YEAR END MEGALIST 2022!!!!

Joe Mac said:
1. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention 20 points
2. Taylor Swift - Midnights 18 points
3. Arctic Monkeys - The Car 15 points
4. Nilüfer Yanya - Painless 12 points
5. Mitski - Laurel Hell 10 points
6. Angel Olsen - Big Time 8 points
7. Julia Jacklin - Pre Pleasure 5 points
8. Telefís - a hAon 4 points
9. Anna Mieke - Theatre 3 points
10. Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear The Heart 2 points

11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down 2 points
12. Liam Gallagher - C’mon You Know 1 point

Top 15 Outside The Points

13. Telefís - a Dó
14. Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia
15. Bloc Party Alpha Games
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Glad to see someone else showing some love to Telefís!
 
I am extending the deadline for list submission to the very end of the year, seeing as I will be at work on Friday night.
The new (and final) deadline is Saturday Dec 31, 2022 at 11:59 PM [PST]. Results should be posted promptly on New Year's Day.

You can edit your list up until then if needed.
 
@Rip_City

10 points each (alphabetical order, I can't play favorites)

Alvvays - Blue Rev
Amanda Shires - Take it Like a Man
The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
Danielle Ponder - Some of Us Are Brave
Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
Lucius - Second Nature
Miranda Lambert - Palomino
MUNA - MUNA
Perea Elsewhere - Home
Yumi Zouma - Present Tense
 
gcowgill said:
@Rip_City
1- Arctic Monkeys The Car 10 pts.
2- Nilufer Yanya Painless 8 pts.
3- Spoon Lucifer on the Sofa 8 pts.
4- Elvis Costello & The Imposters The Boy Named If 7 pts.
5- Sudan Archives Natural Brown Prom Queen 7 pts.
6- Destroyer Labyrinthitis 6 pts.
7- Hurray for the Riff Raff Life on Earth 6 pts.
8- Beyonce Renaissance 5 pts.
9- Guided by Voices Crystal Nuns Cathedral 5 pts.
10- Jockstrap I Love You, Jennifer B 4 pts.
11- Superchunk Wild Loneliness 4 pts.
12- Andrew Bird Inside Problems 3 pts.
13- Beth Orton Weather Alive 3 pts.
14- Tears for Fears The Tipping Point 3 pts.
15- Guided by Voices Tremblers and Goggles by Rank 3 pts.
16- Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 3 pts.
17- Mitski Laurel Hell 2 pts.
18- Weyes Blood And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow 2 pts.
19- The Beths Expert in a Dying Field 2 pts.
20- The Weather Station How Is It I Should Look At The Stars 2 pts.
21- Drive-By Truckers Welcome to Club XIII 2 pts.
22- Sharon Van Etten We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong 2 pts.
23- Robyn Hitchcock Shufflemania! 1 pt.
24- The Smile A Light for Attracting Attention 1 pt.
25- Father John Misty Chloe & The Next 20th Century 1 pt.

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Heck yeah DBT!
Also I need to revisit that Costello - I definitely remember really liking it.
 
@Rip_City

My top 11 of 2022

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter (20 pts)
Weyes Blood - And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (15 pts)
Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen (15 pts)
Arctic Monkeys - The Car (10 pts)
Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B (10 pts)
Orville Peck - Bronco (5 pts)
Cate le Bon - Pompeii (5 pts)
Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century (5 pts)
Shannon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong (5 pts)
Angel Olsen - Big Time (5 pts)
Alvvays - Blue Rev (5 pts)
 
gcowgill said:
@Rip_City
1- Arctic Monkeys The Car 10 pts.
2- Nilufer Yanya Painless 8 pts.
3- Spoon Lucifer on the Sofa 8 pts.
4- Elvis Costello & The Imposters The Boy Named If 7 pts.
5- Sudan Archives Natural Brown Prom Queen 7 pts.
6- Destroyer Labyrinthitis 6 pts.
7- Hurray for the Riff Raff Life on Earth 6 pts.
8- Beyonce Renaissance 5 pts.
9- Guided by Voices Crystal Nuns Cathedral 5 pts.
10- Jockstrap I Love You, Jennifer B 4 pts.
11- Superchunk Wild Loneliness 4 pts.
12- Andrew Bird Inside Problems 3 pts.
13- Beth Orton Weather Alive 3 pts.
14- Tears for Fears The Tipping Point 3 pts.
15- Guided by Voices Tremblers and Goggles by Rank 3 pts.
16- Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 3 pts.
17- Mitski Laurel Hell 2 pts.
18- Weyes Blood And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow 2 pts.
19- The Beths Expert in a Dying Field 2 pts.
20- The Weather Station How Is It I Should Look At The Stars 2 pts.
21- Drive-By Truckers Welcome to Club XIII 2 pts.
22- Sharon Van Etten We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong 2 pts.
23- Robyn Hitchcock Shufflemania! 1 pt.
24- The Smile A Light for Attracting Attention 1 pt.
25- Father John Misty Chloe & The Next 20th Century 1 pt.

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Glad to see I'm not the only one who liked that new Tears For Fears album. Probably my biggest surprise this year.
 
Knowing myself as well as I do, I'm sure I'll continue to tinker neurotically with the order for my Final 49, but I reckon these are well enough in place that any order change shouldn't affect any point allocation.

15 POINTS
Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes
Erik Satie - Fragments
Snotty Nose Rez Kids - I'M GOOD, HBU?

10 POINTS
Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor
Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile
Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

3 POINTS
Rippin Chicken - Rippin Chicken
Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen
Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
Chat Pile - God’s Country
Psalm One x Custom Made - Bigg Perrm

2 POINTS
The Plastik Beatniks ‎– All Those Streets I Must Find Cities For
700 Bliss - Nothing to Declare
Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever
Willie Nelson - A Beautiful Time
Heroes Are Gang Leaders - LeAutoRoiOgraphy

@Rip_City
 
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So here's my point giving. I've mostly focussed on what I've turned out to listen to most this year.

20 Beyonce "Renaissance"

15 Mylene Farmer "L' Emprise"
15 Amber Mark "Three Dimensions Deep"

7 Rosalia "Motomami"
7 Ezra Collective "Where I'm meant to be"
7 Florence and The Machine "Dance Fever"

5 Charlie XCX "Crush"
5 Jenny Hval "Classic Objects"
5 Björk "Fossora"
5 Florist "Florist"

3 Taylor Swift "Midnight's"
3 Charlotte Adigery "Tropical Dancer"
3 Bonobo "Fragments"

@Rip_City
 
I don't listen to enough "new" music to make a best of the year - so this is my annual "best purchases of the year" list -

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Don't worry about adding any of these to an official counting.

I usually just listen to my top 10 or so, but I just don't have the time this year. Since my job changed mid way through the year I don't really have the same 3 days on/4 days off schedule to keep up playing.
 
1. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention (20)
2. Arcade Fire - WE (15)
3. Wet Leg - Wet Leg (11)
4. Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island (8)
5. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (6)
6. Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS (5)
7. Nils Frahm - Music for Animals (5)
8. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes (5)
9. Hermanos Gutiérrez - El Bueno Y El Malo (5)
10. Let's Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons (5)

bonus points:

Daniel Villarreal - Panamá 77 (3)
caroline - caroline (3)
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Åland Islands (3)
Plaid - Feorm Falorx (3)
Björk - Fossora (3)

re: AF. it'll never be the same, I did manage to get rid of my tix for their Montreal and Toronto shows but I won't pretend that their record - or their Osheaga set, a few weeks before the Pitchfork article - weren't among my 2022 saving graces

@Rip_City
 
This year was full of albums that would be in that 5-15 range for me in a typical year, but none that really stood out at the top. Still a good year in music though.

Point getters:
1. Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights (12)
2. Harry Styles ‐ Harry’s House (12)
3. St. Paul and the Broken Bones - The Alien Coast (12)
4. Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry (8)
5. Charlie Puth - CHARLIE (8)
6. SZA - SOS (8)
7. Lady Wray - Piece of Me (6)
8. Tate McRae - I Used To Think I Could Fly (6)
9. Taylor Swift - Midnights (6)
10. Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes (6)
11. Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls (4)
12. Son Little - Like Neptune (4)
13. The Weeknd - Dawn FM (4)
14. Nas - King’s Disease III (2)
15. Say She She - Prism (2)

Honorable Mentions:
16. Maren Morris - Humble Quest
17. DJ Premier - Hip Hop 50: Vol. 1
18. Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep
19. The Dip - Sticking With It
20. The Lumineers - BRIGHTSIDE
21. Surfaces - Hidden Youth
22. Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2
23. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
24. Stick Figure - Wisdom
25. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Moon
26. Run The Jewels - RTJ CU4TRO
27. JVKE - this is what ____ feels like (Vol. 1-4)
28. The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie
29. Monophonics - Sage Motel
30. Jitwam - Third
31. Marlowe - Marlowe 3
32. Logic - Vinyl Days
33. The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Step Down
34. Lupe Fiasco - Drill Music in Zion
35. blackbear - in loving memory
36. Saba - Few Good Things
37. Thomas Rhett - Where We Started
38. Lizzo - Special
39. Ivy Sole - Candid
40. Sofi Tukker - Wet Tennis

@Rip_City Thanks for keeping this going!
 
Here’s my list. Thanks @Rip_City for doing this.

Beyoncé: Renaissance - 10 points
Chat Pile: Gods Country - 9 points
Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - 8 points
The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention - 8 points
Pusha T: Its Almost Dry - 6 points
JID: The Forever Story - 6 points
Beach House: Once Twice Melody - 5 points
Orville Peck: Bronco - 5 points
Rosalia: MOTOMAMI - 5 points
FKA twigs: CAPRISONGS - 5 points
Father John Misty: Chloe and the Next 20th Century - 4 points
Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia - 4 points
Freddie Gibbs: $oul $old $eparately - 4 points
Ravyn Lenae: HYPNOS - 4 points
MJ Lenderman: Boat Songs - 3 points
Daniel Rossen: You Belong There - 3 points
Jockstrap: I Love You Jennifer B - 3 points
Backxwash: HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING - 3 points
Soul Glo: Diaspora Problems - 3 points
Zeal & Ardor: Zeal & Ardor - 2 points
 
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