Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

http://www.treblezine.com/32802-10-best-jazz-albums-of-2016/

10. Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids – We Be All Africans
09. Brain Tentacles – Brain Tentacles
08. Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison - In Movement
07. Fire! – She Sleeps, She Sleeps
06. Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith – A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke
05. LAM – LAM
04. Shabaka and the Ancestors - Wisdom of Elders
03. Dr. Lonnie Smith – Evolution
02. Tangents – Stateless
01. Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus

treblezine songs

100) Moses Sumney - Lonely World
99) Kamaiyah - How Does It Feel
98) Andy Stott - New Romantic
97) Neurosis - Reach
96) Young Thug - Wyclef Jean
95) James Blake feat. Bon Iver - I Need a Forest Fire
94) Inter Arma - The Paradise Gallows
93) American Football - Where Are We Now?
92) Amy O - Arrow
91) Lucy Dacus - I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore
90) The Weekend feat. Daft Punk - Starboy
89) Omni - Wire
88) Deftones - Doomed User
87) Joyce Manor - Last You Heard of Me
86) Jlin - Downtown
85) School of Seven Bells - Ablaze
84) Bat for Lashes - In God's House
83) Nicolas Jaar - Three Sides of Nazareth
82) Nap Eyes - Lion in Chains
81) Descendents - On Paper
80) Father John Misty - Real Love Baby
79) Esperanza Spalding - Earth to Heaven
78) Brand New - I Am a Nightmare
77) Massive Attack feat. Azekel - Ritual Spirit
76) Jessy Lanza - Never Enough
75) G.L.O.S.S. - We Live
74) PUP - Pine Point
73) Courtney Barnett - Three Packs a Day
72) Sturgill Simpson - Brace For Impact (Live a Little)
71) Savages - T.I.W.Y.G.
70) Kvelertak - Ondskapens Galakse
69) Diarrhea Planet - Bob Dylan's Grandma
68) Babyfather - Meditation (feat. Arca)
67) Death In Vegas - You Disco I Freak
66) Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wish
65) Charles Bradley - Ain't It a Sin
64) Kyle Dixon - Stranger Things
63) Kevin Gates - 2 Phones
62) Future feat. The Weeknd - Low Life
61) Death Grips - Eh
60) Big Ups - National Parks
59) case/lang/veirs - Best Kept Secret
58) Rihanna feat. SZA - Consideration
57) Underworld - I Exhale
56) Beach Slang - Atom Bomb
55) YG feat. Nipsey Hussle - FDT
54) Danny Brown - When It Rain
53) Erykah Badu - Hello
52) Heft - Japanese Breakfast
51) Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 07 | 2014 – 2016
50) Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharukous
49) Angel Olsen - Intern
48) Car Seat Headrest - Vincent
47) Andorson.Paak feat. Schoolboy Q - Am I Wrong
46) Sunflower Bean - Easier Said
45) Glass Animals - Life Itself
44) Radiohead - Identikit
43) Blood Orange - Best to You
42) Animal Collective - FloriDada
41) Beyonce - Formation
40) White Lung - Hungry
39) Anna Meredith - Taken
38) Beyonce - All Night
37) Modern Baseball - Apple Cider, I Don't Mind
36) Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla - One Dance
35) Chance the Rapper - Blessings
34) The Avalanches feat. Camp Lo - Because I'm Me
33) DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels - Nobody Speak
32) Emma Ruth Rundle - Protection
31) Mothers - It Hurts Until It Doesn't
30) Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
29) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
28) Solange feat. Sampha - Don't Touch My Hair
27) Preoccupations - Anxiety
26) Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N)
25) Blood Orange - Hands Up
24) Pinegrove - Old Friends
23) Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 03 | 05.28.2013
22) Frankie Cosmos - On the Lips
21) Solange - Cranes in the Sky
20) Radiohead - Burn the Witch
19) Chance the Rapper - Same Drugs
18) Frank Ocean - Ivy
17) Savages - The Answer
16) Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank
15) ANOHNI - 4 Degrees
14) Frank Ocean - Nikes
13) Mitski - Your Best American Girl
12) Danny Brown feat. Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt, Ab-Soul - Really Doe
11) Beyonce - Sorry
10) Baroness - Shock Me
9) Kanye West ft. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price, and Kirk Franklin - Ultralight Beam
8) Chance the Rapper feat. Kanye West & Chicago Children's Choir - All We Got
7) Kanye West feat. Kendrick Lamar - No More Parties in LA
6) Radiohead - True Love Waits
5) Parquet Courts - Human Performancce
4) Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
3) David Bowie - Lazarus
2) Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killers Whales
1) David Bowie - Black Star

I liked Black Star (the track) as much as anyone, but it was released in November 2015. Seems odd to put it at #1 this year when any other track from the LP was available.

that is a horrendous list tbh

cool that they like oranssi pazuzu though

Recall last year the (arguably) best list was Cosmopolitan, (not arguably) worst was Radio X, will see if that holds up this year.

That treblezind might be the most uninspired list of best songs I've seen so far. They should've added a one song restriction per artist.

Gorilla vs Bear songs: http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-songs-of-2016/

01 JESSY LANZA | It Means I Love You
02 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST | The Space Program
03 KAYTRANADA | Lite Spots
04 WHITNEY | No Woman
05 MITSKI | Your Best American Girl
06 RADIOHEAD | True Love Waits
07 VINCE STAPLES | War Ready
08 ARIANA GRANDE | Into You
09 THE HOMIE | Too Late
10 MAGGIE ROGERS | Alaska
11 KYLE DIXON + MICHAEL STEIN | Stranger Things theme
12 RAE SREMMURD | Black Beatles (feat. Gucci Mane)
13 DANNY BROWN | Ain’t It Funny
14 CARLY RAE JEPSEN | Higher
15 KANYE WEST | Ultralight Beam
16 JENNY HVAL | Conceptual Romance
17 BEYONCÉ | All Night
18 FEAR OF MEN | Sane
19 FRANK OCEAN | Ivy
20 NICE AS FUCK | Door
21 JAPANESE BREAKFAST | The Woman That Loves You
22 FUTURE | Inside the Mattress
23 DIANA | Moment of Silence
24 KORNÉL KOVÁCS | The Bells
25 KEDR LIVANSKIY | Razrushitelniy Krug (Destructive Cycle)
26 DANNY BROWN | Really Doe
27 WHITE DENIM | Take It Easy (Ever After Lasting Love)
28 KENDRICK LAMAR | Untitled 06
29 BURIAL | Young Death
30 DJDS | You Don’t Have To Be Alone (Charlie Wilson version)
31 YUMI ZOUMA | Short Truth
32 DANNY L HARLE x CARLY RAE JEPSEN | Supernatural
33 NITE JEWEL | Boo Hoo
34 VESUVIO SOLO | Flakes
35 BOYBOY | Boy
36 SKEPTA | Lyrics
37 NICOLAS JAAR | Wildflowers
38 DRUGDEALER | Suddenly (feat. Weyes Blood)
39 MERCHANDISE | Lonesome Sound
40 KERO KERO BONITO | Lipslap
41 JENN CHAMPION | No One
42 ANTWON | 100K
43 ANDY SHAUF | Quite Like You
44 TROLLER | Storm Maker
45 FORT ROMEAU | Secrets & Lies
46 JULIANNA BARWICK | Nebula
47 S U R V I V E | Copter
48 CHARLI XCX | Paradise (feat. Hannah Diamond)
49 WHITE LUNG | Below
50 KRISTIN KONTROL | x-communicate
51 HOOPS | Gemini
52 LEON VYNEHALL | Blush
53 KATIE GATELY | Tuck
54 HAMILTON LEITHAUSER + ROSTAM | In a Black Out
55 KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH | Existence in the Unfurling
56 CHARLIE HILTON | Funny Anyway
57 BONNIE BANANE | Statue
58 ZOEE | Betcha
59 MORLY | The Choir
60 FRANK OCEAN | Solo (reprise feat. Andre 3000)
61 MARIA USBECK | Uno De Tus Ojos
62 ANGEL OLSEN | Sister
63 NV | Kata
64 MARISSA NADLER | Janie in Love
65 NEWMAN WOLF | Please Keep Talking
66 MAMIFFER | Mara
67 CHROMATICS | Dear Tommy
68 EXIT SOMEONE | Sydney, the List Goes On
69 JIM-E STACK | Deadstream
70 JAMES BLAKE | Always
71 DENT MAY | Face Down in the Gutter of Your Love
72 HELENA DELAND | Baby
73 DJ TAYE | Burnin Ya Boa
74 ABRA | Crybaby
75 CASS MCCOMBS | Bum Bum Bum
76 ERYKAH BADU | Trill Friends
77 BLEACHED | Wednesday Night Melody
78 FOG LAKE | Rattlesnake
79 PARTS | Pieces
80 KATIE DEY | Fear o’ the Light
81 FELIX SNOW x SZA | Lies
82 HUNDRED WATERS | Forgive Me for Giving Up
83 CROSS RECORD | The Depths
84 MERELY | Limestone Corridor
85 HAERTS | Eva
86 MALL GRAB x YAEJI | Mountain
87 CRYING | Children of the Wind
88 TERROR JR | Trippin
89 SOPHIA LOIZOU | Genesis 92: The Awakening
90 SCRAPS | Touch Blue
91 BEVERLY | Victoria
92 ANNA OF THE NORTH | Baby
93 GHETTO VANESSA | Yuh Live Nice
94 TIFFANY | I Just Wanna Dance
95 THE TRACKS | Go Out Tonight
96 BALTRA | Tears Drop
97 DÆVA | Dream
98 A.K. PAUL | Landcruisin’
99 CAFE LANAI | Here 4 U
100 LUH | Future Blues
101 LÅPSLEY | Operator (DJ Koze’s disco edit)

only even heard of 25 of those artists, finally I am old and out of touch (yells at cloud)

Fader's list of "24 Albums That Made Albums Matter" (whatever that means), unranked: http://www.thefader.com/2016/12/06/albums-that-mattered-2016

Frank Ocean, Endless
Kanye West, The Life of Pablo
Drake, Views
Kamaiyah, A Good Night in the Ghetto
Rihanna, ANTI
Elysia Crampton, Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
Beyoncé, LEMONADE
David Bowie, Blackstar
Solange, A Seat At The Table
Various Artists, Epic AF
Archy Marshall, A New Place 2 Drown
Young Thug, JEFFERY
Babyfather, BBF: Hosted By DJ Escrow
Bon Iver, 22, A Million
Frank Ocean, Blonde and Boys Don’t Cry
Future, Purple Reign
Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book
Francis and the Lights, Farewell, Starlite!
Tanya Tagaq, Retribution
Kaytranada, 99.9%
Blood Orange, Freetown Sound
Anohni, Hopelessness
21 Savage, Savage Mode
Gucci Mane, Everybody Looking

close call, glad Bon Iver showed up to help save albums

insipid indie sites and their lists

is there even an "indie" artist on that list

the indie game has shifted but the fader's aesthetic is pure hipster chic afaict

only even heard of 25 of those artists, finally I am old and out of touch (yells at cloud)

― sleeve

is there anybody outside, like, this board who has heard of more than 25 of those artists? not trying to be sarcastic here, i'm a little sheltered and maybe there are parties you can go to where people will say "Oh yeah, 'Boy' by Boyboy, I love that one!" without lying through their teeth.

for the record i listened to "boy" by boyboy and i did actually like it a lot, but i'll be fucked if i'm going to listen to 99 more bands playing at the walpurgisnacht rock festival in the illuminatus! trilogy.

A+ reference

Oh no not again. I've got dysentery from all these garbage music lists.

not nearly enough Weyes Blood on these lists, btw

OTM

yep

i cannot emphasise how good that record is

Double J http://doublej.net.au/news/features/the-50-best-albums-of-2016?WT.mc_id=Radio_Radio-DoubleJ--JJ.%7CFeatures.The50BestAlbumsOf2016_TWT%7CDoubleJ

50. Plutonic Lab – Deep Beneath the Noise
49. Bernard Fanning – Civil Dusk
48. Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
47. Common – Black America Again
46. Savages – Adore Life
45. Junior Boys – Big Black Coat
44. De La Soul – And The Anonymous Nobody
43. NO ZU – Afterlife
42. Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate
41. Mark Pritchard – Under The Sun
40. Cass McCombs – Mangy Love
39. Melody Pool – Deep Dark Savage Heart
38. White Denim – Stiff
37. The Kills – Ash & Ice
36. Jim James – Eternally Even
35. Rosie Lowe – Control
34. Big Smoke – Time is Golden
33. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – EARS
32. Paul Dempsey – Strange Loop
31. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
30. Gawurra – Ratja Yaliyali
29. PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
28. Agnes Obel – Citizen Of Glass
27. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
26. Teeth & Tongue – Give Up On Your Health
25. Frank Ocean – Blonde
24. Jordie Lane & the Sleepers - Glassellland
23. Laura Mvula – The Dreaming Room
22. D.D. Dumbo – Utopia Defeated
21. Jordan Rakei – Cloak
20. Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
19. James Blake – The Colour in Anything
18. Solange – A Seat At The Table
17. The Peep Tempel – Joy
16. Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos
15. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your service
14. Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win
13. Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
12. Olympia – Self Talk
11. Beyoncé – Lemonade
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
9. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
8. Angel Olsen – My Woman
7. Ngaiire – Blastoma
6. The Avalanches – Wildflower
5. Anohni – Hopelessness
4. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity
3. The Drones – Feelin Kinda Free
2. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
1. David Bowie – Blackstar

I went one by one on the gvb list since I have nothing to do and I knew 47 of those songs and have 23 of those songs ( almost a perfect half)on my own personal top 100. So I can vouch for 23% of that list as being awesome. Never heard of boy by boyboy.

From the top 10 I'll vouch for Whitney, ATCQ, Radiohead and Maggie Rogers. But the only song that makes me grunt in there is Jessy Lanza.

Grunt in disgust like an angry boar

Idolator: http://www.idolator.com/featured/best-albums-2016-beyonce-solange-frank-ocean-rihanna-kanye-west-bruno-mars

1. Beyonce, Lemonade
2. Solange, A Seat At The Table
3. Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo
4. Rihanna, Anti
5. Shura, Nothing’s Real
6. The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It
7. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
8. Frank Ocean, Blonde
9. Kristin Kontrol, X-Communicate
10. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman

not nearly enough Weyes Blood on these lists, btw

― alpine static, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 2:31 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Probably on the basis that it was released too close to the election.

Cos it is great, I mean

has everybody already forgotten about that Avalanches album? It's only on 2 lists here...

Really surprised the Maxwell album ended up being relatively underrated.

not sure i even saw a decent review of the maxwell

brad nelson is def ilx tastemaker of teh year

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:07 Bookmark

last few for certi. 2016 ceremony is cancelled though

Metal Hammer
http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-30/the-50-best-metal-albums-of-2016

Paywalled?

seems to be. anyone a member there? f'n'b?

I just bought Kerrang on my ipad so gimme a few mins to subscribe the list

a+ post

Kerrang top 50

50 Electric Century - From The Night To Control
49 Alcest - Kodama
48 Vodun - Possession
47 Pup - The Dream Is Over
46 Descendents - Hypercaffum Spazzinate
45 Billy Talent - Afraid Of Heights
44 Black Peaks - Statues
43 Against The Current - In Our Bones
42 The Pretty Reckless - Who You Selling For
41 Swmrs - Drive North
40 With Confidence - Better Weather
39 Brian Fallon - Painkillers
38 Cane Hill - Smile
37 Bury Tomorrow - Earthbound
36 Sum 41 - 13 Voices
35 Russian Circles - Guidance
34 The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak
33 Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
32 Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
31 Letlive - If I'm The Devil.
30 Weezer - (The White Album)
29 Waterparks - Double Dare
28 Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
27 Asking Alexandria - The Black
26 Lonely the Brave - Things Will Matter
25 Beartooth - Aggressive
24 A Day To Remember - Bad Vibrations
23 Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues
22 Hellions - Opera Oblivia
21 The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
20 Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us
19 Milk Teeth - Vile Child
18 Muncie Girls - From Caplan to Belsize
17 The Dillinger Escape Plan
16 Biffy Cunto - Ellipsis
15 Gojira - Magma
14 Moose Blood - Blush
13 Blink-182 - California
12 Pierce The Veil - Misadventures
11 Every Time I Die
10 Twin Atlantic - GLA
9 BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance
8 Panic At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor
7 Deftones - Gore
6 Against Me - Shape Shift With Me
5 Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
4 Frank Iero And The Patience - Parachutes
3 Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
2 Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct
1 Green Day - Revolution Radio

haha stupid ipad autocorrect said subscribe instead of transcribe. well there it is anyway

dedicated to brad and maura obviously

The average age of the band members in that list much be creeping towards Mojo level. Does the Kerrrang! reader base just not have any cool young bands any more?

idk there's lots I haven't heard of on there but there are quite a few names I've rarely thought about in like a decade. I had no idea bands like Jimmy Eat World and Sum 41 were still going somehow.

and lol I don't think you can blame autocorrect for Biffy Cunto

no, that was quite deliberate :)

oh k3rr lol

the DEP album (their last) is p great tbf

"24 Albums That Made Albums Matter"

Gucci Mane, Everybody Looking

feel like fader ran out of rap records here

also "year of the album" narratives officially exhausting

The average age of the band members in that list much be creeping towards Mojo level. Does the Kerrrang! reader base just not have any cool young bands any more?

― Matt DC,

I imagine most of those bands we've not heard of are young emo bands

Car Bomb even better but not on the list, alas