Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

End of the 00's they were sort of ashamed to add them to their end of decade lists. Who will run that same fate come 2019? Frank Ocean? Lana del Rey? Meat Loaf?

"Braver than we are" is the sleeping giant of 2016

Had no idea there was a new Vesuvio Solo album out. Anyone here heard it?

Norman's near misses may be better than their main list: https://www.normanrecords.com/features/albums-of-the-year-2016?show=bubblers

They didn't include the meat loaf album :(

But you're not kidding that list is even better than the real one.

Per the aggregator, Angel Olsen has taken over the #6 spot, and closing in on Nick Cave. Solange close behind, Anderson .Paak, Chance The Rapper, and A Tribe Called Quest is now #10.

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2016/

Wouldn't say the second Norman list is 'better' than the top 50, but they both sure make for some top cherry picking.

Can't recommend the Bracken record strong enough, for all you Hood fans out there.

if you move the Radiohead and Nick Cave 10 spots and replace with maybe mitski and weyes blood that is the p4k top ten of this year.

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That Western Skies Motel album on the Norman list is gorgeous. I think they're Danish, but they sound like the uncanny, backwoods stuff of Bruce Langhorne or Scott Tuma. The C. Diab is lovely, too.

― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, December 1, 2016 4:18 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I will have to check out Langhorne and Tuma if they are of the same ilk. Relistened to Settlers again and it really is gorgeous, love the endings of Transformation and Whirl when they turn into oddly uplifting funeral dirges.

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.

― No longer active (Moka), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:38 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Combo of its general inoffensiveness, the power of promotion and a backstory hook that's easy to write about. I know many music writers who pay absolutely no attention to current "indie rock" but who love Car Seat Headrest and similar critic-approved groups like Parquet Courts. Like how a critical mass of "this is okay I guess" often averages out into year-end accolades, with a bit of "this is the only record of this type I need to listen to" thrown in.

otm about "easy to write about." I can't help but compare it to the Pinegrove record, which is so much better but also so much more difficult to articulate the merits of

I didn't know CSH had a backstory hook. It's nice when the designers insert one of those into the code, like "you grew up in a cult" or something.

the reason is that most critics have deeply jejune taste and can be safely disregarded

much like most people

A lot of very average and a few truly terrible records in this "EP"s list:

http://www.stereogum.com/1913129/25-great-eps-from-2016/franchises/2016-in-review/

My top 20 EPs:

Lindstrøm - Wingdings
Anna Wise - The Feminine: Act 1
Cavern of Anti-Matter - I’m the unknown
Kiiara - low kii savage
Hologram Teen - Marsangst
Mr. Fingers - Outer Acid
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Sai & Co
Semi-Toned - Sing Theory
Deerful - Home
The Orb - Alpine
Bridgit Mendler - Nemesis
Pye Corner Audio / Dalhous - Run For The Shadows
Izzie Gibbs - Jutsu
Iko Chérie - The Dream Covers
Pional - When Love Hurts
Pussy Riot - xxx
Keke Palmer - Lauren
Natalie Beredze - Love Is Winning
Hot 8 Brass Band - Can’t Nobody Get Down
Aquaserge - Guerre

Hannah Peel not getting nearly enough love for her album is something of great concern.

RE: Katie Dey, I bought the album after Owen Pallett said it was the best album of the last five years. I wouldn't go that far, though "Fear O the Light" makes a pretty strong case.

Louder Than War

40 The Low Anthem - Eyeland
39 The Fall - Wise Ol' Man
38 Yeasayer - Amen & Goodbye
37 Hooton Tennis Club - Big Box Of Chocolates
36 Asylums - Killer Brain Waves
35 Bob Mould - Patch The Sky
34 Warpaint - Heads Up
33 Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
32 Suede - Night Thoughts
31 Mogwai - Atomic
30 Doomsquad - Total Time
29 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
28 The Wonder Stuff - Goes Around The Sun
27 Goat - Requiem
26 Ruts DC - Music Must Destroy
25 New Model Army - Winter
24 Big Jesus - Oneiric
23 Pixies - Head Carrier
22 Purson - Desire's Magic Theatre
21 Deftones - Gore
20 Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
19 Garbage - STrange Little Birds
18 Owen - The King Of Whys
17 Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
16 Swans - The Glowing Man
15 The Coral - Distance INbetween
14 Field Music - Commontime
13 The Virginmarys - Divides
12 Minor Victories - Minor Victories
11 Deap Vally - Femejism
10 Slaves - Take Control
09 Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow
08 Primal Scream - Chaosmosis
07 Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
06 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
05 Blossoms - Blossoms
04 Melvins - Basses Loaded
03 David Bowie - Blackstar
02 Savages - Adore Life
01 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

real music at last

There was a new Dinosaur Jr album?

ditto Garbage? ditto Pixies? ditto Radiohead?

louder than WAR

RE: Katie Dey, I bought the album after Owen Pallett said it was the best album of the last five years. I wouldn't go that far, though "Fear O the Light" makes a pretty strong case.

― geoffreyess, Friday, December 2, 2016 9:12 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That song sounds like a strange cover of Tobin Sprout buried in effects

"fear o the light" is such a good song

08 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells

This is terrific, happy to see it place somewhere. He used to post to ILM FWIW.

That Dinosaur Jr album is actually great as well and I've never been able to get into them in the past.

yeah Mascis has been on a roll lately

co-sign on the Kornel Kovacs, it's one of the best dance albums of recent years. It's really fun and loaded with personality and hooks - and compared to something like the Todd Terje album, there's a sense of genuine playfulness that avoids contrived wackiness and throwaway goofiness. I didn't realise he was a former poster.

There was a Fall album this year?!

ep

Oh just an EP (also sorry for breaking format)

Lol xp

"I've never been able to get into Dinosaur Jr. in the past"

I've never been able to get into Husker Du in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Replacements in the past."

I've never been able to get into Sonic Youth in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Beatles in the past."

I've never been able to get into Elvis in the past."

I've never been able to get into breathing an atmosphere that contains O2 in the past...."

Just saw someone I (still) regard as a friend describe the new Rolling Stones album as their best since Some Girls.

i might not go that far, but definitely their best since "voodoo lounge"

That's cool DLP - I'm pretty sure I already have enough illustrations of how American indie fans consider their taste the centre of the musical universe.

"I've never been able to get into Dinosaur Jr. in the past"

I've never been able to get into Husker Du in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Replacements in the past."

I've never been able to get into Sonic Youth in the past."

I've never been able to get into the Beatles in the past."

I've never been able to get into Elvis in the past."

I've never been able to get into breathing an atmosphere that contains O2 in the past...."

― dlp9001, zondag 4 december 2016 22:22 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ fp'd you for this tbh. What point are you even trying to make?

not sure why that post warranted an FP? Its hardly offensive

I'd complain about all these old bands doing so well in these lists if the two best albums I'd heard recently weren't by ATAQ and Yello...

ATAQ ATCQ

fp'ing a poster for an incomprehensible post really is a new low.. especially when i somehow haven't yet been flagged off this board

Wait there's a new Yello album?!?

I know, right? Let's not get distracted, people.

Ugh, you people do not get what "fp'd you for this" means do you? It doesn't mean I actually fp'd. #societyisinthegutteretc

OT but I always though Cosmic Slop was Algerian Goalkeeper.

Let's just get back to Yello, shall we.

Listening to it now. A++ so far.

OT but I always though Cosmic Slop was Algerian Goalkeeper.

You were right.

damn, cover blown after all this time