I have been distracted from music for a while but I'm trying to keep up on the critically acclaimed stuff at least
I'm a big fan of the new Julien Baker album, it mostly piano and acoustic songs about depression and anxiety and such. She is very talented and has the chops to release a classic one day
Time for the top eleven (11) of 2017. Didn't get round to St. Vincent, Bjork and Fever Ray and a couple of others. Here are my faves anyway, no order. Includes some Hip-Hop:
Hopefully the 2018 thread can be more active....this one really died mid-year.
With that being said, here is my complete year-end list. Drum roll
Album Of The Year
Lorde "Melodrama" -- It took the entirety of 2017 for this to slowly creep up my list and become my album of the year. But quite frankly, I don't know why I didn't latch onto it immediately. Amazing production and songwriting. Creative yet accessible. The best pure pop album since Beyonce's Lemonade and actually probably better than that album. While it doesn't quite carry the emotional resonance for it to eventually contend for my top albums of the decade, it certainly will be near the top of the pop-list.
Runner-Up
Fleet Foxes "Crack Up" -- This album spent the majority of 2017 at the top of my list and was my only album rated 9.5....but it is mood-music for me and I haven't found myself in the mood in quite a while so I knocked it down a peg. Honestly, when I look back 5 years from now, there is a chance that I will put this one back on top. This is Fleet Foxes best work in my opinion because their previous albums grow tiresome on me with the constant barrage of soaring melodies. I appreciate the quiet moments here, intertwined with the impossibly beautiful soaring melodies and creative musicianship.
My Full List of Best Albums of 2017
9.5 or above
None
9.0 or above
Lorde "Melodrama"
Fleet Foxes "Crack-Up"
Colin Stetson "All This I Do For Glory"
Kendrick Lamar "Damn"
8.5 or above
SZA "Ctrl"
Mount Eerie "A Crow Looked At Me"
Vince Staples "Big Fish Theory"
Julien Baker "Turn Out The Lights"
The xx "I see You"
LCD Soundsystem "American Dream"
The War On Drugs "A Deeper Understanding"
Vagabon "Infinite Worlds"
St. Vincent "Masseduction"
8.0 or above
Bjork "Utopia"
Sufjan Stevens "Carrie & Lowell LIVE"
Avey Tare "Eucalyptus"
Moses Sumney "Aromanticism"
Fever Ray "Plunge"
Jay-Z "4:44"
Sampha "Process"
Zola Jesus "Okovi"
Tyler The Creator "Flower Boy"
Mount Kimbie "Love What Survives"
Jlin "Black Origami"
Arca "Arca"
Perfume Genius "No Shape"
Father John Misty "Pure Comedy"
Kelly Lee Owens "Kelly Lee Owens"
Grizzly Bear "Painted Ruins"
Laurel Halo "Dust"
Haim "Something To Tell You"
Slowdive "Slowdive"
Pond "The Weather"
Jay Som "Everybody Works"
Kelela "Take Me Apart"
RUn The Jewels "Run The Jewels 3"
Kamasi Washington "Harmony of Difference"
Other Albums I Enjoyed
Ariel Pink "Dedicated To Bobby Jameson"
Ibeyi "Ash"
Real Estate "In Mind"
King Krule "The Ooz"
The National "Sleep Well Beast"
Cloud Nothings "Life Without Sound"
Portico Quartet "In The Age Of Automation"
Waxahatchee "Out In The Storm"
Arcade Fire "Everything Now"
Ex Eye "Ex Eye"
(Sandy) Alex G "Rocket"
Brand New "Science Fiction"
Gas "Narkopop"
Mac DeMarco "This Old Dog"
Animal Collective "Meeting Of The Waters"
Future Islands "The Far Field"
Visible Cloaks "Reassemblage"
Japandroids "Near To The Wild Heart of Life"
SONG OF THE YEAR
Lorde "Perfect Places" -- Along with the best pop album of 2017, Lorde also released the best pure pop song of the year and it narrowly edges out DNA as my favorite song.
RUNNERS UP
Kendrick Lamar "DNA"
Kendrick Lamar "God"
The National "The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness"
Grizzly Bear "Three Rings"
Fleet Foxes "Third Of May"
Julien Baker "Appointments"
SZA "Drew Barrymore"
Moses Sumney "Lonely World"
Kamasi Washington "Truth"
LCD Soundsystem "Call The Police"
Has anyone listened to Fleet Foxes album that was released last year? If so, what did yall think of it? I'm running it back again for the second time. The first time, it didn't grab me. I know it had good reviews by the critics and such.
Has anyone listened to Fleet Foxes album that was released last year? If so, what did yall think of it? I'm running it back again for the second time. The first time, it didn't grab me. I know it had good reviews by the critics and such.
Oh. My bad. I didn't notice it. But I just got done with my second listen of the record. I think I still like "Helplessness Blues" over it for right now.
Oh. My bad. I didn't notice it. But I just got done with my second listen of the record. I think I still like "Helplessness Blues" over it for right now.
1 - Japanese Breakfast "Soft Sounds from another Planet"
2 - Bjork "utopia"
3 - Slowdive
4 - Arca
5 - Lorde "Melodrama" <<< this one shocked the shyt out of me.
@Adam3000 - have you heard that japanese breakfast LP, breh?
1 - Japanese Breakfast "Soft Sounds from another Planet"
2 - Bjork "utopia"
3 - Slowdive
4 - Arca
5 - Lorde "Melodrama" <<< this one shocked the shyt out of me.
@Adam3000 - have you heard that japanese breakfast LP, breh?
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