2017 in music. • Page 2

This threads picks are all over the place.

 

Hopefully Pop 2 can take it lol.

 

Damn I forgot how good this year was

 

I was waiting for everyone to vote for After Laughter

 

Didn’t Turnover’s Good Nature come out in 2017, it says so on Apple Music but I didn’t see it on Wikipedia when working on my list

 

yes, august 2017

 

This is one of my favorite years of music ever (or to be more specific the time period of April 2017 - April 2018)

1. Paramore: After Laughter
2. Lorde: Melodrama
3. The Maine: Lovely Little Lonely

4. Lana Del Rey: Lust For Life
5. Taylor Swift: reputation
6. Tyler, the Creator: Scum Fuck Flower Boy
7. Bleachers: Gone Now
8. Charli XCX: Pop 2
9. Phoebe Bridgers: Stranger In the Alps
10. Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory

Also love:
The Menzingers: After the Party
SZA: Ctrl
Kendrick Lamar: Damn.
Father John Misty: Pure Comedy
Jay Som: Everybody Works
Julien Baker: Turn Out the Lights
Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up
Brockhampton: Saturation Albums
Charli XCX: Number 1 Angel
Tove Lo: Blue Lips
Queens of the Stone Age: Villains
Manchester Orchestra: A Black Mile to the Surface
Turnover: Good Nature
John Mayer: The Search for Everything
Kesha: Rainbow
Jason Isbell and the 400: The Nashville Sound
Vagabon: Infinite Worlds

 

Don't worry everyone, I'm here to save the thread and even further confuse the voting!

1. The Menzingers - After The Party

• Went back and forth about what to put here, but the truth is that I still remember where I was when I clicked play on this album for the first time. This album is exactly what I wanted it to be. Poignant and with a larger production than previous Menz albums, plus Tom's strongest collection of songs, IMO.

2. Charly Bliss - Guppy

• This album is also very important to me. I was fortunate enough to meet the band while they were touring this album, which cemented this as one of my favorite power-pop releases in a long time. At least until their next album!

3. Bleachers - Gone Now

• A little rockier than the first Bleachers album, this dominated my listening in 2017. Wherever this version of Bleachers went, I would please like it to return for the next album.

Honorable Mentions
Paramore - After Laughter

• Pretty handily my favorite Paramore album. Love the sound they achieved here and arguably one of their most consistent releases.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

• I was actually pretty lukewarm on this when it was released. I thought the beats were regressive compared to TPAB and the lyrics more simplified. Makes sense then that it was a massive hit. I like it a lot more in retrospect and especially after Mr. Morale not really exciting me.

Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa

• An excellent start to one of our biggest pop stars.

Partner - In Search of Lost Time

• A very underrated Canadian duo with big hooks and even bigger guitar solos.

The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely

• Great album!

New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick

• The best New Found Glory album since at least Coming Home and for me they'll likely never top it again.

Lorde - Melodrama

• This is my favorite Lorde album and nearly cracked my top 3.

MUTEMATH - Play Dead

• This is my favorite MUTEMATH album, solely because it's the only one I was a present fan for.

Charli XCX - Pop 2

• This album was definitely ahead of its time and is very good, but I don't worship it like an entire faction of the internet does.

BROCKHAMPTON - Saturation, Saturation II, Saturation III

• A thrilling start to a tumultuous group.

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In the Alps

• This almost cracked my top 3 as well, but the back half falls off a bit for me. Saw her in a 500 cap in 2018, seeing her this summer in a 3,000 cap.

A Giant Dog - Toy

• Underrated glam band from Austin that has yet to drop a new collection of songs.

Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Zombies On Broadway

• A superbly underrated pop album and arguably Andrew's most consistent since EIT.

Others
Superfood - Bambino

• Underrated Dirty Hit release.

Dave Hause - Bury Me In Philly

• My fav/I think the most consistent Dave Hause album.

Acceptance - Colliding By Design

• Not what people expected this band to return with, but I like it.

Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold

• Meh. Some good songs, some not good songs.

The Regrettes - Feel Your Feelings Fool!

• A peppy start to this solid pop band.

Sparks - Hippopotamus

• One of the more consistent late-era Sparks records.

Gorillaz - Humanz

• Not nearly as good as I thought it was when it was released. Some stand-out tracks for sure, but wow a lot of this is forgettable and some of the best material made the deluxe, but not the album proper.

The Flatliners - Inviting Light

• I know this band changed their sound or whatever, but it works for me.

Hot Water Music - Light It Up

• Idk, another HWM album that sounds like HWM.

Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life

• Disappointing. Still like a few tracks though.

Wheeler Walker Jr. - Ol' Wheeler

• Exactly as advertised, with slightly bigger production.

LINKIN PARK - One More Light

• I don't like this album, but the title track is great and super sad to listen back to.

Weezer - Pacific Daydream

• Mexican Fender rules, then there's like 3-4 tracks I don't like, and then the rest of the album is solid.

Poppy - Poppy.Computer

• A super weird and cookie cutter pop album that I admit to listening to way too much of.

Betty Who - The Valley

• Betty Who's big swing for fame. It works for me although it didn't blow her up.

Queens of the Stone Age - Villains

• I liked this one a ton when it came out, but it hasn't stuck with me.

Portugal. The Man - Woodstock

• It's crazy that this band that used to release an album a year hasn't followed up arguably their weakest album in over 5 years. Some good songs on here though.

 

Ah that Vagabon record is so good, forgot about that.

 

Love the variation! Can’t wait for the top 3 to be a surprise.

 

1. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
2. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
3. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound


4. Diet Cig - Swear I’m Good At This
5. Tyler Childers - Purgatory
6. Old 97s - Graveyard Whistling
7. Josh Ritter - Gathering
8. Bleachers - Gone Now
9. Alex Lahey - Love You Like A Brother
10. Lorde - Melodrama
11. White Reaper - The World’s Best American Band
12. Colter Wall - Colter Wall
13. Blitzen Trapper - Wild and Reckless
14. Sheer Mag - Need To Feel Your Love
15. The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful
16. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv
17. Dan Wilson - Re-Covered
18. Neil Young - Hitchhiker
19. Charly Bliss - Guppy
20. The Wild Reeds - The World We Built
21. Haim - Something To Tell You
22. Ron Gallo - Heavy Meta
23. Alex the Astronaut -See You Soon - EP and To Whom It May Concern - EP
24. Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins
25. Craig Finn - We All Want the Same Things
26. Bridget Kearney - Won’t Let You Down
27. Paramore - After Laughter
28. Girlpool -Powerplant
29. Bash & Pop - Anything Can Happen
30. Dead Man Winter - Furnace

 

wtf i totally missed go farther in lightness on my list

 

1. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface
2. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps
3. Gang Of Youths - Go Farther In Lightness

4. Lorde - Melodrama
5. The Menzingers - After The Party
6. Brockhampton - Saturation I - III
7. Charly Bliss - Guppy
8. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
9. Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
10. Paramore - After Laughter

One of my very favourite years for music. Quality everywhere.

 

Wow, there were a lot of good albums in 2017

1. Caracara - Summer Megalith
2. The National - Sleep Well Beast
3. The Collection - Listen to the River

Sorority Noise - You’re Not as ____ as You Think
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged
Bent Knee - Land Animal
Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
Brand New - Science Fiction
Lowland Hum - Thin
Ratboys - GN
The World Is… - Always Foreign
Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
Wild Pink - S/T
Charli XCX - Pop 2
Big Thief - Capacity
Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape
Sylvan Esso - What Now
Alt J - Relaxer
Prawn - Run
Smidley - S/T

 

01) MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA - A Black Mile To The Surface

Manchester makes their grand opus and best release, equal parts heavy while also being devastatingly dramatic

02) THE NATIONAL - Sleep Well Beast

Straying from the "Dad rock" tag, The National toughen up their sound while still sounding morose

03) PARAMORE - After Laughter

Rock bottom has never sounded so shiny

04) BRAND NEW - Science Fiction

A fitting end for one of the most complicated bands from this scene

05) THE WAR ON DRUGS - A Deeper Understanding

A more majestic and expansive follow-up to their breakthrough

06) FATHER JOHN MISTY - Pure Comedy

FJM was in full on menace mode with the press with this record, thankfully the music backed up his antics

07) QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Villians

One of the grooviest in a long series of groovy records from this band

08) THE XX - I See You

Embracing more electronic sound likely due to Jamie XX's debut's success, this may have been their swan song without us realizing

08) SPOON - Hot Thoughts

Britt Daniel gives us yet another collection of silky-smoothe R&B-influenced indie rock

09) BLEACHERS - Gone Now

Always interesting how Jack Antanoff's own songs are weirder are most quirky than what he does with big pop artists

10) LORDE - Melodrama

Speaking of Antanoff, him and Lorde made the best pop album of 2017

11) MUNA - About U

A close runner up to Lorde's record, Muna's debut is full of big hooks all about the struggles of being young and queer

12) ALVVAYS - Antisocialites

Note-perfect indie pop. Shame we haven't heard from this band since.

13) SYLVAN ESSO - What Now

More excitable follow-up from this electro-pop couple

14) WEEZER - Pacific Daydream

Second in Weezer's beach trilogy and a nice melding of their 90's power-pop with their 10's electronic-influenced pop

15) BONOBO - Migration

DJ/Producer focusing on global-sounding landscapes

16) SAMPHA - Process

"Alternative R&B" at least according to what critics say but there is no mistakign this is a fantastic debut that still hasn't been properly followed up

17) PORTUGAL THE MAN - Woodstock

A worldwide global smash single from a long running and with 9 other tracks that also stand up well

18) FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Sacred Hearts Club

Coming off a divisive sophomore pivot, Foster The People start writing memorable choruses again

19) LANA DEL REY - Lust For Life

This is now a memory-holed album due to LDR's prolific output but still a great majestic piece of old-fashioned American songwriter pop

20) PHOENIX - Ti Amo

Coming off an indifferent response to Bankrupt, Phoenix expand in various directions for an all-around well-crafted recort

21) HAIM - Something To Tell You

A worthy follow-up to a game-changing debut

22) KASABIAN - For Crying Out Loud

Last record (at least for now) with their original singer, Kasabian continues to prove why they play stadiums in Europe

23) BECK - Colors

After winning a grammy for a more morose offering, Beck gets back to the up-tempo numbers

24) CUT COPY - Haiku From Zero

And speaking of up-tempo numbers made for festival fields.

25) NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - Whiteout Conditions

The amount of songwriting talent existing in this band simply means they cannot put out a bad record and this one stands amongst their finest with an extra emphasis on shiny synths

26) PHOEBE BRIDGERS - Stranger In The Alps

A precursor to her modern day dominance, Stranger In The Alps is a fantastic debut with beautiful sounding songs full of humor

27) LINKIN PARK - One More Light

Originally viewed as a "pop sellout" record but now unfortunately taken for what it is, the final chapter in a struggling man's life

28) JAPANDROIDS - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life

While not quite reaching the highs of Celebration Rock, this was the practical next step for Japandroids

29) LONDON GRAMMAR - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing

More subdued and sexy indie R&B by way of the UK

30) DEPECHE MODE - Spirit

This may be the last Depeche Mode album given Andy Flethcher's death and, while they may not have hit the same highs as they did in the 80's/90's, Depeche Mode has never gone through the motions in making music

 

This year was just too damn good.
It was so hard to not give Lovely Little Lonely or Stranger in the Alps or Guppy one of my top spots, but the competition was too fierce.

 

1. The Maine - LLL
2. Turnpike Troubadours - A Long Way From Your Heart
3. Turnover - Good Nature

Just missed:
Paramore - After Laughter
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies

 

GREAT (music) YEAR

1. The Menzingers - After the Party
2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
3. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness

ALSO
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard & Mile High Club - Sketches of Brunswick East
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup
Brand New - Science Fiction
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION
BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION II
BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III
Young Thug - Beautiful Thugger Girls
Future & Young Thug - SUPER SLIMEY
Julien Baker - Turn Out the Bright Lights
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Mac Demarco - This Old Dog
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
Future - Future
Converge - The Dusk in Us
Glassjaw - Material Control
Slowdive - Slowdive
Paramore - After Laughter
Joey Bada$$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
Oso Oso - the yunahon mixtape
The Maine - Little Lovely Lonely
Thundercat - Drunk
Movements - Feel Something
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Lil Uzi Vert - Luv is Rage 2
Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
Migos - Culture
Perfume Genius - No Shape
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Pizazz
Circa Survive - The Amulet
Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
Drake - More Life
Portugal. The Man - Woodstock

 

1. Charli XCX - Pop 2
2. Lorde - Melodrama
3. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
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4. Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel
5. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet
6. Paramore - After Laughter
7. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
8. Alvvays - Antisocialites
9. Tyler the Creator - Flower Boy
10. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
11. Foster the People - Sacred Hearts Club
12. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
13. St Vincent - Masseduction
14. The xx - I See You
15. Brockhampton - Saturation II
16. Bleachers - Gone Now
17. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
18. Halsey - hopeless fountain kingdom
19. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
20. Billie Eilish - Don’t Smile At Me

ridiculously good year for music

 

1. Power Trip
2. Power Trip
3. Power Trip

 

Don't really have any favorite albums from this year so not going to rank, but did want to say...

I couldn't get into Zombies on Broadway for the longest time. Still can't completely. The poppiness of it/how it sounded like everything else on alt rock radio at the time slightly annoyed me. I eventually came around to the sound and don't mind the poppy singles anymore. So Close is probably my favorite of them, Fire Escape is okay too. My favorite song is probably Island Radio. Didn't really click with me until I heard it live on the Upside Down Flowers tour, but loved it then and really got into it. I do need to go back and give it more listens to see if more songs click with me now. I ended up liking Upside Down Flowers a lot more when that came out.

If I wanted to participate and give them any points, my favorite whole album from the year is probably Science Fiction. It'll forever have a bitter taste because of what we learned only a few months after it dropped. Remembering all the hype and then enjoying it so much and then finding out what a scumbag he had been was a kick in the teeth. But much like TDAG, it came out at the right time in my life as I was still struggling with anxiety pretty bad, contemplating leaving teaching or at least getting out of the classroom and into a different role. So a lot of the songs on there really fit the mood for me at the time, especially Same Logic/Teeth and that feeling of being a burden on everyone around you and pretending to be okay and etc. Definitely helped me get through that 2017/2018 school year. Well, with a few months gap in there where I couldn't really bring myself it listen to it much at the time while I processed.

Another full album I didn't get into but like some of the songs off of was After Laughter. Though the one I really only come back to these days is Hard Times. I love the vibe and the 80s music video and etc. It is also one of my soon to be 3 year olds favorite songs now so lol

Also for some reason I thought California came out in 2017 and not 2016. But I was super psyched for that album as one of my favorite singers/song writers from one of my favorite bands was joining Blink. The results ended up pretty close to what I expected. It some places it felt like they were trying to "force" the "old blink" sound, but it still generally worked. Bored To Death was enormous. Cynical was a good way to start it off. Los Angeles was one of my early favorites. Sober had a killer catchy chorus, still don't know how that didn't end up as a single. Home Is Such A Lonley Place was decent. San Diego was probably my favorite off the album. Then from the deluxe addition I really liked Misery and 6/8. A few of the other ones have had their moments for me as well. Sorry, woulda wrote this all in the 2016 thread but oops.

 

1. manchester orchestra – a black mile to the surface
2. the menzingers – after the party
3. tyler, the creator – flower boy

4. phoebe bridgers – stranger in the alps
5. julien baker – turn out the lights
6. charli xcx – pop 2
7. converge – the dusk in us
8. glassjaw – material control
9. lorde – melodrama
10. the national – sleep well beast
11. circa survive – the amulet
12. brockhampton – saturation II
13. kendrick lamar – damn.
14. paramore – after laughter
15. kitty – miami garden club

 

1. Lorde - Melodrama
2. Paramore - After Laughter
3. Alex Cameron - Forced Witness

 

2017
1. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
2. Glassjaw - Material Control
3. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface

4. Arcade Fire - Everything Now
5. 311 - MOSAIC
6. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
7. Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
8. Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life
9. Paramore - After Laughter
10. Eminem - Revival
11. Minus The Bear - VOIDS
12. Fever Ray - Plunge
13. Weezer - Pacific Daydream
14. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful

Honorable Mentions
Nine Inch Nails - Add Violence (EP)
Coldplay - Kaleidoscope (EP)
Blink 182 - California (Deluxe Reissue)
Animal Collective - The Painters (EP)

Favorite singles/songs from other 2017 albums
Max Richter - "And know the place for the first time" (From The Leftovers: Season 3)
Aristophanes - "Humans Become Machines"
Now, Now - "SGL"
N.E.R.D., Rihanna - "Lemon"
Big Sean - "Bounce Back"
Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"
Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do"
Alexandre Desplat - "Elisa's Theme" (From The Shape Of Water)
Nicki Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne - "No Frauds"
Fergie - "You Already Know"
Mike WiLL Made-It, Andrea - "Burnin"
Drake - "Passionfruit"
Logic - "America"

 

Another banger of a year. 2015 - 2017 really crushed it.

1. The National - Sleep Well Beast
2. Charli XCX - Pop 2
3. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
4. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
5. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
6. Lorde - Melodrama
7. Run the Jewels - RTJ3
8. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
9. Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
10. Big Thief - Capacity

11. Taylor Swift - Reputation
12. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
13. The Mountain Goats - Goths
14. The Menzingers - After the Party
15. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights

16. Perfume Genius - No Shape
17. The War on Drugs - Deeper Understanding
18. Alex G - Rocket
19. Paramore - After Laughter
20. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic

21. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
22. The xx - I See You
23. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
24. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
25. Alvvays - Antisocialites