The 2018 end of the year music lists thread

i dont even like most of those albums aside from the Smino which is excellent

i mean also tbc i don't think its just one writer, like several of the high up Ringer editors come from Vibe mag

the most popular genre on earth

lolololololol

so much hip hop

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/04/25/these-were-the-10-most-popular-songs-in-the-world-in-2017/#1b7b51461be6

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085975/us-music-consumption-up-2017-rb-hip-hop-most-popular-genre

Do you enjoy consuming the R&B/Hip-Hop genre, fellow kids?

yeah US Girls are a really surprising absence from most of these lists, same with Mount Eerie - Now Only was so much better than A Crow Looked At Me imo

it's a relief that Car Seat Headrest is nowhere to be found though

starting to seem like my aoty isn't gonna appear on any lists

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:41 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

which isn't unexpected

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:41 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you’ve had about 12 of these this year, which is it?

Haha, Kevin -- I used that handle for a hot minute last week (it's "&", btw)

i've gotten so used to reading brad's pronouncements as to aoty that i feel relatively confident in opining that he's referring to mewithoutYou in this case.

this album is v good, from the gorilla v bear list. sort of swooning continental disco - little bit balearic, bit italo.

if you don't like this track you prob have no functioning heart/soul/ears

― FernandoHierro

it always makes me nervous when i read something like that, like oh shit am i going to be rumbled as not having a heart soul or ears? fortunately i loved that song so i'm safe for now

no Cupcakke - Ephorize on any lists so far is surprising considering the momentum she had at the beginning of the year. interest might've just fallen off

;_;

or what about eden maybe we should poll ephorize vs eden

NPR - The 100 Best Songs Of 2018
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/05/671206143/the-100-best-songs-of-2018-page-1

100. David Byrne "I Dance Like This"
99. Amanda Shires "Leave It Alone"
98. BROCKHAMPTON "San Marcos"
97. Public Practice "Foundation"
96. Amara La Negra "What a Bam Bam"
95. MILCK "Black Sheep"
94. Logan Richardson "Anthem (To Human Justice)"
93. Anthony Roth Costanzo "Liquid Days"
92. Mariah Carey "GTFO"
91. Jlin "Carbon 12"
90. Lil Wayne "Let It All Work Out"
89. The Glands "Pleaser"
88. 47 Soul "Mo Light"
87. Mac Miller "2009"
86. Bad Bunny "Estamos Bien"
85. Haley Heynderickx "The Bug Collector"
84. Pusha T "Santeria"
83. The Internet "Come Over"
82. Ruston Kelly "Faceplant"
81. The Decemberists "Once In My Life"
80. Jean Grae & Quelle Chris "Gold Purple Orange"
79. Joseph Calleja "Ah! Si, ben mio"
78. Troye Sivan "My My My!"
77. Rosanne Cash "She Remembers Everything"
76. Jeremih & Ty Dolla Sign "The Light"
75. YOB "Ablaze"
74. Shal Marshall "Splinters"
73. Lana Del Rey "Venice Bitch"
72. Father John Misty "Hangout at the Gallows"
71. Lil Baby x Gunna "Drip Too Hard"
70. Niña Diaz feat. Lido Pimienta & Ceci Bastida "Tambalea"
69. Mary Halvorson "My Mind I Find In Time"
68. The War And Treaty "Jeep Cherokee Laredo"
67. Phonte "Cry No More"
66. Sade"Flower of the Universe"
65. Death Cab For Cutie "Gold Rush"
64. Turnstile "Generator"
63. Aya Nakamura "Djadja"
62. Dracula "Como La Flor"
61. Peggy Gou "It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)"
60. CHVRCHES "Graffiti"
59. Carrie Underwood "Cry Pretty"
58. Vikingur Olafsson "Widerstehe doch der Sunde"
57. Now, Now "MJ"
56. Kanye West "Ghost Town"
55. Neko Case "Last Lion of Albion"
54. David Bazan "Thread"
53. Nubya Garcia "When We Are"
52. King Princess "1950"
51. J. Cole "Brackets"
50. AJ Tracey "Butterflies"
49. Hayley Kiyoko "Curious"
48. Ariana Grande "No Tears Left to Cry"
47. Tonina "Historia de Amor"
46. Tirzah "Gladly"
45. Yves Tumor "Noid"
44. Eric Church "Drowning Man"
43. Superorganism "Everybody Wants to Be Famous"
42. Leon Bridges "Bad Bad News"
41. Natalie Prass "Short Court Style"
40. Amen Dunes "Believe"
39. Tom Demac & Real Lies "White Flowers"
38. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats "You Worry Me"
37. G Flip "About You"
36. Y La Bamba "Mujeres"
35. Doja Cat "Mooo!"
34. Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider "Volver A Los 17"
33. Gabriel Kahane "November"
32. Jorja Smith "The One"
31. Adrianne Lenker "from"
30. Christine And The Queens "5 dollars"
29. Jay Rock with Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake "King's Dead"
28. Erin Rae "Bad Mind"
27. Andrew W.K. "Music Is Worth Living For"
26. Parquet Courts "Wide Awake"
25. Gerald Finley "Batter My Heart"
24. Kamasi Washington "Show Us the Way"
23. Ashley McBryde "Girl Goin' Nowhere"
22.The Beths "Little Death"
21. Nils Frahm "My Friend the Forest"
20. Courtney Marie Andrews "May Your Kindness Remain"
19. Drake "Nice for What"
18. John Prine "Summer's End"
17. Third Coast Percussion "Madeira River"
16. Travis Scott feat. Drake "SICKO MODE"
15. Caroline Rose "Jeannie Becomes a Mom"
14. The Carters "Apeshit"
13. Courtney Barnett "Need a Little Time"
12. boygenius "Me & My Dog"
11. Hozier "Nina Cried Power"
10. Kacey Musgraves "Space Cowboy"
9. The 1975 "Love It If We Made It"
8. Cardi B "I Like It"
7. Robyn "Honey"
6. Mitski "Nobody"
5. Soccer Mommy "Your Dog"
4. Ariana Grande "thank u, next"
3. Janelle Monáe "Make Me Feel"
2. Lucy Dacus "Night Shift"
1. Childish Gambino "This Is America"

are you by law obligated to put TIA on top of your songs list or something? yeah it's good. but it's like none of these listmaking organisations are allowed to depart from the ongoing cultural spectacle as it is prescribed. it's extremely tedious. plus, most of the rest of the songs lists look completely identical as well

Noisey - The 100 Best Albums of 2018
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/7xyex4/the-100-best-albums-of-2018

that NPR list is the best so far

This is America is overrated by now, so what

TIA is not “ good “

it is bad

good tracks list, by which I mean I will be voting for some of those too

okayafrica - The Best Nigerian Songs of 2018
https://www.okayafrica.com/nigerian-songs-best-2018-year-listen-stream/

Burna Boy "Ye"
Wizkid x Terri x Spotless x Ceeza Milli "Soco"
Olamide "Science Student"
Niniola "Bana"
Odunsi, Zamir & Santi "Alté Cruise"
Naira Marley x Olamide x Lil Kesh "Issa Goal"
Teni "Case"
Tekno "Jogodo"
Tiwa Savage x Duncan Mighty "Lova Lova"
Mr Real x Idowest x Kelvin Chuks x Obadice "Legbegbe"
Falz "This Is Nigeria"
Davido x Duncan Mighty x Peruzzi "Aza"
Odunsi (The Engine) "Falling"
Patoranking "Suh Different"
D'banj x Slimcase x Mr Real "Issa Banger"
DJ Spinall x Wizkid "Nowo"
Tay Iwar x Odunsi (The Engine) "Sugardaddy"
Mr Eazi x Giggs "London Town"
Wande Coal x Juls "So Mi So"
Olamide x Wizkid "Kana"
2baba x Peruzzi "Amaka"
Sarz x WurlD "Trobul"
ClassiQ "Gargajiya"
M.I "Last Night I Had a Dream About A Hummingbird"
Adekunle Gold "Ire"

this is nigeria otoh

https://youtu.be/UW_xEqCWrm0

Noisey album list is the best so far, and will make imago happy

I thought everyone had agreed by now that TIA was a noteworthy video, but a forgettable song. One of those rare songs that I rarely heard outside of seeing the video.

i've gotten so used to reading brad's pronouncements as to aoty that i feel relatively confident in opining that he's referring to mewithoutYou in this case.

― Tim F, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 5:27 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep

Loving that Okayafrica list. NPR one obviously as boring as humanly possible.

triggercut otm

the first half of the noisey list is intriguingly eclectic

yeah there's loads on that noisey lower half that i could stand to check out

they also have roughly half of my top ten in their 100, which is an excellent ratio, well done noisey

let's check out this is nigeria now

kudos to first person to post spotify pl of the okayafrica list

haha that is well, well done

The Noisey list is more interesting because it feels like it's been written by and for young people, a lot of these lists feel quite depressingly middle-aged, especially the ones dutifully plonking Thom Yorke in at #50.

noisey wasted all the good records on the bottom 50 imo

also no mewithoutyou there either, wtf, they were like my only hope

They premiered the Tropical Fuck Storm album so I'm surprised to see them snub that too. sadness all around

the nothing record they put at position 30-whatever actively sucks

There's gotta be like 500 unique albums spread across everything here. At this point, the Top 77 is the only list I feel like I can trust to direct me towards albums that have like, mostly good songs on them.

I like that Nothing album :/

such a lot of whining itt

here to whine

fair enough

it's just

I LOVE MUSIC

i do

some music more than others

^^^

noisey wasted all the good records on the bottom 50 imo

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 1:29 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf noisey have my #1 in their top ten, which is fairly astonishing

totally forgot about that american pleasure club record, thanks noisey.

tbf noisey have my #1 in their top ten, which is fairly astonishing

― imago, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 8:51 AM (forty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

didn't realize you were such a fan of travis scott

I like that Nothing album :/

― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 6:41 AM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'll give it another shot!

Glad to see the Yob record place so low on the Noisey list. Yob sucks, and I don't understand why so many critics worship them. Sure, the dude almost died and that's a good feature hook, but it doesn't make their music interesting.

I... do think their fans worship them too?

seen them live twice, both kicked ass and at least to my ears they have kind of a unique style

Completely forgot about that Iceage record. Is it as good as the previous one?

it was the best thing they've done so far imo but i've never been a huge fan