Thursday 17 December 2020

Albums of the Year: 2016 to 2019

Filling in some gaps from 2016 to 2019:


Albums of 2019:


20 The Murder Capital “When I Have Fears”

19 Lost Under Heaven “Love Hates What You Become”

18 Slipknot “We Are Not Your Kind”

17 Floating Points “Crush”

16 Blanck Mass “Animated Violence Mild”

15 These New Puritans “Inside the Rose”

14 Mono “Nowhere Now Here”

13 Thom Yorke “ANIMA”

12 Tool “Fear Innoculum”

11 A Winged Victory for the Sullen “The Undivided Five”

10 Shhe    "Shhe”

9.     65daysofstatic  "replicr, 2019"

8 The National “I Am Easy to Find”

7 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Ghosteen”

6 DIIV “Deceiver”

5 Pixies “Beneath the Eirie”

4 Fontaines D.C. “Dogrel”

3 The Ninth Wave “Infancy”

2 A Mote of Dust “A Mote of Dust II”

1 The Twilight Sad “It Won/t Be Like This All the Time”



Albums of 2018:


20 Dusted “Blackout Summer”

19 The Scottish Enlightenment “Potato Flower”

18 Ex:Re “Ex:Re”

17 J. Mascis “Elastic Days”

16 Daniel Avery “Song for Alpha”

15 This Will Destroy You “New Others” (Parts 1 & 2)

14 Interpol “Marauder”

13 Jon Hopkins “Singularity”

12 Spiritualized “And Nothing Hurt”

11 The Breeders “All Nerve”

10 Air Formation  “Near Miss”

9 Malcolm Middleton “Bananas”

8 The Filthy Tongues “Back to Hell”

7 Kathryn Joseph “From When I Wake The Want Is”

6 We Were Promised Jetpacks “The More I Sleep The Less I Dream”

5 Mogwai “Kin”

4 Young Fathers “Cocoa Sugar”

3 Crippled Black Phoenix “Great Escape”

2 Arctic Monkeys “Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino”

1 Mastersystem “Dance Music”




Albums of 2017:


20. Nadine Shah - "Holiday Destination"

19. Roddy Woomble - The Deluder"

18. Kite Base - "Latent Whispers"

17. Four Tet - "New Energy"

16. James Holden - "Animal Spirits"

15. Morrissey - "Low in High School"

14. Blanck Mass - "World Eater"

13. The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Damage and Joy"

12. Bicep - "Bicep"

11. Slowdive - "Slowdive

10. Maceo Plex - "Solar"

9. The Fall - "New Facts Emerge"

8. The National - "Sleep Well Beast"

7. Manchester Orchestra  - "A Black Mile to the Surface

6. LCD Soundsystem - "American Dream"

5. Deafcult - "Auras"

4. Out Lines - "Conflats"

3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Luciferian Towers

2. Gary Numan - "Savage"

1. Mogwai - "Every Country's Sun"




Albums of 2016:


25 “A Divorce Before Marriage” I Like Trains

24 “The Wilderness” Explosions in the Sky

23 “Blackstar” David Bowie

22 “Not to Disappear” Daughter

21 “Man Made Object” Go Go Penguin

20 “The Crossing “ Dextro 

19 “Meet the Humans” Steve Mason

18 “Head Carrier” Pixies

17 “Ruminations” Conor Oberst 

16 “Minor Victories” Minor Victories

15 “Requiem for Hell” Mono

14 “No Grace” Paws

13 “Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not” Dinosaur Jr

12 “Skeleton Tree” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

11 “Running Out of Love” The Radio Dept

10 “Here” Teenage Fanclub

9 “Weem” De Rosa 

8 “Heads Up” Warpaint

7 “Painting of a Panic Attack” Frightened Rabbit

6 “The Outpost” Blueneck

5 “Spiritual Songs For Lovers to Sing” Lost Under Heaven

4 “A Moon Shaped Pool” Radiohead

3 “Atomic” Mogwai 

2 “Jacob's Ladder” The Filthy Tongues 

1 “Going,  Going... “ The Wedding Present










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