It's that time of year again. 2015 is wrapping up and it doesn't look as though we'll be getting any other big releases in the next few weeks. I always look forward to seeing everybody's year-end lists, so I figured I would make a thread to have them all in one place. Feel free to share your favorite albums and/or songs that have dropped this year. I still gotta put my list together.
My top 5 albums:
1. The Milk - Favourite Worry
2. The Jack Moves - The Jack Moves
3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
4. Tuxedo - Tixedo
5. Action Bronson - Mr. Wonderful
Favorite song not on any of those albums:
Dam-Funk - Glyde Tonite
the replay value is insane with it, has some great stand alone tracks(Let it Happen is my track of the year), still listening heavy nearly daily
I really didnt think I would dive into what is essentially a poppy(obviously not full on pop, but you get the point), break up album, but he got me again
Kevin Parker might just be the most talented musician doing it right now, cant wait to see whats next
Album of the Year:
Tame Impala - Currents
Other Top Albums:
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
Miguel - Wildheart
Tobias Jesso, Jr. - Goon
Tuxedo - Tuxedo
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School
Grimes - Art Angels
Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Song of the Year:
Tame Impala - Let It Happen
Other Top Songs:
Sufjan Stevens "Carrie & Lowell" --I hesitate to crown an album that requires a specific mood and setting to enjoy maximally. But this album is 43 minutes of the most gut-wrenching and beautiful melody and lyrics that I have heard in years. It was a close battle with the runner-up, but Sufjan takes it with what is by far the best album of his acclaimed career.
Album Of The Year Runner-Up
Tame Impala "Currents"
--Kevin Parker is the best musician in the world. And it isn't even close. Following up the greatest album of the 2010's is a monumental task, and although he obviously couldn't be expected to repeat he gave his best effort. Pure pop bliss. Crisp engineering. Incredible drums. Catchy melodies. Replay value. And a handful of the best songs of the year.
Rounding Out The Top 5
Bjork "Vulnicura"
--Bjork pouring her heart out over stuttering Arca beats? A match made in heaven
Jamie XX "In Colour"
--The second half of this album is insane. This was so close to being an instant classic, and instead it will have to settle on being just a future classic
Joanna Newsom "Divers"
--Yet another critically acclaimed artist who may have dropped the best album of their career. At the very least, its the most accessible. Typical stellar lyricism, but much more muscially to-the-point than her past albums.
Other Albums I Enjoyed
8.5 or above
Arca "Mutant"
Empress Of "Me"
Julia Holter "Have You In My Wilderness"
FKA Twigs "M3LL155X"
Alabama Shakes "Sound And Color"
Tobias Jesso Jr. "Goon"
Matthew E. White "Fresh Blood"
Natalie Prass "Natalie Prass"
Viet Cong "Viet Cong"
8.0 or above
Floating Points "Elaenia"
Autre Ne Veut "Age of Transparency"
Neon Indian "Vega INTL. Night School"
Deerhunter "Fading Frontier"
Youth Lagoon "Savage Hills Ballroom"
Deafheaven "New Bermuda"
Oneohtrix Point Never "Garden Of Delete"
Ought "Sun Coming Down"
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment "Surf"
Beach House "Depression Cherry"
Kendrick Lamar "To Pimp A Butterfly"
Miguel "Wildheart"
Petite Noir "The King Of Anxiety"
Lower Dens "Escape From Evil"
Colin Stetson & Sara Neufeld "Never Were The Way She Was"
Waxahatchee "Ivy Tripp"
Courtney Barnett "Sometimes I Sit And Think..."
Jessica Pratt "On Your Own Love Again"
Sleater Kinney "No Cities To Love"
Father John Misty "I Love You Honeybear"
Panda Bear "Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper"
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Song Of The Year
Jamie xx ft. Romy "Loud Places"
--If only the last XX album could have been 10% as good as this I might have taken it seriously. No better moment in 2015 than the bridge in the middle...."higher, I'll take you higher....".
Twin Shadow - Half Life
Tame Impala - The Moment
Father John Misty - The Ideal Husband (AOTY too)
Vince Staples - Señorita
Foals - What Went Down
Jamie XX - Gosh
Top 10
1. Tetsuo & Youth - Lupe Fiasco
1. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
3. Currents - Tame Impala
4. Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes
5. Bush - Snoop Dogg
6. Blood - Lianne La Havas
7. Are You Satisfied? - Slaves
8. Wildheart - Miguel
9. In Colour - Jamie xx
10. Zipper Down - Eagles of Death Metal
Other highlights... Born Under Saturn - Django Django
Why Make Sense? - Hot Chip
Fab 5ive - Clear Soul Forces
Every Hero Needs A Villain - Czarface
Ordinary World EP - Dusky
Invite the light - Dam-Funk
The Story of Sonny Boy Slim - Gary Clark Jnr.
Music Complete - New Order
Caracal - Disclosure
Sexwitch - Sexwitch
B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$
For All My Sisters - The Cribs
What Went Down - Foals
Mr. Wonderful - Action Bronson
Shadow of a Doubt - Freddie Gibbs
Cavalcade - The Slow Readers Club
did not listen to nearly as much as normal (v.little elektonique or fairycore indie) but a good yr generally i thot.
w/o order: (matana, lupe, and vince vie for #1 I suppose)
Benjamin Clementine - At Least for Now
Jonghyun - BASE
Demdike Stare - Testpressing#007
2 8 1 4 - Birth of A New Day
Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth
Dawn Richard - Blackheart
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - A Year With 13 Moons
Nicolas Jaar - Pomegranates
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Future - 56 Nights
DJ nikka Fox - Noite e dia
Smurphy - A Shapeless Pool of Lovely Pale Colours Suspended in the Darkness
death's dynamic shroud.wmv - I’ll Try Living Like This
Algiers - Algiers
Vince Staples - Summertime '06
Nicolas Jaar - Nymphs II-IV (and I reserve the right to group these, but III is my preference)
Nickelus F - Trick Dice
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon
Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
Kelela - Hallucinogen
Vainio & Vigroux - Peau froide, léger soleil
Real Lies - Real Life
Joanna Newsom - Divers
James Ferraro - Skid Row
Ian William Craig - Cradle for the Wanting
Carter Burwell - Carol OST (obv wouldn't be here soley on it's own merits, tho, good as it is)
SOPHIE - Product (mainly for the previously released singles, rather than the new tracks or compilation)
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