The 2020 end of year music lists thread

Their bassist really is great. Turns out Men I Trust have collaborated with Helena Deland already, so it’s a predictably small world.

I just need to know all the hot 2020 rap tracks besides “jungle”

I guess there’s a thread for that

i regret to inform you that most of the rap tracks on that thread aren't as good as "jungle" (assuming you're talking about shootergang kony)

yah

the consensus pick this year should be i disagree by poppy, i have spoken

all of these lists are jokes because they do not include i disagree by poppy. especially rym

None of them seem to include the Ariana Grande album, so they’re all full of shit to some degree.

i hope poppy wins the metal poll here

Hmmmm

ted gioia list is always a highlight and fun to read. probably the only list i really care about excepting those my friends make.

"balafon sketches" by contours — this should interest some of the ECM / cherryhead / "obscure sound" ilxors i think

The Bab L'Bluz album is officially this year's first big find for me off the EOY lists. They're great.

Not every track is a winner but I like it a lot too.

"balafon sketches"

shake it!

Revolver Magazine
Top Albums of 2020

25. Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
24. Touché Amoré - Lament
23. The Acacia Strain - Slow Decay
22. Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man
21. Avatar - Hunter Gatherer
20. Necrot - Mortal
19. Puscifer - Existential Reckoning
18. Mrs. Piss - Mrs. Piss
17. Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
16. Nothing - The Great Dismal
15. Gulch - Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
14. Lamb of God - Lamb of God
13. Marilyn Manson - We Are Chaos
12. Poppy - I Disagree
11. Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater
10. Ghostemane - Anti-Icon
9. Killer Be Killed - Reluctant Hero
8. Spirit Adrift - Enlightened in Eternity
7. Bring Me the Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR
6. Run the Jewels - RTJ4
5. Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything
4. Body Count - Carnivore
3. Greg Puciato - Child Soldier: Creator of God
2. Code Orange - Underneath
1. Deftones - Ohms

http://www.revolvermag.com/music/25-best-albums-2020

finally a real list

I believe the Mrs. Piss album is actually titled Self​-​Surgery.

We discussed it a bit upthread fwiw.

Huh, don’t see it... anyway, sorry to be a PEE-dant! (Geddit?)

Sorry, I meant the Revolver list as a whole.

x-post-- Amanda Petrusich's favorite album of 2020 ... is from 2018:

She's the New Yorker critic. She picked the 2018 album "No. 1" from Etran de L'Air who are a guitar band from Niger. The rest of her list includes : Adrianne Lenker albums; Mary Lattimore -Silver Ladders; Dua Lipa -Future Nostalgia; Fiona Apple -Fetch the Bolt Cutters; Jyoti- "Mama, You can Bet!"; Bob Dylan- Rough and Rowdy Ways; Fleet Foxes- Shore; Freddie Gibbs & the Alchemist - Alfredo; Phoebe Bridgers- Punisher

She gave Honorable Mentions to- Taylor Swift; Megan Thee Stallion; Natalia Lafourcade- Un Canto por Mexico Vol. 1; Kehlani; Jay Electronica; The Strokes; Waxahatchee

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/12/top-50-albums-of-2020/full-post/

i think consequence of sound might be more rolling stone than rolling stone are these days

Why do they list the “origin” of every artist?

Jessie Ware has been ranked way too low in every list so far

Definitely. I'm not sure if it's because it came out more recently but I've been very surprised to see Kylie placing above Jessie and Roisin in lots of the lists so far

i like the kylie album but i was pretty confused by that yeah

gen xers be gen xing

Drift Records

https://driftrecords.com/blogs/drift/deluxe-2020-records-of-the-year

Just catching up here and still am but just want to add I'm sorry Emily, we failed you in launching a targeted campaign to get SoL on tQ's list, no doubt (though it shouldn't even have needed a campaign tbf). One of my most played lp's of the year!

drift list yet another chock full of the sort of worthy alt-drudgery that isn't remotely at the cutting edge but which sounds edgy enough to excite sufficiently jaded listmakers

yes that's right it's EOY season and i am getting in the mood

One of the few I’ve seen with my own AOTY near the top (Moses Boyd), so good on ‘em.

the kelly lee owens record is so great and also deserves to be near the top of most lists

Don't know about that but it def feels underrated so far.

It was a September album right? It feels underrated, yes. I'm wondering how many Jan/Feb (pre-covid abyss) records will be forgotten about. My AOTY is actually from before March, it turns out.

Was listening to the KLO record for the first time this morning and was very impressed

RYM sez August 28, so might as well be September, yeah.

I just mentioned it in the fourth world music thread but I belatedly came across Healing Cycles by Koyil and it's blowing my mind right now, way more than Jon Hassell's own 2020 LP. Would've fit snugly alongside Gioia's picks, much like Jéricho's De dreit nine (neo-medieval avant-folk sung in French and Occitan).

xp

*nien, not nine. Fuck autocorrect 4evah.

I was weirdly hit and miss with the KLO record, the hits were v v nice though

I sometimes get bored of the KLO on headphones, but it's riveting when I play it on speakers.

That dull-as-dishwater Jessie Ware album seems to be on every one of these lists, and some of you are complaining that it's too low? I mean, honestly! Take the W!

Careful.

haven't listened to it yet; keeping powder dry for the EOYs. maybe i'll like it! 'spotlight' is pretty archetypical middlebrow catnip tho, i was convinced i'd heard it before when i first did

xp You figured it out but yea my snark was re: katie dey's stupid entitled sounding tweet and not re: any music from ilm people. I def empathize with the frustration detailed upthread and have nothing but respect for ilm musicians.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/930492613/the-50-best-albums-of-2020-page-1

npr list is interesting

NPR list is very NPR.

Of the stuff I haven't heard, the Siti Muharam and Nubya Garcia seem cool. As though there wasn't enough catching up to do...

Nice to see Victoria Monét show up on a list.

NPR list reminded me of the Buscabulla album, which I like but had sort of forgotten. Also nice to see Lido Pimienta near the top of a list, that album's great.

https://www.loverecordstores.com

The #loverecordstores ‘Independent Albums of the Year’ list is 2020’s favourite releases from independent labels voted for by a cross section of notable independent record stores including Drift, Resident, Rough Trade, Normans, Piccadilly, Bear Tree, Assai, Banquet, Stranger Than Paradise, Bleep and Monorail among many others.

Rose City Band in the top 10, that's one of my faves and it hasn't shown up many places.

the orielles record was solid and overlooked too, glad to see the love (record stores)

I think the NPR list is vastly more interesting than most