ok I'm processing this
― Dan S, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 06:27 (five years ago) link
Good to see Cucina Povera getting a place in The Wire's list
― paolo, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:09 (five years ago) link
14. Proc Fiskal - Insula
Oh wow someone actually repping for this, endearingly playful melodic eskibleep stuff, Dizzee and Wiley cut-ups interspersed with random aggy Scottish vocal samples.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:45 (five years ago) link
I feel kind of weird how hard my taste in weird music and Wire's have diverged so utterly
How many of the 50 records on that list have you heard?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:53 (five years ago) link
imago is someone else who needs to hear the vessel record they had on their list tbh
https://open.spotify.com/album/4wVHohBynJ5eFHw6Cc1WzD
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:57 (five years ago) link
think jordan popped it up over on the experimental electronica thread
good album that
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:01 (five years ago) link
I found that Vessel record super-frustrating, maybe I've heard one too many albums of hypercompressed electronic noises being crashed into one another, but I kept findind myself craving another one of the weird choral interludes.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:03 (five years ago) link
in a way it kind of reminded me of the maximalism of that rustie album from way back when but with faux baroque madrigals instead of wonky space war noises. personally i love the balance of its beauty and its physicality, but yes you do have to be in the mood for a bit of a bruising
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:10 (five years ago) link
The Quietus list is up - http://thequietus.com/articles/25755-albums-of-the-year-2018
1: Gazelle Twin - Pastoral2: Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids - An Angel Fell 3: Insecure Men - Insecure Men 4: Suede - The Blue Hour5: Objekt - Cocoon Crush6: ILL - We Are Ill7: Sons of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile8: Low - Double Negative9: Audiobooks - Now. (In A Minute)10: Årabrot - Who Do You Love11: Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer12: Hen Ogledd - Mogic13: Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want14: Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman15: Pusha T - Daytona16: Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death In Meatspace17: Chris Carter - CCCL Volume One18: Hawthonn - Red Goddess (Of This Men Shall Know Nothing)19: Blawan - Wet Will Always Dry20: Julia Holter - Aviary21: Panopticon - The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness22: Senyawa - Sujud23: Grouper - Grid Of Points24: Gábor Lázár - Unfold25: Erland Cooper - Solan Goose26: Eric Chenaux - Slowly Paradise27: Planningtorock - Powerhouse28: SOPHIE - Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides29: Todd Barton - Multum In Parvo30: The Yossarians - Ambition Will Eat Itself31: Jenny Hval - The Long Sleep32: Laibach - The Sound Of Music33: Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert - Here Lies The Body34: Mouse On Mars - Dimensional People35: Skee Mask - Compro36: Gabe Gurnsey - Physical37: Laura Cannell - Reckoning38: Yves Tumor - Safe In The Hands Of Love39: Szun Waves - New Hymn To Freedom40: GNOD - Chapel Perilous41: Blocks & Escher - Something Blue42: 700 Bliss - Spa 70043: Tirzah - Devotion44: Guttersnipe - My Mother The Vent45: The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time V46: Kali Uchis - Isolation47: Bruce - Sonder Somatic48: Alexander Tucker - The Look Away49: Alison Cotton - All Is Quiet At The Ancient Theatre50: Deena Abdelwahed - Khonnar51: Pig Destroyer - Head Cage52: Eartheater - Irisiri53: Goat Girl - Goat Girl54: Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy55: Ben Vince - Assimilation56: Bas Jan - Yes I Jan57: тпсб - Sekundenschlaf58: Darren Hayman - Thankful Villages Vol III59: Cucina Povera - Hilja60: Big Joanie - Sistah61: Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch62: Synth Sisters - Euphoria (WAV)63: AJA - AJA64: The Body - I Have Fought Against It, But Can’t Any Longer65: Manni Dee - The Residue66: Rezzett - Rezzett67: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - King Of Cowards68: The Armed - Only Love69: Helena Hauff - Qualm70: Jake Muir - Lady’s Mantle71: ZULI - Terminal72: Primitive Knot - Thee Opener Of The Way73: Melting Hand - Faces Of Earth74: Miss Red - K.O.75: Vanishing Twin - Magic And Machines76: Lucrecia Dalt - Anticlines77: East Man - Red, White And Zero78: JPEGMAFIA - Veteran79: Warmduscher - Whale City80: Xenony - Polish Space Program81: Lotic - Power82: Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - Landfall83: Gaika - Basic Volume84: Jerusalem In My Heart - Daqa’iq Tudaiq85: Ian William Craig - Thresholder86: AMOR - Sinking Into A Miracle87: Bliss Signal - Bliss Signal88: Dizzy Fae - Free Form89: Drew McDowall - The Third Helix90: Capitol K - Goatherder91: Nonpareils - Scented Pictures92: Richard Skelton - Front Variations I & II93: Creep Show - Mr Dynamite94; BROCKHAMPTON - iridescence95: David Terry - Sorrow96: Gwenno - Le Kov97: Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu98: Anthroprophh - Omegaville99: Simian Mobile Disco - Murmurations100: Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca and Tamer Abu Ghazaleh - Lekhfa
― paolo, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:39 (five years ago) link
No Autechre o_O
Great list though, as always, and plenty to check out still.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:42 (five years ago) link
yeh always like going through tQ list
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:47 (five years ago) link
What on earth is Suede doing that high on that list
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:56 (five years ago) link
Because it's an excellent album, obviously.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 11:04 (five years ago) link
theyre one of the groups that the quietus have long had a soft spot for despite the way their taste usually skews, but that's high even considering that
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 11:07 (five years ago) link
The album is fine and all but sheesh
nice to see my boys and girls at 16
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 11:16 (five years ago) link
Dutch music magazine OOR (based on individual lists from their writers but also music journalists from newspapers and radio etc.)
1. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer2. Low – Double Negative3. Kali Uchis – Isolation4. Christine And The Queens – Chris5. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino6. Idles – Joy As An Act Of Resistance7. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour8. Kamasi Washington – Heaven And Earth9. The Ex – 27 Passports10. Jon Hopkins – Singularity
― Joris Stereo, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 11:19 (five years ago) link
yay for the ex.
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 11:29 (five years ago) link
many xps to morrisp those are both horrible blurbs indeed
― niels, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
The Ringer's best albums: https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/12/4/18124867/best-albums-2018
10. Action Bronson - White Bronco9. Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel8. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Sparkle Hard7. Smino, Noir6. Nils Frahm, All Melody5. Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer4. Vince Staples, FM.3. Soccer Mommy, Clean2. Pusha T, Daytona1. Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy
― galaxy brian (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
Hot Press - Top 20 Tracks of the Yearhttps://www.hotpress.com/music/hot-press-tracks-year-2018-22763113
1. Childish Gambino - This Is America2. Gorillaz - Humility (ft George Benson)3. St Vincent - Fast Slow Disco4. Hozier - Nina Cried Power5. Versatile - Ketamine6. George Ezra - Shotgun7. Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel8. Arctic Monkeys - Four Out Of Five9. Saint Sister - Twin Peaks10. Fontaines DC - Boys In The Better Land11. Sorcha Richardson - Can’t We Pretend12. Villagers - A Trick of the Light13. Snow Patrol - Don’t Give In14. Hudson Taylor - Old Soul15. Dermot Kennedy - An Evening I Will Not Forget16. Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch17. Sigrid - Sucker Punch18. Picture This - When We Were Young19. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow20. Dua Lipa - IDGAF
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
be fun to have a tracks list that doesn't have this is america at the top. and i like this is america
― imago, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
*looks again at that list* actually wait no this is america needs to be at the top of that, it is indiana jones surrounded by crocs
― imago, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
ah bloody hell i totally forgot about guttersnipe and grouper. both solid releases.
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
the gorilla vs bear list is very good. or at least heavily resembles mine
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
Snow Patrol released a record this year? Then again I somehow managed to forget about the weird Justin Timberlake fake-country album that came out this year.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
NPR's albums list:https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/671242319/the-50-best-albums-of-2018-page-5
50. The Carters - Everything Is Love49. Snail Mail - Lush48. J.I.D - DiCaprio 247. 700 Bliss - Spa 70046. Balún - Prisma Tropical45. Vikingur Ólafsson - Johann Sebastian Bach44. Alice Bag - Blueprint43. Thou - Magus42. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret - The Other Side of Air41. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me40. The HIRS Collective - Friends. Lovers. Favorites.39. Ammar 808 - Maghreb United38. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest37. Andris Nelsons - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 "The Year 1905"36. Vince Staples - FM.35. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD34. J Balvin - Vibras33. Colin Self - Siblings32. Ólafur Arnalds - re:member31. Orquesta Akokán - Orquesta Akokán30. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings29. Leikeli47 - Acrylic28. John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness27. Christian Tetzlaff - Bartok: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 226. Saba - Care for Me25. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo24. serpentwithfeet - soil23. Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads22. Ariana Grande - Sweetener21. Christine and the Queens - Chris20. Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa19. Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You18. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth17. Low - Double Negative16. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel15. Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider - Dreamers14. Superorganism - Superorganism13. Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel12. boygenius - boygenius EP11. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog10. Tierra Whack - Whack World9. Kali Uchis - Isolation8. Rosalía - El Mal Querer7. Robyn - Honey6. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy5. Noname - Room 254. Lucy Dacus - Historian3. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour2. Mitski - Be the Cowboy1. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
xps is that the first list to have The Ex? man that is criminal, record is great.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
always lots of good stuff on the NPR lists but out of laziness will w8 for the tracks
― niels, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
Stereogum's list:
https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-best-albums-of-2018/
I'm not typing it out, sorry.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
i'm guessing i would like that flasher album
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
i had just finished copying out the stereogum list so here you go:
50 Rico Nasty – Nasty49 SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES48 Drug Church – Cheer47 Lil Baby & Gunna – Drip Harder46 Jon Hopkins – Singularity45 The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships44 Denzel Curry – TA130043 Oneohtrix Point Never – Age Of42 Holy Fawn – Death Spells41 Camp Cope – How To Socialise & Make Friends40 Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar39 MGMT – Little Dark Age38 Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer37 Birds In Row – We Already Lost The World36 Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance35 Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs34 Kamasi Washington – Heaven And Earth 33 Dear Nora – Skulls Example32 Tirzah – Devotion 31 The Armed – Only Love30 Iceage – Beyondless29 Teyana Taylor – K.T.S.E.28 Kali Uchis – Isolation27 Adrianne Lenker – abysskiss26 U.S. Girls – In A Poem Unlimited25 Fucked Up – Dose Your Dreams24 Wild Pink – Yolk In The Fur23 Noname – Room 2522 Rolo Tomassi – Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It21 Rosalía – El Mal Querer20 Tomberlin – At Weddings19 Illuminati Hotties – Kiss Yr Frenemies18 Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog17 Half Waif – Lavender16 Brockhampton – Iridescence15 Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt14 Vince Staples – FM13 Lucy Dacus – Historian12 Robyn – Honey11 Pusha T – Daytona10 Mitski – Be The Cowboy9 Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer8 Low – Double Negative7 Soccer Mommy – Clean6 Flasher – Constant Image5 Beach House – 7 4 Cardi B – Invasion Of Privacy3 Ariana Grande – Sweetener2 Snail Mail – Lush1 Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
certainly the list that i've heard the most of, and heard of nearly all the rest
the flasher album is pretty solid but didn't stand out as anything too special to me when i listened recently. also still confused by sweetener being ariana's critical breakthrough
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
The NPR list is a little on the nose but I do honestly love that their top 10 are all women.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
what a triumph
― imago, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
lol
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
Stereogum has the first mention of Holy Fawn. Great album.
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
Come on imago, where's yr pride in obscurantism? (PS I will probs be voting for at least three of the Canadian trans electronic arts society albums so I'm v on your side about their worth)
― emil.y, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
My probable #1 has crept into a couple of lists today, which is nice I guess
Black Dresses being on just one list would be something huh
― imago, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
(I think I'm only voting for two but that could change)
― imago, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
the only one i think they had a realistic chance on was Stereogum
favourite find from EOY lists season so far is the Idris Ackamoor album from The Quietus list
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
xp they have a good shot at the ilxor time travel top 500 albums i reck
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
They had a Fader feature so hopefully that'll swing it there
― imago, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
Quietus list looks interesting as usual.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
The Flasher album is my biggest grower of the year. It rules.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
Picadilly introduced me to Kadhja Bonet, and for that I am thankful.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
Oh you have to check her past album, it’s even better imho.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
starting to seem like my aoty isn't gonna appear on any lists
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
which isn't unexpected
I'm thankful to the Gorilla vs. Bear list for introducing me to Rosalía... her voice is amazing.
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
apologies if this ha been linked upthread 500 times already, but an aggregation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BwJaVJa_OZezUbbCE9Z6HpNdcl6wwmlPrCLWm3sKygo/edit#gid=0
particularly recommended if you miss glenn's stats from pazz and jop
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
the love for that coasting Spiritualized record baffles me
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link