The Hotelier's Goodness somehow won 2016 and David Bowie was robbed. Let's see who wins 2017. Billboard chart-topping albums of 2017: Pentatonix - A Pentotonix Christmas (cont. from 2016) The Weeknd - Starboy (cont. from 2016) Migos - Culture Big Sean - I Decided Soundtrack - Fifty Shades Darker Future - Future Future - Hndrxx Ed Sheeran - ÷ Drake - More Life The Chainsmokers - Memories ... Do Not Open Kendrick Lamar - Damn. Logic - Everybody Harry Styles - Harry Styles Linkin Park - One More Light Bryson Tiller - True to Self Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Katy Perry - Witness Lorde - Melodrama DJ Khaled - Grateful Jay Z - 4:44 Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life Arcade Fire - Everything Now Kesha - Rainbow REDACTED - Science Fiction Lil Uzi Vert - Luv is Rage 2 LCD Soundsystem - American Dream Thomas Rhett - Life Changes Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful Shania Twain - Now NF - Perception Pink - Beautiful Trauma Niall Horan - Flicker Kenny Chesney - Live in No Shoes Nation Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All Taylor Swift - Reputation U2 - Songs of Experience Luke Bryan - What Makes You Country Billboard chart-topping singles of 2017: The Weeknd - Starboy (cont. from 2016) Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles (cont. from 2016) Migos - Bad and Boujee (cont. from 2016) Ed Sheeran - Shape of You Kendrick Lamar - Humble Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (cont. from 2016) DJ Khaled - I'm the One Luis Fonsi - Despacito Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do Cardi B - Bodak Yellow Post Malone - Rockstar Ed Sheeran - Perfect What are your top three albums for 2017? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be: 1. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me 2. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding 3. Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent What are some of the forgotten gems from the year? What is overrated? What did you discover at a young age and what did you discover later? YEARS IN MUSIC • forum.chorus.fm
remainder of the top 15: 4. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy 5. Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice 6. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic 7. Alvvays - Antisocialites 8. The National - Sleep Well Beast 9. Conor Oberst - Salutations 10. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 11. Kendrick Lamar - Damn 12. Randy Newman - Dark Matter 13. Christian Scott - The Emancipation Procrastination 14. Sampha - Sampha 15. Cloakroom - Time Well honorable mentions: ASAP Ferg - Still Striving Big Walnuts Yonder - Big Walnuts Yonder Circa Survive - The Amulet Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound Code Orange - Forever Converge - The Dusk in Us Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold Forest Swords - Compassion Future - Future Future - Hndrxx Future Islands - The Far Field Glassjaw - Material Control Grandaddy - Last Place Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins Harry Styles - Harry Styles Iron Reagan - Crossover Ministry Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound Jay Z - 4:44 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage and Joy Joey Badass - All Amerikkkan Badass King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life Laura Marling - Semper Femina Less Art - Strangled Light Liam Gallagher - As You Were Lo Tom - Lo Tom Lorde - Melodrama Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface Margo Price - All American Made Mastodon - Emperor of Sand Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun Oh Sees - Orc Pallbearer - Heartless Paramore - After Laughter Queens of the Stone Age - Villains Quicksand - Interiors Ride - Weather Diaries Roger Waters - Is This the Life We Really Want? Rostam - Half-Light The Shins - Heartworms Slowdive - Slowdive Spoon - Hot Thoughts St. Vincent - Masseduction Strange Ranger - Daymoon Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy U2 - Songs of Experience Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory White Reaper - The World’s Best American Band Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life stuff to check out: AFI - AFI Bjork - Utopia Feist - Pleasure Idles - Brutalism Los Campesinos - Sick Scenes Meek Mill - Wins & Losses Minus the Bear - Voids Nikki Lane - Highway Queen Perfume Genius - No Shape Shania Twain - Now SZA - Ctrl Thundercat - Drunk Ty Segall - Ty Segall Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven
1. Lorde - Melodrama 2. Bleachers - Gone Now 3. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN 4. Taylor Swift - reputation 5. Kesha - Rainbow 6. Brand New - Science Fiction 7. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 8. Lights - Skin&Earth 9. Sampha - Process 10. Gorillaz - Humanz 11. Haim - Something To Tell You 12. Amber Coffman - City of No Reply 13. Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors 14. Mutemath - Play Dead 15. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 16. Kehlani - SweetSexySavage 17. Clean Cut Kid - Felt 18. SZA - CTRL 19. The xx - I See You 20. Miguel - War & Leisure
1. tigers jaw - spin 2. oso oso - the yunahon mixtape 3. charli xcx - pop 2 4. kendrick lamar - damn 5. phoebe bridgers - stranger in the alps 6. alvvays - antisocialites 7. manchester orchestra - a black mile to the surface 8. vince staples - big fish theory 9. wild ones - mirror touch 10. briana marela - call it love
So many fond memories of this music year. One of those times where it felt like my entire top 30-40 could have been top 10 material. 1. The Maine – Lovely Little Lonely 2. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit– The Nashville Sound 3. U2 – Songs of Experience Tough cuts: Andrew McMahon – Zombies on Broadway The War on the Drugs – A Deeper Understanding Kelsea Ballerini – Unapologetically Natalie Hemby – Puxico Turnpike Troubadours – A Long Way from Your Heart Also love: The National – Sleep Well Beast Gang of Youths – Go Further in Lightness Danielle Bradbery – I Don’t Believe We’ve Met Chris Stapleton – From A Room Vol. 1 and 2 Taylor Swift – Reputation Thomas Rhett – Life Changes Travis Meadows – First Cigarette Tyler Childers – Purgatory Honorables: Carly Pearce – Every Little Thing Steve Moakler – Steel Town Christian Lopez – Red Arrow David Ramirez – We’re Not Going Anywhere Iron & Wine – Beast Epic Japandroids – Near to the Wild Heart of Life John Mayer – The Search for Everything All Time Low – Last Young Renegade John Moreland – Big Bad Luv Luke Combs – This One’s for You Jon Latham – Lifers The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful Kip Moore – Slowheart Lindsay Ell – The Project Lorde – Melodrama Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile to the Surface Matthew Ryan – Hustle Up Starlings The Menzingers – After the Party Michelle Branch – Hopeless Romantic Midland – On the Rocks Niall Horan – Flicker Noah Gundersen – White Noise Old Dominion – Happy Endings Paramore – After Laughter Phoebe Bridgers – A Stranger in the Alps Ruston Kelly – Halloween Sam Outlaw - Tenderheart Stars – There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light Will Hoge – Anchors
1. Nana Grizol - Ursa Minor 2. Los Campesinos - Sick Scenes 3. Caracara - Summer Megalith Mount Eerie is probably 4 but holy shit can I not go back to that one ever also: Menzingers - After the Party Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm Web of Sunsets - Chaos Waltz Arrange - The Body Perfume Genius - No Shape Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
That Mount Eerie album is in a very unique class, in that I thought it was great and incredibly moving, and also have absolutely no interest in ever hearing it again.
1. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface 2. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up 3. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 4. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 5. Circa Survive - The Amulet 6. Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound 7. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy 8. The World Is A Beautiful Place - Always Foreign 9. Cloakroom - Time Well 10. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 11. Lorde - Melodrama 12. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic 13. Charli XCX - Pop2 14. Kendrick Lamar - Damn 15. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
1. Paramore - After Laughter 2. Lorde - Melodrama 3. Charli XCX - Pop 2 4. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 5. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 6. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN 7. Gorillaz - Humanz 8. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 9. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built the Moon? 10. St. Vincent - Masseduction 11. Haim - Something to Tell You 12. Charly Bliss - Guppy 13. Liam Gallagher - As You Were 14. Taylor Swift - reputation 15. Jay Z - 4:44 16. Phoenix - Ti Amo 17. Knuckle Puck - Shapeshifter 18. New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick 19. Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom 20. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory Honorable Mentions: Charli XCX (Number 1 Angel), Manchester Orchestra, SZA, Wolf Alice, Drake, Linkin Park, William Patrick Corgan, The Killers, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Holy shit, this was a hard one to pick. This was the year I started dating my wife and we listened to a lot of stuff together. 1. The National - Sleep Well Beast 2. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 3. Kendrick Lamar - Damn ‘68 - Two Parts Viper Blanck Mass - World Eater Code Orange - Forever Converge - The Dusk in Us Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up Harry Styles - Harry Styles Hundredth - Rare Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface The Menzingers – After the Party Minus the Bear - Voids Noah Gundersen – White Noise Paramore - After Laughter The Shins - Heartworm Slaughter Beach, Dog - Birdie Smidley - S/T Souvenirs - Posture of Apology Thundercat - Drunk Turnover - Good Nature Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory Zola Jesus - Okovi
1. King Krule - The Ooz 2. Kevin Morby - City Music 3. Wiki - No Mountains in Manhattan 4. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die 5. The Weather Station - The Weather Station 6. Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent 7. Hiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah Anyhow 8. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness 9. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv 10. Kendrick LaMar - DAMN 11. Colter Wall - Colter Wall 12. Big Thief - Capacity 13. Craig Finn- We All Want the Same Things 14. Joan Shelley - Joan Shelley 15. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
1. Charli XCX - Pop 2 2. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me 3. Paramore - After Laughter 4. Circa Survive - The Amulet 5. I the Mighty - Where the Mind Wants to Go/Where You Let it Go 6. Brockhampton - Saturation III 7. John Mayer - The Search for Everything 8. Brockhampton - Saturation 9. Phoebe Bridgers - Strangers in the Alps 10. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface 11. Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel 12. Silverstein - Dead Reflection 13. The Birthday Massacre - Under Your Spell 14. Grayscale - Adornment 15. Lingua Ignota - All Bitches Die Probably my least favourite year in music since the 90's.
didn’t realize everyone was reading my intro paragraphs since most of the time they’re copy/pasted every week. i couldn’t imagine a more trivial thing to get upset about lol.
I'm not upset about them, I enjoy the little intro almost every week going "what the fuck were you all thinking?"
I still listen to these 3 albums constantly. 1. The Menzingers - After the Party 2. Tigers Jaw - Spin 3. Manchester Orchestra - Black Mile to the Surface
2017 broadly seems to be a mix of a lot of great bands/artists releasing decent but not great records, and a few younger ones still an album away from releasing their best stuff. Still: Gaussian Curve - The Distance Jamie Lenman - Devolver Bibio - Phantom Brickworks Honourable mentions: Couch Slut - Contempt Code Orange - Forever Nosaj Thing - Parallels Chihei Hatakeyama - Mirage Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand M.E.S.H. - Hesaitix
Nice having the 2017 AOTY thread to reference for this. A ton of great records to choose from. Tough to pick only 3 but Birdie is one of my favorite records ever: Slaughter Beach, Dog - Birdie Slowdive - Slowdive Circa Survive - The Amulet Paramore - After Laughter Ride - Weather Diaries The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory Pallbearer - Heartless Queens of the Stone Age - Villains The Menzingers - After the Party Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps Souvenirs - Posture of Apology Mac Demarco - This Old Dog Smidley - S/t Cloakroom - Time Well Prawn - Run Hundredth - RARE My Ticket Home - unReal Beach Fossils - Somersault White Reaper - The World's Best American Band Rozwell Kid - Precious Art Mew - Visuals
1. Jay Som - Everybody Works 2. The National - Sleep Well Beast 3. Bleachers - Gone Now HM: Lina Tullgren - Won Alvvays - Antisocialities Big Thief - Capacity Kendrick Lamar - DAMN LCD Soundsystem - American Dream Taylor Swift - Reputation The Jay Som album is one of my favorite albums of all time, I think it’s pretty much the high point of 2010s indie or at least the guitarry bedroom pop corner of it. Rec’d Lina in last year’s thread and doing so again here, this album is awesome. It came out same month as SWB and was a nice lofi companion to it in terms of mood.