Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

Nice that Cavern of Anti-Matter is getting so much attention

I don't think GAPDY had to do with the ILM poll, just all the other polls overwhelmingly placing that group of albums at the top

yes, GAPDY was much bigger than ILM. Wasn't that what prompted P4K dude to crow about how the poll results showed we were really a center-indie nation?

it is weird how everyone's going wild for iggy. might even have to listen to it

As the inventor of GAPDY (huge sigh), it was partially about the critical hive mind but mostly about how it leaned white, post-collegiate and indie in 2009. Since most of this year's biggest critical smashes are R&B records it doesn't make sense to force an acronym. (Not that it ever would)

Also, the only reason Beyoncé isn't dominating everything right now is because all the lists out (besides RS) are by British people.

Also, P4k guy signed up with Beats before they got sold, while we're still making 12 Rods jokes and polling albums with the same group of failsons

it is weird how everyone's going wild for iggy. might even have to listen to it

Don't.

so far it's a semi-decent josh homme record

still haven't heard Lemonade. gonna have to aren't I

Lemonade is fucking great.

the only reason Beyoncé isn't dominating everything right now is because all the lists out (besides RS) are by British people

And because people kept dying.

ILM should get a shared TIDAL account. We just need a vote on what the password should be.

henfap

The Iggy Pop album is way better than I would have expected a 2016 Iggy Pop album to be. It's OK.

Have King appeared anywhere yet btw

stay tuned!

xpost the Uncut list

speaking of posthumous albums, I realize this is me reverting back to primordial commenter form but everyone seems to have dismissed the school of seven bells record

Yeah, that's unfortunate. It's an excellent album.

Yeah, I've been disappointed to see School Of Seven Bells miss out. I don't think they were ever really that popular with the critics. I have no idea why.

SVIIB is probably my favourite album of the year that doesn't have a Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith credit

Paste Magazine. Lots of things I've never heard of.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/11/the-50-best-albums-of-2016.html?a=1

speaking of posthumous albums, I realize this is me reverting back to primordial commenter form but everyone seems to have dismissed the school of seven bells record

Not me! One of my most played records this year.

I listened to School of Seven Bells for about a week and then haven't gone back to it. I've spent more time this year with the Monkees album.

Both are mighty fine things.

The Paste top 5 is pretty great, except for Car Seat Headrest clogging it up. The rest is boooooring af.

(Not all bad, but a lot bad, and the good things are the same things I've already seen.)

Paste Magazine? Boring? No way.

Routinely shit-talking Paste is my part-time hobby, so co-sign.

Is anyone on ILM a fan of Car Seat Headrest? I have some friends who love it and I just don't get the EOY praise it's getting. Seems like run of the mill indie rock to me and boring one at that.

Cate Le Bon seems like a real oversight on that Paste list (judging by the other artists on there).

Always an eclectic list:

http://tedgioia.com/bestalbumsof2016.html

as loath as I am to approve of ted gioia I am listening to this hannah epperson album and it is quite good

If all the picks on that Treble list are as good as the first one, I'm going to be spending a lot of time with it.

Listening to 1021 new albums a year... what a life

what a crushing bore. take out the jazz and you're left with what everyone else has

Radiohead always suffers from buyer's regret in the EOY lists. I could bet AMSP would be in several top 10s if they had released it a month ago.

Their releases always get hyped to death is what I mean.

Lists are missing the Tribe Called Quest album. This is unacceptable.

as loath as I am to approve of ted gioia I am listening to this hannah epperson album and it is quite good

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 9:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk who this guy is but yeah this is cool!

Yep.

Cate Le Bon seems like a real oversight on that Paste list

I wonder what effect keeping an album off of Spotify has on eoy list placement.

http://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2016/

Some good stuff in the lower reaches with a very consensus-y top five

Top 10:
10. Danny Brown
9. Kanye
8. Mitski
7. Angel Olsen
6. Solange
5. Bowie
4. Tribe
3. Chance
2. Frank Ocean
1. Beyonce

(ted gioia is a jazz critic who is very bad at writing about pop. which is fair, I probably would be very bad at writing about jazz, but I don't write dismissive takes about it in salon or wherever)

is the frank ocean any good

good question

that stereogum top 10 is close to what I'm expecting to see from here on out

i thought the frank ocean record was terrible tbh. imago might enjoy the sounds on that danny brown though?

The Frank Ocean album is probably the year's biggest grower. It seemed like a self-evident disappointment at first but it really opens up. I ended up listening to it as much as just about anything this year

Norman Records Top 100 is a great list every year.

Norman records

http://email.normanrecords.com/t/y-l-hruyak-mkjulhyi-j/

Beat me to it LBI

(top 50 actually)

xp :)