YEAR END MEGALIST 2019

Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
So...I just looked over this whole thread and I'm shocked, shocked, mind you, that one of the best records of the year didn't get one mention by anyone. And it's not even the usual weird stuff that only I like.

Did everyone just miss Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited? It must have flown under your radar.

It's performed and arranged by Mercury Rev with a different guest female vocalist on each track. It's gorgeous.

Off the top of my head I can think of @Teeeee @Kris @Lee Newman @mcherry @gaporter @GritNGlitter @nolady @tvham @Aron @Twentytwo and a whole bunch of other people I'm forgetting that would probably dig this.

Just don't want to see anyone miss out...

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It’s a good one. Shows the strength of this year though!
 
Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
So...I just looked over this whole thread and I'm shocked, shocked, mind you, that one of the best records of the year didn't get one mention by anyone. And it's not even the usual weird stuff that only I like.

Did everyone just miss Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited? It must have flown under your radar.

It's performed and arranged by Mercury Rev with a different guest female vocalist on each track. It's gorgeous.

Off the top of my head I can think of @Teeeee @Kris @Lee Newman @mcherry @gaporter @GritNGlitter @nolady @tvham @Aron @Twentytwo and a whole bunch of other people I'm forgetting that would probably dig this.

Just don't want to see anyone miss out...

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Well sheesh, you are correct, I missed this. And will be giving this a listen today. Thank you!
 
Tj. said:
Been mostly in underground hip hop mode this year but there were some other albums that grabbed me too. This is just a handful of the albums I thought were great this year.

Mavi - Let the Sun Talk -20
Charley Crockett - The Valley - 20
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places - 15
Cykada - Cykada - 15
Flying Lotus - Flamagra - 10
Theon Cross - Fyah - 10
Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY! - 10
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@Woob_woob I edited my last choice to remove Tree and add Jamila. Needed some female representatiin on my list and that album is 🔥
 
What a year! I've been working through everything I listened to this year that I liked. Finally compiled a list of all those albums today, and I'm sitting at 69 albums and counting (I know I'm missing some). On top of that, The Rock Critic just put out is FIMI (Fuck, I Missed It) video for Q4 and I already have several artists to check out last minute. I feel like I'll have a list proper around the time for the mid year list next year! Kidding aside, my current list is 18 albums longer than last year, and will probably grow in the next week.
 
Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
So...I just looked over this whole thread and I'm shocked, shocked, mind you, that one of the best records of the year didn't get one mention by anyone. And it's not even the usual weird stuff that only I like.

Did everyone just miss Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited? It must have flown under your radar.

It's performed and arranged by Mercury Rev with a different guest female vocalist on each track. It's gorgeous.

Off the top of my head I can think of @Teeeee @Kris @Lee Newman @mcherry @gaporter @GritNGlitter @nolady @tvham @Aron @Twentytwo and a whole bunch of other people I'm forgetting that would probably dig this.

Just don't want to see anyone miss out...

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Holy crap this is good. Thank you Uncle D!
 
Boom!

15. Pedro the Lion - 'Phoenix' [3pts]
14. oso oso - 'basking in the glow' [3pts]
13. Andrew Wasylyk - 'The Paralian' [3pts]
12. Erland Cooper - 'Sule Skerry' [3pts]
11. Jay Som - 'Anak Ko' [3pts]
10. Portico Quartet - 'Memory Streams' [5pts]
09. The Leaf Library - 'The World Is A Bell' [5pts]
08. Hemlock Ernst & Kenny Segal - 'Back at the House' [5pts]
07. Purple Mountains - 'Purple Mountains' [5pts]
06. Black Belt Eagle Scout - 'At the Party With My Brown Friends' [5pts]
05. Damien Jurado - 'In The Shape Of A Storm' [10pts]
04. The National - 'I Am Easy to Find' [10pts]
03. American Football - 'American Football III' [10pts]
02. Fontaines D.C. - 'Dogrel' [15pts]
01. Rev Magnetic - 'Versus Universe' [15pts]
 
I don't really like to pick a favourite but I have chosen my most played record for the top. So many other great records released but I've tried to be succinct

20 points
Daniel Casimir & Tess Hirst - These Days

5 points (in no order)

Samthing Soweto - Akulaleki
Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble - Where Future Unfolds
Swindle - No More Normal
Sarathy Korwar - More Arriving
Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Joia!
Naoito - DotA
Jaimie Branch - Fly Or Die II
Andres y Xavi - Vibraciones y Sentimientos
Seed Ensemble - Driftglass
Isaac Birituro and The Rail Abandon* - Kalba
Sault - 5
Moodymann - Sinner
Mark De Clive-Lowe - Heritage
The Comet Is Coming - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
Little Simz - Grey Area
Young Marco - Bahasa





 
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My 2019 List:

Neil Francis "Changes" - 20
Fontaines D.C. "Dogrel" - 15
Paul Cauthen "Room 41" - 10
Metronomy "Metronomy Forever" - 9
Michael Kiwanuka "Kiwanuka" - 7
Brittany Howard "Jaime" - 6
LCD Soundsystem "Electric Lady Sessions" - 5
Little Simz "Grey Area" - 5
The Raconteurs "Help Us Stranger" - 5
The Black Keys "Let's Rock" - 5
Durand Jones & The Indications "American Love Call" - 4
Ghostfunk Orchestra "A Song For Paul" - 4
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram "Kingfish" - 2
The Ex Hex "It's Real" - 1
Jenny Lewis "On The Line" - 1
The Delines "The Imperial" - 1

EDIT: Damn it I forgot Brittany Howard and Michael Kiwanuka and they are up there... I inserted them and made adjustments to the scores
 
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Turbo said:
My 2019 List:

Neil Francis "Changes" - 20
Fontaines D.C. "Dogrel" - 15
Paul Cauthen "Room 41" - 10
Metronomy "Metronomy Forever" - 9
LCD Soundsystem "Electric Lady Sessions" - 8
Little Simz "Grey Area" - 7
The Raconteurs "Help Us Stranger" - 6
The Black Keys "Let's Rock" - 6
Durand Jones & The Indications "American Love Call" - 5
Ghostfunk Orchestra "A Song For Paul" - 5
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram "Kingfish" - 3
The Ex Hex "It's Real" - 2
Jenny Lewis "On The Line" - 2
The Delines "The Imperial" - 2
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This post made me revisit that Metronomy album and I'll be damned if it isn't the perfect soundtrack to my "I was just off work for 2.5 days and don't want to be here for one weird day before the weekend" vibe that I'm rocking at the office today. I grossly overlooked this one this year. So, thanks for this! And on a more deep/meta note, it's things like this that aid me in curating music SO MUCH MORE than some hype-driven, endlessly disappointing in one way or another vinyl subscription service that I won't bother naming.
 
sjaygray said:
This post made me revisit that Metronomy album and I'll be damned if it isn't the perfect soundtrack to my "I was just off work for 2.5 days and don't want to be here for one weird day before the weekend" vibe that I'm rocking at the office today. I grossly overlooked this one this year. So, thanks for this! And on a more deep/meta note, it's things like this that aid me in curating music SO MUCH MORE than some hype-driven, endlessly disappointing in one way or another vinyl subscription service that I won't bother naming.
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Yep! The year end list becomes the curation for my January listening. All the albums that I overlooked. I can't wait to see what it shakes out to be! (And also why I try to get stuff in the list that don't completely align with everyone else's lists - so hopefully I'm exposing some people to new-to-them artists).
 
I went through a tough breakup this year so that may have affected the top of my list.
  1. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE - 20
  2. Julia Jacklin - Crushing - 20
  3. Wyes Blood - Titanic Rising - 15
  4. Tyler the Creator - IGOR - 10
  5. Little Simz - Grey Area - 10
  6. SASAMI - SASAMI - 5
  7. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - ZAM - 5
  8. Big Thief - Two Hands - 5
  9. Jay Som - Anak Ko - 5
  10. The Comet is Coming - Trust int the Lifeforce… - 5
 
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Purple Mountains - S/T (20)
Ian Noe - Between the Country (10)
Rapsody - Eve (5)
Kevin Morby - Oh My God (5)
Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymia (5)
Erika de Casier - Essentials (5)
Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (5)
Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY! (5)
Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die II: bird dogs of paradise (5)
Wiki - Oofie (5)
Bonnie Prince Billy - I Made A Place (5)
Simon Joyner - Pocket Moon (5)
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Mandatory Reality (5)
Skarbo Skulekorps - s/t (3)
Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender (2)
Joel Ross - KingMaker (2)
Vanishing Twin - The Age of Immunology (2)
Kali Malone - The Sacrifical Code (2)
Tomeka Reid Quartet - Old New (2)
SAULT - 5/7 (2)
 
7.69 points each. My favorite of 2019
Twin Temple - Bring You Their Signature Sound
Paul Cauthen - Room 41
Tool - Fear Inoculum
Bleached - Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough
Raconteurs - Help Me Stranger
Sturgil Simpson - Sound & Fury
Liam Gallagher - Why Me? Why Not.
Paranoyds - Carnage Bargain
Iggy Pop - Free
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
Hand Habits - Placeholder
John Paul White - The Hurting Kind
Anderson Paak - Ventura
 
Lots of awesome ladies and banging hip-hop in 2019. It was very difficult whittling this list down and I wasn't able to include some amazing stuff, but so is life.... Thanks @Woob_woob for compiling the list 🍻

HTRK, Venus in Leo (10)
HIDE, Hell is Here (10)
Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising (10)
Lingua Ignota, CALIGULA (10)
JPEGMAFIA, All My Heroes are Cornballs (10)
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Hiding Places (10)
Westside Gunn, HWH7 (10)
Chris Crack, Never Hated I Just Waited (10)
Angel Olsen, All Mirrors (5)
Kim Gordon, No Home Record (5)
Mach Hommy x Muggs, Tuez Les Tous (5)
Freddie Gibbs x Madlib, Bandana (5)
 
There are five albums this year that are a clear level above rest and I don't think it's fair to separate them. I'm going split all points equally between those five because they are all masterpieces and deserve it. Plenty of other really good albums released this year, but they don't come close to these five:

Comet Is Coming - Trust In The Life Force.... (20)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (20)
Seed Ensemble - Driftglass (20)
Purple Mountains - ST (20)
Flaming Lips - King's Mouth (20)
 
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Not as diverse or long as some of you, nevertheless a great year for music. I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but here goes.

Teskey brothers - run home slow (20)
The Lumineers - 3 (20)
Sturgill Simpson - sound and fury (15)
Lana Del Ray - Norman Fucking Rockwell (10)
Tedeschi Trucks Band - signs (10)
Black Pumas - Black Pumas (8)
Caamp - by and by (5)
The Black Keys - let's rock (5)
The Raconteurs - Help us stranger (5)
The National - I Am Easy to Find (2)


Honorable Mentions:
Illiterate Light
White Reaper

Worst album of the year:
Coldplay - everyday life
 
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Did not pick up a lot of new music this past year, but these were all stellar in my opinion. Thanks for doing this @Woob_woob , always fun to see how the year end list plays out :)

In no particular order:
  • Lana Del Rey - NFR [20]
  • Billie Eilish - When we all fall asleep... [20]
  • Mark De Clive-Lowe ‎– Heritage [20]
  • The National - I Am Easy to Find [20]
  • Black Pumas - ST [20]
 
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