The 2018 end of the year music lists thread

yeah there's loads on that noisey lower half that i could stand to check out

they also have roughly half of my top ten in their 100, which is an excellent ratio, well done noisey

let's check out this is nigeria now

kudos to first person to post spotify pl of the okayafrica list

haha that is well, well done

The Noisey list is more interesting because it feels like it's been written by and for young people, a lot of these lists feel quite depressingly middle-aged, especially the ones dutifully plonking Thom Yorke in at #50.

noisey wasted all the good records on the bottom 50 imo

also no mewithoutyou there either, wtf, they were like my only hope

They premiered the Tropical Fuck Storm album so I'm surprised to see them snub that too. sadness all around

the nothing record they put at position 30-whatever actively sucks

There's gotta be like 500 unique albums spread across everything here. At this point, the Top 77 is the only list I feel like I can trust to direct me towards albums that have like, mostly good songs on them.

I like that Nothing album :/

such a lot of whining itt

here to whine

fair enough

it's just

I LOVE MUSIC

i do

some music more than others

^^^

noisey wasted all the good records on the bottom 50 imo

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 1:29 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf noisey have my #1 in their top ten, which is fairly astonishing

totally forgot about that american pleasure club record, thanks noisey.

tbf noisey have my #1 in their top ten, which is fairly astonishing

― imago, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 8:51 AM (forty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

didn't realize you were such a fan of travis scott

I like that Nothing album :/

― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 6:41 AM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'll give it another shot!

Glad to see the Yob record place so low on the Noisey list. Yob sucks, and I don't understand why so many critics worship them. Sure, the dude almost died and that's a good feature hook, but it doesn't make their music interesting.

I... do think their fans worship them too?

seen them live twice, both kicked ass and at least to my ears they have kind of a unique style

Completely forgot about that Iceage record. Is it as good as the previous one?

it was the best thing they've done so far imo but i've never been a huge fan

"thieves like us" is p fun

Thanks, will check it out.

the Eiko Ishibashi from The Wire list is beautiful

― Dan S, Monday, December 3, 2018 9:40 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is so otm. Dream of a record.

I haven't heard their previous albums but it struck me as pretty solid. I'm not much of a post-punk buff, though.

xp

the Eiko Ishibashi from The Wire list is beautiful

― Dan S, Monday, December 3, 2018 9:40 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is so otm. Dream of a record.

― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 2:16 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This sounds VERY similar to These New Puritans!

Sputnikmusic is a similar albums ranking website community to RYM, they have a rolling top 200 Albums of 2018 list:

at the moment the Number 1 rated album is: MewithoutYou

Spotify 2018 Wrapped will be launched tomorrow (December 6th)

However, put this into spotify:

spotify:special:2018

and you can see your 100 Most streamed tracks of 2018 - NOW !

my 2018 top 100 tracks:
https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1Ejdalnsx92c5Z?si=Se8XAhyjR-qwPadXVdqdVg

Sputnikmusic Best Albums of 2018 link: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/best/albums/2018/

Sputnikmusic Best Albums of 2018 link: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/best/albums/2018/

Ha, the slug band at number 2.

This sounds VERY similar to These New Puritans!

― imago, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 3:56 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It kind of does!

at the moment the Number 1 rated album is: MewithoutYou

\m/

Ha, the slug band at number 2.

That album rips tbf

another ranking community website, Metal Storm

current top 20:

Metal Storm Top 20 albums of 2018
http://metalstorm.net/bands/albums_top.php?album_year=2018

1 Amorphis Queen Of Time
8.75 | 606

2 Judas Priest Firepower
8.55 | 555

3 Riverside Wasteland
8.54 | 207

4 Shylmagoghnar Transience
8.44 | 194

5 Night Verses From The Gallery Of Sleep
8.43 | 94

6 Antimatter Black Market Enlightenment
8.42 | 66

7 The Ocean Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
8.42 | 141

8 Rivers Of Nihil Where Owls Know My Name
8.41 | 265

9 Slugdge Esoteric Malacology
8.36 | 249

10 Necrophobic Mark Of The Necrogram
8.34 | 247

11 Omnium Gatherum The Burning Cold
8.29 | 239

12 Manticora To Kill To Live To Kill
8.28 | 64

13 Obscura - Diluvium
8.28 | 196

14 Panopticon The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness
8.27 | 93
15 Immortal Northern Chaos Gods
8.26 | 268
16 Harakiri For The Sky Arson
8.21 | 184

17 Alkaloid Liquid Anatomy
8.21 | 173

18 Sear Bliss Letters From The Edge
8.20 | 90

19 Thy Catafalque Geometria
8.20 | 133

20 Michael Romeo War Of The Worlds, Pt. 1
8.19 | 129

for those who were asking about lindsay zoladz: https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/12/5/18126370/best-songs-2018-ariana-grande-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-ella-mai-the-1975-travis-scott-drake

10. Camp Cope, “The Opener”
9. J Hus, “Scene”
8. Ella Mai, “Boo’d Up”
7. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “American Guilt”
6. Teyana Taylor, “Rose in Harlem”
5. Kacey Musgraves, “High Horse”
4. Ariana Grande, “thank u, next”
3. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, “Shallow” *omg really?*
2. Travis Scott ft. Drake, “SICKO MODE”
1. The 1975, “Love It If We Made It”

decent list

has boo’d up topped any tracks lists yet ? p undeniable

“High Horse” isn’t even the best song on that (somewhat overrated, in my esteemed and respected opinion) album... I heard it in the supermarket the other day, it fit right in.

(And I don’t usually do “overrated,” but we are literally talking about ratings/rankings here; so I’ll allow it)

Boo’d Up is probably hurt by the fact it came out in early 2017

I don’t actually think the NPR list is quite as boring as I expected tbh... aside from the awful number one it’s somehow the only list I’ve seen with “drip too hard” on it so far like what

Someone on Twitter pointed out how weird it is they seem to have completely ignored The Internet’s album on their albums list, like that’s tailor made for npr

High horse is awesome, not my personal fav on the album exactly but cmon

Npr list also had King’s dead... Troye Sivan .... phonte, Doja cat... there’s definitely some corny selections — it is NPR and it’s impossible to forgive that number one — but overall could be way worse

some good things in here imo...

Vinyl Factory - Our 20 favourite 12″s and EPs of 2018
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/best-12s-and-eps-of-2018/

Complex - The Best Albums of 2018
https://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-2018/

thanks for that Vinyl Factory link, gonna explore that later

FACT - The best UK rap of 2018
https://www.factmag.com/2018/12/05/best-uk-rap-2018/

i actually really liked the npr songs and albums lists this year, unexpected

i'm sure i'll be looking through that vinyl factory list, loving everything and not buying anything because $

would've preferred if lucy had been no. 1 on the songs list of course, i'm with everyone who thinks "this is america" is a video, not a song xp