Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

it's not that I don't think Giegling have put out some good releases or love a bit of soft sad techno, it's more just that I don't think it's surprising the way those releases get spoken about with such reverence. Pantha Du Prince and The Field have kept doing their thing with lesser results, Kompakt have been churning out mostly fart-bass rote tech-house of late, Villalobos has been making music that doesn't have the same immediate appeal as the stuff he was doing ten years ago - their aesthetic is similarly populist but fresh enough to warrant attention.

I would probably take all the Pampa Records over Giegling but they seem a little more functional and that's a harder sell when your content is EOY catch-ups for (the type of) people not paying attention all year

(this is a bad example because Pampa didn't release much this year but the intent is there)

Prepare your sneers!

Classic Rock
http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-25/the-best-rock-albums-of-2016

― Fastnbulbous

YOU KILLED THEM

or more likely their entire subscriber base cancelled in rage over #RaittGate

I was actually poking fun at those who do sneer at the type of stuff covered by Classic Rock. I like the mag, a friend at work subscribed and would pass on the issues of that and Metal Hammer and Prog magazine. They're all gone, which is sad. So apparently is Rock A Rolla, which hasn't had a new issue since summer. I hope Terrorizer isn't next.

Happy to learn, from the Under the Radar list, that Springtime Carnivore put out a new album this year. And it's good!

Guardian writer lists
https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/dec/20/the-best-albums-and-tracks-of-2016-how-our-writers-voted

quelle surprise that vice thing is the fucking unfunniest + worst

that vice thing really is like being clubbed over the head with a dinosaur bone. you would almost think it directly provoked by flopson's post the other day comparing the tone then and now

i will assume my browser blocked several adverts for 55dsl as i read it

The Terrace Martin record is really good, a great companion piece to To Pimp a Butterfly. Terrace was one of the driving forces behind that record's mutated L.A. Jazz and Velvet Portraits boasts a gentler, funkier version of that style (plus some extended instrumentals from TPAB).

Yeah, it's good. I was surprised there wasn't more interest, given the TPAB connection. Maybe if Kendrick hadn't dropped another record 3 weeks earlier it would have received attention.

I wanted to like the Terrace Martin album more than I did.

That said, Kamasi Washington bassist Miles Mosley's album, which comes out at the end of January, is fantastic. Keep an eye out for that one.

Caroline Sullivan
Albums
Warpaint – Heads Up
Madam – Back to the Sea
Suede – Night Thoughts
The Anchoress – Confessions of a Romance Novelist
Ala.Ni – You & I
Pretenders – Alone
Jem – Beachwood Canyon
Lady Gaga – Joanne
Tanita Tikaram – Closer to the People
Josienne Clark and Ben Walker – Overnight

I've never liked Caroline Sullivan as a writer but some begrudging respect is due for this.

Yeah, that's quite a selection.

see also the guy who put Marillion at #1

noodle vague writes for the guardian?

oh my lord

Was it Dom Lawson btw?

btw we are into the top 25 of the ILM poll
Fuck Brumpxit its the 2016 Metal and Hard N' Heavy Rock Poll Results Thread (With spotify and bandcamp links)

will finish wednesday I think

here are my ~final standings~

ALBUMS
1. Dawn Richard, Redemption
2. King, We Are King
3. Beyoncé, Lemonade
4. Miranda Lambert, The Weight Of These Wings
5. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
6. Cardi B, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1
7. Brandy Clark, Big Day In A Small Town
8. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Ears
9. K. Michelle, More Issues Than Vogue
10. Hannah Peel, Awake But Always Dreaming
11. Solange, A Seat At The Table
12. Britney Spears, Glory
13. Brothers Osborne, Pawn Shop
14. Anohni, Hopelessness
15. Maren Morris, Hero
16. Raime, Tooth
17. Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife 2
18. Nina Kraviz, Fabric 91
19. Jamila Woods, Heavn
20. P Money, Live And Direct
21. Tweet, Charlene
22. Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
23. Maxwell, blackSUMMERS'night
24. Trim, 1-800 Dinosaur Presents: Trim
25. Kyle Hall, From Joy
26. Róisín Murphy, Take Her Up To Monto
27. Ricky Blaze, Conquer The Moment
28. Corinne Bailey Rae, The Heart Speaks In Whispers
29. Kevin Gates, Islah
30. Floorplan, Victorious

TRAX
1. Beyoncé, "Formation" / Lōtic, "Formation (Election Anxiety/America Is Over Edit)"
2. Avalon Emerson, "The Frontier"
3. Dreezy ft. Jeremih, "Body"
4. Mazi Chukz ft. Maleek Berry, "Dem Hail"
5. Yemi Alade, "Koffi Anan"
6. Charly Black, "Gyal You A Party Animal"
7. Rihanna, "Needed Me"
8. Kiss Daniel, "Mama"
9. Young M.A, "Ooouuu"
10. Fantasia, "Ugly"
11. Krishane ft. Patoranking, "Inconsiderate"
12. Tory Lanez, "Luv"
13. Tekno, "Pana"
14. Èbony, "Real Truth"
15. Miguel ft. Kacey Musgraves, "Waves (Remix)"
16. Dexta Daps, "Trigger Finger"
17. Carrie Underwood, "Church Bells"
18. Alkaline, "One More Time"
19. Dawn Richard, "Not Above That"
20. Konshens, "Bruk Off Mi Cock"
21. Zara Larsson, "Ain't My Fault"
22. ShiiKane, "Loke"
23. Kwamz & Flava, "Take Over"
24. Kehlani, "24/7"
25. Double S ft. JME, "Style & Flows"
26. Shay, "PMW"
27. Fifth Harmony, "Big Bad Wolf"
28. Nadia Rose, "Skwod"
29. Karen Gwyer, "Prophase Metaphase Anaphase"
30. Eva Alordiah ft. Phyno & Reminisce, "Kanayo"
31. Sevyn Streeter ft. Gucci Mane, "Prolly"
32. Sir Spyro ft. Teddy Bruckshot, Lady Chann & Killa P, "Topper Top"
33. GBM Nutron ft. Fay-Ann Lyons, "Scene"
34. Paul Woolford, "Heaven & Earth Part 2"
35. Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson, "Girls Like"
36. Spice, "Indicator"
37. Babes Wodumo ft. Mampintsha, "Wololo"
38. Alicia Keys, "In Common (Black Coffee Remix)"
39. Young John ft. Lil Kesh, "Bend Down Select"
40. Mella ft. P-Square, "Ginger"
41. Serge Beynaud, "Remanbélé"
42. AY ft. Diamond Platnumz, "Zigo (Remix)"
43. Stunnah Gee ft. Davido, "Dengeme"
44. Equiknoxx ft. Devin Di Dakta, "Bubble"
45. Bjarki, "Bæpolar"
46. No Lay, "Gotta Love It"
47. Reniss, "La Sauce"
48. Keke Palmer ft. Jeremih, "Enemiez"
49. Fat Joe & Remy Ma ft. French Montana, "All The Way Up"
50. Lil Uzi Vert, "Money Longer"

EPs
1. Melanie De Biasio, Blackened Cities
2. Abra, Princess
3. Willow, Workshop 23
4. AJ Tracey, Lil Tracey
5. Jammz, Warrior

oh bollocks i meant to post that on the "your own fav tracks" thread!!! never mind

https://boomkat.com/charts/2016

Probably an unfair gripe but checking out a few things on the FACT/Boomkat lists that I hadn't heard and... I'm just feeling uninspired. A lot of it seems to be trying hard to be forward-thinking and current, but it's all just a bit empty. This kind of hipstery quasi-dance makes me feel like I'm trapped in a perpetual 2010 listening to Joy Orbison and early James Blake EPs. Just don't see the point in that Lorenzo Senni thing at all...

that is unfair... precious few works of art can ever hope to attain the level of dog latin eureka moment

The Jazzwise Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2016

A lot of good records on this list, and several I haven't heard but am interested to check out.

FACT's trax list is out:

http://www.factmag.com/2016/12/20/50-best-tracks-2016/

And sure, it may be packed with the overdone “where the hoes, though?” lyrics and vows of “the bro code”, but here it is enacted by one of the first queer voices to dominate legitimate top 40 radio.

"fact" magazine

:|

for the life of me I do not understand the appeal of Maren Morris

i never want to begrudge popcaan this sort of limelight - he is indeed a special, alluring, maybe iconic artist and 'ova dweet' is pretty magic - but it does kinda suck that truthfully i only like it maybe 2% more, somedays, than '7 days' by vershon on the same riddim

https://soundcloud.com/dancehallpromo/vershon-7-days-clean-ova-dweet-riddim

it was popular too! it would be nice to think that Murlo, Swing Ting and Hipster’s Don’t Dance, not to mention Mixpak boss Dre Skull also felt a twinge of grief at its sacrifice to the popcuult.

for the life of me I do not understand the appeal of Maren Morris

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:43 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

album reminds me of a young taylor swift but more worldly

yeah that is the same feel i get from it—hooks and attitude for days. "once" is devastating

every time i came back to that record i liked it even more

Just don't see the point in that Lorenzo Senni thing at all...

won't lie, i enjoyed that record a lot

I will keep trying because I would love to be on the same page as you fine folks

Glide's Top Ten Jazz Albums of 2016

The Dinosaur album on the Jazzwise list caught my attention. It sounds good - a fluid and funky electric Miles sound.

https://dinosaurband.bandcamp.com/album/together-as-one

jazzwise list needs links/embeds with songs from those albums

also nice blurb for one of the top jazz albums of 2016:

Bob Dylan’s ‘Masters of War’ could have been successfully edited to half its length, for example, in its present form an amiable noodle, and this seems to be the destiny of several songs. Part of the problem is the laid back playing of Bill Frisell, who sounds as if he could barely get out of bed in the morning. Lloyd plays well, but he does need someone to bounce off. There are nice moments: ‘Abide With Me’ would please the Anfield faithful, ‘All My Trials’ has elegance as long as Lloyd is at the microphone, while Willie Nelson’s ‘Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream’ somehow works in the context of the album. Dear old Norah Jones – she who bank rolled the survival of the Blue Note label – is unmistakably Norah, if you like that sort of thing. Great for iPod listening since this functions well as undemanding background music.
Stuart Nicholson

here's the boston globe's, which is also mine

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/12/22/top-pop-albums/rFepkffDwQWJsBguJ1IPgM/story.html

The AV Club's Least Essential Albums of 2016

(the Clones blurb made me lol)

Good list

Other Music staff

http://www.othermusic.com/blogs/staff-picks/other-music-staff-picks-for-2016

Radio 3's Late Junction show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1kKy56yZYw6dcwtlx2hbBJy/the-late-junction-albums-of-2016

RA tracks:

https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2862

A Closer Listen:

https://acloserlisten.com/2016/12/23/acl-2016-the-top-20-albums-of-the-year/

Arctic Drones:

http://arcticdrones.com/staff-picks/50-favourite-albums-2016/

fROOTS:

http://www.frootsmag.com/content/critpoll/

Still to come:
http://www.soundsbetterwithreverb.com/
http://beehy.pe/best-of-2015/

https://somanyshrimp.com/2016/12/22/best-music-2016/

That RA list is solid

that somanyshrimp list is solid

Electronic Sound mag Top 24 albums (unveiled advent calendar style on their blog)

1. Hannah Peel
2. Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve
3. Anna Meredith
4. V/A - Close To The Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984
5. Lambchop
6. Blancmange
7. onDeadWaves
8. Gold Panda
9. Wrangler
10. Silver Apples
11. Brian Eno
12. Oliver Coates
13. Yello
14. The Orb
15. Cavern of Anti-Matter
16. S U R V I V E
17. Floorplan
18. Let's Eat Grandma
19. Mark Pritchard
20. Graingerboy
21. Fakear
22. The Pattern Forms
23. Baltic Fleet
24. Reed & Caroline