Albums of the Year 2018

[Amy Lawn]

5 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Yep 23/11 apparently.

That's an unusually high score

[Badlands]

She’s good value is Cardi B with her guest spots and her internet patter, but that album was very weak for me. Not heard Money yet though. 

From the daily 20 mins I spend in the car with the OH, I noticed CB was getting a lot more play on the commercial radio stations as the year progressed. Wouldn't surprise me if she became a bigger deal over here with album 2.
 

[Avalon_Fields]

Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound (My album of the year by some margin)

First Aid Kit - Ruins

Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth

Fatoumata Diawara - Fenbo

Ry Cooder - Prodigal Son

Gaz Coombes - The World's Strongest Man

Boz Scaggs - Out Of The Blues

Lee Scratch Perry - The Black Album

 

 

[Hawros]

1 hour ago, Hawros said:

A few that spring to mind...

 

Gaz Coombes - World's Strongest Man

Big Red Machine - BRM

Artic Monkeys - TBH&C

Interpol - Marauder

The Shins - The Worm's Heart

Paul McCartney - Egypt Station

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed?

Mastersystem - Mastersystem

Kurt Vile - Bottle It In

Villagers - The Art of Pretending to Swim

Looking back at my list, these are all decent albums, but nothing for the ages.

[ConorC]

Let's Eat Grandma way underrepresented in here. Denzel Curry too.

Edit: Love that 'Everything Is Recorded' album too, came out so long ago that I thought it was a 2017 release though.

Edited November 6, 2018 by ConorC

[kalifire]

Has RTJ #3 taught us nothing?!

[Amy Lawn]

2 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Has RTJ #3 taught us nothing?!

Tbf, album released at that time gets counted in with the next year, not as if you can really give it a fair shake against albums that've been out for nearly a year in some cases.

[Badlands]

AOTY contest was over in April to be fair!!

 

[SwedgeAntilles]

I really need to spend a bit of time re-listening to a lot of albums I liked but played only a few times. For some reason this year I've had three or four on heavy rotation. Good few weeks to make up for it though and get my list together. 

[FloorFiller]

Agree that it's a month too early for this, especially with some of the albums we've still got coming this year, but I also don't like that people are making lists without me.

...

I'll wait. Anderson. Paak and Kanye could end up running away with this (still holding out that Kanye hasn't totally lost it, possibly foolishly).

[Mouseboy11]

Too many people in here sleeping on Astroworld, smh

[dentalplan]

21 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said:

Too many people in here sleeping thru the flight 

Ayy

[Gucci Piggy]

31 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said:

Too many people in here sleeping on Astroworld, smh

Haven't listened to it since the day it came out I don't think, but Sicko Mode remains the biggest banger out there so maybe I need to revisit it.

[fuzzy_logic]

My top 3 of the year :

Boy Azooga

Parquet Courts

Beak>

 

[Mr.Tease]

I think this thread would be more useful if people also list their favourite albums of all time, so I know who to trust! At the moment we just have lists with no idea if the lister shares our taste in music.

Edited November 6, 2018 by Mr.Tease

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, Mr.Tease said:

I think this thread would be more useful if people also list their favourite albums of all time, so I know who to trust! At the moment we just have lists with no idea if the lister shares our taste in music.

Is typing some band names in to Youtube/Spotify really that much effort?

[Amy Lawn]

12 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

I think this thread would be more useful if people also list their favourite albums of all time, so I know who to trust! At the moment we just have lists with no idea if the lister shares our taste in music.

My favourite album of all time is Abba Gold.

Don't @ me.

[Mr.Tease]

10 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Is typing some band names in to Youtube/Spotify really that much effort?

Nope, but I can get random lists of albums recommened by YouTube or whatever, it’s just nicer to know what someone’s personal tastes are like when they make recommendations

[Mr.Tease]

2 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

My favourite album of all time is Abba Gold.

Don't @ me.

Just like my mum!?

[Gucci Piggy]

16 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

I think this thread would be more useful if people also list their favourite albums of all time, so I know who to trust! At the moment we just have lists with no idea if the lister shares our taste in music.

My favourite album of all time is Muse - Drones.

But on a real, the point of these threads is really just to see what the eFests consensus on the best albums of the year are rather than to act as recommendations. If you read/post in the New Music 2018 thread you're more likely to get that. If an album is popping up in loads of lists that I haven't heard then I'll probably give it a listen, but if a Frank Turner album pops up in one person's list I ain't gonna listen to a Frank Turner album in 2018.

[Mr.Tease]

2 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

My favourite album of all time is Muse - Drones.

But on a real, the point of these threads is really just to see what the eFests consensus on the best albums of the year are rather than to act as recommendations. If you read/post in the New Music 2018 thread you're more likely to get that. If an album is popping up in loads of lists that I haven't heard then I'll probably give it a listen, but if a Frank Turner album pops up in one person's list I ain't gonna listen to a Frank Turner album in 2018.

Ah! I mainly read/post in the old music thread, so I’m clueless with more recent music. I just thought I’d post a way to make it a bit more accessible (I do need to get up to speed with albums released the past few years, I’ve been neglecting new music!). 

I do usually just check out the albums that keep getting mentioned, but nothing’s particularly standing out, and there’s always the risk of missing out on a lesser heard one.

 

[Wakey321]

A few from me but have to say its hard to beat First Aid Kit - Ruins as my winner.

Gaz Coombes - Worlds Strongest Man

Idles - A joy as hard as resistance 

The Coral - Move Through The Dawn

Johnny Marr - Call the Comet

The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment

Shame - Songs of Praise

 

[Gucci Piggy]

11 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

Ah! I mainly read/post in the old music thread, so I’m clueless with more recent music. I just thought I’d post a way to make it a bit more accessible (I do need to get up to speed with albums released the past few years, I’ve been neglecting new music!). 

I do usually just check out the albums that keep getting mentioned, but nothing’s particularly standing out, and there’s always the risk of missing out on a lesser heard one.

 

I've been the same but I decided to make a concerted effort this year to actually keep on top of new music and I'm so glad I have. So many great albums I've heard this year that I'd have totally missed in years gone by.

[Steve1000]

1. Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit
2. Black Peaks - All That Divides
3. Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
4. Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want 
5. A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant
6. Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It
7. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
8. Ghost - Prequelle
9. Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
10. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts

[Mr.Tease]

1 minute ago, Gucci Piggy said:

I've been the same but I decided to make a concerted effort this year to actually keep on top of new music and I'm so glad I have. So many great albums I've heard this year that I'd have totally missed in years gone by.

Yeah, I don’t like to think about all the albums I would have loved but never encountered! I hate just listening to snippets of songs on YouTube etc- most of my favourite albums took weeks/months to get into, so I’m worried I’m missing out on stuff I would have grown to love.