Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

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!

Hedvig Mollestad's Nordic labelmates Bushman's Revenge are good as well.

excellent list is that

I think Matt DC is saying that Russian hackers are responsible for Kanye'a strong performance.

heh? next you'll be saying Bradley Wiggins is a drugs cheat :p

Really bold of Textura to put Kanye at #1 this year

seems this is the year everyone got off the Wild Beasts bus. album was jaw droppingly bad IMO.

liked the single a lot but yeah the album just went in one ear out the other

I really like about half of it tbh, "2BU" and the bonus track "Maze" are beauts

I've been so torn on that Tignor album that's topping the Texture list all year. Its really beautiful but seems almost too easy. Like that, the Eluvium and the Ben Lukas Boyson are all so gorgeous but so effortless that it seems... suspicious? I like them all on a purely visceral level, but every time I sit down with them, it feels almost tropey

"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."

Pitchfork put it at number 5 iirc. I'm starting to think Kanye owns 50% of Pitchfork or something, they keep giving him 10.0 or 9.5 ratings no matter how bad his records get.

I listened to the Ben Lukas Boyson record at the weekend and it sounded gorgeous but in a very predictable way, like it was his pitch for soundtracking a Scandinavian murder mystery series set in a photogenic small town where everyone has a dark secret from 20 years ago.

12. Dele Sosimi & Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information (Laolu Remix)

FWIW this is brilliant.

the Kanye album is #4 in the guardian list

12. Dele Sosimi & Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information (Laolu Remix)

FWIW this is brilliant.

hell yeah it is

Just a wee reminder that voting finishes on friday
ILM METAL ALBUMS POLL 2016 VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD. [Voting ends Friday December 16 11.59pm GMT]

Have we had FACT's Top 50 yet?

Lots of stuff still to discover from that list, for me.