YEAR END MEGALIST 2022!!!!

Skacel said:
Okay, here goes.

30 points goes to:
Alvvays - Blue Rev

25 points goes to:
T/T/T - Their They’re Three

10 points goes to:
PUP - The unravelling of PUPTheBand
The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
Lamb of God - Omens

5 points goes to:
Arctic Monkeys - The Car
Gentle Sinners - These Actions Cannot Be Undone
Slipknot - The End, So Far

This is mainly based off how many spins each album got.
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20 points is the Max to give to an album
 
Skacel said:
Okay, here goes.

30 points goes to:
Alvvays - Blue Rev

25 points goes to:
T/T/T - Their They’re Three

10 points goes to:
PUP - The unravelling of PUPTheBand
The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
Lamb of God - Omens

5 points goes to:
Arctic Monkeys - The Car
Gentle Sinners - These Actions Cannot Be Undone
Slipknot - The End, So Far

This is mainly based off how many spins each album got.
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I think the most you can give a particular album is 20. I initially made the same mistake.
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
Maybe it's a matter of genre preference? I wouldn't say it was a particularly memorable year for rock. But in regards to pop, hip-hop, r&b and dance music in general, there was a lot of stuff that both pushed artistic / genre boundaries and that I am confident I'll be listening to for years.

Part of that probably has to do with the ways in which top 40 radio has completely destroyed rock's place at top of the zietgiest. All the people I know who only like rock music are the same people who think modern music sucks-- because the stuff on the radio sucks. Meanwhile, there's a lot of strong indie shit but people find their own path or scene to it so it usually stays a lot more niche than, say, the new Tove Lo or Kendrick.

Not saying that second portion is true of you by the way. We've had enough music related convos for me to know you have diverse taste. And anybody spending regular time on this forum is a music junkie. Just think it's really hard for concensus classics to form in a genre that's become so splintered.

I also thought last year was the weakest year for music in roughly a decade though and a lot of people here felt very differently. So obviously, this shit's the definition of subjective.
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It’s just a music preference thing. I only loved one album this year (Alvvays) and bought fewer than 10 new releases. Frankly that’s been my m.o. for the last 5 years or so.

I don’t think contemporary music sucks; I just don’t like most of it and generally feel that “it’s not for me.” Instead I spend 99% of my listening time exploring old music (e.g. this year, I bought 20+ ECM jazz releases from the 70s/80s).
 
I might as well post my “list”:

Alvvays - Blue Rev (20pts)
Father John Misty - Chloë and The Next 20th Century (15pts)
Nilufer Yanya - Painless (15 pts)
Belle & Sebastian - A Bit of Previous (15 pts)
Wilco - Cruel Country (15 pts)
Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa (5 pts)
Beach House - Once Twice Melody (5 pts)
Taylor Swift - Midnights (5 pts)
DOMi & JD Beck - NOT TiGHT (3 pts)
The Weeknd - Dawn FM (2 pts)

As I stated above, if I could give the Alvvays album 100 pts, I would. It’s the only 2022 album that I absolutely loved.
 
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention (20)
Alex G - God Save The Animals (15)
Gang of Youths - Angel in Real Time (12)
Horsegirl - Visiosn of a Modern Performance (8)
Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia (8)
MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs (8)
Goose - Dripfield (5)
Arctic Monkeys - The Car (5)
Bartees Strange - From Farm to Table (4)
Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful (4)
Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation (3)
Muse - Will of the People (2)
Wild Pink - ILYSM (2)
Lumenette - Around My Head (2)
Rolling Blackouts CF - Endless Rooms (2)
 
  1. Say She She - Prism (20)
  2. The Weeknd - Dawn FM (20)
  3. Taylor Swift - Midnights (20)
  4. Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls (15)
  5. Kendra Morris - Nine Lives (10)
  6. Harry Styles - Harry's House (5)
  7. Monophonics - Sage Motel (5)
  8. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (5)
There are way too many albums I've heard great things about that I just haven't bothered to check out yet (Denzel Curry, JID, Rina Sawayama, CRJ) or ones that I haven't listened to more than once yet (Beyoncé). I really need to fix that...
 
10 points a piece to my top 10.

1. Ian Noe - River Fool & Mountain Saints
2. Kevin Morby - This is a Photograph
3. Joan Shelley - The Spur
4. Jake Xerxes Fussel - Good and Green Again
5. The Deslondes - Ways & Means
6. Garcia Peoples - Dodging Dues
7. Bill Callahan - Reality
8. Plains - I Walked With You A Ways
9. John Fullbright - The Liar
10. Grace Cummings - Storm Queen

11. Twain - Noon
12. Gabe Lee - The Hometown Kid
13. Drugdealer - Hiding In Plain Sight
14. Cass McCombs - Heartmind
15. Taylor Kingman - Hollow Sound
16. Michael Rault - Michael Rault
17. SG Goodman - Teeth Marks
18. Color Green - Color Green
19. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
20. Melissa Carper - Ramblin Soul

21. Alex Izenberg - I'm Not Here.
22. Charley Crocket - The Man From Waco
23. Angel Olsen - Big Time
24. Enumclaw - Save the Baby
25. The Delines - The Sea Drift
26. Arlo McKinley - This Mess We're In
27. Sean Thompson's Weird Ears - Weird Ears
28. Lee Bagget - Anyway
29. Tami Neilson - Kingmaker
30. Julianna Riolino - All Blue

31. Staple Jr. Singers - When Do We Get Paid
32. Mama's Broke - Narrow Line
33. Lambchop - The Bible
34. Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes
35. Revelators Sounds System - Revelators
36. Mr Sam & The People People - People People People People!
37. 2nd Grade - Easy Listening
38. MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
39. Miko Marks - Feel Like Going Home
40. Early James - Strange Time To Be Alive

41. Gilla Band - Most Normal
42. Robyn Hitchcock - Shufflemania
43. Dawes - Misadventures of Dreamscroller
44. Scott Ballew - Leisure Rodeo
45. Pastor Champion - I Just Want to Be A Good Man
46. Daniel Villarreal - Panama 77
47. Simon Joyner - Songs From A Stolen Guitar
48. Joseph Allred - The Rambles & Rags of Shiloh
49. Moor Mother - Jazz Codes
50. Benjamin Tod - Songs I Swore I'd Never Write
 
Sigh - Shiki (20)
King Buffalo - Regenerator (20)
The Neptune Power Federation - Le Demon de L'amour (20)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Laminated Denim (8)
Tropical Fuck Storm - Goody Gum Drops (8)
GROOP - GROOP (8)
Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor (6)

Jason Simon - Hindsight 2020 (1)
Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation (1)
Bobby Weir & The Wolf Bros - Live in Colorado Vol. 2 (1)
Chat Pile - God's Country (1)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum (1)
Church of the Cosmic Skull - There Is No Time (1)
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes (1)
Plantamos - Razones Para Vivir (1)
Hooveriii - A Round of Applause (1)
Ghost - Impera (1)

Honorable Mentions
The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
Björk - Fossora
Kauan - Lumikuuro Live
The Comet is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Jeff Parker - Live at the Enfield Tennis Academy
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Levitation Sessions
Moon Duo - Live at Levitation
Colour Haze - Live Vol. 3
The Black Angels - Wilderness of Mirrors
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia - Saturday Night in San Francisco
Spaceslug - Memorial
Goose - Dripfield

Edit: I don't want to rethink my points, but if I'd gotten Larkin Poe - Blood Harmony on wax earlier in the year it would have risen high on my list. I'd streamed it a couple times before I finally ordered it, but that didn't do this rocking album justice. What a fun country rock album!
 
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@Rip_City
Ok, I'll just go with this. I could just go on tweaking this, but the top albums are pretty set.

1. The Smile "A Light For Attracting Attention" 20
2. Hot Chip "Freakout / Release" 15
3. Kokoroko "Could We Be More" 10
4. Kiwi Jr. "Chopper" 10
5. Ibibio Sound Machine "Electricity" 10
6. Sloan "Steady" 8
7. The Weeknd "Dawn FM" 7
8. Sault "11" 5
9. DC Gore "All These Things" 5
10. Spoon "Lucifer On The Sofa" 5
11. Drugdealer "Hiding In Plain Sight" 1
12. Mitski "Laurel Hell" 1
13. The Neptune Power Federation "Le Demon De L'Amour" 1
14. Fontaines D.C. "Skinty Fia" 1
15. Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul "Topical Dancer" 1

I may still adjust over the next two weeks, but this is what my Top 40 looks like as of today.
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The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention (20)
Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes (20)
Fergus McCreadie - Forest Floor (15)
Little Simz - No Thank You (15)
EABS - 2061 (10)
Binker & Moses - Feeding The Machine (5)
Sampa The Great - As Above, So Below (5)
Muriel Grossmann - Universal Code (5)
Akusmi - Fleeting Future (5)

@Rip_City

Not the easiest list to put together, not least as Little Simz only just came out, and I find it hard to really listen to stuff not on vinyl (applies to Sampa and Muriel too). But those top 5 stood head and shoulders above the rest for me. It's been fun listening to them all this past week to make my mind up.
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
I should always just give Angel Olsen the benefit of the doubt.

I put off listening to her new album because I can count the # of country albums I like on one finger (Golden Hour)...

This album is incredible. And like Golden Hour, it's barely country.
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I found myself listening to this album a lot this year, and noticed that I don't have a standout favorite song. I think it's a very good album that flows beautifully from track to track.
 
Poly-Rythmo said:
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention (20)
Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes (20)
Fergus McCreadie - Forest Floor (15)
Little Simz - No Thank You (15)
EABS - 2061 (10)
Binker & Moses - Feeding The Machine (5)
Sampa The Great - As Above, So Below (5)
Muriel Grossmann - Universal Code (5)
Akusmi - Fleeting Future (5)

@Rip_City

Not the easiest list to put together, not least as Little Simz only just came out, and I find it hard to really listen to stuff not on vinyl (applies to Sampa and Muriel too). But those top 5 stood head and shoulders above the rest for me. It's been fun listening to them all this past week to make my mind up.
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NIce to see EABS getting the love!
I finally picked that one up on vinyl very recently.
 
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