Album of The Year - Endgame

1. Nils Frahm - All Melody
2. GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
3. Neko Case - Hell-On
4. Jungle - For Ever
5. Shakey Graves - Can't Wake Up
6. Interpol - Marauder
7. Flatbush Zombies - Vacation in Hell
8. Khruangbin - Con Todo el Mundo
9. Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer
10. Ambroise Akinmusrie - Origami Harvest

a little re-arranging at the top, but this is the same top 10 I had in '18
 
My top 10 albums of 2018:
  1. MorMor - Heaven’s Only Wishful (EP)
  2. Kendrick Lamar & Various Artists - Black Panther: The Album
  3. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
  4. Saba - Care For Me
  5. The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy,
  6. Nils Frahm - All Melody
  7. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Sex & Food
  8. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer
  9. Kadhja Bonet - Childqueen
  10. Twenty One Pilots - Trench
Honourable Mentions:
  • Charles Bradley - Black Velvet
  • NAO - Saturn
  • Ariana Grande - Sweetener
  • Twin Shadow - Caer
  • Charlotte Day Wilson - Stone Woman (EP)
 
I'm sure this is WAY different from what my list was back when I (probably?) made one. It's interesting seeing which albums have stuck with me VS which ones I haven't even thought about since release.

1. Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage
2. Noname - Room 25
3. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
4. Of Montreal - White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood
5. Mitski - Be The Cowboy
6. Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer
7. Sleep - The Sciences
8. Pusha T - Daytona
9. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
10. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
 
  1. Amos Lee - My New Moon
  2. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
  3. Blood Orange - Negro Swan
  4. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
  5. The War and Treaty - Healing Tide
  6. Kadhja Bonet - Childqueen
  7. Brandi Carlisle- By the Way, I Love You
  8. Orquesta Akokan - Orquesta Akokan
  9. Khraungbin - Con Todo El Mundo
  10. Lydia Luce - Azalea
 
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I thought I was going to have more time to work on the order this week, but oh well. Very hard one, I could shuffle quite a few around. I need a top 20.

1. Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance
2. Armand Hammer - Paraffin
3. Parquet Courts - Wide Awaaaaake!
4. Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death In Meatspace
5. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
6. Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy
7. Mid-Air Thief - Crumbling
8. JID - DiCaprio 2
9. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
10. Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's Fine

Honorable Mention:
Saba - Care For Me
Noname - Room 25
Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin
Binker & Moses - Alive in the East?
Beach House - 7
MGMT - Little Dark Age
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks - Sparkle Hard
Thee Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
MC Paul Barman - (((Echo Chamber)))
Open Mike Eagle - What Happens When I Try To Relax EP
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
Tirzah - Devotion
Kali Uchis - Isolation
Yves Tumor - Safe In The Hands Of Love
 
THE N+G TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2018

  1. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
  2. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
  3. Sons of Kemet - My Queen is a Reptile
  4. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
  5. Against All Logic - 2012-2017 (tie 5)
  6. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog (tie 5)
  7. Father John Misty - God's Favourite Customer (tie 5)
  8. Nils Frahm - All Melody
  9. Pusha T - Daytona
  10. Beach House - 7 (tie 10)
  11. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - Tearing at the Seams (tie 10)
  12. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo (tie 12)
  13. Mitski - Be The Cowboy (tie 12)
  14. War and Treaty - Healing Tide
  15. Julia Holter - Aviary (tie 15)
  16. Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance(tie 15)
  17. Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears (tie 15)
  18. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (tie 15)
  19. Saba - Care for Me
  20. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
 
1978

This is a really good year for music. A big year for New Wave in particular.
  1. Big Star - Third
  2. Brian Eno - Ambient 1/Music for Airports
  3. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
  4. The Jam - All Mod Cons
  5. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
  6. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
  7. The Police - Outlandos D'Amour
  8. The Cars - The Cars
  9. Blondie - Parallel Lines
  10. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
 
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Teeeee said:
But oh man, that is one of my most hated Bruce songs. Lol. I don't know why, I just really loathe it. I usually go get a beer when he's playing it live.
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Yeah I don’t like it that much either. Seems a bit of a step down on the album too after badlands.
 
My Top 10 Albums from 1978

Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Bob Seger - Stranger in Town
Willie Nelson - Stardust
Van Halen - Van Halen
Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York
The Cars - The Cars
Foreigner - Double Vision
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
Billy Joel - 52nd Street

HMs - Rush - Hemispheres, Aerosmith - Live Bootleg, Blondie - Parallel Lines, The Band - The Last Waltz, Talking Heads - Songs About Buildings and Food, Styx - Pieces of Eight
 
1978 is just the *best* year for west African music. My favourite Poly-Rythmo and several other legendary albums this year means US/UK stuff just doesn't get a look in.

1. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Volume 4
2. Orchestre Baobab - Ndeleng Ndeleng
3. Etoile de Dakar - Xalis
4. Honore Avolonto & L'Orchestre Black Santiago
5. African Brothers Band - Obiara Wo Nea Utumi No
6. F Kenya - Ngakula Ngakula
7. Ogyatanaa - Obra Mu Asem
8. Jacob Miller - Natty Christmas
9. The Band - The Last Waltz
10. Amadou Ballake - Taximen

Volume 4 includes my favourite Poly-Rythmo song


And the African Brothers has one of my favourite covers too

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Top 10 - 1978:
  1. Big Star - Third
  2. Blondie - Parallel Lines
  3. Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model
  4. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
  5. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
  6. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food
  7. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
  8. The Cars - S/T
  9. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
  10. Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians
HMs:
Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing/Modern Dance
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Van Halen - S/T
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Rachel Sweet - Fool Around
 
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