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OK, think I have this sorted now....

1. Jessie ware - What's Your Pleasure?
2. Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
3. Run The Jewels - RTJ4
4. Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
5. Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season 1: Strange Timez
6. Hazel English - Wake UP!
7. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
8. Adrianne Lenker - songs
9. Declan McKenna - Zeroes
10. SAULT - Untitled (Rise)

Honourable mentions to Tkay Maizda, Fourward, Phoebe Bridgers, Dua Lipa and Soccer Mommy. Been a fucking fantastic year for music....

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Firstly a quick thank you to the few of you that recently recommended I give the new Strokes and Haim records another listen, they are both great albums and I was wrong. 

Albums

1. Taylor Swift - Folklore 

2. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 

3. The Strokes - The New Abnormal 

4. Kylie Minogue - Disco

5. Taylor Swift - Evermore 

6. Haim - WIMP3

7. Run The Jewels - RTJ4

8. Idles - Ultra Mono

9. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

10. Lady Gaga - Chromatica

Songs

1. Taylor Swift ft Bon Iver - Exile 

2. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 

3. The Strokes - At the Door

4. Dua Lipa - Levitate 

5. Taylor Swift - My Tears Ricochet 

6. Tame Impala - Is it True

7. Troye Sivan - Rager Teenager 

8. Taylor Swift - Betty 

9. Idles - Grounds

10. Taylor Swift - Happiness 

It really has been the year of discovering how good Taylor Swift is for me. 

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I said I wasn't going to do a top 10 tracks as I don't listen to individual songs (apart from on the radio), but fuck it, I'll give it a go:

1. Stendur aeva - Sigur Ros 

2. Calais to Dover - Bright Eyes 

3. I know the end - Phoebe Bridgers 

4. Forecast of rain - Bob Mould 

5. Falling Thunder - Rolling Blackouts CF

6. Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus - The Strokes 

7. Comet Song - Bright Eyes

8. Dvergmal - Sigur Ros

9. Kyoto - Phoebe Bridgers 

10. A lucid dream - Fontaines DC

 

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Albums

  1. Empty Country - Empty Country
  2. The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You 
  3. Charli XCX - how I'm feeling now
  4. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
  5. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately 
  6. Laura Marling - Songs For Our Daughter
  7. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
  8. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
  9. Porridge Radio - Every Bad
  10. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure

Tracks

  1. Phoebe Bridgers - I Know the End 
  2. The Avalanches - Running Red Lights (feat. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu)
  3. Empty Country - Emerald
  4. Charli XCX - party 4 u
  5. Sufjan Stevens - My Rajneesh
  6. Perfume Genius - Whole Life 
  7. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Something to Rap About (feat. Tyler, The Creator)
  8. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
  9. Laura Marling - Hope We Meet Again
  10. Porridge Radio - Long

Shout outs to Soccer Mommy, Tame Impala, RTJ, Fiona Apple and U.S. Girls as well

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Think I'm done so here

ALBUMS

  1. The Killers - Imploding the Mirage
  2. Deeper - Auto-Pain
  3. Pottery - Bobby's Motel
  4. Run the Jewels - RTJ4
  5. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
  6. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - K.G.
  7. Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers
  8. Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today
  9. Nation of Language - Introduction, Presence
  10.  Deftones - Ohms
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On 12/14/2020 at 6:30 PM, dentalplan said:

6.  The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

"Woah you drive an electric?"

On 12/14/2020 at 6:30 PM, dentalplan said:

60.  The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

"What do you mean?"

On 12/14/2020 at 6:30 PM, dentalplan said:

600.  The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

"I drive a Mercedes"

On 12/14/2020 at 6:30 PM, dentalplan said:

60000.  The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

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albums:

1) Beatrice Dillon - Workaround

2) Autechre - Sign

3) Armand Hammer - Shrines

4) Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

5) The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? 

6) Jeff Parker - Suite For Max Brown

7) Sault - Untitled (Rise)

8 ) Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders

9) Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never

10) Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today

 

Kate NV, Fiona Apple, Fleet Foxes, Moses Sumney, Crack Cloud and Sarah Davachi just miss out.

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Favourite albums of the yeare are:

1 Billy Nomates - Billy Nomates

2 laura Marling -Song for our daughter

3 Fontaines DC - A hero's death

4 Keleketla - Keleketla

5 Fiona Apple - Fetch the boltcutters

6 Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela -Rejoice

7 Ashley McBryde - Never will

8 Doves - The universal want

9 Dion - Blues with friends

10 Working mens club - Working mens club

 

Favourite songs:

Christine and the queens - People i've been sad

Khruangbin - Texas sun

Mungo's hifi - The beat goes ska

Laura Marling - Held down

Tony Allen - Lagos (never gonna be the same)

Fiona Apple - Shameika

Billy Nomates - Hippy elite 

Kathleen Edwards - Glenfern

Kutiman - Maasai in dub

Doves - Broken eyes

 

 

 

 

 

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Albums of the year - 

  1. Run The Jewels - RTJ 4 

  2. Sault – Untitled (Rise) 

  3. Avalanches – We will Always Love you 

  4. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 

  5. Another Sky- I Slept on the Floor 

  6. Roisin Murphy – Roisin Machine 

  7. Jessie Ware – What's your Pleasure? 

  8. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud 

  9. Camelphat – Dark Matter 

  10. Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink

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Songs of the year: 

  1. Will Butler – Surrender 

  2. Ben Hopkins - Laugh Track 

  3. Ferris & Sylvester - Everyone is Home

  4. Run the Jewels – Ju$t 

  5. Katy Pearson – Take Back the Radio

  6. Yola – Hold on

  7. Hot Chip – Straight to the morning

  8. Khruangbin – Time (You and I) 

  9. Faithless – Synthesiser

  10. Groove Armada – Get out on the dance-floor

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1. The Strokes - New Abnormal

2. Tay Swift - Folklore

3. Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You

4. Future Islands - As Long As You Are

5. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

6. Tay Swift - Evermore

7. Gorillaz - Song Machine

8. Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings

9. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

10. The 1975 - NOACF

 

Surprised I didn't see anyone stick Future Islands in their end of the year lists, I absolutely love that album. 

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If you had of told me a the start of the year there would be a world crippling pandemic and that I would have not one, but two Taylor Swift albums in my AOTY list, I would have laughed in your face for suggesting I would even have listened to a full Taylor Swift album but here we are. 

Albums:

1) Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
2) Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
3) Taylor Swift - Evermore
4) Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
5) Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
6) Taylor Swift - Folklore
7) The Strokes - Bad Decisions
8.) Fleet Foxes - Shore
9) Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
10) Muzz - Muzz

Songs:

1) Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
2) Waxahatchee - Ruby Falls
3) Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
4) Phoebe Bridgers - Garden Song
5) Fiona Apple - Ladies
6) Matt Berninger - All For Nothing
7) Taylor Swift (feat. The National) - Coney Island
8.) Taylor Swift - the 1
9) Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
10) Soccer Mommy - circle the drain

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10 minutes ago, nicnzl said:

If you had of told me a the start of the year there would be a world crippling pandemic and that I would have not one, but two Taylor Swift albums in my AOTY list, I would have laughed in your face for suggesting I would even have listened to a full Taylor Swift album but here we are. 

Albums:

1) Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
2) Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
3) Taylor Swift - Evermore
4) Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
5) Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
6) Taylor Swift - Folklore
7) The Strokes - Bad Decisions
8.) Fleet Foxes - Shore
9) Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
10) Muzz - Muzz

Songs:

1) Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
2) Waxahatchee - Ruby Falls
3) Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
4) Phoebe Bridgers - Garden Song
5) Fiona Apple - Ladies
6) Matt Berninger - All For Nothing
7) Taylor Swift (feat. The National) - Coney Island
8.) Taylor Swift - the 1
9) Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
10) Soccer Mommy - circle the drain

I think if I’d have had more time with it Evermore would have made my top 10.

The opening run of 4-5 tracks is about as good as it gets. 

 

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Albums

1. Taylor Swift - folklore
2. Mystery Jets - A Billion Heartbeats
3. The Killers - Imploding The Mirage 
4. Creeper - Sex, Death & The Infinite Void
5. Red Rum Club - The Hollow of Humdrum
6. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
7. Brian Fallon - Local Honey
8. Fleet Foxes - Shore
9. Another Sky - I Slept On The Floor
10. Rolling Blackouts Costal Fever - Sideways To New Italy


Tracks
1.  Phoebe Bridgers - I Know the End
2. Taylor Swift - Exile
3. The Killers - My God
4. The Big Moon - Your Light
5. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
6. The Strokes - Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus
7. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
8. Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming
9. Matt Berninger - One More Second
10. Brian Fallon - You Have Stolen My Heart

 

I'm sure there are more albums I habe not got to properly Evermore particularly but during the year this is what I've managed. I have not clicked with the Strokes album as much as everyone else for some reason despite being a fan, hopefully that will change over time too.

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tough list this year

 

Albums

1.       Run the Jewels – RTJ4

2.       Sports Team – Deep Down Happy

3.       NZCA Lines - Pure Luxury

4.       Working Men’s Club – Working Men’s Club

5.       Sault – Untitled (Rise)

6.       AK/DK – Shared Particles

7.       Bright Eyes – Down In the Weeds, Where the World Once Was

8.       The Flaming Lips – American Head

9.       Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot

10.   Heart Bones – Hot Dish

 

Singles

1.       Bright Eyes – Mariana Trench

2.       The Go! Team – Cookie Scene

3.       Django Django – Glowing in the Dark

4.       Bicep – Apricots

5.       Andy Bell – Love Comes in Waves

6.       Sylvan Esso – Ferris Wheel

7.       Run The Jewels – JU$T

8.       Pet Shop Boys – Monkey Buisness

9.       Georgia – About Work on the Dancefloor

10.   Lynks – How to Be Successful

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After much deliberation:

Albums

1. Keeley Forsyth
2. Avalanches
3. Working Mens Club
4. Waxahatchee
5. Porridge Radio
6. Metz
7. Phoebe B
8. SAULT (Rise) 
9. Pottery
10.  Luke Jenner

Tracks

1. Kerosene! - Yves Tumor
2. Texas Drums, Pt.1 - Pottery
3. Valleys - Working Men's Club
4. Look to Yourself - Keeley Forsyth
5. Dreaming in the Non-Dream (Live) - Chris Forsyth & Garcia Peoples
6. Deep in Love - Bonny Light Horseman
7. Identity Theft - The Chats
8. Circle the Drain - Soccer Mommy
9. Ballet of Apes - Brigid Dawson & The Mothers Network
10. International Love Affair - Keleketla!

Too many honourable mentions to mention.
 

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Albums

1.      Sports Team – Deep Down Happy

2.      Declan McKenna -Zeros

3.      Biffy Clyro – A Celebration of Endings

4.      Sea Girls – Open Up Your Head

5.      Courteeners – More. Again. Forever.

6.      Gengahr – Sanctuary

7.      Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

8.      Nothing but Thieves – Moral Panic

9.      Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

10.   Tame Impala – The Slow Rush

Tracks

1.      Declan McKenna – The Key to Life of Earth

2.      Tame Impala – Lost in Yesterday

3.      Bombay Bicycle Club – Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing but You)

4.      Dua Lipa – Break My Heart

5.      The Mysterines – Love’s Not Enough

6.      The Killers – Imploding the Mirage

7.      Royal Blood – Trouble’s Coming

8.      Bombay Bicycle Club – I Can Hard Speak

9.      Biffy Clyro – End Of

10.   Inhaler – We Have to Move On

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