2016 Honorable Mentions
by 
RockyRaccoon 
Albums that didn't make my 2016 top-100, but are still worth listening to.
- Chart updated: 07/11/2023 16:15
- (Created: 05/02/2016 19:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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While this may be an album that's par for the course for Inquisition, it's still well-rounded, solid metal album. Inquisition have a unique sound, blending metal genres and creating an album that's tight and aggressive, but not too formulaic. There are times when the band feels like they're repeating themselves, but in general, this album is interesting and, at times, hypnotic, making for one of the more interesting metal albums of the year.
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If you listen to the lyrics of this album, you'll find that the album's title is pretty reflective of its attitude. On the surface, this album sounds like light, springy shoegaze, but if you look closer into the album, you can see anger and bitterness. Lead singer Domenic Palermo recently suffered brain trauma after he was jumped, and you can imagine what kind of attitude that would give someone. As far as Palermo is concerned, humankind is basically crap, there's no point, there's no purpose to any of it. The lyrics have this overwhelming sense of nihilism, people are useless and worthless, nothing matters, that's why the title makes so much sense. Palermo is tired of people, tired of life, tired of tomorrow.
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I've always heard that ambient music is supposed to be like wallpaper, and it often is. But much ambient music is like movie wallpaper, like a waterfall in an office or something, gently in the background and moving. That's what Sunergy is. Sunergy is awash in crashing waves, Terry Riley style minimalism, and dancing synths. It makes for a beautiful ambient album that acts as that active wallpaper, sitting in the background, but not boring you.
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Lydia Loveless' music sounds like it should be on some old jukebox in a country western bar. She has this real genuine quality to her music, it feels real and raw, and it's that feeling that complements her similar lyrics so well. On Real, Loveless tackles messy relationships, her own personal flaws and failings, and hard lessons life has taught her. It's a raw, painful album that showcases Loveless' fantastic songwriting talent.
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You can always predict a handful of things to be on a doom metal album. Slow riffs, heavy, slow drumming, thick guitar effects, it's on every doom metal album, it's part of what makes doom metal doom metal. Spirit Adrift use all of that here, but they don't rely on it as a crutch, there's depth here if you listen to it. This is soulful, emotive doom metal, it's emotionally evocative and powerful, while still technically impressive. It's a really impressive album.
[First added to this chart: 03/07/2019]
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The genre of stoner rock can often get repetitive, with one stoner rock band sounding like all the others. But Salem's Pot have crafted their own unique sound through a blending of genres and an overall freaky, kind of creepy mood, that likely owes a lot of itself to the band's obsession with horror movies. The range alone on this album is impressive, from songs that sound like psych jams to tunes that almost feel like they have a pop structure to them. It's a strange but fascinating album that rarely wears out its welcome.
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2019]
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De La Soul are legends in the world of hip-hop, and yet this album, their first in 12 years, doesn't feel like a De La Soul album. The group only take center stage on a handful of songs here, and abdicate the focus to their guests on the rest. You would think an album so clogged with guests, from David Byrne to Damon Albarn to Usher to the lead singer of The Darkness, would feel like a total chaotic wreck, but it doesn't. I'll admit, I'm a little disappointed there isn't more of De La Soul on this album, but regardless, it's still a good album, and even if the featured players take control more often than not, they're still all good tunes. I think if this wasn't billed as a De La Soul album, people would see it differently. Overall though, this is a really enjoyable, cool album.
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I think one of the most common complaints about electronic music is that it can sound soulless, that it sounds programmed and manufactured, but Ryan Lee West proves that notion wrong on this album. This is an album of straightforward, almost lyrical electronic tunes. It's an album that has feeling, that's full of emotion, without a single word being said. The songs feel crafted and created, rather than programmed and manufactured. It's a relatively short album, but it's direct and to the point, and it makes for a more emotive work than many musicians can make with words.
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This album will obliterate you. This is heavy, despairing death metal that suffers through every single beat. It's not an easy album to listen to, but it's one worth listening to. The heavy, pounding, fast drums and the big, powerful riffs make for an album that sonically attacks you and beats you into submission. But it's not all doom and gloom and horror, there are moments of triumph and joy (or, at least, not bleak despair), little breaks of light through the storm that give you a breath, before you're sent spiraling back down into the pits. It's powerful, and it's difficult, but it's ultimately very rewarding.
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2018]
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2016 Honorable Mentions composition
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| If These Trees Could Talk | 1 | 1% | |
| PUP | 1 | 1% | |
| Jónó Mí Ló | 1 | 1% | |
| Kel Valhaal | 1 | 1% | |
| Ulver | 1 | 1% | |
| Moon Tooth | 1 | 1% | |
| De La Soul | 1 | 1% | |
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58 | 58% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2016 Honorable Mentions chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2nd Tired Of Tomorrow by Nothing (2010s) |
| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd Sunergy by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani |
| Down 1 from 3rd to 4th Strands by Steve Hauschildt |
| Leavers |
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 Pretty Yearsby Cymbals Eat Guitars |
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| 70/100 | 06/19/2016 03:25 |  mickilennial | | 77/100 |
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From mickilennial 06/19/2016 03:25
mickilennial 06/19/2016 03:25
What happens when you decide you like a honorable mention more than a AOTY?
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