I saw a sitcom on Wednesday that suggested some superlatives could end up hurting feelings. I’m gonna give mine out anyway but if it does hurt feelings (1) I didn’t mean to and (2) sorry!
Heritage I (Mark de Clive-Lowe): Most Fun to Listen to While Cooking
The Blue Mask (Lou Reed):Underrated Gem I Would Have Otherwise Overlooked
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Hunted (Khemmis): Best Cover Art AND Most Educational Thread (and where I started getting to know some of y’all slightly better, so it holds a special place in my ❤)
Goodnight, Rhonda Lee (Nicole Atkins): Artist I’d Most Like to Hang Out With
La Leyenda del Tiempo (Camaron de la Isla): Biggest Pleasant Surprise (I would not have guessed I’d be a fan of flamenco but I woulda been wrong!) and Best Accessory (Illustrated Lyric Translation Booklet, are you kidding?)
All My Shades of Blue (Ruen Brothers):
Most Like Mario in Super Mario Bros. 2 (good at everything with no significant flaws)
3 (The Gloaming): Biggest Cultural Teaching Moment (this coulda also gone to the Camaron album, but I actually thought I knew what Irish music sounded like and this album taught me I did not, in fact, know)
No Now (Clarence Clarity): Most Batshit Bonkers in the Best Possible, Catchiest Way
Ash (Ibeyi): Album That Makes Me Significantly Cooler By Owning It, Just By Association
X Ray Spex (Germ Free Adolescents): Biggest Gift to College Punk Rock Me (I thought I knew or had heard of most older punk/punk adjacent stuff and then this album was another lesson I don’t know anything...there’s definitely a theme in these superlatives re my lack of knowledge)
Every Hour is a Dollar Gone (Patrick Sweany): Artist I’d Most Like to See Perform Live
Mockingbird (Kendra Morris): Newest Fandom (I’ve only streamed the album once, but I did buy the artists’ discography)
