Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

Oh yeah, and they're all men too.

interesting thing to me about the aggregate is how high kanye is placing with a record which seems widely to be considered a misstep. in the aoty rankings it's the highest placing record without a #1 vote. this i think is perhaps a better example than beyonce (whose record truly is superb) of someone getting plaudits based essentially on name recognition.

I liked it from the beginning but won't deny that it has a tranquility that has been partic appealing over the past month.

― rob, Friday, December 9, 2016 12:00 AM (twelve hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what's kind of brilliant about that album to me is that it conveys both serene and restorative tranquillity but also total broken-down (and very specific) depression simultaneously. it builds the former out of the latter but not in a worthy "how to overcome sadness through being excellent" kind of way, the sadness is the core of it.

like, it actually feels like being so fatigued that you want to give up while also ultimately working towards a kind of hope and making the case for these states of mind being intertwined if not the same thing

yep

I've never known the thread starter to be particularly interested in tracks rather than albums, and the thread title reflects that, but someone hit us up with some good tracks lists please. They're usually more fun/interesting.

It's worse than GAPDY if you think it matters that the five this time are all decades old.

GRAMPDY

just be glad the Wilco record is not showing up much

GAWDY

It's worse than GAPDY if you think it matters that the five this time are all decades old.

Hey some of them are dead. And you can't just filter Beyonce and Solange out because they don't fit the theory.

SOLRIPBEY

lol

I've never known the thread starter to be particularly interested in tracks rather than albums, and the thread title reflects that, but someone hit us up with some good tracks lists please. They're usually more fun/interesting.

― Matt DC,

gotta get your snidey remark in as usual, eh?

this type of thread has always had both albums & tracks and there has been tracks lists posted and I'm sure as they come out more will be

Haha that wasn't meant to be snide, you *are* usually more visibly involved/interested in the ILM albums poll when it rolls around.

If you would like a reminder of how dire pop music has been this year, I could post the Billboard Hot 100 for 2016.

xp

fair enough. I usually quite like the ilm tracks poll even if its more from a spectator point of view

we did try a metal tracks poll before but the voters werent interested so i dumped it

new board description

Has this been posted yet?
http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9990-the-20-best-electronic-albums-of-2016/

lol

lex otm on solange album, it is really good

i just heard this song the other day, it has almost 350 million views on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxuY9FET9Y4

the bandcamp countdown just finished up and it turned out to be a really great varied list https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/12/09/the-best-albums-of-2016-20-1/

king at no. 1! oranssi pazuzu!

that Jose Mauro reissue that led off their list was fantastic

I am super happy that Jenny Besetzt ended up at #6 on the Bandcamp list.

oh thanks for pointing that out, reminded me that i needed to buy it still

xpost. Somewhat ironically, now that Wilco are actually sort of good (last two albums) they're vanishing from the charts. Serves them right I guess.

Pitchfork's 20 Best Experimental Albums. I'm working through these. Matmos is really good and Yves Tumor is enjoyable so far.

Oh, people are hating on it on the Pitchfork thread.

serpentwithfeet is pretty badass but it's not really what I would bring to mind when thinking of "experimental music"

Anna Meredith album is great as well but there's nothing experimental about it at all.

Not at all??

Ha, yeah, I don't know if I'd really describe the things I've listened to as "experimental" per se but these lists usually include music I enjoy. xp

Requirement number one to be an 'experimental art' artist: your album cover must be black & white.

http://www.rap-up.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/adele-25-cover.jpg

Other notable entries from the Bandcamp list:

#37 Sélébéyone, Sélébéyone
#32 Marissa Nadler, Strangers
#28 SubRosa, For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
#24 The Body, No One Deserves Happiness
#14 Elza Soares, The woman at the end of the world (A mulher do fim do mundo)
#8 Jenny Hval, Blood Bitch
#6 Jenny Besetzt, Tender Madness
#5 Shabaka & the Ancestors, Wisdom of Elders
#4 Ette, Homemade Lemonade
#3 NxWorries, Yes Lawd!
#2 Moor Mother, Fetish Bones

Yeah I'm wondering about that Moor Mother album tbh. Very intrigued from the few snippets I've read

http://www.stereogum.com/1914711/the-10-best-jazz-albums-of-2016/franchises/2016-in-review/

Stereogum's never run a jazz list before. I'm glad they asked me for one.

#7 Noname is also great/notable!

(so, the whole Bandcamp Top 8 then)

xxp

Ok I always roll my eyes at the whole 'easier to admire than to listen to' but that's pretty much where I'm at with Moor Mother

(though "KGBK" just came on, and that's sounding pretty cool)

Ya I like Noname, just didn't call it out cuz it's been in a handful of other lists.

Stereogum's never run a jazz list before. I'm glad they asked me for one.

Nice. I've been enjoying Michael Formanek’s Ensemble Kolossus – The Distance. Also, the Pi label is putting out great stuff, like the Steve Lehman (Sélébéyone from the Bandcamp list), Henry Threadgill's Ensemble Double Up and Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense. Also props to Pi for the coolest integration of their site with Bandcamp:

https://stevelehman.bandcamp.com/album/s-l-b-yone
https://henrythreadgill.bandcamp.com/album/old-locks-and-irregular-verbs
https://jonathanfinlayson.bandcamp.com/album/moving-still?

My mention of Pi was in response to this entry on Phil's list: https://tyshawn-sorey.bandcamp.com/album/the-inner-spectrum-of-variables?

Does anyone know of any good contemporary 'classical'/compositional/'new music'/notated music lists?

that bandcamp list may be the one with the most overlap with my best of the year. i'm also really enjoying the terrace martin right now.

The Textura list is always a good one for the experimental side of 'modern classical'/jazz/ambient.

Here's Cosmo (Eliza Thompson): http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a8480730/best-albums-of-2016/

Nice list but not quite the breath of fresh air it was in 2014 and 2015.

2016 was the year the rest of the music critics finally caught up to cosmo

Fact has some tracks lists

http://www.factmag.com/2016/12/04/best-grime-uk-rap-tracks-2016

20. Avelino - Rich Soul
19. Jammz - It’s a London Thing
18. Bugzy Malone - Gone Clear
17. MIST - Ain’t The Same
16. Belly Squad - Moves
15. Elf Kid - Golden Boy
14. Capo Lee feat. D Double E - Mud
13. Cho feat. Stefflon Don - Popalik
12. Kojo Funds x Abra Cadabra - Dun Talkin
12. P Money feat. Blacks, AJ Tracey, PK, Capo Lee, Saf One, Coco, Jammz & Discarda - 10/10 Remix
11. Dave vs AJ Tracey - Thiago Silva
10. C Biz - The Game’s Mine
9. Nadia Rose - Skwod
8. Skepta - Man
7. Dave - Wanna Know
6. Stormzy - Scary
5. 67 feat. Giggs - Let’s Lurk
4. J Hus - Friendly
3. Giggs - Whippin Excursion
2. Sir Spyro feat. Teddy Bruckshot, Lady Chann & Killa P - Topper Top
1. Abra Cadabra feat. Krept & Konan - Robbery Remix

http://www.factmag.com/2016/12/03/best-club-tracks-2016-astral-plane

Abdu Ali - Did Dat
Aïsha Devi - Mazdâ (Mind:Body:Fitness Remix)
Amnesia Scanner - AS WANT IT
Ase Manual - Body Drop (Trina’s Theme)
Byrell The Great - Bubble Drip’ (feat. Kassandra Ebony, WARREN B., Princess Precious)
Celestial Trax - I Can Do It Too (feat. Roosevelt)
CHINO AMOBI AND NATASHA BEDINGFIELD DISCUSS VAGINAL ARCHITECTURE w/ TOTAL FREEFALL
Citizen Boy - Tribute To DSB
DJ Haram - SO FUCKING FUNNY (soap) (feat. Moor Mother Goddess)
DVA [HI:EMOTIONS] - DAFUQ’ (feat. Sinjin Hawke)
Equiknoxx - Bubble (feat. Devin di Dakta)
Gage - Talon’s Reach
KABLAM - Arch
M.E.S.H. - Follow and Mute
MM - Why You All In My Face
Moro - Salve Sua Vida
Nidia Minaj - Olha Agora
Nkisi - Mokonzi
Nooran Sisters - Teri Duniya (Balasa Drum Mix)
Rihanna - Sex With Me’ (Acemula & SBF Club Remix)
Schwarz - Take A Picture (feat. Blaqstarr, Berko Lover & Greydolff)
SKY H1 - Air
Soda Plains - Rodeo
Tomasa del Real - Tu Señora (feat. Talisto)
Zíur - Collar Bone

that uk rap tracks list absolutely screams "mild panic in the office after kenny allstar factmix" but i guess let's not quibble about them vaguely representing reality for a blessed change