Post your lists in the Prestigious Forum thread, I tally that one. I've done that for the last few years and that one takes me quite a while. I can't imagine tallying this thread.
finished mine 1. lorde - melodrama 2. grizzly bear - painted ruins 3. drab majesty - the demonstration 4. slowdive - slowdive 5. ryuichi sakamoto - async 6. red velvet - perfect velvet 7. kelly lee owens - kelly lee owens 8. tsuzing - 東方不敗 9. priests - nothing feels natural 10. rina sawayama - rina 11. machine girl - because im young arrogant and i hate everything you stand for 12. tyler the creator - flower boy 13. dj nhk guy - at your doorstep 14. vince staples - big fish theory 15. muning - orden 16. budgie - panty soakers 3 17. l'rain - l'rain 18. open mike eagle - brick body kids still daydream 19. laurence guy - saw you for the first time 20. yves tumor - experiencing the deposit of faith a couple of honorable mentions to some comps and my favorite video game ost of the year various artists - mono no aware various artists - tokyo flashback various artists - digging in the carts: a collection of pioneering japanese video game music various artists - welcome to paradise: italian dream house 1989-93 shoji meguro - persona 5 original soundtrack
1. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface 2. Sorority Noise - You're Not As ___ As You Think 3. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up 4. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 5. Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound 6. The World I a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Always Foreign 7. The National - Sleep Well Beast 8. Circa Survive - The Amulet 9. Cloakroom - Time Well 10. Tyler the Creator - Flower Boy 11. Lorde - Melodrama 12. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 13. Mew - Visuals 14. Young Thug - Beautiful Thugger Girls 15. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 16. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 17. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic 18. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 19. P.O.S - Chill, dummy 20. Future and Young Thug - SUPER SLIMEY
(1) Phoebe Bridgers - "Scott Street" (2) Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - "Love and Great Buildings" (3) Cayetana - "Certain for Miles" (4) The Menzingers - "Midwestern States" (5) Ke$ha - "Praying" (6) Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut to the Feeling" (7) Phoebe Bridgers - "Funeral" (8) Julien Baker - "Turn Out the Lights" (9) Lorde - "Liability" (10) St. Vincent - "New York"
01. Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape 02. Paramore - After Laughter 03. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 04. Emperor X - Oversleepers International 05. Tigers Jaw - spin 06. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life 07. (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket 08. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 09. SZA - Ctrl 10. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 11. King Krule - The OOZ 12. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 13. HAIM - Something To Tell You 14. Cigarettes After Sex - S/T 15. Sampha - Process 16. Lorde - Melodrama 17. All Time Low - Last Young Renegade 18. Turnover - Good Nature 19. Charly Bliss - Guppy 20. Acceptance - Colliding By Design 21. Citizen - As You Please 22. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder 23. Migos - Culture 24. MUNA - About U 25. At the Drive-In - in•ter a•li•a 26. Perfume Genius - No Shape 27. The World Is A Beautiful Place - Always Foreign 28. Drake - More Life 29. The National - Sleep Well Beast 30. Big Thief - Capacity Honorable Mentions: The Front Bottoms, Cloud Nothings, Wolf Alice, Manchester Orchestra, The xx, Knuckle Puck, Bleachers, Rozwell Kid, Feist, Pet Symmetry, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Special Explosion, Converge, Free Throw
It is time 1. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 2. Circa Survive - The Amulet 3. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 4. Lorde - Melodrama 5. Paramore - After Laughter 6. Big Thief - Capacity 7. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface 8. The National - Sleep Well Beast 9. The Menzingers - After the Party 10. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet 11. Jay Som - Everybody Works 12. Lomelda - THX 13. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 14. Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother 15. Charly Bliss - Guppy 16. Tigers Jaw - Spin 17. Ratboys - GN 18. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds 19. Half Waif - Form/a (EP) 20. Petal - Comfort (EP)
I reshuffled my list and cut it down to 25. I wrote about some of the albums, in case anyone is interested: 1520 BLOG: 1520'S TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2017 Honorable Mention: Terrace Martin Presents The Pollyseeds - Sounds Of Crenshaw Vol. (Jazz/R&B/Hip Hop) 25. Fat Joe & Remy Ma - Plata O Plomo 24. 112 - Q Mike Slim Daron (R&B) 23. Big Sean - I Decided. (Hip Hop) 22. Knuckle Puck - Shapeshifter (Pop Punk) 21. Meek Mill - Wins & Losses (Hip Hop) 20. DJ Quik - Rosecrans LP 19. Samy Deluxe - Deluxe Edition (German Hip Hop) 18. J Hus - Common Sense (Hip Hop/Grime/Dancehall) 17. Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time (Hip Hop) 16. Wu-Tang Clan - The Saga Continues (Hip Hop) 15. DJ Jazzy Jeff Presents The PLAYlist Feat. Glenn Lewis - Chasing Goosebumps (Neo Soul/R&B) 14. Ruby Ibarra - Circa91 (Hip Hop) 13. Casper - Lang Lebe Der Tod (German Hip Hop) 12. Oddisee - The Iceberg (Hip Hop) 11. Cam'ron - The Program (Hip Hop) 10. Sainte - Smile, And Wave (Pop Punk) 9. G. Perico - All Blue (Hip Hop) 8. Ronnie Flex - Rémi (Dutch Hip Hop) 7. Romeo Santos - Golden (Bachata) 6. All Time Low - Last Young Renegade (Pop/Pop Punk) 5. Wiki - No Mountains In Manhattan (Hip Hop) 4. The Menzingers - After The Party (Punk) 3. Rick Ross - Rather You Than Me (Hip Hop) 2. Jay Z - 4:44 (Hip Hop) 1. Kehlani - SweetSexySavage (R&B) I haven't heard everything I wanted to hear, quality isn't necessarily the determining factor of where an album lands on the list and so on, you know how this works. The genres are there because I share the list with people that wouldn't know otherwise.
So many good albums came out this year I decided I’m just going to do a top 15: 1) Vince Staples- Big Fish Theory 2) Slowdive-Slowdive 3) Kendrick Lamar- DAMN. 4) Circa Survive- The Amulet 5) Mastodon- Emperor of Sand 6) Priests- Nothing Feels Natural 7) Cloud Nothings- Life Without Sound 8) Japanese Breakfast- Soft Sounds from Another Planet 9) Power Trip- Nightmare Logic 10) Freddie Gibbs- You Only Live Twice 11) Young Thug- Beautiful Thugger Girls 12) Manchester Orchestra- A Black Mile to the Surface 13) Passion Pit- Tremendous Sea Of Love 14) Future- HNDRXX 15) Lil Uzi Vert- Love is Rage 2 Still digesting/getting into: SZA, Big Thief, (Sandy)Alex G, and Perfume Genius. Brand New and QOTSA= Disqualified
Ultimately I loved The National, St.Vincent, and Julian Baker. Though all three didn’t have much staying power for me.
1. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights (Matador) 2. Code Orange - Forever (Roadrunner) 3. Sorority Noise - You're Not As __ As You Think (Triple Crown) 4. Baths - Romaplasm (Anticon) 5. Converge - The Dusk In Us (Epitaph) 6. King Woman - Created In The Image of Suffering (Relapse) 7. Circa Survive - The Amulet (Hopeless) 8. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Always Foreign (Epitaph) 9. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface (Loma Vista) 10. Tigers Jaw - spin (Black Cement) 11. Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged (Tiny Engines) 12. Special Explosion - To Infinity (Topshelf) 13. The National - Sleep Well Beast (4AD) 14. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps (Dead Oceans) 15. Adult Mom - Soft Spots (Tiny Engines) 16. Glassjaw - Material Control (Century Media) 17. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic) 18. Spoon - Hot Thoughts (Matador) 19. Kesha - Rainbow (RCA) 20. Lorde - Melodrama (Republic) 21. The Spirit of the Beehive - Pleasure Suck (Tiny Engines) 22. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista) 23. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet (Dead Oceans) 24. Planning For Burial - Below The House (The Flenser) 25. Slaugher Beach, Dog - Birdie (Lame-O) 26. Paramore - After Laughter (Fueled By Ramen) 27. Alex Lahey - I Love You Like A Brother (Dead Oceans) 28. Prawn - Run (Topshelf) 29. Lemuria - Recreational Hate (Turbo Worldwide) 30. Ratboys - GN (Topshelf)