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[Goldboy]

Big Fish Theory is better than DAMN.

Both were pretty disappointing.

 

[RumbleHumble]

Algiers on here makes me so so happy. While I like RJ3 better than 4:44, 4:44 is way more of a surprise.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I wonder if I could put together a top 25. I've listened to less this year, but I might have listened to 40.

1. The Past Is Always Present in the Future - Substantial
2. Queendom - Modlee
3. Voyager - Moonchild
4. Dear White People The Soundtrack
5. Oddisee - The Iceberg
6. ~sohee – 低い
7. Vanilla - Moonlight
8. Nick Grant - The Return of the Cool
9. Malibu Mitch - Top 5
10. Nobuo Uematsu & Arnie Roth - Distant Worlds IV
11. Antiphon - Alpha Mist
11. Avery Sunshine - Twenty Sixty-Four
12. Ladi6 - Royal Blue 3000
The rest:
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Jay-Z 4:44
Big Boi's album
Mary J. Blige's Album
Violents & Monica Martin - Awake and Pretty Much Sober
Arca-Arca
Joey Bada$$'s album
J. Cole's album

Some other shit I don't remember.

 

[HotHamBoy]

77 on MC is 5 points away from the 25th best at 82

Lol at using Metacritic as a barometer for quality in music.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

There might be a lot of good music from artists I haven't been keeping up with since I stopped using Facebook. I need to check up on:

Nitty Scott MC
Nat the Lioness
Vel the Wonder
The Reminders
Stereo Nasty
Cunninlynguists
Ruby Ibarra
Klassy
Ari Lennox
Grace
Sidibe
Sammus
Moderator
SkyBlew

I need a lot more genres too: Could use some classical, pop, and reggae.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

"Holy shit, Mount Eerie came out with a new album?!"

*listens to first song*

Holy shit, no.

 

[kitchenmotors]

Melodrama and Big Fish Theory should be #1 and #2.

 

[____]

DAMN was for sure a slow burn. Completely different reaction to it for me now than at release. And it's on par with TPAB for me. Accordingly so, it's place at #1 confirms critics heard back then what I hear now.

And Big Fish Theory was a letdown.

 

[marrec]

Melodrama and Big Fish Theory should be #1 and #2.

I can get down with this. With Something to Tell You being #3.

 

[kitchenmotors]

I can get down with this. With Something to Tell You being #3.

Going to see Vince Staples at Pitchfork next weekend in Chicago. Hyped.

I’m waiting for Gorillaz to take the stage right now, hoping Vince makes an appearance like rumored.

 

[ty_hot]

Lorde's Melodrama is so great I bought tickets for her concert.

 

[Servbot24]

Big Fish Theory > Damn

 

[Anung]

"Holy shit, Mount Eerie came out with a new album?!"

*listens to first song*

Holy shit, no.

It's an incredible album that I can handle listening to every one in a while. Shit's too heavy.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

It's an incredible album that I can handle listening to every one in a while. Shit's too heavy.

I just finished listening to it. It was beautiful, but I'll probably never listen to it again. :\

 

[marrec]

Big Fish Theory > Damn

See, this shit is gospel.

DAMN is good, but Big Fish Theory is tremendous.

 

[siddx]

I vastly prefer gkmc but I can't deny k.dot the number one spot, deserves it.
RTJ3 should be top 3 but they have hit that point where miserable fucks are turning against them because they get too much attention.

A lot of bands on the list sound like the kind of artists that only five people in a vape bar in Portland would know about.

Edit: big fish theory deserves its spot too, as does 4:44. Rap fans have become an ugly infighting bunch though, so it doesn't surprise me to see some of the hate in here.
Wish mc eihts album was getting more attention.

 

[Draper]

Where the hell is Feist

 

[Poor GRIMES]

Anyone who says DAMN is overrated should forever have their 'opinions' invalidated, tbqfh.

 

[Galang]

My girls SZA and Kelly Lee Owens robbed. Otherwise good list. Glad to see Arca and Laurel Halo so high up. Only album I don't agree with here is Melodrama, or at least that high up. It's alright, but I would say most the albums below it are more deserving of a 90+ score if anything.

Edit: Oh and actress robbed too. Loved the album!

 

[Servbot24]

See, this shit is gospel.

DAMN is good, but Big Fish Theory is tremendous.

I love em both, but with Damn I generally skip half the songs. BFT there's only one skipper (the interlude track)

My 25 fwiw:

1. Actress - AZD
2. Laurel Halo - Dust
3. Forest Swords - Compassion
4. Litku Klemetti - Juna Kaiuuseen
5. Avey Tare - Eucalyptus
6. Gas - Narkopop
7. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me
8. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
9. The Necks - Unfold
10. Mchy i Porosty - Hypnagogic Polish Music For Teenage Mutants
11. Hamatsuki - Uncertain Loops
12. Perfume Genius - No Shape
13. Arca - Arca
14. Pallbearer - Heartless
15. Ancient Methods - The First Siren EP
16. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
17. Oto Hiax - S/T
18. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
19. Various Artists - Spiritual Jazz 7: Modal, Esoteric & Progressive Jazz Inspired by Islam 1957-1989
20. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
21. Mew - Visuals
22. Saagara - 2
23. Tutti Harp - Tła II
24. Ty Segall - Ty Segall
25. Spoon - Hot Thoughts

 

[overcast]

For the record RTJ3 did release last year technically. "Christmas Miracle"

 

[ZeoVGM]

Lol at using Metacritic as a barometer for quality in music.

... You asked where it was on a Metacritic list. He explained why.

 

[Ristifer]

Where the hell is Feist

Agreed.

 

[Icolin]

Where is Beautiful Thugger Girls

Where is Playboi Carti

Where is More Life

Where is Starboy

Where is Crack-Up

 

[Mi goreng]

Top 25 4 Me

1 Octo Octa - Where Are We Going?
2 Johnny Jewel - Windswept
3 Moiré - No Future
4 Sophia Kennedy - Sophia Kennedy
5 Teengirl Fantasy - 8AM
6 Actress - AZD
7 Dauwd - Theory of Colours
8 Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens
9 Laurel Halo - Dust
10 Wayne Snow - Freedom TV
11 Forest Swords - Compassion
12 Shed - The Final Experiment
13 Blanck Mass - World Eater
14 Philippe Hallais - An American Hero
15 Geotic - Abysma
16 Go Hiyama - I Am Goodbye
17 nthng - It Never Ends
18 Computer Graphics - Lo-Fi
19 PAN Various Artists - mono no aware
20 Nick Höppner - Work
21 Uniform - Wake In Fright
22 Night Jewel - Real High
23 Nathan Fake - Providence
24 Deeper Kenz - Deeper Kenz
25 sir Was - Digging a Tunnel

 

[Draper]

Agreed.

Thank you

 

[Kurt Angle]

kendrick can't touch yeezy

 

[SandwichMeat]

Tricot - 3

The Physics House Band - Mercury Fountain

Guerilla Toss - GT Ultra

Three great 2017 albums that aren't are Metacritic

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I wonder if I can get to 25 from 2017...

1. Gorillaz - Humanz
2. The xx - I See You
3. Spoon - Hot Thoughts
4. SOHN - Rennen
5. Paramore - After Laughter
6. The Mountain Goats - Goths
7. Lorde - Melodrama
8. London Grammar - Truth is a Beautiful Thing
9. Halsey - hopeless fountain kingdom
10. HAIM - Something To Tell You
11. Goldfrapp - Silver Eye
12. girlpool - Powerplant
13. Feist - Pleasure
14. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
15. Atticus Cobain - America, Location 12
16. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song
17. Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
18. Bonobo - Migration
19. alt-J - Relaxer

Not quite. Tell me music gurus, based on that list, what else should I listen to?

 

[Bladenic]

1. HAIM - Something to Tell You

 

[LionPride]

Shit now I wanna make my own list

1. DAMN. by K.Dot
2. Process by Sampha
3. Pretty Girls Like Trap Music by 2 Chainz
4. Melodrama by Lorde
5. Ctrl by SZA
6. Harry Styles by Harry Styles
7. What Now by Sylvan Esso
8. Funk Wave Bounces Vol. 1 by Calvin Harris
9. Like a Woman by Kacy Hill
10. Fin by Syd
11. After Laughter by Paramore
12. Droptopwop by Gucci Mane
13. Drunk by Thundercat
14. Beautiful Thugger Girls
15. 4:44 by Jigga WHO?
16. Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples
17. HNDRXX by Future
18. Culture by Migos
19. Iteration by Com Truise
20. I See You by The XX
21. LANY by LANY
22. Crack-Up by Fleet Foxes
23. H.E.R. Volume 2 by H.E.R.
24. FUTURE by Future
25. Playboi Carti by Playboi Carti

 

[SandwichMeat]

I wonder if I can get to 25 from 2017...


Not quite. Tell me music gurus, based on that list, what else should I listen to?

Songs from the albums I just listed

Tricot - Melon Soda

Guerilla Toss - Skull Pop

The Physics House Band - Surrogate Head

 

[Uno Venova]

Big Fish Theory sucks

Big Fish Theory sucks

Big Fish Theory sucks

Big Fish Theory sucks

Big Fish Theory sucks

Big Fish Theory sucks

Big Fish Theory sucks

Big Fish Theory sucks

.

 

[Conciliator]

no way Big Fish Theory is better than Damn. damn just gets better and better.

also i didn't know what to make of that Arca shit tbh

EDIT: haven't listened to new jay-z yet

 

[SandwichMeat]

Also

BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION better than DAMN or Big FIsh

 

[kwogfaf]

They must not be considering RTJ3 as a 2017 release, because it has an 88 Metascore, which would put it in the top 5 of this list.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

Big Fish Theory > Damn

I knew you were good people

 

[goldlion054]

See yous a yous a yous a bitch with all that sucker shit inside your DNA

Damn.

 

[Brinbe]

IDK, RTJ3 is okay, but a step-down from its predecessor. Same with Big Fish

DAMN is a worthy winner at the midpoint, even if it isn't perfect. It has real longevity. 4:44 deserves love too, it's solid.

Hoping Nas drops something this year.

 

[RespectThySole]

I like Vince Staples but what the fuck is Big Fish doing there?

Damn shouldn't be there either tbh. Definitely his weakest album since Section .80.

There are a couple of standout tracks(DNA, XXX and maybe FEAR) but it's nothing special overall and has it's fair share of filler/weak shit.

Edit: Summertime '06 is WAY better than Big Fish as well

 

[RespectThySole]

Dp

 

[Vanillalite]

That Haim album sucks, and it's the worst in that it's surface generic "indie rock" to appeal to the masses.

To be fair Courtney Barnett's last big album also sorta fit this critism as the token indie rock song you'd see in an Apple commercial or hear on Beats 1. At the same time while her album can be ernest she also doesn't give a fuck so. I mean have you listened to Aqua Profonda? She purposefully doesn't take herself too seriously.

 

[indigo lily]

Where the hell is Feist

Seriously... wtf?

 

[uncelestial]

Being Metacritic, this is more a gauge of bandwagon jumping and name recognition than quality, really. Metacritic is not where I'd be looking for music to begin with, because music is too varied and specific to individual taste; Metacritic is better for less-crowded spaces, like "which of the handful of movies at my theater should I see this weekend?" "What's the best RPG that came out this year," etc.

It's usually better to explore genres that are catching your fancy through playlists, hashtags, Hype Machine, auto-generated radio stations, etc. Still, sort of interesting to see what "consensus" looks like, however meaningless it is given the apples to oranges comparisons going on between each album here.

 

[Fevaweva]

Sampha's album should be No. 1

 

[indigo lily]

Shit now I wanna make my own list

1. DAMN. by K.Dot
2. Process by Sampha
3. Pretty Girls Like Trap Music by 2 Chainz
4. Melodrama by Lorde
5. Ctrl by SZA
6. Harry Styles by Harry Styles
7. What Now by Sylvan Esso
8. Funk Wave Bounces Vol. 1 by Calvin Harris
9. Like a Woman by Kacy Hill
10. Fin by Syd
11. After Laughter by Paramore
12. Droptopwop by Gucci Mane
13. Drunk by Thundercat
14. Beautiful Thugger Girls
15. 4:44 by Jigga WHO?
16. Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples
17. HNDRXX by Future
18. Culture by Migos
19. Iteration by Com Truise
20. I See You by The XX
21. LANY by LANY
22. Crack-Up by Fleet Foxes
23. H.E.R. Volume 2 by H.E.R.
24. FUTURE by Future
25. Playboi Carti by Playboi Carti

Jeez the top 25 is missing Ctrl too? 😕

 

[janoDX]

Does people realize this only counts new releases overall ratings and not personal preferences by the metacritic staff?

 

[TheRedSnifit]

No Annual General Meeting Record Vol. 2?

Hmph.

 

[EYEL1NER]

Ayreon's The Source isn't even on Metacritic. Hmmm.

 

[Trey]

Also

BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION better than DAMN or Big FIsh

not even close. well, maybe to BFT, but even then, nah.