Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

I haven't heard the iggy pop album, but what if it is actually really good?

i listened to the first few songs. it [imho] isn't.

man, that avalanches record from this year really is great

EOY polls without some noticeable element of gaming or tactical voting make for some v boring results. Besides, you wouldn't have a nomination process before voting or promotion process during voting if you were aiming for some kind of pure democratic reflection of the board's tastes that could remain discernible from numerous other EOY lists from the publications people here read and in some cases also write for.

The nomination process was initially in place to normalize the names people used in their ballots in order to make tabulation of the results easier.

We will get somewhat idiosyncratic results anyway because we are a smallish, inwardly-focused community that has been hyping each other on specific artists that aren't necessarily popping up on every EOY published. We will see more overlap than we used to because a significant percentage of the people who post here are also driving/contributing to the EOY lists of publications and have disseminating stuff discussed here to a wider audience, some of which may have caught on. If the point of the poll is to be different from everyone else rather than to catch up on what everyone liked, particularly within balkanized subgroups that may not overlap, I think the poll is now pointless.

the point of the poll is to be different from everyone else rather than to catch up on what everyone liked, particularly within balkanized subgroups that may not overlap, I think the poll is now pointless.

otm

completely agree. what i was doing was simply pointing out that 'what everyone liked' on here wouldn't necessarily square exactly with the publication consensus (insofar as there will be one)

and that i have been otm in this thread

I don't think GAPDY had to do with the ILM poll, just all the other polls overwhelmingly placing that group of albums at the top. One of the best things about ILM is I don't think it's predictable. We're not saying an ILM poll is pointless are we?

http://www.treblezine.com/32855-overlooked-albums-2016/

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/the-best-progressive-rock-and-metal-of-2016/

There's no metal in that list, don't know why they say that.

The nomination process was initially in place to normalize the names people used in their ballots in order to make tabulation of the results easier.

Still is, but it's turned into a hell of a Spotify playlist to dig into over xmas holidays.

Here's the top 20 so far, points allocated in the same way as the ILM artist polls:

DAVID BOWIE - ★ | 1045 points | 5 first place votes
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - SKELETON TREE | 815 points | 3 first place votes
RADIOHEAD - A MOON SHAPED POOL | 727 points | 1 first place vote
IGGY POP - POST POP DEPRESSION | 536 points | 3 first place votes
BEYONCÉ - LEMONADE | 419 points | 2 first place votes
THEE OH SEES - A WEIRD EXITS | 412 points | 0 first place votes
FRANK OCEAN - BLONDE | 373 points | 1 first place vote
LEONARD COHEN - YOU WANT IT DARKER | 336 points | 1 first place vote
CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS - CHALEUR HUMAINE | 324 points | 0 first place votes
CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER - VOID BEATS/INVOCATION TREX | 308 points | 0 first place votes
BON IVER - 22, A MILLION | 296 points | 1 first place vote
ANGEL OLSEN - MY WOMAN | 288 points | 0 first place votes
PJ HARVEY - THE HOPE SIX DEMOLITION PROJECT | 277 points | 0 first place votes
CAR SEAT HEADREST - TEENS OF DENIAL | 269 points | 0 first place votes
SOLANGE - A SEAT AT THE TABLE | 244 points | 0 first place votes
MARGO PRICE - MIDWEST FARMER'S DAUGHTER | 238 points | 0 first place votes
MICHAEL KIWANUKA - LOVE & HATE | 232 points | 0 first place votes
CHARLES BRADLEY - CHANGES | 219 points | 0 first place votes
ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS | 217 points | 0 first place votes
CHANCE THE RAPPER - COLORING BOOK | 212 points | 0 first place votes

xp I don't think I finished getting through the noms playlist until March - ended up finding lots of stuff I would've voted for if I'd got to it sooner but with most of it unlikely to trouble the top 100. But being able to hear almost everything definitely enriches the occasion.

Also poor timing on Leonard Cohen's death.

It doesn't really matter, because everyone knew he was going to die shortly. It isn't actually significantly better than his last couple of records (both great), but the sense of import that hangs over it set it apart in a lot of critics' eyes. It's part of a trio of albums from this year, all from long running artists, that are absolutely saturated in death - the others being Blackstar and Skeleton Tree obviously. And death and gloom definitely hang heavily over 2016 in general.

The Tribe Called Quest album in contrast is completely joyous and overflowing with life and should be right near the top of all these lists.

AND it's about one of them dying as well, yet still all the things you say

Nice that Cavern of Anti-Matter is getting so much attention

I don't think GAPDY had to do with the ILM poll, just all the other polls overwhelmingly placing that group of albums at the top

yes, GAPDY was much bigger than ILM. Wasn't that what prompted P4K dude to crow about how the poll results showed we were really a center-indie nation?

it is weird how everyone's going wild for iggy. might even have to listen to it

As the inventor of GAPDY (huge sigh), it was partially about the critical hive mind but mostly about how it leaned white, post-collegiate and indie in 2009. Since most of this year's biggest critical smashes are R&B records it doesn't make sense to force an acronym. (Not that it ever would)

Also, the only reason Beyoncé isn't dominating everything right now is because all the lists out (besides RS) are by British people.

Also, P4k guy signed up with Beats before they got sold, while we're still making 12 Rods jokes and polling albums with the same group of failsons

it is weird how everyone's going wild for iggy. might even have to listen to it

Don't.

so far it's a semi-decent josh homme record

still haven't heard Lemonade. gonna have to aren't I

Lemonade is fucking great.

the only reason Beyoncé isn't dominating everything right now is because all the lists out (besides RS) are by British people

And because people kept dying.

ILM should get a shared TIDAL account. We just need a vote on what the password should be.

henfap

The Iggy Pop album is way better than I would have expected a 2016 Iggy Pop album to be. It's OK.

Have King appeared anywhere yet btw

stay tuned!

xpost the Uncut list

speaking of posthumous albums, I realize this is me reverting back to primordial commenter form but everyone seems to have dismissed the school of seven bells record

Yeah, that's unfortunate. It's an excellent album.

Yeah, I've been disappointed to see School Of Seven Bells miss out. I don't think they were ever really that popular with the critics. I have no idea why.

SVIIB is probably my favourite album of the year that doesn't have a Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith credit

Paste Magazine. Lots of things I've never heard of.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/11/the-50-best-albums-of-2016.html?a=1

speaking of posthumous albums, I realize this is me reverting back to primordial commenter form but everyone seems to have dismissed the school of seven bells record

Not me! One of my most played records this year.

I listened to School of Seven Bells for about a week and then haven't gone back to it. I've spent more time this year with the Monkees album.

Both are mighty fine things.

The Paste top 5 is pretty great, except for Car Seat Headrest clogging it up. The rest is boooooring af.

(Not all bad, but a lot bad, and the good things are the same things I've already seen.)

Paste Magazine? Boring? No way.

Routinely shit-talking Paste is my part-time hobby, so co-sign.

Is anyone on ILM a fan of Car Seat Headrest? I have some friends who love it and I just don't get the EOY praise it's getting. Seems like run of the mill indie rock to me and boring one at that.

Cate Le Bon seems like a real oversight on that Paste list (judging by the other artists on there).

Always an eclectic list:

http://tedgioia.com/bestalbumsof2016.html

as loath as I am to approve of ted gioia I am listening to this hannah epperson album and it is quite good

If all the picks on that Treble list are as good as the first one, I'm going to be spending a lot of time with it.

Listening to 1021 new albums a year... what a life

what a crushing bore. take out the jazz and you're left with what everyone else has