Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

feel like the four tet shura remix is two years old but apparently it's not?

Fester's Lucky 13: 2016 Year-End Summary
http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-16/

Top 100 Albums of 2016 | Spotify Mix | 2016 Breakdown: Genre Lists | Shows, Videos | Movies, Television, Books & Comics

01. Wolf People – Ruins
02. Syd Arthur – Apricity
03. Lola Colt – Twist Through The Fire
04. Khemmis – Hunted
05. Wovenhand – Star Treatment
06. Truckfighters – V
07. The Drones – Feelin Kinda Free
08. Blood Ceremony – Lord Of Misrule
09. Purson – Desire's Magic Theatre
10. Asteroid – III
11. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – The Rarity of Experience
12. Thiago Nassif – Três
13. Blues Pills – Lady In Gold
14. Sir Robin & The Longbowmen – Sir Robin & The Longbowmen
15. Causa Sui – Return To Sky
16. Savages – Adore Life
17. Spirit Adrift – Chained To Oblivion
18. Male Gaze – King Leer
19. Deap Vally – Femejism
20. Wytch Hazel – Prelude
21. The Winstons – The Winstons
22. Drakkar Nowhere – Drakkar Nowhere
23. Madder Mortem – Red In Tooth And Claw
24. The Lucid Dream – Compulsion Songs
25. Tau – TAU TAU TAU
26. Hexvessel – When We Are Death
27. Hammers Of Misfortune – Dead Revolution
28. Brimstone Coven – Black Magic
29. Messenger – Threnodies
30. And Also The Trees – Born Into The Waves
31. Knifeworld – Bottled Out Of Eden
32. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
33. The Frightnrs – Nothing More To Say
34. The Eternals – Espiritu Zombi
35. PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
36. Swans – The Glowing Man
37. Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Mirage
38. Sumerlands – Sumerlands
39. Preoccupations – Preoccupations
40. Ed Harcourt – Furnaces
41. Os Noctàmbulos – Stranger
42. Anciients – Voice Of The Void
43. Suns Of Thyme – Cascades
44. White Denim – Stiff
45. 40 Watt Sun – Wider Than The Sky
46. Witchcraft – Nucleus
47. The Well – Pagan Science
48. Electric Citizen – Higher Time
49. Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits
50. Levitation Room – Ethos
51. Morgan Delt – Phase Zero
52. Motorpsycho – Here Be Monsters
53. Baby Woodrose – Freedom
54. Spidergawd – III
55. Greenleaf – Rise Above The Meadow
56. Kremlin – I
57. Black Mountain – IV
58. Kikagaku Moyo – House In The Tall Grass
59. JuJu – JuJu
60. Steve Lehman – Sélébéyone
61. Melt Yourself Down – Last Evenings On Earth
62. Dele Sosimi Meets Prince Fatty & Nostalgia 77 – You No Fit Touch Am in Dub
63. Night Beats – Who Sold My Generation
64. The Murlocs – Young Blindness
65. Hidden Trails – Instant Momentary Bliss
66. SubRosa – For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages
67. Crippled Black Phoenix – Bronze
68. Wo Fat – Midnight Cometh
69. Dinosaur Jr. – Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
70. Dark Suns – Everchild
71. Opeth – Sorceress
72. The Mystery Lights – The Mystery Lights
73. Troll – Troll
74. Camera – Phantom Of Liberty
75. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
76. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues – Touch My Beloved's Thought
77. Marching Church – Telling It Like It Is
78. Goatess – Purgatory Under New Management
79. Lord Vicar – Gates Of Flesh
80. Cardinals Folly – Holocaust Of Ecstasy & Freedom
81. Elkhorn – Elkhorn
82. Dunbarrow – Dunbarrow
83. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina
84. Testament – Brotherhood Of The Snake
85. Metallica – Hardwired...To Self Destruct
86. Wardruna – Runaljod: Ragnarok
87. Castle – Welcome To The Graveyard
88. VUM – Cryptocrystalline
89. Hypnos – Cold Winds
90. Mars Red Sky – Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul)
91. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity
92. Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra – Abra Sua Cabeça
93. Emma Ruth Rundle – Marked For Death
94. Anthony Joseph – Caribbean Roots
95. Goat – Requiem
96. Blaak Heat – Shifting Mirrors
97. Dreamtime – Strange Pleasures
98. The Hazytones – The Hazytones
99. Gojira – Magma
100. Jenny Besetzt – Tender Madness

that is a p cool psych/doom/garage list with ATCQ hilariously shoehorned in

Mixmag first 25 tracks Spotify playlist

list of lists:

http://redef.com/set/music-set-1480318757660

I aim to please, Simon. You might also find it hilarious that there are "token" representatives of singer/songwriters (Ed Harcourt), Afrobeat Dub (Dele Sosimi Meets Prince Fatty & Nostalgia 77), kosmische (Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation, Camera), jazz (Greg Ward & 10 Tongues) and Toureg (Noura Mint Seymali) among others. Or you can click on the f**king genre lists link if it's too jarring for your brain to process multiple genres at once.

73. Troll – Troll

sorry for offense incurred FNB, just thought it was funny xp

The Omar-S track at #7 in the Mixmag list is pretty much perfect.

― Matt DC, Monday, December 12, 2016 8:50 AM (twenty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, December 12, 2016 11:18 AM (forty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

album is good too

Np. But I do want to point out that I do have a complete Hip Hop & Rap list after the jump. Also, my top album in that category is actually Steve Lehman – Sélébéyone. Every year I get at least one sneering comment about my choices in that particular group, as if I'm not allowed to list my favorites because I listen to other genres.

The other thing was I just saw the list and not that it was yours/an individual's - most of the ones here have been from mags or groups, so I instantly (wrongly) assumed it was a quirk of consensus.

73. Troll – Troll

I take it this isn't a reissue of the Norwegian 80s girl group?

― Siegbran

or the demo tape by the '80s zeuhl group

that is a p cool psych/doom/garage list with ATCQ hilariously shoehorned in

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.)

c'mon it samples spinetta, it's not _that_ much of a stretch!

The other thing was I just saw the list and not that it was yours/an individual's - most of the ones here have been from mags or groups, so I instantly (wrongly) assumed it was a quirk of consensus.

That is a common assumption, but there are more lists driven by a single person than you'd think. I've been doing this over a couple decades, and posting in these annual threads for many years, hopefully most don't mind.

xp I bet a playlist of all the dozens of bands named Troll over the years would be pretty fun!

Aquarium Drunkard: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/12/12/aquarium-drunkard-2016-year-in-review/

SPIN:

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

Resident Advisor - Top 20 Albums
https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2859

^ some good records but i'm not really feeling it tbh

that convextion album rules

uber lame that they felt the need to stick Radiohead on there

i forgot that that kyle hall album came out this year, thought it came late last year. i loved it.

it in fact did come out last year

yeah the vinyl came out in December 2015. Might have got a digital release later though

ah ok!

no harm in highlighting a December release though. Considering they're usually consigned to oblivion

yeah i was gonna make that point too. publications pretty much don't exist for half of december anyway

Pusha T's album, which has been mostly forgotten, came out very mid December last year and it made my 2016 list.

That RA list is weird this year. I expect a list more centered on techno/house and having artists like Radiohead and Jessy Lanza in there sort of breaks the 'specialized" feeling their year long reviews have.

can i put kyle hall on my 2016 ilx ballot then y/n

The aquariumdrunkard list is massive and has some amazing records in there which I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere.

That RA list is very dull.

The aquariumdrunkard list is massive and has some amazing records in there which I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere.

plus Radiohead!

(definitely going to check out some stuff from that list)

I don't think anyone's posted the American Songwriter list yet:

https://americansongwriter.com/2016/12/top-50-albums-2016/

xp I bet a playlist of all the dozens of bands named Troll over the years would be pretty fun!

― Fastnbulbous

i once made a mixtape of metal bands named legion. it was pretty rad.

The aquariumdrunkard list is massive and has some amazing records in there which I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere.

― Moka

it doesn't seem to differentiate new releases and archival releases? okay yeah yoko's _plastic ono band_ is a great record, but filing it next to frank ocean seems a bit strange.

Aquariumdrunkard lists are always like that. Lots of reissues and archival.

RA list just confirms that i'm really not missing anything by skipping out on that site

Did we post the Wire list yet? 1-10 is Bowie/Shirley/Moor Mother/Autechre/NIck Cave/Jenny Hval/Noura/Yves Tumor/Gaika/Mark Ernestus.

Seems to still be the Spirits Rejoice! issue in the shops.

exacteditions doesnt have it either

Nobody posted the Radio X list then? Well, fair enough. But just so we get a sense of balance, here we go.

http://www.radiox.co.uk/x-lists/best-albums-all-time/the-best-albums-of-2016/

It's not quite as bad as last year, but still...

Erlewine: http://sterlewine.tumblr.com/post/154403710650/top-100-albums-of-2016

10. The Monkees—Good Times
58. ABC–Lexicon Of Love II
100. Kanye West—Life of Pablo

Pitchfork:
http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9980-the-50-best-albums-of-2016

Top 10:

1. Solange - A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean - Blonde
3. Beyonce - Lemonade
4. David Bowie - Blackstar
5. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
6. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
7. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here...
8. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
9. Angel Olsen - My Woman
10. Radiohead - A Moon-Shaped Pool

RA list is kinda depressing, it's weird too because I've found loads of great music on their site this year and was of the impression that they had started to come into their own a bit.

Just read the Pitchfork and SPIN lists, and it's amazing how similar they are to each other. Not just the same #1, but every single album in P4k's top 20 is in SPIN's top 30, just shuffled around. But there's one major difference: SPIN put the 1975 at #5, and it's nowhere in the P4k top 50.

I refuse to believe so many people actually like the Life of Pablo or rate is anything more than an obvious bodge job.

I refuse to believe so many people actually like [art I dislike] = nagl

I can understand liking it or finding its flaws sort of interesting but when Kanye's worst album by far is appearing as the top rap album of 2016 in multiple lists it suggests there's something else happening here.