The eFests Albums & Tracks of The Year - Submissions Thread

[Quark]

"We trust in the common sense of the great eFests public to make sensible decisions"

[SwedgeAntilles]

 

[gigpusher]

1 hour ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

 

😄 Have we learnt nothing from Brexit, General elections and pandemics 😄 

[Quark]

23 minutes ago, gigpusher said:

😄 Have we learnt nothing from Brexit, General elections and pandemics 😄 

We got all giddy after Boaty McBoatface and decided people could be trusted

[gigpusher]

6 minutes ago, Quark said:

We got all giddy after Boaty McBoatface and decided people could be trusted

😄 I know somebody who voted for Boris Johnson for mayor because it would be funny!! We're not laughing now are we!!! Never trust the public. 

[Homer]

This has gotta be one of the songs of the year
 

 

[willd255]

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
2. Taylor Swift - Evermore
3. Taylor Swift - Folklore
4. Alexandra Savior - The Archer
5. Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces
6. Sorry - 925
7. Willie J Healey - Twin Heavy
8. Maya Hawke - Blush
9. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
10. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death

TRACKS OF THE YEAR

1. Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
2. Adrienne Lenker - Anything
3. Taylor Swift - Exile
4. The 1975 - If You're Too Shy
5. Taylor Swift - 'Tis The Damn Season
6. Bleachers - Chinatown
7. Waxahatchee - Witches
8. Tame Impala - Is It True
9. Dua Lipa - Physical
10. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death

[Claire96]

Albums Of The Year:

1. Petals For Armor by Hayley Williams

2. A Celebration Of Endings by Biffy Clyro

3. Gigaton by Pearl Jam

4. Women In Music III by HAIM

5. Moral Panic by Nothing But Thieves

6. Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

7. Such Pretty Forks In The Road by Alanis Morissette

8. It's All There But You're Dreaming by False Heads

9. Wake Up, Sunshine by All Time Low

10. No One Sings Like You Anymore by Chris Cornell

 

Tracks Of The Year:

1. Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris by Hayley Williams

2. Trouble's Coming by Royal Blood

3. Dance Of The Clairvoyants by Pearl Jam

4. Shame Shame by Foo Fighters

5. Shot Down by BRKN LOVE

6. Rabbit Hole by False Heads

7. Therefore I Am by Billie Eilish

8. Monsters by All Time Low feat. blackbear

9. Unperson by Nothing But Thieves

10. Reasons I Drink by Alanis Morissette

Edited December 15, 2020 by Claire96

[Mouseboy11]

Albums

1. SAWAYAMA - Rina Sawayama

2. Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

3. Brave Faces Everyone - Spanish Love Songs

4. What's Your Pleasure? - Jessie Ware

5. RTJ 4 - Run The Jewels

6. A Hero's Death - Fontaines D.C.

7. Heaven for a Tortured Mind - Yves Tumor

8. Untitled (Rise) - SAULT

9. Every Bad - Porridge Radio

10. Melee - Dogleg

Tracks

1. I Know The End - Phoebe Bridgers

2. WAP - Cardi B 

3. Baby - Four Tet

4. Dynasty - Rina Sawayama

5. Gospel for a New Century - Yves Tumor

6. Lilac - Porridge Radio

7. Delete Forever - Grimes

8. nhs - Slowthai

9. Forever - Charli XCX

10. Perfect Dark - Elison 404

 

[SwedgeAntilles]

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
2. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
3. SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
4. Caribou - Suddenly
5. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
6. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
7. Dehd - Flower of Devotion
8. Adrianne Lenker - Songs
9. Run The Jewels - RTJ4
10. HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III

TRACKS OF THE YEAR

1. Taylor Swift (feat. Bon Iver) - Exile
2. Pottery - Hot Heater
3. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
4. Caribou - Home
5. Fiona Apple - I Want You To Love Me
6. Waxahatchee - Lilacs
7. The Street (feat. IDLES) - None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Alive
8. Four Tet - Baby
9. The Strokes - Ode To The Mets
10. Laura Marling - Strange Girl

[circus92]

I get the feeling she was already in the lead, but Phoebe Bridgers has surely sprinted out of reach for AOTY in the last few hours?

[nikkic]

2 hours ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
2. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
3. SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
4. Caribou - Suddenly
5. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
6. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
7. Dehd - Flower of Devotion
8. Adrianne Lenker - Songs
9. Run The Jewels - RTJ4
10. HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III

TRACKS OF THE YEAR

1. Taylor Swift (feat. Bon Iver) - Exile
2. Pottery - Hot Heater
3. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
4. Caribou - Home
5. Fiona Apple - I Want You To Love Me
6. Waxahatchee - Lilacs
7. The Street (feat. IDLES) - None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Alive
8. Four Tet - Baby
9. The Strokes - Ode To The Mets
10. Laura Marling - Strange Girl

My G

[nikkic]

5 hours ago, Homer said:

This has gotta be one of the songs of the year
 

 

In my long list, need to narrow down to my top 10 (tomorrow’s job).

[dentalplan]

2 hours ago, circus92 said:

I get the feeling she was already in the lead, but Phoebe Bridgers has surely sprinted out of reach for AOTY in the last few hours?

Well, Protomartyr urged their fans to vote by mail and the mail-in ballots haven't been counted yet.

Edited December 16, 2020 by dentalplan

[priest17]

14 hours ago, Homer said:

This has gotta be one of the songs of the year
 

 

Best opening line to an album for sure*

 

*Probably

[phillyfaddle]

Can't do the usual top 10 albums, as there's too many I enjoyed in 2020. But I'd like to recommend this incredible CD "Working River" for all the folkies out there, or anyone interested in working class history. Created by Folktree Recordings in partnership with the General Federation of Trade Unions. It's a compilation of 21 folk songs centred on the Thames. They tell the stories of the lives of the river's working people over the past few hundred years. Some songs are old, some modern, some humourous, some tragic, all emotionally affecting. I was alerted to it by a trade unionist friend of mine and absolutely LOVE it.

Proceeds go to the GTFU education fund.

https://gftu.org.uk/product/working-river-cd/

Edited December 16, 2020 by phillyfaddle
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[nikkic]

Here we go.....

Albums

1. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
2. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
3. Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
4. TORRES - Silver Tongue 
5. Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans
6. Faithless - All Blessed
7. SAULT - Black Is
8. Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison 
9. Roisin Murphy - Roisin Machine
10. Caribou - Suddenly

Songs 

1. Sault - Wildfires
2. Disclosure - Tondo
3. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
3. Caribou - Never Come Back
4. Tame Impala - Lost In Yesterday
5. The Killers - My Own Soul's Warning 
6. Porridge Radio - 7 Seconds 
7. BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff 
8. Bon Iver - PDLIF
9. The Big Moon - Take A Piece 
10. Maribou State - Mother 

Absolute cracker of a year. Had to narrow down my albums from a long list of 30 and my songs from a long list of 70.

[Haan]

18 hours ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
2. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
3. SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
4. Caribou - Suddenly
5. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
6. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
7. Dehd - Flower of Devotion
8. Adrianne Lenker - Songs
9. Run The Jewels - RTJ4
10. HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III

TRACKS OF THE YEAR

1. Taylor Swift (feat. Bon Iver) - Exile
2. Pottery - Hot Heater
3. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
4. Caribou - Home
5. Fiona Apple - I Want You To Love Me
6. Waxahatchee - Lilacs
7. The Street (feat. IDLES) - None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Alive
8. Four Tet - Baby
9. The Strokes - Ode To The Mets
10. Laura Marling - Strange Girl

The Dehd album is really good, loved the closing track "Flying" a lot

[Rumblestripe]

I'm not going to give a list (I don't think I'm qualified)

My "Album of the Year" is Spook the Herd by Lanterns on the Lake and track would be "Baddies" off that album.

I'm slightly shocked that it has only been mentioned once on here (it was Mercury nommed)

[gigpusher]

You know the great thing about these lists. When someone submits a list and it's very similar to yours but there are 1 or 2 that you haven't even heard and so you have some new stuff to listen to that you have fairly high expectations that you should like. 

[Quark]

23 minutes ago, Rumblestripe said:

I'm not going to give a list (I don't think I'm qualified)

My "Album of the Year" is Spook the Herd by Lanterns on the Lake and track would be "Baddies" off that album.

I'm slightly shocked that it has only been mentioned once on here (it was Mercury nommed)

Tell me about it. Not one other person has Levellers in their AOTY list*.

No accounting for taste in this place 😄

Tongue very firmly in cheek, obvs. They were only ever going to be in my list

[gigpusher]

1 minute ago, Quark said:

Tell me about it. Not one other person has Levellers in their AOTY list*.

No accounting for taste in this place 😄

Tongue very firmly in cheek, obvs. They were only ever going to be in my list

I've not even listened to it! I quite like The Levellers as well but until I submit my list I'm not listening to any new albums. I'm already struggling enough at narrowing it down. Doesn't help that I am really rubbish with names so there are some albums that I quite liked earlier in the year that I can't even remember!! 

As for tracks I think I might end up using them as my way of sneaking in some of the almost considered albums although I do have 2 or 3 tracks that do deserve a mention because they have been cracking tunes!

[Quark]

2 minutes ago, gigpusher said:

I've not even listened to it! I quite like The Levellers as well but until I submit my list I'm not listening to any new albums. I'm already struggling enough at narrowing it down. Doesn't help that I am really rubbish with names so there are some albums that I quite liked earlier in the year that I can't even remember!! 

As for tracks I think I might end up using them as my way of sneaking in some of the almost considered albums although I do have 2 or 3 tracks that do deserve a mention because they have been cracking tunes!

Oh hell yeah, there's no way you can cover everything that's available!

I stick by my list because I'm not going to dick Swedge around, but the late release of Moby's remix album did bugger me up a bit! 😂

Edited December 16, 2020 by Quark

[Punksnotdead]

30 minutes ago, Rumblestripe said:

I'm not going to give a list (I don't think I'm qualified)

My "Album of the Year" is Spook the Herd by Lanterns on the Lake and track would be "Baddies" off that album.

I'm slightly shocked that it has only been mentioned once on here (it was Mercury nommed)

It's a beautiful album. Any normal year it would have made my top ten but there's been so many crackers this year, it didn't quite make the cut.

[gigpusher]

2 minutes ago, Quark said:

Oh hell yeah, there's no way you can cover everything that's available!

I stick by my list because I'm not going to dick Swedge around, but the late release of Moby's remix album did bugger me up a bit! 😂

That one completely passed me by as well. These end of year lists will keep me going throughout January. Luckily in a Twitter group they ask for a festive 21 so that means the ones I have left out of my Top 10 will get a look in!!