Thread for all 2016 albums of the year lists

The aquariumdrunkard list is massive and has some amazing records in there which I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere.

That RA list is very dull.

The aquariumdrunkard list is massive and has some amazing records in there which I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere.

plus Radiohead!

(definitely going to check out some stuff from that list)

I don't think anyone's posted the American Songwriter list yet:

https://americansongwriter.com/2016/12/top-50-albums-2016/

xp I bet a playlist of all the dozens of bands named Troll over the years would be pretty fun!

― Fastnbulbous

i once made a mixtape of metal bands named legion. it was pretty rad.

The aquariumdrunkard list is massive and has some amazing records in there which I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere.

― Moka

it doesn't seem to differentiate new releases and archival releases? okay yeah yoko's _plastic ono band_ is a great record, but filing it next to frank ocean seems a bit strange.

Aquariumdrunkard lists are always like that. Lots of reissues and archival.

RA list just confirms that i'm really not missing anything by skipping out on that site

Did we post the Wire list yet? 1-10 is Bowie/Shirley/Moor Mother/Autechre/NIck Cave/Jenny Hval/Noura/Yves Tumor/Gaika/Mark Ernestus.

Seems to still be the Spirits Rejoice! issue in the shops.

exacteditions doesnt have it either

Nobody posted the Radio X list then? Well, fair enough. But just so we get a sense of balance, here we go.

http://www.radiox.co.uk/x-lists/best-albums-all-time/the-best-albums-of-2016/

It's not quite as bad as last year, but still...

Erlewine: http://sterlewine.tumblr.com/post/154403710650/top-100-albums-of-2016

10. The Monkees—Good Times
58. ABC–Lexicon Of Love II
100. Kanye West—Life of Pablo

Pitchfork:
http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9980-the-50-best-albums-of-2016

Top 10:

1. Solange - A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean - Blonde
3. Beyonce - Lemonade
4. David Bowie - Blackstar
5. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
6. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
7. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here...
8. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
9. Angel Olsen - My Woman
10. Radiohead - A Moon-Shaped Pool

RA list is kinda depressing, it's weird too because I've found loads of great music on their site this year and was of the impression that they had started to come into their own a bit.

Just read the Pitchfork and SPIN lists, and it's amazing how similar they are to each other. Not just the same #1, but every single album in P4k's top 20 is in SPIN's top 30, just shuffled around. But there's one major difference: SPIN put the 1975 at #5, and it's nowhere in the P4k top 50.

I refuse to believe so many people actually like the Life of Pablo or rate is anything more than an obvious bodge job.

I refuse to believe so many people actually like [art I dislike] = nagl

I can understand liking it or finding its flaws sort of interesting but when Kanye's worst album by far is appearing as the top rap album of 2016 in multiple lists it suggests there's something else happening here.

The People Have Spoken.

Textura lists now up: http://textura.org/archives/articles/2016top10s.htm

Always good to see a list from another universe. Hedvig Mollestad Trio sounds cool!

Hedvig Mollestad's Nordic labelmates Bushman's Revenge are good as well.

excellent list is that

I think Matt DC is saying that Russian hackers are responsible for Kanye'a strong performance.

heh? next you'll be saying Bradley Wiggins is a drugs cheat :p

Really bold of Textura to put Kanye at #1 this year

seems this is the year everyone got off the Wild Beasts bus. album was jaw droppingly bad IMO.

liked the single a lot but yeah the album just went in one ear out the other

I really like about half of it tbh, "2BU" and the bonus track "Maze" are beauts

I've been so torn on that Tignor album that's topping the Texture list all year. Its really beautiful but seems almost too easy. Like that, the Eluvium and the Ben Lukas Boyson are all so gorgeous but so effortless that it seems... suspicious? I like them all on a purely visceral level, but every time I sit down with them, it feels almost tropey

"I can understand liking it or finding its flaws sort of interesting but when Kanye's worst album by far is appearing as the top rap album of 2016 in multiple lists it suggests there's something else happening here."

Pitchfork put it at number 5 iirc. I'm starting to think Kanye owns 50% of Pitchfork or something, they keep giving him 10.0 or 9.5 ratings no matter how bad his records get.

I listened to the Ben Lukas Boyson record at the weekend and it sounded gorgeous but in a very predictable way, like it was his pitch for soundtracking a Scandinavian murder mystery series set in a photogenic small town where everyone has a dark secret from 20 years ago.

12. Dele Sosimi & Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information (Laolu Remix)

FWIW this is brilliant.

the Kanye album is #4 in the guardian list

12. Dele Sosimi & Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information (Laolu Remix)

FWIW this is brilliant.

hell yeah it is

Just a wee reminder that voting finishes on friday
ILM METAL ALBUMS POLL 2016 VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD. [Voting ends Friday December 16 11.59pm GMT]

Have we had FACT's Top 50 yet?

Lots of stuff still to discover from that list, for me.

Here is the complete list from The Wire:

1. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Shirley Collins – Lodestar
3. Moor Mother – Fetish Bones
4. Autechre – elseq 1-5
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Skeleton Tree
6. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
7. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina
8. Yves Tumor – Serpent Music
9. Gaika – Security
10. Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force – Yermande
11. Gate – Saturday Night Fever
12. Solange – A Seat At The Table
13. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
14. Oren Ambarchi – Hubris
15. Babyfather – BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow
16. 75 Dollar Bill – Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
17. Anna Meredith – Varmints
18. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – EARS
19. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
20. Carla dal Forno – You Know What It's Like
21. David Toop – Entities Inertias Faint Beings
22. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
23. Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered
24. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – We Be All Africans
25. Laura Cannell – Simultaneous Flight Movement
26. Ectoplasm Girs – New Feeling Come
27. Steve Gunn – Eyes On The Lines
28. Ian William Craig – Centres
29. Matmos – Ultimate Care II
30. Laraaji & Sun Araw – Professional Sunflow
31. Scott Walker – The Childhood Of A Leader OST
32. Bitchin Bajas And Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Epic Jammers And Fortunate Little Ditties
33. Elysia Crampton – Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
34. Katie Gately – Color
35. Shackleton with Ernesto Tomasini – Devotional Songs
36. Anxiety – Anxiety
37. Skepta – Konnichiwa
38. Puce Mary – The Spiral
39. The Dwarfs Of East Agouza – Bes
40. Catherine Christer Hennix – Live At Issue Project Room
41. Horse Lords – Interventions
42. Roy Montgomery – R M H Q
43. Frank Ocean – Blonde
44. Thalia Zedek Band – Eve
45. Charlemagne Palestine – Cathédrale De Strasbourg
46. Ben Johnston – String Quartets 6, 7 & 8
47. Jackie Lynn – Jackie Lynn
48. Zomby – Ultra
49. Klara Lewis – Too
50. Peder Mannerfelt – Controlling Body

12. Dele Sosimi & Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information (Laolu Remix)

FWIW this is brilliant.

hell yeah it is

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, December 13, 2016 4:06 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup

did you guys hear èbony's "real love"? thought that was a shoe-in for all the electronic tracks lists

from p4k list "After seven LPs, Rihanna finally made a great album, rather than a collection of zeitgeist-dominating bangers surrounded by filler. " did i miss something? i thought everybody felt that anti was the same patchy thing as all the others

ppl felt that way on this site but pretty much nowhere else in my experience

yeah i'm very confused that became the accepted anti narrative (well...not confused so much given how hard the line was pushed to start with)

ppl felt that way on this site but pretty much nowhere else in my experience

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:29 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Describes my ilx experience with almost any topic

did you guys hear èbony's "real love"? thought that was a shoe-in for all the electronic tracks lists

it's "real truth" right? anyway i hadn't heard it but ohhhhhhhh my god

yeah "real truth"!

SPIN put the 1975 at #5, and it's nowhere in the P4k top 50.

Well, at least that's one thing that Pitchfork got right.

Turrican is relentless, man

he's a lot of things -less