2016—Your Top 5 Albums

Top 5 because 10 is too many. I'll go first:

1. Bon Iver—22, A million
2. DJ Koze—DJ Koze Presents Pampa Vol. 1
3. A Tribe Called Quest—We Got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
4. Funkstörung—Funkstörung [I know, I know, cheating, but didn't find out about this album 'till this year 'cause these guys haven't put out shit for a decade...]
5. The Range—Potential

Honorable Mentions:

• Radiohead—A Moon Shaped Pool
• Tycho—Epoch
• The Avalanches—Wildflower

Disclaimer: I like electronic music more than you. Probably. And f**k you if you think I just copypasta'd p4k bullshit. Happy f'ing 2017! Bring on the music!

 

In no particular order:

1. Mourn - Ha, Ha, He.
2. D.A.R.K. - Science Agrees
3. Warpaint - Heads Up
4. Savages - Adore Life
5. Mothers - When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired

No honorable mentions because these are the only albums in my library from 2016. Shitty year.

 

These would be mine ... short of protracted contemplation over a good single-malt:

1. “Before the Dawn” – Kate Bush
2. “You Want It Darker” – Leonard Cohen
3. “Toy” – Yello
4. “How to be a Human Being” – Glass Animals
5. “The 1975” – The 1975*

Nearly went with "Blackstar" over my 5th pick.

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*A bit simplistic, and you probably had to have grown up in the UK to get why I like it.

 

1. D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
2. James Blake - The Colour In Anything
3. ATCQ - We Got It From Here...
4. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
5. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered

 

SO much good music this year, but these are definitely up there for me:

Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
YG - Still Brazy
Noisia - Outer Edges
Beats Antique - Shadowbox
L 33 - Karate

 

You know, I'm going to revisit this one. I only gave it one listen when it came out in October, and i remember being impressed by the production/textures for a single-person operation, but the lyrics were kinda flat (or, maybe the fact that the vocals are mixed a little far deep on some songs left me wanting...). There were textures and rhythmic play there that reminded me of Battles while being quite a bit less pushy-rock-out-PROG.

 

1. Epoch by Tycho
2. Skin by Flume
3. The Getaway by Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. California by Blink-182
5. Kodama by Alcest

Honorable Mentions:
The Impossible Kid by Aesop Rock
Run the Jewels 3 by Run the Jewels
Shelter by Porter Robinson (Single but still amazing!)
Silicon Tare by Com Truise
Awaken, My Love! by Childish Gambino

 

• Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
• Kaleo, A/B
• Kevin Morby, Singing Saw
• Bon Iver, 22 A Million
• Michael Kiwanuka, Love & Hate

EDIT Honorable Mentions

• Norah Jones, Day Breaks (I haven't had a chance to even listen to all of it yet)
• Stripped, Macy Gray (A great headphone album)
• Radiohead, David Bowie

 

It's a slow burner. I love albums like this when you are just immersed in another world for 40 minutes...

 

22, A Million is the standout album of 2016 for me. It's Justin Vernon's Kid A. Check this out -

 

It's probably a generational thing, but I have not heard any (seriously, not one) of the albums named so far in this thread.

So here are mine.

Drive-By Truckers, "American Band"
Julian Lage, "Arclight"
Alina Ibragimova and Cedric Tiberghien, "Mozart Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 4, 10, 14, 22, 24, 29"
The Honeycutters, "On the Ropes"
Mary Halvorson Octet, "Away with You"

 

I hadn't heard of 98.358% of these... Almost all were in Tidal so I made a big ass SBAF recommended playlist. Thanks everyone. This should keep me occupied for a while.

 

1. Run The Jewels 3
2. clipping. - Splendor & Misery
3. Blank Banshee - MEGA
4. Kvelertak - Nattesferd
5. Lady Gaga - Joanne

Idk I only started really listening to music from late summer onwards, so I'm sure I missed out on a bunch of stuff.

 

I cannot mention five albums, I listen to all kinds of music current and old. In no particular order.

Kate Bush - "Before The Dawn"
David Bowie - "Black Star"
Prince - everything with 3RDEYEGIRL, get this to get a taste of his last music! (Just before he died he was about to release an album.)

Good thing Kate Bush is still among the living. All other albums I bought this year were 2015, 2014 or older.

 

Kate Bush - "Before The Dawn" is one of the very few not on Tidal, and the one I am probably the most interested in hearing. I may have to just buy this one.

 

Worth it, Act I is great. Act II depends and Act III has some great live versions that make you wish Kate Bush would make new music again (preferably with a live band).

 

1. Animal Collective - Painting With
2. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
3. Autolux - Pussy's Dead
4. Savages - Adore Life
5. Parquet Courts - Human Performance

EP Honorable Mention: The Strokes - Future Present Past

 

Here's my (admittedly longish ) list of 2016 favorites:
http://www.superbestaudiofriends.or...e-mornin-part-two-mfs-haunt.3461/#post-108742

If I had to pick just five, it would probably be

• Helene Grimaud - Water
  
• Jane Siberry - Ulysses Purse
  
• Melanie De Biasio - Blackened Cities
  
• Natalia Sikora (Feat. Voo Doo Dog) - Buried Alive In The Blues
  
• Rusconi & Fred Frith - Live In Europe