It's still a month to go, but we already got the first end of year lists from several publications. TY KKS for giving us links. Will just put the top 10s in this post so it's more transparent.
1. The War on Drugs โ Lost in the Dream
2. St. Vincent โ St. Vincent
3. Run the Jewels โ Run the Jewels 2
4. King Tuff โ Black Moon Spell
5. Alvvays โ Alvvays
6. Sylvan Esso โ Sylvan Esso
7. Beck โ Morning Phase
8. Sharon Van Etten โ Are We There
9. First Aid Kit โ Stay Gold
10. Courtney Barnett โ The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
1 U2, 'Songs of Innocence'
2 Bruce Springsteen, 'High Hopes'
3 The Black Keys, 'Turn Blue'
4 St. Vincent, 'St. Vincent'
5 Miranda Lambert, 'Platinum'
6 Charli XCX, 'Sucker'
7 Lana Del Rey, 'Ultraviolence'
8 Run the Jewels, 'Run the Jewels 2'
9 Mac DeMarco, 'Salad Days'
10 Taylor Swift, '1989'
01 THE WAR ON DRUGS : Lost In The Dream
02 LEONARD COHEN : Popular Problems
03 APHEX TWIN : Syro
04 FKA TWIGS : LP1
05 SHARON VAN ETTEN : Are We There
06 ROBERT PLANT : lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
07 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER : Lateness Of Dancers
08 DAMON ALBARN : Everyday Robots
09 ST VINCENT : St Vincent
10 SUN KIL MOON : Benji
01 | St. Vincent | St. Vincent
02 | Mac DeMarco | Salad Days
03 | The War On Drugs | Lost In the Dream
04 | Aphex Twin | Syro
05 | Caribou | Our Love
06 | La Roux | Trouble In Paradise
07 | Merchandise | After The End
08 | Jamie T | Carry On The Grudge
09 | Sleaford Mods | Divide and Exit
10 | Ex Hex | Rips
1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
2. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
3. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
4. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
5. Beck - Morning Phase
6. St Vincent - St Vincent
7. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
8. FKA twigs - LP1
9. Future Islands - Singles
10. Aphex Twin - Syro
1. Beck - Morning Phase
2. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
3. Sleaford Mods - Divide And Exit
4. Jack White - Lazaretto
5. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
6. Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather
7. Julie Byrne - Rooms With Walls And Windows
8. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
9. FKA Twigs - LP1
10. The Bug - Angels & Devils
1. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
2. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
3. Strand of Oaks - Heal
4. Taylor Swift - 1989
5. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
6. Hurray For The Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
7. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
8. Hiss Golden Messenger - Lateness of Dancers
9. John Fullbright - Songs
10. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
1. Temples - Sun Structres
2. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
3. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
4. Metronomy - Love Letters
5. Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
6. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
7. Liars - Mess
8. Millie and Andrea - Drop the Vowels
9. The Delines - Colfax
10. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Also, this site is apparently doing the same thing as metacritic, collecting lists, making aggregate scores etc. Lost in Dream in heavy lead so far, which is just silly IMO.
Last edited by 19loveless91 on 12/01/2014 17:14; edited 2 times in total
Yikes. I found War On Drugs really bland and thought nothing of it, didn't think it would be at the top (or near the top) of so many lists. I guess I really ought to give it a second listen, there must be something I didn't pick up on.
There's some good variation here, but it's pretty much what I'd expect from publications that focus mostly on rock music.
War On Drugs is... pleasant. I don't object to it any more than I usually object to a consensus-voted #1. These lists are always a good source to have available regardless. Thanks for posting.
Do people really think Sleaford Mods is top #10 worthy? It's like when everyone praised Art Brut years ago only to forget them right after. _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
NME was inevitably going to like Sleaford Mods. They're very NME.
Very true. It's actually kind of surprising that Sleaford Mods and Manic STreet Preachers aren't #1 and 2 on NME's list _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
Very true. It's actually kind of surprising that Sleaford Mods and Manic STreet Preachers aren't #1 and 2 on NME's list
To be honest, I don't know how they managed to make 'The Streets + The Fall + Casio keyboards' sound so shit. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
Maybe we should make our own list? I'm thinking something like what HTTS did for the forum regulars' chart. Not till the year's actually over, though.
Yes. I suggest using The Voice - Pazz and Jop's format:
...for ranking albums, you'll have 100 points to divide among
your Top 10 picks, with each entry receiving no more than 30 or less than 5.
If you rank fewer than 10 albums, just subtract 5 points from your 100 total
for each blank. If you'd rather not rank individually, just assign 10 points
per record. All miscomputations will be corrected in-house, to the detriment
of your top-ranked records first.
I've contributed to Pazz and Jop for year's and this format is really great. And if everyone would rather supply a top 20, we could expand the points to 200 to be dividied _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
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