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Chorus.fm Members EOTY Lists 2018 • Page 4

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by Jason Tate, Dec 3, 2018.

  1. Nick F appearance!
     
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  2. Signifire

    Headphones blaring three stacks Prestigious

    Man I listened to that album soo much. He’s the best.
     
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  3. I Am Mick Dec 5, 2018
    (Last edited: Dec 10, 2018)
    I Am Mick

    @gravebug Prestigious

    1) Thee Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
    2) Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
    3) The Sidekicks - Happiness Hours
    4) Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning
    5) Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    6) Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
    7) Idles - Joy As An Act of Rebellion
    8) Current Joys - A Different Age
    9) Slothrust - The Pact
    10) Lala Lala - The Lamb

    This will probably change, but where I'm at for now
     
  4. JeanRalphio

    Regular Supporter

    I don't have a list so this is the best I could do,
    Mewithoutyou, Deafheaven and the 1975 released my favorite albums, any of them would've been number one last year. That phoebe bridges album from last year finally hit me so I'll give that a shout. Pretty good year imo
     
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  5. SoundscapeMN

    Regular

    reading through this topic reminds me of the old Sound Opinions Message Board aoty topics; so much stuff I've never heard of, and so little crossover.

    also posted last month in the mid-year thread as well

    All Media Reviews: Albums of the Year 2017-2018 (11/1/17-10/31/18)

    Live Albums

    Fates Warning - Live Over Europe
    Michael Nesmith & The First National Band Redux - Live at the Troubadour
    iamthemorning - Ocean Sounds
    Renaissance A Symphonic Journey


    Meh
    Canon Blue - Lasso Yo
    Bill Hubauer - We Came from Space
    Greta Van Fleet - Greta Van Fleet
    Nicholas Krgovich - In an Open Field
    Nicholas Krgovich - OUCH
    Nile Rodgers and Chic - It's About Time
    Lawrence - Living Room
    Prince - Piano and a Microphone
    Umphrey's McGee - It's Not Us

    67-1
    67 Dessa - Chime (2018)
    66 Harakiri - Alchemy Choir (2017)
    65 Umbrellaman - Volcano Beach [EP]
    64 God Is an Astronaut - Epitaph (2018)
    63 Chromeo - Head Over Heels (2018)
    62 White Denim - Performance (2018)
    61 Arcane Roots - Landslide EP (2018) [EP]
    60 Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic (2018)
    59 Jason Bieler - Birds of Prey
    58 Field Music - Open Here (2018)
    57 The Arusha Accord - Juracan (2018) [EP]
    56 Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer (2018)
    55 Spock's Beard - Noise Floor (2018)
    54 The Mercury Tree & Cryptic Ruse - Cryptic Tree (2018) [EP]
    53 Lenny Kravitz - Raise Vibration (2018)
    52 Inferi - Revenant (2018)
    51 Soft Machine - Hidden Details (2018)
    50 Dream the Electric Sleep - The Giants' Newground (2018)
    49 Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones- Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones (2018)
    48 Phideaux - Infernal (2018)
    47 Vennart - Copeland EP (2018) [EP]
    46 StellaRoma - Revel & Ritual (2017)
    45 Kai Danzberg - Pop-Up Radio (2018)
    44 Myles Kennedy - Year of the Tiger (2018)
    43 Minus the Bear - Fair Enough (2018) [EP]
    42 Hands of Despair - Well of the Disquieted (2018)
    41 The Monkees- Christmas Party (2018)
    40 Tax the Heat - Change Your Position (2018)
    39 Josh Rouse - Love in the Modern Age (2018)
    38 U2 - Songs of Experience (2017)
    37 Punch Brothers - All Ashore (2018)
    36 The Sea Within - The Sea Within (2018)
    35 Augury - Illusive Golden Age (2018)
    34 The Dang Ol' Tri'ole - Dang!
    33 Josh King and Them - Into the Blue
    32 Nosound - Allow Yourself (2018)
    31 Fish - A Parley With Angels (2018) [EP]
    30 The Faceless - In Becoming a Ghost (2017)
    29 Journal - Chrysalis Ordalias (2018)
    28 Capital Cities - Solarize (2018)
    27 Yossi Sassi - Illusion of Choice (2018)
    26 Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pacifisticuffs (2017)
    25 Crippled Black Phoenix - Great Escape (2018)
    24 Between the Buried and Me - Automata I/II (2018)
    23 Esperanza Spalding - Exposure (2017)
    22 The Dear Hunter - All Is As All Should Be (2017) [EP]
    21 Typhoon - Offerings (2018)
    20 Kimbra - Songs from Primal Heart: Reimagined (2018) [EP]
    19 Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells (2018)
    18 Childish Japes & Dave Vives - Salamander (2018)
    17 Bend Sinister - Foolish Games (2018)
    16 In Vain - Currents (2018)
    15 Galactic Cowboys - Long Way Back to the Moon (2017)
    14 Black Belt Eagle Scout - Mother of My Children (2018)
    13 A Dying Planet - Facing the Incurable (2018)
    12 King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)
    11 Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018)
    10 Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures (2018)
    9 Kimbra - Primal Heart (2018)
    8 Vennart - To Cure a Blizzard Upon a Plastic Sea (2018)
    7 Small Leaks Sink Ships - Polaroid People (2018) [EP]
    6 Fjokra - Evening Lights [3-Track Single]
    5 Long Distance Calling - Boundless (2018)
    4 The Gloomcatcher - Blade in the Belfry (2017) [EP]
    3 Grimus - Unmanageable Species (2018)
    2 Kindo - Happy However After (2018)
    1 The Family Crest - The War: Act I (2018)
     
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  6. DeRRek

    Trusted

    Every year without fail I am amazed at how many albums I forget came out that year. (This includes me even having an EOTY Spotify playlist that I add to regularly) 2018 is no different. Definitely not ready to post my list yet.
     
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  7. Henry

    Moderator Moderator

  8. amorningofsleep

    Dear Ambellina...

    It was a really good fucking year for heavy releases.
     
  9. OhTheWater

    Let it run Supporter

    Idk where it'll end up on my list, but the Emily Brown album from this year is very, very good and reminds me of Kate Bush/Joanna Newsom and (from what I can tell) is completely overlooked

     
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  10. bedwettingcosmo

    i like bands who can't sing good Supporter

    ECHOOO.. this year was obscene.
     
  11. BTDandFeelingThis

    Now I Know This World Isn’t Spinning Just For Me Prestigious

    My EOTY list even though is early December.


    1. Andrew McMahon- Upside Down Flowers
    2. Hawthorne Heights- Bad Frequencies
    3. Alkaline Trio- Is This Thing Cursed?
    4. Coheed And Cambria- The Unheavenly Creatures
    5. Senses Fail- If There Is Light, It Will Find You
    6. Trash Boat- Crown Shyness
    7. The Sonder Bombs- Modern Female Rockstar
    8. John Nolan- Abendigo
    9. Thrice- Palms
    10. Light Years- Afterlife


    Honorable mentions (11-20)

    11. All Get Out- No Bouquet
    12. Beartooth- Disease
    13. Real Friends- Composure
    14. mewithoutyou- [untitled]
    15. Out Of Service- Morning
    16. Mike Shinoda- Post Traumatic
    17. Mitski- Be The Cowboy
    18. Sevendust- All I See Is War
    19. Trophy Eyes- The American Dream
    20. Basement- Beside Myself



    2018 has been a damn good year with lots of great releases. There were so many more I removed because I had to keep this to 20 to save myself some work. 2019 has big shoes to fill that is for sure.
     
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  12. grimis16 Dec 6, 2018
    (Last edited: Dec 16, 2018)
    grimis16

    Teacher in Rome

    Just starting to put mine together, super excited to learn about new bands from you guys.

    Top Ten 2018

    1. the Sidekicks - Happiness Hours
    2. Gregory Alan Isakov - Evening Machines
    3. Now, Now - Saved
    4. Wallows - Spring (EP)
    5. Boygenius - Boygenius (EP)
    6. All Get Out - No Bouquet
    7. Middle Kids - Lost Friends
    8. Born Ruffians - Uncle, Duke and the Chief
    9. Tiny Moving Parts - Swell
    10. the Republic of Woves - Shrine

    Top Ten 2017 (re-visited)

    1. Brand New - Science Fiction
    2. Hippo Campus - Landmark (+3)
    3. Sorority Noise - You're Not As ____ As You Think (-1)
    4. the Menzingers - After The Party (-1)
    5. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps (not on list)
    6. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface (-1)
    7. Angus and Julia Stone - Snow (-1)
    8. Alvvays - Antisocialites (+2)
    9. Souvenirs - Posture Of Apology (-2)
    10. Can't Swim - Fail You Again (-2)

    Pretty happy with my list from last year as I still like/love all of them. Just like 2017, I have a few favorites that I loved in 2018 and then a ton of albums that were good but not great.

    Disappointments from 2018:

    Hippo Campus - Expected something better. I know a lot of people have their new one on their lists, but it's not nearly as fun as Landmark. I still listen to Landmark constantly and I haven't listened to Bambi much at all since it was released.

    Hop Along - I've listened to it more lately and it's starting to grow. There's a few songs that are difficult to get through.

    Saves the Day - What the fuck is this? Favorite band back in the day and now this hurts my ears.

    Tokyo Police Club - Again, a huge fan of most of their stuff, Champ being one of my favorite albums ever. Then there's this where most of it is forgettable other than a few songs, namely Unseen.

    The Story So Far - Maybe I'm sick of their sound, but I barely listened to this. No songs stand out as the album bleeds together and then it's over.
     
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  13. Cameron

    FKA nowFace Prestigious

    I did not know Hot Snakes releases an album this year wtf
     
  14. Cameron

    FKA nowFace Prestigious

    Apparently I need to listen to that Gunna album. People keep mentioning it.


    Albums I need to revisit:

    Nick F
    Sleep
    Jeff Rosenstock
    The Sidekicks

    I loved all those albums.
     
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  15. riotspray

    Prestigious Prestigious

    This is a very rough draft, but here's a list of records I enjoyed and will keep in rotation beyond 2018.

    Vein - Errorzone
    Drug Church - Cheer
    Harms Way - Posthuman
    Creeping Death - Specter of War
    Genocide Pact - Order of Torment
    Turnstile - Time & Space
    Greyhaven - Empty Black
    King Nine - Death Rattle
    Wolvhammer - The Monuments of Ash and Bone
    Khemmis - Desolation
    Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    Gruesome - Twisted Prayers
    Uada - Cult of a Dying Sun
    Jesus Piece - Only Self
    Candy - Good To Feel
    Year of the Knife - First State of Aggression
    Trail of Lies - W.A.R.
    Erra - Neon
    Mindforce - Excalibur
    Lik - Carnage
    Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar
    Uniform - The Long Walk
    Super Unison - Stella
    Nonpoint - X
    Thrice - Palms
    Tiny Moving Parts - Swell
    Father - Awful Swim
    Joey Purp - Quarterthing
    Young Thug - Slime Language
    Denzel Curry - TA13OO
    Saba - Care For Me
    Nickelus F - Stuck
    Pusha T - Daytona
    J.I.D - DiCaprio 2
    Open Mike Eagle - What Happens When I Try To Relax
    Vince Staples - FM!
    Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
    Freddie Gibbs - Freddie
    Maxo Kream - Punken
    cupcakKe - Ephorize
     
  16. J12

    Trusted Supporter

    01. Spanish Love Songs - Schmaltz
    02. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
    03. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    04. Pianos Become the Teeth - Wait For Love
    05. Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys
    06. Fall Out Boy - MANIA
    07. Underoath - Erase Me
    08. Senses Fail - If There Is Light, It Will Find You
    09. Real Friends - Composure
    10. The Dangerous Summer - The Dangerous Summer

    Other stuff I enjoyed this year:

    Justin Courtney Pierre - In the Drink
    Coheed and Cambria - The Unheavenly Creatures
    Mayday Parade - Sunnyland
    Manchester Orchestra - The Black Mile Demos/"I Know How to Speak"
    Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
    All Time Low - "Everything's Fine", "Birthday"
    Shortly - Richmond (EP)
    Panic! At the Disco - Pray For The Wicked
     
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  17. sosplatano

    Regular Supporter

    Another incredible year

    01. Mitski - Be the Cowboy
    02. Foxing - Nearer My God
    03. Pinegrove - Skylight
    04. Ariana Grande - Sweetener
    05. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    06. The Amity Affliction - Misery
    07. State Champs - Living Proof
    08. Coheed & Cambria - The Unheavenly Creatures
    09. Hot Mulligan - Pilot
    10. Vein - Errorzone
    11. Snail Mail - Lush
    12. Wet - Still Run
    13. Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
    14. The Dangerous Summer - The Dangerous Summer
    15. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
    16. Travis Scott - Astroworld
    17. mewithoutYou - [Untitled]
    18. Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers
    19. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
    20. The Story So Far - Proper Dose
    21. Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed?
    22. KIDS SEE GHOSTS - KIDS SEE GHOSTS
    23. Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus - Boygenius EP
    24. Fall Out Boy - M A N I A
    25. Now, Now - Saved
    26. Joey Purp - QUARTERTHING
    27. Death Cab for Cutie - Thank You for Today
    28. As It Is - The Great Depression
    29. Dessa - Chime
    30. Jeff Rosenstock - POST-

    Honorable mentions (could go on and on…)
    Mayday Parade - Sunnyland
    Neko Case - Hell-On
    This Wild Life - Petaluma
    Trash Boat - Crown Shyness
    Camp Cope - How to Socialize & Make Friends
    Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    Pianos Become the Teeth - Wait for Love
    illuminati hotties - Kiss Yr Frenemies
    Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
    Troye Sivan - Bloom
    Gorillaz - The Now Now
    Florence + The Machine - High As Hope
    Tiny Moving Parts - Swell
    Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning
     
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  18. bd007h Dec 7, 2018
    (Last edited: Dec 18, 2018)
    bd007h

    chorus.fm's resident Meg Myers fan #GoSabres/Bills

    No real order after the top 3:

    Meg Myers - Take Me To The Disco
    Between the Buried and Me - Automata I and II
    Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
    Interpol - Marauder
    CHVRCHES - Love Is Dead
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
    Metric - Art of Doubt
    Clutch - Book of Bad Decisions
    Rubblebucket - Sun Machine
    Thrice - Palms
    Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog
    A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant
    Editors - Violence
    Our Lady Peace - Somethingness
    Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers
    Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed?
    Tash Sultana - Flow State
    Senses Fail - It There Is Light, It Will Find You
    MGMT - Little Dark Age
     
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  19. Kuri44

    Guest

    Top Albums of 2018:

    1. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
    2. Fall Out Boy - M A N I A
    3. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    4. Hellogoodbye - S’Only Natural
    5. Saves The Day - 9
    6. Panic! At The Disco - Pray For The Wicked
    7. Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed?
    8. The Dangerous Summer - The Dangerous Summer
    9. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
    10. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    11. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness- Upside Down Flowers
    12. Dashboard Confessional – Crooked Shadows
    13. Justin Courtney Pierre - In The Drink
    14. MxPx - MxPx
    15. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
    16. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose
    17. Brian Fallon – Sleepwalkers
    18. Jack White - Boarding House Reach
    19. Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers – Bought To Rot
    20. Car Sear Headrest - Twin Fantasy
    21. Chromeo - Head Over Heels
    22. Senses Fail - If There Is A Light, It Will Find You
    23. Matt and Kim - Almost Everyday
    24. State Champs - Living Proof
    25. Vacationer - Mindset
    26. Foxing - Nearer My God
    27. Twenty One Pilots – Trench
    28. Metric - Art of Doubt
    29. Spanish Love Songs – Schmaltz
    30. Can’t Swim - This Too Won’t Pass
    31. The Interrupters - Fight The Good Fight
    32. Good Charlotte - Generation Rx
    33. BROCKHAMPTON – Iridescence
    34. MGMT - Dark Little Age
    35. Pusha T – DAYTONA
    36. Mac Miller – Swimming
    37. Joyce Manor - Million Dollars To Kill Me
    38. Pennywise - Never Gonna Die
    39. Amy Shark - Love Monster
    40. The Story So Far - Proper Dose
    41. Death Cab For Cutie - Thank You For Today
    42. mewithoutYou - [Untitled]
    43. Chvrches - Love Is Dead
    40. flor - come out. you’re hiding
    41. Alison Wonderland – Awake
    42. Frank Turner - Be More Kind
    43. Anthony Green - Would You Still Be In Love
    44. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
    45. Cloud Nothing’s - Last Building Burning
    46. Tom Morello - The Atlas Underground
    47. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
    48. Gorillaz - The Now Now
    49. Steve Aoki – Neon Future III
    50. Lil Peep – Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2
    51. Muse – Simulation Theory
    52. Nothing, nowhere. – Ruiner
    53. Lil Gnar - Gnar Lif3
    54. Migos - Culture II
    55. Lil Yachty - Lil Boat 2
    56. Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys
    57. Rich The Kid - The World Is Yours
    58. Playboi Carti - Die Lit
    59. Ski Mask The Slump God - BEWARE THE BOOK OF ELI
    60. Now, now - Saved
    61. Kanye West – ye
    62. Jaden Smith - The Sunset Tapes: A C
    63. Sofi Tukker - Treehouse
    64. The Longshot - Love Is For Losers
    65. Drake - Scorpion

    Top EP's of 2018:
    1. Kailee Morgue - Medusa
    2. Fall Out Boy - Lake Effect Kid
    3. The Front Bottoms - Ann
    4. The Get Up Kids - Kicker
    5. mewithoutYou - [untitled] e.p.
    6. William Ryan Key - Thirteen/Virtue
    7. Robokid - Apart
    8. Pale Waves - ALL THE THINGS I NEVER SAID
    9. The Fever 333 - Made An America
    10. The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy,
    11. Paris - ONE NIGHT IN PARIS
    12. The Faim - Summer Is A Curse
    13. Rancid Eddie - Another Last Dart
    14. The Neighbourhood - Ever Changing
    15. The Mowgli’s - I Was Starting To Woner
    16. AFI - The Missing Man
    17. Mutemath - Voice In The Silence
     
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  20. estacey99 Dec 7, 2018
    (Last edited: Dec 12, 2018)
    estacey99

    Oh yeah, oh yeah, everything is terrible.

    1. The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    2. Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    3. Thrice – Palms
    4. The Wonder Years – Sister Cities
    5. Architects – Holy Hell
    6. Basement – Beside Myself
    7. Brockhampton – Iridescence
    8. Boston Manor – Welcome to the Neighbourhood
    9. Dance Gavin Dance – Artificial Selection
    10. Pianos Become the Teeth – Wait for Love
    11. Twenty One Pilots – Trench
    12. Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today
    13. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
    14. Vein – Errorzone
    15. Camp Cope – How To Socialise and Make Friends
    16. Turnstile – Time & Space
    17. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
    18. Beartooth – Disease
    19. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    20. Muse – Simulation Theory
    21. Culture Abuse – Bay Dream
    22. Soccer Mommy – Clean
    23. Mayday Parade – Sunnyland
    24. Spanish Love Songs – Schmaltz
    25. The Story So Far – Proper Dose
    26. Underoath – Erase Me
    27. Between the Buried and Me – Automata I
    28. Senses Fail – If There Is Light It Will Find You
    29. Father John Misty – God’s Favourite Customer
    30. CHVRCHES – Love Is Dead
     
  21. Cameron

    FKA nowFace Prestigious

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  22. mad Dec 8, 2018
    (Last edited: Dec 10, 2018)
    mad

    I was right. Prestigious

    top tier faves:
    Mitski - Be The Cowboy
    boygenius - boygenius EP
    Natalie Prass - The Future and The Past
    Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    Hippo Campus - Bambi
    Now Now - Saved
    Allie X - Super Sunset
    Haley Heynderickx - I Need To Start A Garden
    Murder By Death - The Other Shore

    secondary faves/albums I like but haven't spend as much time w/them:
    Lucy Dacus - Historian
    Kississippi - Sunset Blush
    Snail Mail - Lush
    Illuminati Hotties - Kiss Yr Frenemies
    Death Cab For Cutie - Thank You for Today
    Shad - A Short Story About A War
    Vacationer - Mindset
    Metric - Art of Doubt
    Dessa - Chime
    Saintseneca - Pillars of Na
     
  23. Meghin

    Uhhhhhhhhhh... Supporter

    1. Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
    2. Be The Cowboy - Mitski
    3. Historian - Lucy Dacus
    4. Dirty Computer - Janelle Monae
    5. boygenius EP - boygenius
    6. Sweetener - Ariana Grande
    7. How To Socialise and Make Friends - Camp Cope
    8. Sister Cities - The Wonder Years
    9. Upside Down Flowers - Andrew McMahon
    10. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships - The 1975
    11. Bark Your Head Off, Dog - Hop Along
    12. LP5000 - Restorations
    13. Palms - Thrice
    14. Black Panther Soundtrack
    15. Dying Star - Ruston Kelly
    16. Honey - Robyn
    17. Palo Santo - Years and Years
    18. See You Around - I'm With Her
    19. Saved - Now, Now
    20. Thank You For Today - Death Cab for Cutie

    Honorable Mentions (in no order):
    Twerp Verse - Speedy Ortiz
    POST- - Jeff Rosenstock
    Fall Into the Sun - Swearin'
    Nearer My God - Foxing
    I'll Be Your Girl - The Decemberists
    Lush - Snail Mail
    I Need to Start a Garden - Haley Heynderickx
    Twin Fantasy - Car Seat Headrest
    Sex + Food - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile
     
  24. JRGComedy

    Trusted Supporter

    Alright, I think I got my top 20 locked in. My lists are always heavily influenced by live shows, which albums I can jam to with my friends in the car, etc., not just necessarily what albums are think are 'best.' More... my favorites, if you will.

    1. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
    2. Jukebox the Ghost - Off to the Races
    3. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    4. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
    5. BROCKHAMPTON - iridescence
    6. Panic! At the Disco - Pray For the Wicked
    7. Tove Styrke - Sway
    8. The Night Game - The Night Game
    9. Joyce Manor - Million Dollars to Kill Me
    10. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Upside Down Flowers
    11. Fall Out Boy - M A N I A
    12. Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed?
    13. Wet - Still Run
    14. Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes - Wind Up Bird
    15. A Vulture Wake - The Appropriate Level of Outrage
    16. Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past
    17. Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers
    18. Hellogoodbye - S’only Natural
    19. Lord Huron - Vide Noir
    20. Boygenius - EP
     
  25. The Lucky Moose Dec 9, 2018
    (Last edited: Dec 9, 2018)
    The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

    Notable things about my list this year: a lot of R&B, a lot of women in the top 15 (Jay Z as part of The Carters being the only man in the top 5), a lot of music from non-English speaking countries (including 3 in the top 5), arguably no mainstream Hip Hop (unless you count The Carters and Pusha T), and no Grime/UK Rap/Garage/Jungle album on my list (despite their prominence on my song playlists).

    10 - 15, Ranked

    01. Lary - Hart Fragil (R&B, Germany)
    02. Mariah Carey - Caution (R&B)
    03. Rosalía - El Mal Querer (Flamenco/Pop/R&B, Spain)
    04. The Carters - Everything Is Love (R&B/Hip Hop)
    05. Bad Gyal - Worldwide Angel (Reggaeton/Dancehall/Pop/R&B, Spain)
    06. Gavlyn - Headspace (Hip Hop)
    07. Drangsal - Zores (Post-Punk/New Wave, Germany)
    08. Evidence - Weather Or Not (Hip Hop)
    09. Ruston Kelly - Dying Star (Country)
    10. Curse - Die Farbe Von Wasser (Hip Hop, Germany)
    11. Frank Sinatra - Standing Room Only* (Jazz)
    12. Scotty McCreery - Seasons Change (Country)
    13. Rola - 12:12 (R&B, Germany)
    14. MihTy - MihTy (R&B)
    15. Red Velvet - The Perfect Red Velvet (K-Pop/R&B, South Korea)

    16 - 25, Unranked

    August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins) - August Greene (Hip Hop/Jazz/R&B)
    Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E. (R&B)
    Black Milk - Fever (Hip Hop)
    Joel Ortiz & Apollo Brown - Mona Lisa (Hip Hop)
    Pusha T - Daytona (Hip Hop)
    Masta Ace & Marco Polo - A Breukelen Story (Hip Hop)
    NIKI - Zephyr (R&B, Indonesia)
    Bun B - Return Of The Trill (Hip Hop)
    Tiny Moving Parts - Swell (Emo)
    Ice Cube - Everythang's Corrupt (Hip Hop)

    Note: Given their placements on my past lists, I wanted to point out that I have not listened to the YG album yet, I haven't had any real time with the Good Charlotte album, I just wasn't a fan of the Kacey Musgraves album, and Kanye's Ye gets an honourable mention because I only loved half of it which isn’t enough for a 20 minute album to make the list.

    *Specifically disc one, “Live At The Sands Hotel And Casino (1966)” with The Count Basie Orchestra.
     
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