The 2018 end of the year music lists thread

I can’t hum one bar of This Is America

The “I Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City” of our time

ouch!

“This is America” is all about the music video, and it’s a brilliant one... top 10 of the decade even. But, song of the year? To each its own but I don’t think it’s even the best song on his album.

thanks to Tim for mentioning the Roy Kinsey album, that's really excellent

I don't want to be that guy but the Einsturzende Neubauten original version of Baby Shark is best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3AYFL5GMc0

DAZED - The 20 best albums of 2018
https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42479/1/best-albums-2018-sophie-robyn-ariana-tierra-whack

20. THE 1975 - A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS
19. SERPENTWITHFEET - SOIL
18. TROYE SIVAN - BLOOM
17. AMNESIA SCANNER - ANOTHER LIFE
16. BROCKHAMPTON - IRIDESCENCE
15. BLOOD ORANGE - NEGRO SWAN
14. NAO - SATURN
13. CARDI B - INVASION OF PRIVACY
12. THE INTERNET - HIVE MIND
11. KALI UCHIS - ISOLATION
10. TIRZAH - DEVOTION
09. YVES TUMOR - SAFE IN THE HANDS OF LOVE
08. CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS - CHRIS
07. ROSALÍA - EL MAL QUERER
06. ARIANA GRANDE - SWEETENER
05. LET’S EAT GRANDMA - I’M ALL EARS
04. MITSKI - BE THE COWBOY
03. SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES
02. ROBYN - HONEY
01. TIERRA WHACK - WHACK WORLD

that's a very ilx list i think

wow american pleasure club is not for me

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 4:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I like it but the only song that really stuck with me is the one that kinda sounds like Neil Young

surprised to see tierra whack bag a couple of number ones. fun album but a bit slight and really wished she’d let some of the ideas stretch out a bit. felt like something that crop up in the lower (more interesting) reaches of these lists

it's nice that this year's been open enough that something like that can top some of these lists, makes a nice change from recent years where everything was dominated by a handful of Event Albums

I mean there are a few totemic ones that are making almost every list, but yeah this feels like a less consensus-ruled year than most

that is a very triumphant list. yassss

actually i do rly like 4 of the top 5 so no real beef

If I had to guess, I think Let's Eat Grandma might end up topping the ILM list.

no wayyyyy. they might make the top 10. might.

for all that i like the album it isn't in my 25, for instance

if i had to guess it'd be Kacey Musgraves but there's a loooot of possibilities

swear we're missing something obvious

It's going to be Robyn.

http://dis.resized.images.s3.amazonaws.com/540x540/105574.jpeg

Robyn would surely be the most underwhelming winner ever? Guess I'd better see what the fuss is about this 'Robyn' character then!!

2014 was the last time there was this little consensus in all the publication lists and it was War on Drugs/St Vincent/Run the Jewels/FKA Twigs that did best in the aggregate lists

this year it's Janelle Monae/Low/Mitski topping the aggregates so far and at the very least Low doing so well is pretty cool

oh yeah, Low. Low was the obvious thing

Semi-plausible winner that would make me genuinely proud of ILM = Sun el-Musician.

no wayyyyy. they might make the top 10. might.

― imago, Thursday, December 6, 2018 6:33 AM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for all that i like the album it isn't in my 25, for instance

― imago, Thursday, December 6, 2018 6:33 AM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes, as previously established your taste has a 1:1 relationship with the rest of ilm

xp that would be a pleasant shock at #1. It has been galling not to see it on a single list so far, Burna Boy too

i wouldn't be that surprised if sun-el popped up in the spin list but these lists very rarely engage with non-western scenes unless an act makes a strong push for recognition etc

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/arts/music/best-albums.html

here's the New York Times' lists - Jon Caramanica's is probably the absolute weirdest out of anything posted in this thread but then it's a personal list and not some sort of consensus

Does Ben Ratliff not write for them anymore? He used to do a list, too

want some burna boy y'say?

Complex UK’s Best Songs Of 2018
https://www.complex.com/music/2018/12/complex-uk-best-songs-of-2018

30. Corella — "Trappin"
29. Mura Masa f/ Octavian — "Move Me"
28. Suspect f/ Jesse James Solomon & Skepta — "One Way"
27. Yizzy — "S.O.S"
26. One Acen f/ WSTRN — "Vice Versa"
25. Burna Boy — "Ye"
24. P Money & Little Dee — "Coldest Flows"
23. Ray BLK — "Run Run"
22. WSTRN f/ Skrapz — "Round Here"
21. Flohio — "Bands"
20. Children Of Zeus — "Slow Down"
19. Blade Brown — "12 Summers"
18. Kojo Funds f/ Bugzy Malone — "Who Am I"
17. Mahalia — "Surprise Me"
16. Skepta & Wizkid — "Energy (Stay Far Away)"
15. D-Block Europe — "The Shard"
14. MoStack — "What I Wanna"
13. Ella Mai — "Boo'd Up"
12. Headie One & Kenny Allstar — "Tracksuit Love"
11. Chip — "Darth Vader"
10. Novelist — "Stop Killing The Mandem"
9. Nines — "I See You Shining"
8. Mist f/ Jessie Ware — "Wish Me Well"
7. Sheck Wes — "Mo Bamba"
6. Slowthai — "Ladies"
5. Loski — "Cool Kid"
4. Kojey Radical f/ Mahalia — "Water"
3. Unknown T — "Homerton B"
2. A$AP Rocky & Skepta — "Praise The Lord (Da Shine)"
1. Ambush f/ Chip & Skepta — "Jumpy (Remix)"

Great to see DJ Healer place quite high on the Noisey lis. He's prob missing out bcz of the relative obscurity of it. But man, what an album.

lists sleeping on Hailu Mergia

was on the wire one iirc

but yes, lovely album

aah cool, glad to hear it was on Wire

though I think their list is... a bit... kinda like, it's supposed to be v challenging stuff

and that album is joy

lists sleeping on Hailu Mergia

the ebo taylor album kicked the arse of most other records too

Noisey - The 100 Best Songs of 2018
https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/qvqwym/noisey-100-best-songs-of-2018

ugh weezer

lmao

lmao @ #1, pretty strong list otherwise

finally a list with "mo bamba" in the top three

there was a new ebo taylor?!?

yeah it's right here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3V5LUMXlslvmEwmTel01KP

"god is a woman" over "no tears" or "breathin"? ok

noisey list seems good (no this is america is nice) but yeah lmao at the #1

speaking of narratives over sonics

xxxp ty nick

"god is a woman" over "no tears" or "breathin"? ok

― lowercase (eric), Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:24 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"god is a woman" is such a bad song