Alright, I guess this is my final list. Ranking is hard to do. 1. The 1975 - i like it when you sleep... 2. Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues 3. Joyce Manor - Cody 4. The Hotelier - Goodness 5. Yellowcard - Yellowcard 6. Touchè Amore - Stage Four 7. Bon Iver - 22, A Million 8. From Indian Lakes - Everything Feels Better Now 9. Saosin - Along the Shadow 10. PUP - The Dream Is Over 11. Green Day - Revolution Radio 12. Billy Talent - Afraid of Heights 13. Blink-182 - California 14. Hailey, It Happens - Hailey, It Happens 15. Balance and Composure - Light We Made 16. DIIV - Is the Is Are 17. Good Charlotte - Youth Authority 18. Rogue Valley - Radiate/Dissolve 19. Billie Marten - Writing of Blues and Yellows 20. Against the Current - In Our Bones 21. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman 22. Bad Rabbits - American Nightmare 23. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound 24. Local Natives - Sunlit Youth 25. Future - EVOL 26. White Lung - Paradise 27. Roses - Camera Trouble 28. James Vincent McMorrow - We Move 29. Tancred - Out of the Garden 30. An Autumn for Crippled Children - Eternal Honorable mentions: Camp Cope - Camp Cope Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow Parachute - Wide Awake Direct Hit! - Wasted Mind How to Dress Well - Care Every Time I Die - Low Teens Polyenso - Pure in the Plastic Butch Walker - Stay Gold Run the Jewels - RTJ3 Warpaint - Heads Up
i decided to wait until the very end of the year to have as much time to tinker with my lists. i think it's as ready as it ever will be 1. Frank Ocean - Blonde/Endless 2. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service 3. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo 4. James Blake - The Colour In Anything 5. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens 6. Youandewan - There Is No Right Time 7. David Bowie - Blackstar 8. Young Thug - Jeffery 9. Kaytranada - 99.9% 10. Lone - Levitate 11. Jessy Lanza - Oh No 12. Leon Vynehall - Rojus (Designed to Dance) 13. NxWorries - Yes Lawd 14. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial 15. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 16. Marquis Hawkes - Social Housing 17. Huerco S - For Those Who Haven't (And Also Those Who Have) 18. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition 19. Beyonce - Lemonade 20. The Weeknd - Starboy Honorable Mentions Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman Andy Stott - Too Many Voices Drugdealer - The End of Comedy Ezale & DJ Fresh - The Tonite Show Gold Panda - Good Luck and Do Your Best Jan Jelinek & Masayoshi Fujita - Schaum Jay Som - Turn Into King - We Are King Machinedrum - Human Energy Moses Sumney - Lamentations Noname - Telefone Perfume - Cosmic Explorer Porches - Pool Preoccupations - Preoccupations Serpentwithfeet - blisters Vince Staples - Primma Donna Whitney - Light Upon the Lake YG - Still Brazy
Okay, I am calling my list "Favorites of 2016" as my scope in musical genres isn't as broad as you folks so it can't really be a "best of." This is also the first year I have had a job with a zero music policy, so it definitely slashed my listening time to the bone. 1. Brian Fallon - Painkillers 2. Moose Blood - Blush 3. Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave 4. Green Day - Revolution Radio 5. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost 6. Thrice - To Be Everywhere... 7. Dan Layus - Dangerous Things 8. Relient K - Air For Free 9. Good Charlotte - Youth Authority 10. Pinegrove - Cardinal 11. The Hotelier - Goodness 12. Blink-182 - California 13. Trash Boat - Nothing I Write You... 14. Boston Manor - Be Nothing. 15. Sum 41 - 13 Voices In no order, other things I gave some spins to: Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues Yellowcard - Yellowcard The Rolling Stones - Blue + Lonesome Goo Goo Dolls - Boxes American Football - LP2 Real Friends - The Home Inside My Head Balance + Composure - Light We Made Basement - Promise Everything Saosin - Along the Shadow This Wild Life - Low Tides Roam - Backbone With Confidence - Better Weather Simple Pan - Taking One for the Team Slaughter Beach, Dog - Welcome Waterparks - Double Dare I debated over 1 and 2 for a couple weeks. The extra space between 2 and 3 was very intentional. It was really those two albums for me this year by a mile.
John K. Samson - Winter Wheat The Hotelier - Goodness Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues Pinegrove - Cardinal Jeff Rosenstock - Worry Camp Cope - Camp Cope The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It Conor Oberst - Ruminations Touche Amore - Stage Four All Get Out - Nobody Likes a Quitter Brian Fallon - Painkillers Joyce Manor - Cody Butch Walker - Stay Gold Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book Empty Houses - Daydream Anthony Jay Sanders - I Will Be the One Who Goes Drive-by Truckers - American Band Balance and Composure - Light We Made Mitski - Puberty 2 Yellowcard - Yellowcard
I wonder if next year I'll randomly discover a few great albums released in 2016, that would make it to my top 15, the same way it happened this year regarding 2015. Still, here it goes: Tiny Moving Parts - Celebrate Apologies, I Have None - Pharmacie Jeff Rosenstock - Worry. John K. Samson - Winter Wheat Joyce Manor - Cody Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree Brian Fallon - Painkillers Martha - Blisters in the Pit of My Heart Microwave - Much Love Daughter - Not to Disappear Conor Oberst - Ruminations American Football - American Football Wilco - Schmilco Owen - The King of Whys Half Hearted Hero - Isn't Real
In order: Thrice Hands like houses Moose blood Balance and Composure Deftones Gojira Jimmy eat world Architects Nails Brian Fallon Meshuggah Bon iver Radiohead Insomnium Letlive
With all this love that the new John K record is getting, am I the only one who was a bit let down by it? First half is perfect, but from Vampire Alberta Blues onward, I feel like the second half just can't hold a candle to the first and sort of drags. If this had been 10-11 songs long, it would have been an awesome record, but this way it feels really uneven. Thoughts?
top 20 (cumulative year of all lists in the thread) 1 - Pinegrove - Cardinal 2 - The Hotelier - Goodness 3 - Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues 4 - The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It 5 - Bon Iver - 22, a Million 6 - Touche Amore - Stage Four 7 - Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book 8 - Kanye West - The Life of Pablo 9 - Frank Ocean - Blonde 10 - Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere 11 - Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 12 - Every Time I Die - Low Teens 13 - Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost 14 - Joyce Manor - Cody 15 - Jeff Rosenstock - Worry 16 - Balance and Composure - Light We Made 17 - Blink-182 - California 18 - All Get Out - Nobody Likes a Quitter 19 - PUP - The Dream Is Over 20 - Into It. Over It. - Standards
I think a few other people in the album thread had similar thoughts, or at least found "Quiz Night" and "Alpha Adept" to be the weakest part of the album. But I really like those two together, and the second half also has my two favorite songs, "Fellow Traveler" and "Virtute At Rest."
Actually, I loved that album! I left off some of the metal I loved! It was a really good year for the metal community
I'm so glad I am seeing a lot of Balance and Composure! I feel the album got shredded when it first came out, but the album is so incredibly good for late night,early morning drives! So good!
Top 30 Albums of 2016 30. David Bowie - Blackstar 29. Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues 28. Epica - The Holographic Principle 27. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book 26. Haley Reinhart - Better 25. Beyonce - Lemonade 24. Dance Gavin Dance - Mothership 23. Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales 22. Frightened Rabbit - Painting of a Panic Attack 21. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman 20. Infinity Crush - Warmth Equation 19. Touche Amore - Stage Four 18. Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life 17. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor 16. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 15. Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death 14. Bon Iver - 22, A Million 13. Saosin - Along the Shadow 12. Lydia Loveless - Real 11. Rihanna - ANTI 10. Mannequin Pussy - Romantic 9. Chairlift - Moth 8. Carly Rae Jepson - Emotion B-Sides 7. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo 6. Relient K - Air for Free 5. Pinegrove - Cardinal 4. Babymetal - Metal Resistance 3. The Hotelier - Goodness 2. Busted - Night Driver 1. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It Top 10 Songs of 2016 10. Chairlift - Crying in Public 9. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor 8. Chance the Rapper - Same Drugs 7. The Hotelier - Settle the Scar 6. Infinity Crush - Wipe Down 5. The 1975 - Change of Heart 4. Pinegrove - Size of the Moon 3. Usher - Crash 2. Busted - Those Days Are Gone 1. Relient K - Empty House Others : Babymetal - Syncopation Dance Gavin Dance - Betrayed By the Game Rihanna - Close to You Epica - Universal Death Squad Regina Spektor - Black and White Ariana Grande - Moonlight Bon Iver - 715 - CR∑∑KS Frightened Rabbit - I Wish I Was Sober Kanye West - Wolves David Bowie - Lazarus Thrice - Stay With Me Beyonce - All Night Mannequin Pussy - Romantic Radiohead - Glass Eyes Drake - One Dance Carly Rae Jepson - Fever Lydia Loveless - Out on Love Jimmy Eat World - Pol Roger Saosin - Drinking from the Fountain Top Lyrics of 2016 3. Evan Hall (Pinegrove) 2. Christian Holden (The Hotelier) 1. Matty Healy (The 1975) Top Vocals of 2016 3. Su-Metal (Babymetal) 2. Charlie Simpson (Busted) 1. Matty Healy (The 1975) Biggest Disappointment of 2016 Say Anything - I Don’t Think It Is Best Older Albums I Got Into in 2016 5. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer, Different Park 4. Athletics - Who You Are is Not Enough 3. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light 2. Nicole Dollanganger - Ode to Dawn Weiner: Embarrassing Love Songs 1. Babymetal - Babymetal Didn't listen to nearly as much music or spend as much time on this list as I have the last few years.
1. Hotelier - Goodness 2. Joyce Manor - Cody 3. You Blew It! - Abendrot 4. Touché Amore - Stage Four 5. 1975 - I like it when you... 6. Basement - Promise Everything 7. Bon Iver - 22, A Million 8. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years 9. Pinegrove - Cardinal 10. Crying- Beyond the Fleeting Gales
1. Let Them Eat Chaos - Kate Tempest 2. Malibu - Anderson .Paak 3. Cardinal - Pinegrove 4. 22, A Million - Bon Iver 5. At Swim - Lisa Hannigan 6. Remember Us To Life - Regina Spektor 7. Lemonade - Beyonce 8. Painting Of A Panic Attack - Frightened Rabbit 9. Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional - The Dear Hunter 10. Worry. - Jeff Rosenstock
My Top 16 of 2016 1. Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave 2. Conor Oberst - Ruminations 3. Kevin Devine - Instigator 4. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost 5. You Won’t - Revolutionaries 6. Pinegrove - Cardinal 7. Jeff Rosenstock - Worry. 8. Brian Fallon - Painkillers 9. Blink 182 - California 10. Green Day - Revolution Radio 11. The Hotelier - Goodness 12. Nofx - First Ditch Effort 13. Okkervil River - Away 14. Animal Flag - LP 15. The Felice Brothers - Life In The Dark 16. Joyce Manor - Cody Honorable Mentions: Against Me!, Bon Iver, Somos, Regina Spektor
1. Pinegrove – Cardinals 2. PUP – The Dream Is Over 3. Touché Amoré – Stage Four 4. Hotelier – Goodness 5. Into It. Over It. – Standards 6. Joyce Manor – Cody 7. Jeff Rosenstock – WORRY. 8. Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost 9. You Blew It! – Albendrot 10.American Football – American Football (LP2) 11.Jimmy Eat World – Integrity Blues 12.Animal Flag – LP 13.Thrice – To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nothing 14.Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate 15.Posture & The Grizzly – I Am Satan 16.Basement – Promise Everything 17.Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings 18.Pkew Pkew Pkew – PKEW PKEW PKEW 19.Martha – Blisters in the Pit of My Heart 20.Somos – First Day Back Happy with 1-5. 5-10 probably would change if done on a different day. PPP and Martha probably would have been higher if I listened to them sooner than last week.
My top 5: 1. Dance Gavin Dance - Mothership 2. Norma Jean - Polar Similar 3. Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave 4. Black Foxxes - I'm Not Well 5. Mat Karekes - Luna & The Wild Blue Everything
I'm not going to rearrange my whole list for one album but, A Loss For Words final record (Crises) would definitely make it somewhere in my top 20-30.
Well 2016 is over here in Oz, so I can say these are my favourite albums of 2016: 1. The Hotelier, Goodness. 2. Kanye West, The Life of Pablo. 3. The Avalanches, Wildflower. 4. Frank Ocean, Blonde. 5. Jimmy Eat World, Integrity Blues. 6. Butch Walker, Stay Gold. 7. Brian Fallon, Painkillers. 8. Modern Baseball, Holy Ghost. 9. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool. 10. David Bowie, Blackstar.