speaking of race for clicks, here's uproxx's unranked albums list
https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2022-list/
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Monday, 28 November 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
has Asake and Burna, lacks Rema and Wizzy
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 28 November 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
here's my annual reminder that Uproxx is owned by global record label conglomerate Warner Music Group and shouldn't be in the business of reviewing records, much less hosting a poll of critics on the year's best records. (no one cares! i don't know why, but they don't.)
― alpine static, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:45 (one year ago) link
I still don't believe "Alex G." is a real person making real music.
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 03:41 (one year ago) link
never really liked him before but i really liked his new album ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 04:37 (one year ago) link
https://www.lyrics.cat/v/9/97de8067a82fde4d5f48056c77e0a451.jpg“I still don’t know how I got away with it.”
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 07:11 (one year ago) link
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2022/#once-twice-melody
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 07:34 (one year ago) link
every year all these fuckin lists are just anagrams of each other
― imago, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 08:12 (one year ago) link
yes, sadly since the demise of witch house we have been limited to these predictable 26 letters and 10 numerals
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 08:20 (one year ago) link
the loud and quiet list seems sufficiently interesting
― ufo, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 10:58 (one year ago) link
The most interesting lists are still to come: Aquarium Drunkard, The Quietus, and a few others. These other pubs are, for the most part, utter jokes.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 12:09 (one year ago) link
oh yes, AD always excellent
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 13:42 (one year ago) link
yes, sadly since the demise of witch house we have been limited to these predictable 26 letters and 10 numerals― link.exposing.politically
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― enochroot, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 22:30 (one year ago) link
TIME 10 BEST SONGS
https://time.com/6235775/best-songs-2022/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 02:13 (one year ago) link
They picked the wrong Sudan Archives song! (FreakaliZer is the right one) still happy to see her there.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 02:16 (one year ago) link
I wouldn't know, I keep replaying the title track. Best dense r&b mini-suite banger since Tkay Maidza and Bree Runway have been making music.Cool that they included Finesse.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 08:56 (one year ago) link
Also the best Sudan Archives song cannot not have violin
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 08:59 (one year ago) link
Yeah, the new Alex G is annoyingly good. Like a post-late-Low version of slacker-indie.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 12:15 (one year ago) link
Love love love "ChevyS10" and think it serves as the natural peak when listening to the album - good choice, Time
― Indexed, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:14 (one year ago) link
NYT (Pop): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/arts/music/best-albums-renaissance-bad-bunny.html
NYT Jazz: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/arts/music/best-jazz-albums.html
― Indexed, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:16 (one year ago) link
This is literally the first time I've heard his music described in a way that makes me mildly curious!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:19 (one year ago) link
Critic Gene Seymour's jazz list is better than the Times jazz list, even though it has a Keith Jarrett album on it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
I think Gene Seymour and I like totally different jazz.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
I don't agree with him about much — I'm doing a list of 20 albums for Stereogum, and the Shipp album will be on it and I'm considering the Salvant, Sorey and Turner discs, though I'm less sure about them. The Mary Halvorson album he cites as an honorable mention will definitely be on my list.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
Excited for your list!
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
guess i have to check it out then, what i've heard of his previous stuff was just fine
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
yeah that's the first description of Alex G that sounds palatable to me
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Thursday, 1 December 2022 06:13 (one year ago) link
https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2022/https://thequietus.com/articles/32400-the-quietus-top-100-albums-of-2022-norman-records
weirdly they have the same #1
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:03 (one year ago) link
someone needs to let the gvb guy know about real lies
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:06 (one year ago) link
ok this alex g album is nice, he's foregrounded all his production eccentricities, at least since the last album of his i heard which was a while ago.
the late-period low comparison holds up only in a few places but i get it. i'd more directly say it's a slacker-indie take on 'hyperpop', reminds me of the fantastic dltzk album from last year. would love to hear what he'd come up with working with bj burton
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:34 (one year ago) link
like it only really delves into something that actually sounds 'hyperpop' occasionally but just the general way it hangs together is fairly reminiscent of what those sort of artists are doing
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:38 (one year ago) link
I listened to the Jockstrap the other day. It isn't remotely AOTY lol
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:47 (one year ago) link
And the h word has been uttered so I'd best get around to Alex G at some point
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:49 (one year ago) link
Was the Quietus list all Sleaford Mods records and unlistenable art metal again? Last year’s list was abysmal
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:56 (one year ago) link
xp you might be disappointed by the alex g idk but it's at least adjacent to that whole area
i also disliked the jockstrap album but maybe listening to it again would make me hate it
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:59 (one year ago) link
i don't think there was a sleaford mods album this year so you may be in luck
seems like there is a bunch of art metal though, have not tested its listenability yet
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:00 (one year ago) link
Quietus list has disappointed me for a while, so much noodly nothingness, this year no different. Also Fontaines fuckin DC over so many better rock choices, what is it with that band and critics
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:12 (one year ago) link
Also, some actually great Quietuscore - like, tailor-made for them - came out in the form of Holy Scum and it isn't even in their 100. But why list the best thing any member of Gnod has ever done when you can just list yet another fuckin Gnod album?
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:15 (one year ago) link
And as for Jockstrap, yeah it's some diverting and occasionally effective modern production wedded to some truly lumpen songwriting by a BCNR member, embarrassing how that bunch have taken over
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
I don’t think the Jockstrap will age well at all, it has some great moments tho.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:55 (one year ago) link
i listened to the caroline album that's on all these lists bc the descriptions were interesting and it sounds like christmas music
― na (NA), Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:56 (one year ago) link
I like the GVB list but I rarely coincide with him on albums. His songs list is usually more up my alley. I suspect half of his top 20 tomorrow will be songs I loved this year.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
xp I mean, that could be a good thing!
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
The lists I most look forward to are Raven Sings The Blues and Aquarium Drunkard.
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:23 (one year ago) link
AD and Bandcamp's various lists were great last year iirc
I'm really liking the June McDoom off the GvB list though
― rob, Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, December 1, 2022 7:55 AM (forty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― Indexed, Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
Nice to see the Carmen Villain album on the Quietus list, it's super! And also Darklife by Death's Dynamic Shroud. And of course Real Lies.
Although as the years go by I care less and less about these lists. I used to get FOMO at this point of the year and think I had to catch up on all the great music I missed, only to later realise most of it was shite.
― the article don, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
I listen to Alex G infrequently but I would have never thought to use any of those descriptors upthread about him.
― Chris L, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Caramanica NY Times list has Nigerian Asake and Pareles list of additional top albums has Malian Rokia Kone ( w/ Jackknife Lee)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I don't get this one at all, even though I do like some of the adjacent stuff that came out this year.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 December 2022 18:37 (one year ago) link
Both of DJ Central’s albums released this year are really nice
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Friday, 30 December 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
Rolling Stone really knows where it’s at - here’s a very knowledgeable afropop top 40:https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-afropop-songs-of-2022-1234650065/
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 31 December 2022 00:02 (one year ago) link
I wish Electronic Sound was still in my local Tesco
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 31 December 2022 00:38 (one year ago) link
Electronic Sound , can’t find the top 50 online, but here’s the top 10.
1= Telefis - a Dò/ a hAon2 Working Men’s Club - Fear Fear3 Loraine James - Building Something Beautiful For Me4 Plaid - Feorm Falorx5 Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Districts, Roads, Open Spaces6 Elaine Howley - The Distance Between Heart And Mouth7 Gwenno - Tresor8 Acid Klaus - Step On My Travelator…9 Cosi Fanni Tutti- Delia Derbyshire:The Myths And The Legendary Tapes10 Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
I sprung for this edition (though it's £7.99 now so I probably won't be doing that again) - here's the rest:
11. 700 Bliss - Nothing to Declare12. Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxymore13. Stephen Mallinder - Tick Tick Tick14. Lucrecia Dalt - !Ay!15. Future Conditional - Isotech16. The Hardy Tree - Common Grounds17. Klaus Schulze - Deus Arrakis18. Soft Cell - Happiness Not Included19. Nik Colk Void - Bucked Up Space20. The Comet is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam21. V/A - Eins Und Zwei Und Drei Und Vier Vol. 2: Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1978-198722. Blancmange - Private View23. Brian Eno - ForeverAndEverNoMore24. Kelly Lee Owens - LP.825. The Advisory Circle - Full Circle26. V/A - Cue Dot XIII: ReFabricated27. The Sound of Science - The Sound of Science28. Simple Minds - Direction of the Heart29. Au Suisse - Au Suisse30. Arp - New Pleasures31. Ghost Power - Ghost Power32. Rival Consoles - Now Is33. Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra - The Unfolding34. Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit35. Gabe Gurnsey - Diablo36. Rodney Cromwell - Memory Box37. Wolfgang Flür - Magazine 138. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Popul - Topical Dancer39. Richie Culver - I Was Born By the Sea40. Gigi Masin - Vahinè41. The Black Dog - Music for Photographers42. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Let's Turn It Into Sound43. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii44. Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point45. Helen Ganya - Polish the Machine46. Tangerine Dream - Raum47. Sarah Davachi - Two Sisters48. Fenella - The Metallic Index49. Gemma Cullingford - Tongue Tied50. Tony Price - Mark VI
― technopolis, Saturday, 31 December 2022 08:00 (one year ago) link
passion of the weiss albums list: https://www.passionweiss.com/2022/12/29/pow-best-albums-2022/
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Saturday, 31 December 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
Passion of Weiss list has Asake, Horace Andy, rap, Vieux Farka Toure w/ Khruangbin , and various releases I have never heard of but maybe you all have
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 31 December 2022 20:28 (one year ago) link
Rock and Roll Globe
https://rockandrollglobe.com/records/the-rock-roll-globe-top-30-albums-of-2022/
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 1 January 2023 02:04 (one year ago) link
A new year's present: At long last, the Album of the Year List spreadsheet! https://t.co/d4vkqKrtJV— Rob Mitchum (@robmitchum) December 31, 2022
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5v1y2Bj88JTmSZGAoGFTuCQPPWQDwxkIfT8QhTh478/edit#gid=1927558368
― Indexed, Sunday, 1 January 2023 17:05 (one year ago) link
Voting is open for the ILM EOY Poll: ILM's 2022 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Monday, 2 January 2023 14:00 (one year ago) link
I don’t think Phonica’s lists have been posted but there’s good stuff there
https://www.phonicarecords.com/best-of-2022
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 2 January 2023 19:10 (one year ago) link
Albums of the year of 5:4 (aka 5against4.com):
Part 1 (#30-#16)Part 2 (#15-#1)
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 10:46 (one year ago) link
I missed the nominations, some major ones I don't see on the albums list - Large Plants on ghost box, Muramuke (herbert & barbara panther) on accidental, Lalalar on Bongo Joe, Ezra Collective, Tim Bernardes on Psychic Hotline, Noori & His Dorpa Band on Ostinato, Tumi Mogorosi on New Soil, Al-Qasar on Glitterbeat, Meridian Brothers, Kibrom Birhane, Branko Mataja comp/reissue on Numero Group just to name a few! Hope you check some out
― undomondo, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
woops wrong thread :(
― undomondo, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 20:06 (one year ago) link
https://www.theafricareport.com/262966/music-our-top-25-african-hits-of-2022-rule-the-dancefloor/
Africa Report also has a separate amapiano only list too I think
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 January 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
https://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/22/
The Jazz critics poll originally started by writer Francis Davis and now handled by Tom Hull. Best albums, plus also separate polls for jazz singers , debut albums, and Latin jazz
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 8 January 2023 01:50 (one year ago) link
The top albums from above jazz critics poll ( points and number of votes)
2022 Totals: New Albums
Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch) 349.5 (48)Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note) 220 (29)Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch) 218.5 (30)Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music) 209 (34)Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi) 180 (27)JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant) 159 (22)Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt) 154 (24)Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid) 127 (22)Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic) 126 (21)Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM) 122 (19)
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 8 January 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link
It's a good year!
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 8 January 2023 02:48 (one year ago) link
Brainwashed readers poll
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 2 February 2023 15:04 (one year ago) link
Nice.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 February 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
if you like those mostly artsy and art rocky types (some of which I do) . Interesting how Horace Andy, thanks to new records, is top reggae act in that Brainwashed poll
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 February 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
really like that list from the stuff I've enjoyedWill deffo deep dive
― nxd, Friday, 3 February 2023 20:23 (one year ago) link
Yeah likewise. The Brainwashed list has a lot of overlap with my own faves, with several previously unheard RIYL titles. This Ak'Chamel album, for instance, is a treat.
― doug watson, Saturday, 4 February 2023 11:24 (one year ago) link