UPROXX
https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2021-list/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 29 November 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
IT ISN'T DECEMBER YET
― imago, Monday, 29 November 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
My top 10 will likely be quieter than the New Yorker's.
― Chris L, Monday, 29 November 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
lol yeah the inclusion of both evermore and whole lotta red on this list makes it even clearer that it's silly to put out lists so early
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 29 November 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
All lists now must follow the official Grammy™ cadence.
― quiet coyote (morrisp), Monday, 29 November 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
Early lists are trying to help the artists sell album in the peak retail season. No objection to that.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 29 November 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/29/the-20-best-songs-of-2021
― bespoke sausages (seandalai), Monday, 29 November 2021 22:40 (two years ago) link
Do ppl still "gift" albums (based on Year End lists, to boot?). If so, that's admirable...
― quiet coyote (morrisp), Monday, 29 November 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
Dry Cleaning and Snail Mail are names that really put me off, but I'm sure that quotidian naming strategy has been used by good bands so this is irrational prejudice. "Bog Roll" is still waiting for any up and coming indie sensations to claim though.― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Saturday, November 27, 2021 9:30 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Saturday, November 27, 2021 9:30 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
There's already the very good Mega Bog: https://megabog.bandcamp.com/
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 29 November 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
I don't know if it's me but I find these lists have a lot of consensus and are a little interchangeable, as if they were all drawing from the same source (or stream).
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 07:35 (two years ago) link
the continental European perspective (Oor is like the Dutch Rolling Stone/Mojo): https://oor.nl/news/oors-eindlijst-dit-zijn-de-20-beste-albums-van-2021/
― Joris Stereo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:24 (two years ago) link
Dry Cleaning and Snail Mail are names that really put me off, but I'm sure that quotidian naming strategy has been used by good bands so this is irrational prejudice. "Bog Roll" is still waiting for any up and coming indie sensations to claim though.
And don't forget Soccer Mommy.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
x-post Didn't know The Notwist had released a new album!
― willem, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
consensus picks so far are Floating Points/Pharoh Sanders, Little Simz and Weather Station
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
Also seeing Mdou Moctar, Dry Cleaning, Black Country New Road, Squid, Arlo Parks, LDR, The War on Drugs, Japanese Breakfast a lot
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
deadline for submitting to that Uproxx critics poll was last night (but seems to be extended a bit). Behind in my listening this year, so not gonna submit. Others are skipping it because its major label owned or weren't invited.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
yeah ... not a great year for new albums, imo.
none of these would make my list (except Moctar, maybe), which isn't the point ... what bums me out is that i'm not exactly head over heels over my top 5-10, either, and i tend to be a glass-half-full person about this particular topic.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
AOTY summary is helpful. Consensus so far is Floating Points by some margin.
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2021/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
Tbh I’m always more excited for the “best tracks” rather than “best albums” at this time of year. That’s where most of the real discoveries are for me.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
really liked the Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders album
― Dan S, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
the arlo parks album seems like it should be right up my alley but the end result is pretty bland
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 02:56 (two years ago) link
Discoveries for me from the Paste list - Pink Siifu, Katy Kirby, L’Rain
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 03:17 (two years ago) link
Gorilla vs Bear
https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2021/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 05:03 (two years ago) link
^ might be the list that most approximates my own music taste so far. Plenty of great albums in there which I haven’t seen mentioned elsewhere.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
gvb's lists are always a highlight
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
Excellent number one pick from Gorilla Vs Bear.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 05:38 (two years ago) link
First time he picks something from his label but it’s well deserved. It’s a great album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 05:51 (two years ago) link
https://thequietus.com/articles/30903-the-quietus-top-100-albums-of-2021-norman-records
― nxd, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:50 (two years ago) link
That write-up was funny, from casual conversation with the girlfriend to manifesto for nuance.Doing 100 shows dedication. Lots of things I haven't even heard about.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 10:57 (two years ago) link
I’m sorry but the suggestion that there were 97 albums this year better than HEY WHAT is absurd.
― zacata, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
Yeah, there were at least 150
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1054333297/the-50-best-albums-of-2021-page-5
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
(Went down to 20)
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
whoa, Jazmine Sullivan at #1
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
I didn't expect her to make too many lists since HT was called an EP
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
All of today's lists very on-brand
― Indexed, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
CBC's top Canadian classical albums:https://www.cbc.ca/music/canada-s-top-21-classical-albums-of-2021-1.6261267
― treat the gelignite tenderly for me (Sund4r), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
yeah ... not a great year for new albums, imo.none of these would make my list (except Moctar, maybe), which isn't the point ... what bums me out is that i'm not exactly head over heels over my top 5-10, either, and i tend to be a glass-half-full person about this particular topic.― alpine static, Tuesday, November 30, 2021 3:08 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― alpine static, Tuesday, November 30, 2021 3:08 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
it was a great year for albums tho?
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
GVB list proves that it actually was a great year for new albums imho.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
it was a great year for albums, i am not making a list until ilx requires it bc there were so many good albums
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
it was a great year for movies but... idk about that one
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
I can name ten albums off the top of my head that were excellent and easy contenders for aoty.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
probably twenty even.
p4k only gave 30 albums BNM in 2021 instead of the usual 45 or so. make of that what you will.
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
We can scramble posts and posters and say the same about 2015, 2011, or even 2025.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
I would agree that it feels like a down year, especially after last year with the two Sault albums, two Taylor albums, Punisher, Fetch the Bolt Cutters...
― Indexed, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
lmao
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
very much lmao
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
I'd rather have someone punch me in my colostomy than listen to Sault or Taylor Swift.
If you can't think of great albums that were released this year, that's on YOU, compadres.
I can’t wait for the EOY ILM TRACKS POLL where 10% of the poll will be songs from Red Taylor’s version, also the #1 album of 2021
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
passion of the weiss albums: https://www.passionweiss.com/2021/12/30/the-pow-best-albums-of-2021/
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 7 January 2022 15:19 (two years ago) link
Xhuxk Eddy's best singles of 2021:
https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/35-best-singles-of-2021/
Youtube playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshHxICULapmII5rNojvg_hxGy9qYvfwE
― o. nate, Friday, 7 January 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
List of the top 50 Danish albums from the site Kronoper, which is, well, it's me. It's my site. I'm writing a column saying Danish critics aren't showing the diversity of Danish music, so to prove it I made this list. And since I've spent time on it, I thought I'd post it here as well.
1. Iceage - Seek Shelter2. Selma Judith - Getting Angry, Baby3. Uden Ord - Eventyr4. LLNN - Unmaker5. RoemerKlindtHjorthHeymanDombernovsky - Oprindelse6. Peter Jensen, Morten Büchert & DR Big Band - Light Through Leaves: Carl Nielsen Recontextualized7. Erika de Casier - Sensational8. Shitney - Post Vocal9. Communions - Pure Fabrication10. Danish String Quartet - Prism III11. Exonyms - Khuluma Isintu12. CHINAH - Feels LIke Forever13. Lydmor - Capacity14. Tardus Mortem - Armageddon15. Frederik Valentin - 0011000 / 001100116. Glitchi - Welcome to the Twenties / Cats Have Nine Lives17. RoseGold - PURE18. Aar & Dag - Tifold af fri form og fælles motiv19. Christian Westergaard, m.fl - Peter Heise: The Song Edition20. Branco - Baba Business 221. Nezelhorns - Sentiment22. Mikkel Oldrup - Bracing Days23. Molok - Skær24. Katrine Grarup Elbo - Fold Unfold25. Kasper Marott - Full Circle26. Mark Solborg Trio - Angels27. Astrid Sonne - outside of your lifetime28. Maraton - Maraton29. Jomi Massage - Lyst30. Gustav Piekut - Towards the Flame: Eccentric Piano Works31. Schacke - Underworlds32. Of the Wand and The Moon - Your Love Can’t Hold This Wreath of Sorrow33. Tomas Raae - With the Dim the Darkness Came34. Croatian Amor & Scandinavian Star - Spring Snow35. Katrine Stockholm - Verden består af samlinger og stykker36. Jaleh Negari - Weaver ~37. Malthe Jepsen - Fluidity38. Paw Grabowski - Ode til nattens flugt39. MØL - Diorama40. Drew Sycamore - Sycamore41. Randi Pontoppidan & Thomas Buckner – Voicescapes / Randi Pontoppidan & Sissel Vera Petterson – Inner Lift42. Ghost Coast Choir - Ghost Coast Choir43. Exchange: Petrola 8044. Yung - Ongoing Dispute45. Jærv - Skud46. NØX - Walk of Shame47. Rasmus Johansen fra Fly - Køddag48. Several Things - Please Don’t Do This To Me, Life49. Simon Toldam - Tak for dit brev50. Nymalet - Syv lag
― Frederik B, Saturday, 8 January 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
no When Saints Go Machine or Coco O?
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 8 January 2022 16:27 (two years ago) link
How Chuck Eddy made his list---
This year I’d say my main sources were “Apres Ski” and “Ballerman” compilations of songs young Germans evidently trinken bier to on vacation (responsible for five of the top 20 below and one more of the 15 also-rans), lists Dave Cooper Moore and Frank Kogan periodically emailed out to a small group I’m part of and/or blog-posted, stray and fleeting mentions by facebook friends, maybe weekly song reviews in The New York Times “Playlist” feature, and new-release spreadsheets I get paid to peruse every Wednesday for Napster/Rhapsody.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 January 2022 22:36 (two years ago) link
― boxedjoy, 8. januar 2022 17:27 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I thought both were disappointments. Coco O should probably have been on there anyway, but When Saints Go Machine made no impact at all.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 9 January 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link
https://southernsoulrnb.com/corner2021.cfm
Daddy B. Nice's top 25 southern soul songs of 2021
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 05:44 (two years ago) link
The Genius Community’s 50 Best Songs Of 2021
― i woke up alarmed (morrisp), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 06:10 (two years ago) link
https://theatticmag.com/features/2425/favourite-albums-of-2021.html
I don't think this list of international and jazz and more selected by contributors to the Attic mag has been posted
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 18:29 (two years ago) link
I really liked Vice/Noisey's choices over the last 3-4 years, and especially their '10s decade lists. They seem to be taking a break from Noisey content at the moment so I guess no lists from them this time :(
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 21:14 (two years ago) link
Last year I think they were the only ones who included the Gulch and Narrow Head records, and their rap choices felt like they were repping stuff that people actually listened to.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 21:17 (two years ago) link
i liked the vice/noisey lists because they counted down 100, which means more room for interesting picks
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 23:04 (two years ago) link
https://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/21-for-21-albums-of-the-year/
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
Some interesting stuff I had missed on that list.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
Paste (OK, really one columnist) rounds up great albums you may have missed ... lots of stuff here not seen elsewhere:
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/records-you-may-have-missed/great-records-you-may-have-missed-2021-year-end-ed/
― alpine static, Thursday, 20 January 2022 06:45 (two years ago) link