Thanks for making this big enough to read. A lot of the others I just can't tell what albums they are.
I really like how you put your favorite song title with each album. I think I'm going to try and do the same.
1) Fleet Foxes - Shore 2) Colony House - Leave What's Lost Behind 3) Glass Animals - Dreamland 4) Haim - Women in Music, pt III 5) PVRIS - Use Me 6) Novo Amor - Cannot Be, Whatsoever 7) Overcoats - The Fight 8) Misterwives - SUPERBLOOM 9) Nothing but Thieves - Moral Panic 10) Darlingside - Fish Pond Fish 11) I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Razzmatazz 12) Everything Everything - Re-Animator 13) Firewoodisland - Firewoodisland 14) Purity Ring - WOMB 15) Another Sky - I Slept on the Floor 16) Jealous of the Birds - Peninsula 17) The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers 18) Paradise Club - Paradise Club 19) Dagny - Strangers/Lovers 20) Delta Rae - The Light 21) Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong 22) Joshua Hyslop - Ash & Stone 23) The Hunna - I'd Rather Die Than Let You In 24) Mipso - Mipso 25) Joywave - Possession 26) Allie X - Cape God 27) Liza Anne - Bad Vacation 28) Katie Malco - Failures 29) Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight 30) Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
1. Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now 2. Purity Ring - WOMB 3. Dorian Electra - My Agenda 4. Rico Nasty - Nightmare Vacation 5. Deftones - Ohms 6. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? 7. Haim - Women In Music Pt. III 8. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 9. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 10. The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form 11. Oklou - Galore 12. Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats - UNLOCKED 13. Code Orange - Underneath 14. The Weeknd - After Hours 15. Shamir - Shamir 16. Taylor Swift - folklore/evermore 17. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush 18. Cloud Nothings - The Black Hole Understands 19. Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison 20. Hum - Inlet 21. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately 22. Nothing - The Great Dismal 23. Yaeji - What We Drew 24. The Naked and Famous - Recover 25. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension 26. Duckwrth - SuperGood 27. Polo G - THE GOAT 28. Kenny Mason - Angelic Hoodrat 29. Keaton Henson - Monument 30. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
I forgot her too initially. Don’t know why my brain just refused to remember that was a 2020 record all year long
AOTYs 1.) how i'm feeling now - Charli XCX 2.) SAWAYAMA - Rina Sawayama 3.) Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa 4.) Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee 5.) color theory - Soccer Mommy 6.) Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers 7.) 1000 gecs and The Tree of Clues - 100 gecs 8.) Notes on a Conditional Form - The 1975 9.) In A Dream EP - Troye Sivan 10.) u and me, but mostly me - ELIO SOTYs 1.) "ringtone (Remix)" - 100 gecs feat. Charli XCX, Rico Nasty, & Kero Kero Bonito 2.) "party 4 u" - Charli XCX 3.) "Bad Friend" - Rina Sawayama 4.) "7 years" - Charli XCX 5.) "claws" - Charli XCX 6.) "IPHONE" - Rico Nasty 7.) "Sorry Bro (I Love You)" - Dorian Electra 8.) "Rain On Me" - Lady Gaga feat. Ariana Grande 9.) "Lovesick Girls" - Blackpink 10.) "Easy" - Troye Sivan I don't know if it had something to do with the pandemic, but this year I definitely listened to way less of a variety of music than usual. And if I'm being honest, there's a pretty massive gap between the Charli and Sawayama albums and everything else on my list in terms of how often I revisited entire albums. The one thing I kept returning to most often was Dylan Brady's production—if my SOTYs are any indication—as opposed to full albums.
Definitely did not listen to much music this year for *gestures wildly* reasons, but was able to get together a list or so of 30+ albums in three tiers, roughly in order. Except for a couple albums, it was really difficult to connect with new music under our current hell. I definitely found myself listening to pre-2020 albums more and as a result Tigers Jaw's Spin (2017) would be far and away my favorite album of this year. But for albums that actually came out this year, along with a favorite/rec'd song for the top 20: Top Albums Enter Shikari - Nothing is True and Everything is Possible (The Pressure's On) Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (Moon Song) Caspian - On Circles (Division Blues) Soccer Mommy - color theory (night swimming) Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (Hallucinate) Beach Bunny - Honeymoon (Colorblind) Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor (Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris) Ratboys - Printer’s Devil (Look To) Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone (Self-Destruction (As a Sensible Career Choice)) The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers (Mars, The God of War) Really Good The Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast (Dead Man's Coat) Deftones - Ohms (The Spell of Mathematics) Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full (Monolith) Fleet Foxes - Shore (Featherweight) O'Brother - You and I (Halogen Eye) Dikembe - Muck (All Got Sick) Laura Jane Grace - Stay Alive (Mountain Song) Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners (Lose This Number) Ellis - Born Again (Shame) Illuminati hotties - FREE I.H: This is Not the One You’ve Been Waiting For (Content/Bedtime) Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions (Overseas) Also Liked Silverstein - Redux II AC/DC - Power Up Dogleg - Melee Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Frances Quinlan - Likewise Cold Years - Paradise Touche Amore - Lament NNAMDÏ - BRAT Oldsoul - You Were Overwhelmed Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong The Killers - Imploding the Mirage Milk Teeth - Milk Teeth The Menzingers - From Exile Tyler Childers - Long Violent History PUP - This Place Sucks Ass EP Bumper - pop songs EP 2020
Alright. Decided to just do a top ten because how utterly stacked this year was, but then realized I was still missing some great stuff. So settled on top 15. 1) Phoebe Bridgers- Punisher 2) HUM- Inlet 3) Lil Uzi Vert- Eternal Atake 4) Polo G- The GOAT 5) Waxahatchee- Saint Cloud 6) Deftones- Ohms 7) R.A.P Ferreira- Purple Moonlight Pages 8) Vasudeva- Generator (favorite jogging record of the year) 9) Have a Good Season- Shapes I’ve Never Seen 10) Gulfer - S/T 11) Touché Amore- Lament 12) Boldy James- The Price of Tea In China 13) Freddie Gibbs- Alfredo 14) Dance Gavin Dance- Afterburner 15) O’Brother- You & I HM: Taylor Swift- Folklore: really wanted to put this on my list, but since I only started listening to TSwift/Folklore 2 months ago I felt it best to digest it more. Plus I wanna listen to Evermore. Svalbard: Again great album, but only just started listening, and wanted to hear more. Rico Nasty: Just such a crazy album. She’s an amazing vocalist, and the beats are wild throughout. IPHONE is massive. Jeff Rosenstock- No Dream. I messssed up not including this gem. State line, Scram!, Honeymoon Ashtray, and Ohio Tpke are some of my favorite tunes this year. That double bass moment on Scram, and the end of Ohio in particular. Great stuff
Completely forgot O'Brother in my list because it's not on Apple Music. Definitely have it ranked around the same place.
Yeah O’B was actually my only letdown of the year. I adore them, and their live show is simply incredible. I also enjoyed You & I a lot, but it didn’t grab me like Endless Light or Garden Window.
1. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 2. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 3. All Time Low - Wake Up, Sunshine 4. The 1975 - Notes On a Conditional Form 5. Poppy - I Disagree 6. Halsey - Manic 7. Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner 8. Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA 9. Seaway - Big Vibe 10. The Chicks - Gaslighter 11. 070 Shake - Modus Vivendi 12. Gorillaz - Song Machine Season 1
1. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone 2. The Front Bottoms - In Sickness and In Flames 3. Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible 4. The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form 5. Touche Amore - Lament 6. Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner 7. Bartees Strange - Live Forever 8. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 9. Hot Mulligan - You'll Be Fine 10. Dogleg - Melee I've agonized over this list for weeks; there are another 20 or 30 entries after this that didn't make the cut. It's actually insane how many great records came out this year. Musicians should've been Time's Person of the Year Runner Up for 2020 (after healthcare workers)
Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA Poppy - I Disagree Taylor Swift - folklore Charli XCX - how i’m feeling now Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Yaeji - What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던 Run the Jewels - RTJ4 The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form Blackpink - THE ALBUM Hayley Kiyoko - I’m Too Sensitive For This Shit Soccer Mommy - Color Theory Loona - [12:00] A few releases I didn’t really get around to that surely deserved to be on this list, but this is the most honest look at what I listened to in 2020.
Man my top 10 was hard to pick this year! Taylor Swift - Folklore Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Ruston Kelly - Shape and Destroy Taylor Swift - Evermore Jason Isabell - Reunions Katie Pruitt - Expectations Waxahatchee - St. Cloud Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone The Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was
No real order, top 11: Andy Schauf - The Neon Skyline Dawes - Good Luck with Whatever Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Futurebirds - Teamwork Katie Pruitt - Expectations Circa Waves - Sad Happy Joywave - Possession I Am the Avalanche - Dive Jeff Rosenstock - No Dream Dryjacket - Going Out of Business
Waterfall II is incredible but picking “Magic Bullet” as the taster track is a bold strategy when you have “Feel You” just sitting there. What’s your angle?
More Shikari mentions here than I thought which is great. They really bounced back from the Spark and pushed the envelope on this one and nailed it.
Taylor Swift - Folklore Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner Purity Ring - WOMB Novelists - C’est La Vie Silverstein - A Beautiful Place to Drown Lydia - I Was Someone Else Anchor & Braille - Tension The Amity Affliction - Everyone Loves You...Once You Leave Them Taylor Swift - Evermore Broadside - Into The Raging Sea Honorable Mentions: Sara Kay - Camera Shy Novo Amor - Cannot Be, Whatsoever Record Setter - I Owe You Nothing Beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers Bring Me The Horizon - Post-Human: Survival Horror Emery - White Line Fever Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor Ariana Grande - Positions NNAMDÏ - BRAT
1. Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was 2. Moses Sumney - Græ 3. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately 4. Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman 5. NNAMDÏ - BRAT 6. Mo Troper - Natural Beauty 7. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters 8. Empty Country - Empty Country 9. TORRES - Silver Tongue 10. Car Seat Headrest - Making A Door Less Open 11. AJJ - Good Luck, Everybody 12. Stay Inside - Viewing 13. Jeff Rosenstock - No Dream 14. Pullover - Forever 15. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 4