Albums of the year 2016

[Amy Lawn]

3 hours ago, Quark said:

Although now I've gone down that road of analysis I have no idea how to relate it back to albums. I think it might mean you're Kim. I don't really know.

I'm pushing the envelope of music critique here, this is proper inventive shit you're seeing unfold before you.

[Winslow Leach]

Shit, I forgot about Nicolas Jaar. 

[Quark]

3 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

I'm pushing the envelope of music critique here, this is proper inventive shit you're seeing unfold before you.

Just jumping on board for the ride Lawn.  Let's see where it takes us.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Saw The Coral last night. Can't believe I forgot to add "Distance Inbetween" to my top ten. For the record, they were really tight, new tunes sound great live

[ancient_one]

Threads like this make me realise how rubbish I am at keeping up with what's happening out there. I really must find an up to date version of reading Melody maker and listening to John Peel.

Anyway, mainly due to recommendations on this and other recent threads, and that new fangled Spotify thing, I can confirm that I rather like the following, in no particular order - 

David Bowie - BlackStar
Leonard Cohen - You want it darker
King Gizzard - Nonagon Infinity
Billie Marten - Writing of Blues & Yellows
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine a light

I really have tried with Bon Iver, but sorry, if it's all the same, I'll stick with his first album.
 

[Amy Lawn]

Top 10 tracks to keep things ticking over;

1. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
2. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
3. Beyonce - Formation
4. Bon Iver - 33 God
5. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 08
6. Gold Panda - The Time Eater
7. Clipping - All Black
8. Carly Rae Jepsen - Store
9. Emmy The Great - Phoenixes
10. Los Campesinos! - I Broke Up in Amarante
 

[Woffy]

26 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Top 10 tracks to keep things ticking over;

1. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
2. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
3. Beyonce - Formation
4. Bon Iver - 33 God
5. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 08
6. Gold Panda - The Time Eater
7. Clipping - All Black
8. Carly Rae Jepsen - Store
9. Emmy The Great - Phoenixes
10. Los Campesinos! - I Broke Up in Amarante
 

I see Bey bagged the Guardian's No. 1 AOTY, FWIW. 

I like Kitty Empire, but her review is almost an apologetic justification at times. 

[Amy Lawn]

3 hours ago, Woffy said:

I see Bey bagged the Guardian's No. 1 AOTY, FWIW. 

I like Kitty Empire, but her review is almost an apologetic justification at times.

Siding with the Guardian, even though it makes me feel a bit grubby. Kitty Empire is a moron.

[Woffy]

2 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Siding with the Guardian, even though it makes me feel a bit grubby. Kitty Empire is a moron.

A moron in general? Or for having a 'pop' at Bey's Lemonade?

[Amy Lawn]

4 hours ago, Woffy said:

A moron in general? Or for having a 'pop' at Bey's Lemonade?

I don't think I've read her Lemonade review, but I mainly know her from her live reviews and I've always thought they were total crap. Used to pinch copies of The Observer Music Monthly when I was a 13 year old nerd with a paper round, have always held the opinion that she reviews the context of the music rather than the music itself. Whenever I see anything by her now it's like "yep, still a moron" so I know 13 y/o Lawn didn't unfairly develop an ingrained vendetta against her for some historical slight against Britney (which was my modus operandi back then).

Edited December 16, 2016 by GETOFFAMYLAWN

[bamber]

Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid. 2016

 

[bamber]

Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish And Country Soul.

 

[Amy Lawn]

HERE IT IS, YOU HAVE WAITED WITH BATED BREATH FOR THE INDISPUTABLE TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2016 ACCORDING TO YOUR LORD AND MASTER.

I ended up shortlisting down to 47, but I went down to 40 because 40 is a nice number, it's what the charts do. 

1. Beyonce - Lemonade
2. Anna Meredith - Varmints
3. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
4. Emmy The Great - Second Love
5. Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
6. Gold Panda - Good Luck And Do Your Best
7. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
8. Mitski - Puberty 2
9. Clipping - Splendor & Misery
10. Anderson .Paak - Malibu

11. Explosions In The Sky- The Wilderness
12. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
13. Ka - Honor Killed The Samurai
14. Anohni - Hopelessness
15. The Avalanches - Wildflower
16. Nao - For All We Know
17. Touche Amore - Stage Four
18. Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!
19. Paul Simon - Stranger To Stranger
20. Polica - United Crushers
21. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
22. The Gaslamp Killer - Instrumentalepathy
23. Trim - 1800 Dinosaur Presents Trim
24. Metronomy - Summer '08
25. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Skeleton Tree
26. Sarah Neufeld - The Ridge
27. Goat - Requiem
28. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
29. 65daysofstatic - No Man's Sky: Music For An Infinite Universe
30. Angel Olsen - My Woman
31. Lapsley - Long Way Home
32. Solange - A Seat At The Table
33. Justice - Woman
34. Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
35. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
36. Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
37. Trust Fund - We Have Always Lived In The Harolds
38. School Of Seven Bells - SVIIB
39. Imarhan - Imarhan
40. Colin Stetson - Sorrow: A Re-imagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony

[Woffy]

Have you been on the fucking bingo dust lately, Lawn?

 

Nice list mind. You'd fit right in on the RadioThread...if AMSP wasn't at 3bloody5. You could at least have put at 9. 

 

Edit: And no Leonard Cohen. Sackable offence. 

Edited December 18, 2016 by Woffy

[Amy Lawn]

13 minutes ago, Woffy said:

Have you been on the fucking bingo dust lately, Lawn?

 

Nice list mind. You'd fit right in on the RadioThread...if AMSP wasn't at 3bloody5. You could at least have put at 9. 

 

Edit: And no Leonard Cohen. Sackable offence. 

I artificially bumped Tom York and the lads up from 40, I didn't want to incur the wrath of their sect. Not listened to Lenny's one yet, not listened to Bowie, not listened to King Gizz, not listened to J Cole, not listened to Little Mix, not listened to Matey Three, am I even qualified to make a list?

[dentalplan]

Delete it Lawn

[Amy Lawn]

51 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Delete it Lawn

Delete Radiohead? Well I know they're terribly overrated, but it's an enjoyable album, I put it in there over Dinoaur Jr and Common, such was my enjoyment of it.

[Woffy]

3 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

I artificially bumped Tom York and the lads up from 40, I didn't want to incur the wrath of their sect. Not listened to Lenny's one yet, not listened to Bowie, not listened to King Gizz, not listened to J Cole, not listened to Little Mix, not listened to Matey Three, am I even qualified to make a list?

"...incur the wrath of their sect"

Hehe. Nice. :-)

And what a wan, angsty, bedwetting sect we are!

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's a reissue, but this has probably been my favourite discovery of the year

[Amy Lawn]

39 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Goat and especially Nick cave far too low on your list for it to be credible. 

[MrZigster]

As I state every year in these threads, I don't really get to listen to that many new albums these days.

This year

I have been mostly listening to:...

(Edit: I tried to post a photo of Jessie from The Fast Show here, but it didn't show. Damn).

Muse and Radiohead (for catch up headlining reasons).

Album of the year has to be Bowie's Blackstar for me though. That title track. There is just so much going on in that. Also he sounds more Bowie than ever on some of the tracks. Almost like he's doing a pastiche of himself. I think it's now my new favourite Bowie album. Move aside Hunky Dory. Can't believe I just typed that sentence.

Edited December 18, 2016 by MrZigster
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[Thunderstruck]

No particular order...

Blink 182s new one - a pleasant surprise!
Daughter: Not to disappear (my personal favourite)
Radiohead: AMSP - absolutely fantastic album an absolute classic IMO
Jimmy Eat World: Integrity Blues
Isaac Gracie: Songs from My Bedroom 
The Lumineers: Cleopatra
Wolf Alice: My Love is Cool

 

[Winslow Leach]

15 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It's a reissue, but this has probably been my favourite discovery of the year

Yeah this and Julius Eastman's Feminine were my favourite reissues of the year, both great discoveries. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

In fact the original issue is edited and so beyond obscure that it's more or less a new release.

I haven't splashed out on the physical copy yet, but I think the context provided by the book is going to be invaluable.

[mr_monkey]

in no particular order:

 

the lippies - the lippies

against me - shape shift with me

touche amore - stage four

moose blood - blush

milk teeth - vile child

old gray - slow burn

modern baseball - holy ghost

Apologies i have none - pharmacie