Best Ever Albums

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

travelful — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:49:02 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 12/11/2015 23:49

1. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

2. I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

3. The Incredible True Story by Logic

4. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

5. Currents by Tame Impala

6. The Album About Nothing by Wale

7. High On Tulsa Heat by John Moreland

8. Evermore: The Art Of Duality by The Underachievers

9. A Forest Of Arms by Great Lake Swimmers

10. GO:OD AM by Mac Miller

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Muslim-Bigfoot — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:28:12 GMT

Author: Muslim-Bigfoot

Posted: 12/11/2015 23:28

Kool Keith Sweat wrote:

His Japanese is shabby

Moto panceko motherfucker.

EDIT: Also some of the stuff I liked this year:

Andrew Bird - Echolocations: Canyon
Shape Worship - A City Remembrancer
Billy Woods - Today, I Wrote Nothing
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi
Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
Knxwledge - Hud Dreems
Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
The Black Dog - Neither/Neither
The Necks - Vertigo
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee
Tame Imapala - Currents
Laurel Halo - In Situ
Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$
Scarface - Deeply Rooted
Xosar - Let Go
RP Boo - Fingers, Bank Pads & Shoe Prints
AYYUKA - Sömestr
Dâm-Funk - Invite The Light

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:17:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/11/2015 23:17

His Japanese is shabby

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Muslim-Bigfoot — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:15:49 GMT

Author: Muslim-Bigfoot

Posted: 12/11/2015 23:15

craola wrote:

you're shabby, and i don't like you. #amidoingitright?

What part of that Josh Brolin pic conveys shabbiness to you?
sorta

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

craola — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:57:33 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 12/11/2015 22:57

Muslim-Bigfoot wrote:

Fight people; that's what keeps this alive.

you're shabby, and i don't like you. #amidoingitright?

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Muslim-Bigfoot — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:18:50 GMT

Author: Muslim-Bigfoot

Posted: 12/11/2015 22:18

Fight people; that's what keeps this alive.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

awesomness425 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:58:49 GMT

Author: awesomness425

Posted: 12/11/2015 21:58

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Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
1.

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To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
2.

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Painted Shut by Hop Along
3.

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Viet Cong by Viet Cong
4.

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My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice
5.

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I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty
6.

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Divers by Joanna Newsom
7.

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So The Flies Don't Come by Milo
8.

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The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us by Beach Slang
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[url=.http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=83014]Currents by Tame Impala [/url]
10.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Revolution909 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:39:20 GMT

Author: Revolution909

Posted: 12/11/2015 21:39

Does anyone know if there will be a BEA's Year-End List thing at the end of this year for 2015? I understand sp4cetiger's BEA account is no more, they did 2014's edition.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

mickilennial — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:44:49 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 12/11/2015 20:44

Quote:

So can we all just agree that we were all wrong and try to move forward in a mature way?

Everyone has their breaking point, though, I will state in defense of that.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:42:25 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 12/11/2015 20:42

And I don't want you to think I'm being patronizing Tyler, I'm being genuine.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

mickilennial — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:42:00 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 12/11/2015 20:42

Satie wrote:

Cuba, I get that you're excited about all the SAT words you're learning, but they have to be used in appropriate contexts to make sense or come off as witty.

Oh man, Tyler thinks he's better than everyone else again! What a shocker! We get it, you went to college and you can use big words too!

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:41:19 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 12/11/2015 20:41

Satie wrote:

i certainly don't know what the bolded part means in context, but it seems to me that when i tried to be an earnest contributor to the site and just avoid opinions i disagreed with while expressing my own, i was brushed off as reactionary and not credible. i'd rather directly antagonize people than bother trying to share my taste with people who will assume i'm lying or putting on an act in any circumstance. i always get reactions, and it's a lot more fun than typing out lengthy reflections on what i was listening to just to get some snarky response from everyone. if contributors here don't like antagonism from people like me and Poe, maybe they should analyze their own track records in handling users like us and try to actually trace action-reaction sequences instead of raising a collective gasp when we get sick of this treatment.

Well for whatever it's worth, I would much much rather hear your actual opinions on things, because being antagonistic serves nothing but yourself. This is a community, and a good one most of the time (at least I like to think so), and part of having a good community is having varying opinions, including ones that aren't necessarily popular. I think I speak for just about everyone when I say that the musical knowledge that you posses added with your ability to write is an extremely valuable part of this community, and if you dropped the whole antagonistic, sardonic thing and were just honest and earnest, I think it would benefit everyone a lot.

And look, maybe some of this, or most of it, was on the community here, it was on us, for doubting that you were being genuine, and if that's the case, then that's our fault and we were wrong. Maybe this is something that everyone here needs to do. You drop the antagonistic thing, and the community at large is more respectful of unpopular opinions (in general, not just yours). Poe devolved into a "my music is great your music sucks you people are unintelligent morons", and perhaps it's because he was sick of the treatment, like you say. But instead of being honest and airing grievances in a mature way, it degenerated into cynical anger that did nothing but cause tension and fights in the forums.

So can we all just agree that we were all wrong and try to move forward in a mature way?

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:37:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/11/2015 20:37

Cuba, I get that you're excited about all the SAT words you're learning, but they have to be used in appropriate contexts to make sense or come off as witty.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:36:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/11/2015 20:36

Satie wrote:

instead of raising a collective gasp when we get sick of this treatment.

*lightly swirling goblet of wine in secret BEAIlluminati room* The proletariat are rising again, this shall be ever so much fun.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:29:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/11/2015 20:29

RockyRaccoon wrote:

Damnit Satie come on, you could be such an incredibly valuable member of this forum if you dropped the whole cynical, jaded, liberal arts student bullshit.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:18:14 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 12/11/2015 20:18

Damnit Satie come on, you could be such an incredibly valuable member of this forum if you dropped the whole cynical, jaded, liberal arts student bullshit.

Anyways, here's my top-10 metal albums for the year, if anyone is interested:

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On Lonely Towers by Barren Earth

Some of the best progressive metal I've ever heard. Like Opeth at their best but better.

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At the Expense of Humanity by Judicator

Emotionally raw, powerful (no pun intended) power metal. Lyrically it deals with the lead-singer's brother's battle and eventual death from cancer. Really emotionally moving stuff.

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Ascension Lost by Thulcandra

Excellently produced black metal with some of the most soulfully-played guitar I've ever heard in the genre. Far more than just blasting drums and walls of guitars.

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Laurestine by So Hideous

Post-black-metal, a great blend of black metal with post-rock elements. The beauty of orchestra mixed with the harshness of black metal. Constantly changing, sonically soaring music.

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You, Whom I Have Always Hated by The Body & Thou

Slow and plodding doom, an album that feels like it's just on the edge of breaking into insanity, and once it breaks loose, it kicks you right in the ass.

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Slaves Beyond Death by Black Breath

Very reminiscent of Entombed. Well paced with mind-blowing technical proficiency, sounds like a classic-era death metal album. It's not reinventing the wheel, it's just a really good wheel.

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Haven by Kamelot

If you could build a power metal album, it'd be this. Big, bombastic, singable choruses, fast guitars, face-melting solos, it's what Kamelot has been doing exceptionally well for quite some time.

Vænir by Monolord

Thick, heavy, lumbering guitars in what amounts to one of my favorite doom metal albums of the year. Like the sound of an iron giant slowly approaching from the distance.

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Enki by Melechesh

Black metal with a groove. Heavy Middle-Eastern influences (cause they're from Israel), Arabic scales all over the place, vocals that are double, sometimes triple, tracked that amount to a colossal sound.

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The Accuser by Abigail Williams

Old-school black metal. If you're into Gorgoroth or Emperor with a dash of Pelican, this is your bag. Expertly composed, equal parts beautiful and haunting.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Patman360 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:45:59 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 12/11/2015 19:45

Got a lot of shit to sort out still and revamping my chart probably begins tonight if I gain the energy but I've finally got time off (though if someone came up with a masters thesis idea for me that'd be swell).

Anyway, currently:

10: Girlpool - Before The World Was Big
09: The Hard Ground - Triptych
08: The Fall - Sub-Lingual Tablet
07: Le Galaxie - Le Club
06: DāM-FunK - Invite The Light
05: SPORTS - All Of Something
04: Quarterbacks - Quarterbacks
03: Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
02: Action Bronson - Mr. Wonderful
01: Czarface - Every Hero Needs A Villain

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

benpaco — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:21:07 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 12/11/2015 19:21

Everything else is making me anxious but just cool it and love each other this should be a nice happy place and you're all great people just take a breather for a moment and remember - these are all matters of personal taste that don't really impact any of you outside of this site.

Anywho, my top 11 (one's not able to be listed here so I'm adding it to this but it won't be on my chart):

11 Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufield - Never Were The Way She Was
10 L'Orange and Jeremiah Jae - The Night Took Us In Like Family
9 Foxing - Dealer
8 Title Fight - Hyperview
7 Brand New - Leaked Demos 2006
6 Turnover - Peripheral Vision
5 L'Orange and Kool Keith - Time? Astonishing!
4 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
3 Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo and Youth
2 flatsound - Four Songs for Losing You
1 mewithoutYou - Pale Horses

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

MrFrogger — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:58:48 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 12/11/2015 18:58

Satie wrote:

don't you have a job or something you should be at? you're fucking 26

Alright, being a dick about music is one thing, but shit like this is just called being an angry asshole. Totally uncalled for dude.

Re: Top 10 Albums of 2015

meccalecca — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:57:49 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 12/11/2015 18:57

Satie wrote:

oh, to be like you! oh, if only!

You're very intelligent. You have adventurous taste. I generally like you. But you're shit at communicating with other people. You rub people the wrong way by continuously appearing smug. You're better than this. Let people be hyperbolic about what they love. What's the harm. Not everyone is going to be into deeply esoteric art. It's cool. we can just enjoy what we enjoy, even if it falls in life with hive mind mentality.