | Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker
9 | Kendrick Lamar | untitled. unmastered.
10 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition

 

[Yagharek]

Didn't listen to much this year but here we go:

1 | Leonard Cohen | You Want it Darker
2 | The Avalanches | Wildflower
3 | David Bowie | Blackstar
4 | Dream Theater | The Astonishing
5 | Aphex Twin | Cheetah
6 | Vera Blue | Fingertips

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

So much music I absolutely loved this year. Let's break down the top three.

1 | PUP | "The Dream is Over"
- It seems the past few years there's always one summer rock album that I live and die by. From Fucked Up, to Titus Andronicus, to The Hotelier, to The Hold Steady, I'm glad to say there's a new release I'll never ever stop bumping. This album is the best I've heard from front to back, song to song. It never stops giving. It is 10 anthems for every feeling and I'm glad in exists.

2 | Bon Iver | 22, A Million
- The first time I heard 22 (OVER S&#8734;&#8734;N) I listened to it about 10 times on repeat. The haunting feel, the cold sound to the lyrics, and yet how approachable it felt . . the album doesn't stop for me.

3 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo
- No More Parties in LA. Real Friends. FML. Wolves. Fade. Ultra Light beam. Pt. 2. Waves. I feel like that's all I ever need to say. This album is uneven, atrocious in a few spots, but the high are so high it overcomes the lows.

4 | James Blake | The Colour in Anything
5 | The Hotelier | Goodness
6 | Weezer | Self-Titled (White Album)
7 | Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam | I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
8 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool
9 | Chance the Rapper | Coloring Book
10 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Use correct spelling.

I already see the disqualifications.

Here's my list, I will probably make some edits as well as add comments after I catch up on a few things


1 | Huerco S | For Those of You That Never Have (And Also Those Who Have)
2 | Steven Julien | Fallen
3 | Crying | Beyond the Fleeting Gales
4 | The Movement Trust | Asemic Swing EP
5 | Body|San | Shining the Money Ball
6 | Marquis Hawkes | Social Housing
7 | A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It from Here
8 | The Body & Full of Hell | One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache
9 | Orlando Voorn | In My World
10 | Kero Kero Bonito | Bonito Generation
11 | Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek | Shroud Lines
12 | Marcel Fengler | Kyu EP
13 | Kyle Hall | From Joy
14 | Jay Daniel | Broken Knowz
15 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
16 | Oranassi Pazuzu | Värähtelijä
17 | Xenia Rubinos | Black Terry Cat
18 | Stanislav Tolkachev | When You Are Not at Home
19 | G.H. | Housebound Demigod
20 | Omar S | The Best
21 | Sean McCann | Music for Public Ensemble
22 | Demdike Stare | Wonderland
23 | M83 | Junk
24 | NHK yx Koyxen | Doom Steppy Reverb
25 | Biosphere | Departed Glories
26 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool
27 | Uyama Hiroto | Freeform Jazz
28 | Noname | Telefone
29 | Warduna | Runaljod Ragnarok
30 | William Tyler | Modern Country
31 | Drose | Man Boy Machine
32 | Trim | 1-800 Dinosaur Presents
33 | Heron Oblivion | Heron Oblivion
34 | Charli XCX | Vroom Vroom EP
35 | Alfredo Mazzilli | Nibiru
36 | Ian William Craig | Centres
37 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo
38 | David Bowie | Blackstar
39 | CFCF | On Vacation
40 | Thee Oh Sees | A Weird Exits
41 | Skee Mask | Shred
42 | Mark Barrot | Sketches from an Island 2
43 | Daughters | Not to Disappear
44 | Ash Koosha | I AKA I
45 | Shugo Tokumaru | Toss
46 | XIX Tropic | Liani Crupty
47 | Andy Stott | Too Many Voices
48 | Rosemary Fairweather | Heavenly
49 | M. Geddes Gengras | Two Variations
50 | Bartosz Kruczynski | Baltic Beat

Damn, I don't think I could even do 50 if this 2014 or 2015. You must go real hard. I might have sort of listened to 50 in a year before not 50 I like enough to rank.

 

[rexor0717]

1 | A Tribe Called Quest | We Got it From Here... Thank You for Your Service
2 | Young Thug | JEFFERY
3 | Death Grips | Bottomless Pit
4 | Kero Kero Bonito | Bonito Generation
5 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
6 | Gucci Mane | Everybody Looking
7 | Frank Ocean | Blonde

 

[Gobias]

1 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
2 | David Bowie | Blackstar
3 | A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
4 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool
5 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds| Skeleton Tree
6 | Noname | Telefone
7 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial
8 | Japanese Breakfast | Psychopomp
9 | Mitski | Puberty 2
10 | Angel Olsen | My Woman
11 | James Blake | The Colour in Anything
12 | Kendrick Lamar | Untitled
13 | Kanye West | Life of Pablo
14 | Tim Hecker | Love Streams
15 | Teen Suicide | It's the Big Joyous Celebration
16 | Elvis Depressedly | Holo Pleasures / California Dreamin (Double EP)
17 | Michael Kiwanuka | Place I Belong
18 | Living Hour | Living Hour
19 | Tony Molina | Confront the Truth
20 | Miserable | Uncomfortable
21 | Whitney | Light Upon the Lake
22 | Schoolboy Q | Blankface LP
23 | Carly Rae Jepsen | EMOTION SIDE B
24 | Vince Staples | Prima Donna
25 | Jeff Rosenstock| Worry

 

[March of the Crabs]

Here is my top 20, with a link to one song from each of the top 10 anyone wants to hear some new tunes and discover some stuff.

1. Jeff Rosenstock | Worry

Essentially Anxiety: the album. Jeff Rosenstock writes lyrics like nobody else that are sad, hilarious and instantly relatable. Plus the songs rule.
Check out: I Did Something Weird Last Night


2. The Falcon | Gather Up the Chaps

The Falcon is a supergroup featuring members of The Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio and The Loved Ones that has been around for more than a decade and JUST put out their second album. A greasy, dirty rock and punk record with some of the funniest, most depressing and depraved lyrics I have ever heard. There is really no better punk record this year yet it flew under the radar. Stop sleeping on this.
Check out: Hasselhoff Cheeseburger

3. NOFX | First Ditch Effort

Who would have thought NOFX would put out their best record 33 years into their career? It doesn't make any sense, but this thing rules. Instead of the usual, juvenile NOFX affair, this thing is dark, heartbreaking and deeply saddening and it somehow works.
Check out: Generation Z

4. PEARS | Green Star

If you like punk, hardcore or metal go listen to PEARS. Then go see them live. This thing is a ripper.
Check out: Green Star

5. Direct Hit! | Wasted Mind

A concept album about psychedelics and superpowers and who knows what else wrapped neatly into a super catchy and tight pop/punk album. Every song will stick in your head.
Check out: Villain Alcoholic

6. Against Me! | Shape Shift With Me

I loved Against Me!'s last record, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, for how raw and emotional it was, but the songs felt a little underdeveloped. This new one still has the emotional, angry appeal that one had but is more diverse, catch and relistenable. Great stuff.
Check out: Dead Rats

7. Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love

I had no idea how I would feel about this album but it really is something else. Gambino can do funkadelic and prog. Who could have guessed.
Check out: Stand Tall

8. Metallica | Hardwired...to Self Destruct
I am astonished at how much I like this. I haven't really cared about Metallica in a long time but this hits all the right notes (unlike Kirk live). Thrashy but groovy and catchy with way better production than the last record. Plus THE RIFFS. SO MANY.

Check out: Atlas, Rise!

9. Brian Fallon | Painkillers

Essentially a new Gaslight Anthem album but with more acoustic guitar and that is fine by me. This thing is just so light and catchy and the production is stupidly good. I can listen to this album on repeat foe hours without even noticing. It really snuck up on ke.
Check out: A Wonderful Life

10. PUP | The Dream is Over

PUP are from right near where I live and I catch them live all the time and their live show is insane. However, their first album didn't capture that energy fully. This one does. PUP is blowing up finally and I couldn't be happier. This record slays and deserves all the success it can get.
Check out: DVP

11. Descendents | Hypercaffium Spazzinate

12. Thrice | To Be Everywhere is to be Nowhere

13. Every Time I Die | Low Teens

14. Chance the Rapper | Coloring Book

15. The Bouncing Souls | Simplicity

16. Death By Stereo | Just Like You'd Leave Us, We've Left You for Dead

17. Kendrick Lamar | untitled.unmastered

18. Chris Farren | Can't Die

19. Frank Ocean | Blonde

20. Useless ID | State is Burning

 

[RDreamer]

Subbed! I'll post mine a bit later. Going to be a really hard year to judge. I swear every time I pull up my list.

Damn, I don't think I could even do 50 if this 2014 or 2015. You must go real hard. I might have sort of listened to 50 in a year before not 50 I like enough to rank.

50 ain't shit. My list is like 170 I think. Top 50 will all be things I really like.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

50 ain't shit. My list is like 170 I think. Top 50 will all be things I really like.

Damn, what do you just listen to music all day everyday? 50 sounds like a lot considering most people in here aren't going past 10.

 

[RDreamer]

Damn, what do you just listen to music all day everyday? 50 sounds like a lot considering most people in here aren't going past 10.

I listen to a lot and I almost solely seek out new music from the current year so it starts to add up quickly. I do graphic design for a living so I play music while I work.

 

[Servbot24]

Damn, what do you just listen to music all day everyday? 50 sounds like a lot considering most people in here aren't going past 10.

I usually listen around 4 hours a day I would guess, more on the weekends. So reaching 50 albums that I really like isn't too hard. The one I posted I still had to cut off some really good albums.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Posting now. Will edit it later.

1 | Oddisee | The Odd Tape

2 | Fat Jon | Tephlon Funk

3 | Rapsody | Crown

4 | Anderson .Paak | Malibu

5 | Pop Up! | Fresh

6 | Tweet | Charlene

7 | Jun Ishikawa | The Sound of Kirby Cafe

8 | Solange | A Seat at the Table

9 | Joyce Wrice | Stay Around / Rocket Science

10 | Corinne Bailey Rae | The Heart Speaks in Whispers

 

[Steamlord]

It'll probably be a couple of weeks before I have my list totally sorted and ready to go. I think I'm a masochist.

15 | Japanese Breakfast | In Heaven

Album title is Psychopomp. Just want to make sure it gets the points it deserves!

Damn, what do you just listen to music all day everyday? 50 sounds like a lot considering most people in here aren't going past 10.

I usually do a top 100, which I think is reasonably since I listened to over 250 albums this year. Even then it's still really hard to narrow it down. And no, I don't have a life lol

 

[Kurita]

Damn, what do you just listen to music all day everyday? 50 sounds like a lot considering most people in here aren't going past 10.

50 is like the minimum amount of new albums I listen to each year lol

That's why I'm surprised when I see super short lists. People either don't like anything or just listen to old stuff haha

 

[BeeDog]

1 | These Hidden Hands | Vicarious Memories
2 | Skee Mask | Shred
3 | NHK yx Koyxen | Doom Steppy Reverb
4 | Prince Of Denmark | 8
5 | Barker & Baumecker | Turns
6 | SNTS | Losing Sight
7 | Romans | Valere Aude
8 | Doms & Deykers | Evidence From A Good Source
9 | Leon Vynehall | Rojus (Designed To Dance)
10 | Demdike Stare | Wonderland
11 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition
12 | Vatican Shadow | Media In The Service Of Terror
13 | Steven Julien | Fallen
14 | Albert Van Abbe | Champagne Palestine
15 | Eomac | Bedouin Trax
16 | Bwana | The Capsule's Pride (Bikes)
17 | Ansome | Stowaway
18 | Dorisburg | Irrbloss
19 | Pär Grindvik | Isle Of Real
20 | Floorplan | Victorious
21 | Monoloc | The Untold Way
22 | Cream Soda | &#1055;&#1086;&#1078;&#1072;&#1088;
23 | Marquis Hawkes | Social Housing
24 | DJ Haus | Artificial Intelligence
25 | Makam | Than Sadet
26 | The Exaltics | The Girl And The Chameleon
27 | Umwelt | Days Of Dissent
28 | TM404 | Acidub
29 | The Field | The Follower
30 | Shifted | Appropriation Stories

Shitty year in general, but my God it was an amazing year for music. This is my top 30 list, but there were many, many more great albums released this year that I simply didn't have the strength to squeeze in somewhere.