Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

RE: Katie Dey, I bought the album after Owen Pallett said it was the best album of the last five years. I wouldn't go that far, though "Fear O the Light" makes a pretty strong case.

Louder Than War

40 The Low Anthem - Eyeland
39 The Fall - Wise Ol' Man
38 Yeasayer - Amen & Goodbye
37 Hooton Tennis Club - Big Box Of Chocolates
36 Asylums - Killer Brain Waves
35 Bob Mould - Patch The Sky
34 Warpaint - Heads Up
33 Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
32 Suede - Night Thoughts
31 Mogwai - Atomic
30 Doomsquad - Total Time
29 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
28 The Wonder Stuff - Goes Around The Sun
27 Goat - Requiem
26 Ruts DC - Music Must Destroy
25 New Model Army - Winter
24 Big Jesus - Oneiric
23 Pixies - Head Carrier
22 Purson - Desire's Magic Theatre
21 Deftones - Gore
20 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
19 Garbage - STrange Little Birds
18 Owen - The King Of Whys
17 Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
16 Swans - The Glowing Man
15 The Coral - Distance INbetween
14 Field Music - Commontime
13 The Virginmarys - Divides
12 Minor Victories - Minor Victories
11 Deap Vally - Femejism
10 Slaves - Take Control
09 Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow
08 Primal Scream - Chaosmosis
07 Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
06 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
05 Blossoms - Blossoms
04 Melvins - Basses Loaded
03 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 Savages - Adore Life
01 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

real music at last

There was a new Dinosaur Jr album?

ditto Garbage? ditto Pixies? ditto Radiohead?

louder than WAR

RE: Katie Dey, I bought the album after Owen Pallett said it was the best album of the last five years. I wouldn't go that far, though "Fear O the Light" makes a pretty strong case.

― geoffreyess, Friday, December 2, 2016 9:12 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That song sounds like a strange cover of Tobin Sprout buried in effects

"fear o the light" is such a good song

08 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells

This is terrific, happy to see it place somewhere. He used to post to ILM FWIW.

That Dinosaur Jr album is actually great as well and I've never been able to get into them in the past.

yeah Mascis has been on a roll lately

co-sign on the Kornel Kovacs, it's one of the best dance albums of recent years. It's really fun and loaded with personality and hooks - and compared to something like the Todd Terje album, there's a sense of genuine playfulness that avoids contrived wackiness and throwaway goofiness. I didn't realise he was a former poster.

There was a Fall album this year?!

ep

Oh just an EP (also sorry for breaking format)

Lol xp

"I've never been able to get into Dinosaur Jr. in the past"

I've never been able to get into Husker Du in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Replacements in the past."

I've never been able to get into Sonic Youth in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Beatles in the past."

I've never been able to get into Elvis in the past."

I've never been able to get into breathing an atmosphere that contains O2 in the past...."

Just saw someone I (still) regard as a friend describe the new Rolling Stones album as their best since Some Girls.

i might not go that far, but definitely their best since "voodoo lounge"

That's cool DLP - I'm pretty sure I already have enough illustrations of how American indie fans consider their taste the centre of the musical universe.

"I've never been able to get into Dinosaur Jr. in the past"

I've never been able to get into Husker Du in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Replacements in the past."

I've never been able to get into Sonic Youth in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Beatles in the past."

I've never been able to get into Elvis in the past."

I've never been able to get into breathing an atmosphere that contains O2 in the past...."

― dlp9001, zondag 4 december 2016 22:22 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ fp'd you for this tbh. What point are you even trying to make?

not sure why that post warranted an FP? Its hardly offensive

I'd complain about all these old bands doing so well in these lists if the two best albums I'd heard recently weren't by ATAQ and Yello...

ATAQ ATCQ

fp'ing a poster for an incomprehensible post really is a new low.. especially when i somehow haven't yet been flagged off this board

Wait there's a new Yello album?!?

I know, right? Let's not get distracted, people.

Ugh, you people do not get what "fp'd you for this" means do you? It doesn't mean I actually fp'd. #societyisinthegutteretc

OT but I always though Cosmic Slop was Algerian Goalkeeper.

Let's just get back to Yello, shall we.

Listening to it now. A++ so far.

OT but I always though Cosmic Slop was Algerian Goalkeeper.

You were right.

damn, cover blown after all this time

I reckon I'd like some of the Norman Records list but the descriptions are so annoying and useless as a quick reference point that I might not be able to wade through it.

Picadilly has some good lists up - reissues, compilations, etc.

xp oren ambarchi 'hubris' is the jammy jam if you've not heard it already

http://www.backseatmafia.com/2016/11/25/psych-insight-25-essential-psych-albums-2016/
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/05/bandcamp-best-albums-of-2016-100-81/
https://www.wbez.org/shows/jim-derogatis/the-best-albums-of-2016-savages-teen-la-femme-sneaks-gotobeds-and-the-next-35/3fc76136-f08e-48b7-834a-f500612ab4b3
http://apps.npr.org/best-music-2016/list/top-albums/

NPR list my favorite so far

derogatis list p terrible but Teen at #2 is very cool, more ppl need to hear that

what this says about my social identity i barely want to speculate but i guess i should start buying albums at starbucks counters

incidentally, i set my radio to the NPR classical/jazz station this week bc normal NPR news has been too depressing and i'm going thru an anxiety episode

from backseatmafia:

“In ‘Helios Rising’ Moths and Locusts have produced an album that shares much of the eclectic endeavour of it’s predecessor, but seem to have found a greater depth and breadth to their sound. This is an album that deserves your full attention since it is crammed full of ideas and influences all of which are not so much put together as crafted into a set of songs that will continue to grow with every play. I am convinced that this will be an album that I will be listening to for years to come and that I have thus far only touched the surface of its sonic depth.”

wow, i kind of feel like posting this to "worst music writing" thread. does this paragraph contain anything? anything at all?

Cool to see a Danish composer at six on the NPR list. Should probably listen to it, then.

fuck i love this kornél kovács record

Ooh, me too!

Complex's list http://ca.complex.com/music/2016/12/best-albums-of-2016/

I haven't gotten around to hearing either record yet but seeing Lil Yachty three spots above Bowie makes me smile because it has the potential to piss off so many people

Like me, because Lil Yachty sucks.

Annie Mac's 12 albums of the year has a few ilxor faves on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1z0ybyqmmvhgG1PW9Gk8pDb/the-12-best-albums-of-2016-as-picked-by-annie-mac

From the album artwork, featuring a watercolor illustration of a damp, cloudy autumn day, you know James Blake’s The Colour in Anything is strapping you in for a ride to Feelzville

The Quietus

For easy reference:

The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2016

1. Årabrot - The Gospel
2. Solange - A Seat At The Table
3. Innercity Ensemble - III
4. Jessy Lanza - Oh No No No
5. Shirley Collins - Lodestar
6. Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers
7. David Bowie - Blackstar
8. Ian William Craig - Centres
9. D∆WN - Redemption
10. Jenny Hval - blood bitch
11. Frank Ocean - Blonde
12. Laura Cannell - Simultaneous Flight Movement
13. Matmos - Ultimate Care II
14. Klara Lewis - Too
15. Skepta - Konnichiwa
16. The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time
17. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
18. Shackleton - Devotional Songs
19. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body
20. Marissa Nadler - Strangers
21. Sote - Hardcore Sounds From Tehran
22. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
23. Katie Gately - Color
24. Sex Swing - Sex Swing
25. Brian Eno - The Ship
26. King - We Are King
27. GNOD - Mirror
28. Wolfgang Buttress & Bees - Be One
29. Jute Gyte - Perdurance
30. Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
31. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
32. The Stargazer’s Assistant - Remoteness Of Light
33. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
34. Julianna Barwick - Will
35. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
36. Suede - Night Thoughts
37. Jambinai - A Hermitage
38. Convextion - 2845
39. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
40. Kemper Norton - Toll
41. Puce Mary - The Spiral
42. Black Merlin - Hipnotik Tradisi
43. Daniel Patrick Quinn - I, Sun
44. Lord Tang - Butterflies
45. Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future
46. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Sunergy
47. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans
48. Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power
49. Anna Meredith - Varmints
50. Factory Floor - 25 25
51. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
52. Bully Fae - Defy A Thing To Be
53. Beyoncé - Lemonade
54. Kano - Made In The Manor
55. Bruxa Maria - Human Condition
56. Grumbling Fur - Furfour
57. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
58. Skee Mask - Shred
59. Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
60. The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
61. Babyfather - BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow
62. The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
63. G.H. - Housebound Demigod
64. Darren Hayman - Thankful Villages Vol. 1
65. Laniakea - A Pot Of Powdered Nettles
66. Waclaw Zimpel - Lines
67. Roly Porter - Third Law
68. Chance The Rapper - Colouring Book
69. Atlantikwall - Atlantikwall
70. SHXCXCHCXSH - SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs
71. Marie Davidson - Adieux Au Dancefloor
72. Pattern Man - Pattern Man
73. Julien Marchal - II
74. Billy Bao - The Lagos Sessions
75. Gyda Valtysdottir - Epicycle
76. Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina
77. Mica Levi & Oliver Coates - Remain Calm
78. Hen Ogledd - Bronze
79. Kassem Mosse - Disclosure
80. Kristoffer Lo - The Black Meat
81. Hannah Peel - Awake But Always Dreaming
82. Sam Shalabi - Isis And Osiris
83. Pangaea - In Drum Play
84. Ghold - Pyr
85. FIS - From Patterns To Details
86. Carla Dal Forno - You Know What It's Like
87. Swans - Glowing Man
88. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
89. Omar-S - The Best
90. Knifeworld - Bottled Out Of Eden
91. Gnaw Their Tongues - Hymns For The Broken, Swollen And Silent
92. John Cale - M:Fans
93. The Invisible - Patience
94. Wire - Nocturnal Koreans
95. Jackie Lynn - Jackie Lynn
96. The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - Bes
97. Cat’s Eyes - Treasure House
98. Ahrkh Wagner - Ahrkh Wagner
99. Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
100. Stein Urheim - Strandebarm

that's cool and contains loads of stuff i either love or have got to listen to (not least solange). however their #1 is utterly baffling. yeah i've tried.