Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

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.

The People Have Spoken.

Textura lists now up: http://textura.org/archives/articles/2016top10s.htm

Always good to see a list from another universe. Hedvig Mollestad Trio sounds cool!