MCCh 2017 (12) July 15
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:25 pm
The best albums of 2017 (update July 15)
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Tinymixtapes; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
Pharmakon: Contact
65 - Tinariwen: Elwan - 74,8 (77,5 / 13)
Highlights: Nànnuflày - Assàwt - Ténéré Tàqqàl
World
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172589.jpg[/imgsize]
64 - Priests: Nothing Feels Natural - 74,9 (77,2 / 14)
Highlights: Nothing Feels Natural - JJ - Pink White House
Post-Punk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 171840.jpg[/imgsize]
63 - Migos: Culture - 74,9 (76,2 / 17)
Highlights: Bad and Boujee - T-Shirt - Call Casting
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183857.jpg[/imgsize]
62 - Japanese Breakfast: Soft Sounds From Another Planet - 74,9 (79,3 / 8)
Highlights: Diving Woman - Boyish - Till Death
Dream Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 246104.jpg[/imgsize]
61 - Diet Cig: Swear I'm Good At This - 74,9 (77,9 / 12)
Highlights: Tummy Ache - Sixteen - Link in Bio
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 217699.jpg[/imgsize]
60 - Marika Hackman: I'm Not Your Man - 75,0 (77,0 / 15)
Highlights: Boyfriend - My Lover Cindy - Violet
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 231197.jpg[/imgsize]
59 - Spoon: Hot Thoughts – 75,1 (73,8 / 25)
Highlights: Hot Thoughts - Do I Have to Talk You Into It - I Ain’t the One
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 204891.jpg[/imgsize]
58 - Aldous Harding: Party - 75,2 (77,5 / 14)
Highlights: Imagining My Man - Living the Classics - Party
Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 241658.jpg[/imgsize]
57 - Broken Social Scene: Hug Of Thunder - 75,4 (74,7 / 23)
Highlights: Hug of Thunder - Halfway Home - Protest Song
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 262085.jpg[/imgsize]
56 - SZA: CTRL - 75,4 (78,7 / 11)
Highlights: Broken Clocks - Prom - Drew Barrymore
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 200x200]http://media.pitchfork.com/photos/593ed ... 4dfb11.jpg[/imgsize]
55 - Elbow: Little Fictions - 75,4 (75,8 / 20)
Highlights: Magnificent (She Says) - Gentle Storm - All Disco
Art Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183847.jpg[/imgsize]
54 - Julie Byrne: Not Even Happiness – 75,7 (76,3 / 19)
Highlights: Natural Blue - Follow My Voice - Sleepwalker
Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 183508.jpg[/imgsize]
53 - Future Islands: The Far Field – 75,7 (72,3 / 31)
Highlights: Ran - Shadows - Through the Roses
Synthpop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 201547.jpg[/imgsize]
52 - Mark Eitzel: Hey Mr Ferryman - 75,7 (79,0 / 11)
Highlights: Nothing and Everything - In My Role As Professional Singer and Ham - The Last Ten Years
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183212.jpg[/imgsize]
51 - Mark Lanegan Band: Gargoyle - 75,7 (76,1 / 20)
Highlights: Old Swan - Beehive - Drunk on Destruction
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 230358.jpg[/imgsize]
50 - Pallbearer: Heartless – 75,7 (78,1 / 14)
Highlights: Lie of Survival - Dancing in Madness - I Saw the End
Doom Metal
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 187090.jpg[/imgsize]
49 - Ryan Adams: Prisoner - 75,8 (74,1 / 26)
Highlights: Outbound Train - Prisoner - Anything I Say To You Now
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 191982.jpg[/imgsize]
48 - Grandaddy: Last Place - 75,8 (75,8 / 21)
Highlights: Way We Won't - Evermore - A Lost Machine
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cove ... 637713.jpg[/imgsize]
47 - Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog – 76,0 (72,6 / 31)
Highlights: My Old Man - One More Love Song - A Wolf Who Wears Sheep Clothes
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 220516.jpg[/imgsize]
46 - (Sandy) Alex G: Rocket – 76,0 (76,3 / 20)
Highlights: Sportstar - Bobby - County
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 241610.jpg[/imgsize]
45 - Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit: The Nashville Sound - 76 (78,4 / 14)
Highlights: If We Were Vampires - Anxiety - Cumberland Gap
Americana
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 231309.jpg[/imgsize]
44 - Aimee Mann: Mental Illness – 76,0 (78,7 / 13)
Highlights: Goose Snow Cone - You Never Loved Me - Patient Zero
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 208918.jpg[/imgsize]
43 - Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now - 76,1 (75,8 / 22)
Highlights: How We Met, the Long Version - What's That Perfume That You Wear? - Hotwire the Ferris Wheel
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172625.jpg[/imgsize]
42 - Sorority Noise: You're Not As _____ As You Think – 76,2 (80,5 / 8)
Highlights: No Halo - A Better Sun - A Portrait Of
Emo
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 200654.jpg[/imgsize]
41 - Blanck Mass: World Eater – 76,3 (76,9 / 19)
Highlights: Rhesus Negative - Please - Silent Treatment
Experimental
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 182849.jpg[/imgsize]
40 - Sleaford Mods: English Tapas – 76,4 (76,0 / 22)
Highlights: B.H.S. - Just Like We Do - Time Sands
Post-Punk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 192857.jpg[/imgsize]
39 - Waxahatchee: Out In The Storm - 76,4 (78,7 / 14)
Highlights: Never Been Wrong - Hear You - Brass Beam
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 265565.jpg[/imgsize]
38 - Loyle Carner: Yesterday's Gone - 76,4 (78,4 / 15)
Highlights: The Isle of Arran - Damselfly - No CD
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 160369.jpg[/imgsize]
37 - Do Make Say Think: Stubborn Persistent Illusions - 76,5 (79,5 / 12)
Highlights: And Boundless - Horripilation - Return, Return Again
Post-Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 227245.jpg[/imgsize]
36 - Colin Stetson: All This I Do For Glory – 76,6 (78,6 / 15)
Highlights: Spindrift - All This I Do for Glory - Between Water and Wind
Avant-Garde Jazz
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 230390.jpg[/imgsize]
35 - Jesca Hoop: Memories Are Now - 76,7 (79,7 / 12)
Highlights: Memories Are Now - Unsaid - The Lost Sky
Indie Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 184070.jpg[/imgsize]
34 - Sheer Mag: Need to Feel Your Love - 76,8 (80,5 / 10)
Highlights: Just Can’t Get Enough - Meet Me in the Street - Need To Feel Your Love
Power Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 258156.jpg[/imgsize]
33 - Charly Bliss: Guppy - 76,9 (81,6 / 7)
Highlights: Percolator - Gatorade - Totalizer
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 226832.jpg[/imgsize]
32 - Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors - 77,3 (74,6 / 29)
Highlights: Little Bubble - Ascent Through Clouds - Up in Hudson
Art Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 182848.jpg[/imgsize]
31 - The Afghan Whigs: In Spades – 77,5 (76,5 / 24)
Highlights: Arabian Heights - Demon in Profile - The Spell
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 220728.jpg[/imgsize]
30 - Wiley: Godfather - 77,6 (81,3 / 10)
Highlights: Can't Go Wrong - Laptop - Name Brand
Grime
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 173088.jpg[/imgsize]
29 - Ty Segall: Ty Segall - 77,8 (76,1 / 26)
Highlights: Take Care (To Comb Your Hair) - Orange Color Queen - Warm Hands (Freedom Returned)
Psychedelic Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183119.jpg[/imgsize]
28 - Jay-Z: 4:44 - 78,0 (78,9 / 18)
Highlights: Smile - 04:44 - Kill Jay Z
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 263829.jpg[/imgsize]
27 - Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up – 78,0 (76,0 / 27)
Highlights: Fool's Errand - Third of May/Ōdaigahara - I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar
Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 206339.jpg[/imgsize]
26 - PWR BTTM: Pageant - 78,3 (82,0 / 10)
Highlights: LOL - Sissy - Answer My Text
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 206365.jpg[/imgsize]
25 - Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway - 78,4 (82,1 / 10)
Highlights: The Love We Almost Had - Freedom Highway - At The Purchaser’s Option
Folk
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 195255.jpg[/imgsize]
24 - The Moonlandingz: Interplanetary Class Classics - 78,5 (82,9 / 8)
Highlights: This Cities Undone - Black Hanz - The Strangle of Anna
Neo-Psychedelia
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 198498.jpg[/imgsize]
23 - Jlin: Black Origami - 78,7 (82,4 / 10)
Highlights: Kyanite - Holy Child - Challenge To Be Continued
Footwork
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 235082.jpg[/imgsize]
22 - Big Thief: Capacity - 79,4 (81,4 / 15)
Highlights: Mythological Beauty - Shark Smile - Haley
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 251250.jpg[/imgsize]
21 - Hurray For The Riff Raff: The Navigator – 79,4 (80,8 / 17)
Highlights: Pa'lante - The Navigator - Rican Beach
Americana
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 199217.jpg[/imgsize]
20 - Ryuichi Sakamoto: async – 79,5 (83,0 / 9)
Highlights: Solari - Stakra - Life, Life
Ambient
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 219731.jpg[/imgsize]
19 - The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir – 79,6 (79,6 / 21)
Highlights: 01: Have You Seen It in the Snow? - 74: No - 02: Be True to Your Bar
Indie Pop
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 174373.jpg[/imgsize]
18 - Stormzy: Gang Signs & Prayer - 79,7 (80,4 / 19)
Highlights: Big for Your Boots - Mr Skeng - Shut Up
Grime
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 188814.jpg[/imgsize]
17 - Gas: Narkopop - 79,9 (82,9 / 12)
Highlights: Narkopop 10 - Narkopop 2 - Narkopop 5
Ambient
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 226829.jpg[/imgsize]
16 - The xx: I See You – 80,0 (77,3 / 29)
Highlights: On Hold - Say Something Loving - A Violent Noise
Indie Pop
[imgsize 240x240]http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/24233/ ... fa992b.jpg[/imgsize]
15 - Feist: Pleasure – 80,0 (78,0 / 27)
Highlights: Any Party - Pleasure - Century
Indie Rock
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 217006.jpg[/imgsize]
14 - Laurel Halo: Dust - 80,1 (82,4 / 14)
Highlights: Moontalk - Sun to Solar - Jelly
Ambient Pop
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 255217.jpg[/imgsize]
13 - Thundercat: Drunk – 80,3 (78,6 / 26)
Highlights: Show You the Way - A Fan’s Mail - Walk on By
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 195236.jpg[/imgsize]
12 - Laura Marling: Semper Femina – 80,4 (78,1 / 28)
Highlights: Nothing, Not Nearly - Soothing - Nouel
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 203348.jpg[/imgsize]
11 - Algiers: The Underside Of Power - 81,9 (81,6 / 22)
Highlights: The Underside of Power - Walk Like a Panther - A Hymn for an Average Man
Post-Punk
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 242707.jpg[/imgsize]
10 - Slowdive: Slowdive – 82,2 (80,2 / 27)
Highlights: Sugar for the Pill - Star Roving - Falling Ashes
Dream Pop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 220518.jpg[/imgsize]
09 - Arca: Arca - 82,3 (82,0 / 22)
Highlights: Desafío - Anoche - Fugaces
Art Pop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 217545.jpg[/imgsize]
08 - Father John Misty: Pure Comedy - 82,7 (80,1 / 29)
Highlights: Leaving L.A. - Total Entertainment Forever - Pure Comedy
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 213591.jpg[/imgsize]
07 - Sampha: Process - 83,2 (80,9 / 28)
Highlights: (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano - Blood on Me - Plastic 100°C
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172559.jpg[/imgsize]
06 - Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory – 83,4 (83,1 / 22)
Highlights: Big Fish - Party People - Yeah Right
Hip Hop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 258326.jpg[/imgsize]
05 - Perfume Genius: No Shape – 83,8 (82,1 / 26)
Highlights: Slip Away - Alan - Wreath
Art Pop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 220536.jpg[/imgsize]
04 - Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me – 85,7 (87,4 / 16)
Highlights: Ravens - Real Death - Toothbrush/Trash
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 300x300]http://exclaim.ca/images/mounteerie_2.jpg[/imgsize]
03 - Lorde: Melodrama - 87,7 (85,1 / 29)
Highlights: Green Light - Sober - Writer in the Dark
Art Pop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 245641.jpg[/imgsize]
02 - Run The Jewels: Run The Jewels 3 - 89,2 (86,9 / 28)
Highlights: Thursday in the Danger Room - Call Ticketron - 2100
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 162423.jpg[/imgsize]
01 - Kendrick Lamar: DAMN. – 89,3 (87,0 / 28)
Highlights: DNA. - HUMBLE. - ELEMENT.
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 223138.jpg[/imgsize]
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Tinymixtapes; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
Pharmakon: Contact
65 - Tinariwen: Elwan - 74,8 (77,5 / 13)
Highlights: Nànnuflày - Assàwt - Ténéré Tàqqàl
World
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172589.jpg[/imgsize]
64 - Priests: Nothing Feels Natural - 74,9 (77,2 / 14)
Highlights: Nothing Feels Natural - JJ - Pink White House
Post-Punk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 171840.jpg[/imgsize]
63 - Migos: Culture - 74,9 (76,2 / 17)
Highlights: Bad and Boujee - T-Shirt - Call Casting
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183857.jpg[/imgsize]
62 - Japanese Breakfast: Soft Sounds From Another Planet - 74,9 (79,3 / 8)
Highlights: Diving Woman - Boyish - Till Death
Dream Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 246104.jpg[/imgsize]
61 - Diet Cig: Swear I'm Good At This - 74,9 (77,9 / 12)
Highlights: Tummy Ache - Sixteen - Link in Bio
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 217699.jpg[/imgsize]
60 - Marika Hackman: I'm Not Your Man - 75,0 (77,0 / 15)
Highlights: Boyfriend - My Lover Cindy - Violet
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 231197.jpg[/imgsize]
59 - Spoon: Hot Thoughts – 75,1 (73,8 / 25)
Highlights: Hot Thoughts - Do I Have to Talk You Into It - I Ain’t the One
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 204891.jpg[/imgsize]
58 - Aldous Harding: Party - 75,2 (77,5 / 14)
Highlights: Imagining My Man - Living the Classics - Party
Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 241658.jpg[/imgsize]
57 - Broken Social Scene: Hug Of Thunder - 75,4 (74,7 / 23)
Highlights: Hug of Thunder - Halfway Home - Protest Song
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 262085.jpg[/imgsize]
56 - SZA: CTRL - 75,4 (78,7 / 11)
Highlights: Broken Clocks - Prom - Drew Barrymore
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 200x200]http://media.pitchfork.com/photos/593ed ... 4dfb11.jpg[/imgsize]
55 - Elbow: Little Fictions - 75,4 (75,8 / 20)
Highlights: Magnificent (She Says) - Gentle Storm - All Disco
Art Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183847.jpg[/imgsize]
54 - Julie Byrne: Not Even Happiness – 75,7 (76,3 / 19)
Highlights: Natural Blue - Follow My Voice - Sleepwalker
Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 183508.jpg[/imgsize]
53 - Future Islands: The Far Field – 75,7 (72,3 / 31)
Highlights: Ran - Shadows - Through the Roses
Synthpop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 201547.jpg[/imgsize]
52 - Mark Eitzel: Hey Mr Ferryman - 75,7 (79,0 / 11)
Highlights: Nothing and Everything - In My Role As Professional Singer and Ham - The Last Ten Years
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183212.jpg[/imgsize]
51 - Mark Lanegan Band: Gargoyle - 75,7 (76,1 / 20)
Highlights: Old Swan - Beehive - Drunk on Destruction
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 230358.jpg[/imgsize]
50 - Pallbearer: Heartless – 75,7 (78,1 / 14)
Highlights: Lie of Survival - Dancing in Madness - I Saw the End
Doom Metal
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 187090.jpg[/imgsize]
49 - Ryan Adams: Prisoner - 75,8 (74,1 / 26)
Highlights: Outbound Train - Prisoner - Anything I Say To You Now
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 191982.jpg[/imgsize]
48 - Grandaddy: Last Place - 75,8 (75,8 / 21)
Highlights: Way We Won't - Evermore - A Lost Machine
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cove ... 637713.jpg[/imgsize]
47 - Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog – 76,0 (72,6 / 31)
Highlights: My Old Man - One More Love Song - A Wolf Who Wears Sheep Clothes
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 220516.jpg[/imgsize]
46 - (Sandy) Alex G: Rocket – 76,0 (76,3 / 20)
Highlights: Sportstar - Bobby - County
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 241610.jpg[/imgsize]
45 - Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit: The Nashville Sound - 76 (78,4 / 14)
Highlights: If We Were Vampires - Anxiety - Cumberland Gap
Americana
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 231309.jpg[/imgsize]
44 - Aimee Mann: Mental Illness – 76,0 (78,7 / 13)
Highlights: Goose Snow Cone - You Never Loved Me - Patient Zero
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 208918.jpg[/imgsize]
43 - Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now - 76,1 (75,8 / 22)
Highlights: How We Met, the Long Version - What's That Perfume That You Wear? - Hotwire the Ferris Wheel
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172625.jpg[/imgsize]
42 - Sorority Noise: You're Not As _____ As You Think – 76,2 (80,5 / 8)
Highlights: No Halo - A Better Sun - A Portrait Of
Emo
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 200654.jpg[/imgsize]
41 - Blanck Mass: World Eater – 76,3 (76,9 / 19)
Highlights: Rhesus Negative - Please - Silent Treatment
Experimental
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 182849.jpg[/imgsize]
40 - Sleaford Mods: English Tapas – 76,4 (76,0 / 22)
Highlights: B.H.S. - Just Like We Do - Time Sands
Post-Punk
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39 - Waxahatchee: Out In The Storm - 76,4 (78,7 / 14)
Highlights: Never Been Wrong - Hear You - Brass Beam
Indie Rock
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38 - Loyle Carner: Yesterday's Gone - 76,4 (78,4 / 15)
Highlights: The Isle of Arran - Damselfly - No CD
Hip Hop
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37 - Do Make Say Think: Stubborn Persistent Illusions - 76,5 (79,5 / 12)
Highlights: And Boundless - Horripilation - Return, Return Again
Post-Rock
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36 - Colin Stetson: All This I Do For Glory – 76,6 (78,6 / 15)
Highlights: Spindrift - All This I Do for Glory - Between Water and Wind
Avant-Garde Jazz
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35 - Jesca Hoop: Memories Are Now - 76,7 (79,7 / 12)
Highlights: Memories Are Now - Unsaid - The Lost Sky
Indie Folk
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34 - Sheer Mag: Need to Feel Your Love - 76,8 (80,5 / 10)
Highlights: Just Can’t Get Enough - Meet Me in the Street - Need To Feel Your Love
Power Pop
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33 - Charly Bliss: Guppy - 76,9 (81,6 / 7)
Highlights: Percolator - Gatorade - Totalizer
Indie Rock
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32 - Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors - 77,3 (74,6 / 29)
Highlights: Little Bubble - Ascent Through Clouds - Up in Hudson
Art Pop
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31 - The Afghan Whigs: In Spades – 77,5 (76,5 / 24)
Highlights: Arabian Heights - Demon in Profile - The Spell
Alternative Rock
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30 - Wiley: Godfather - 77,6 (81,3 / 10)
Highlights: Can't Go Wrong - Laptop - Name Brand
Grime
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29 - Ty Segall: Ty Segall - 77,8 (76,1 / 26)
Highlights: Take Care (To Comb Your Hair) - Orange Color Queen - Warm Hands (Freedom Returned)
Psychedelic Rock
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28 - Jay-Z: 4:44 - 78,0 (78,9 / 18)
Highlights: Smile - 04:44 - Kill Jay Z
Hip Hop
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27 - Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up – 78,0 (76,0 / 27)
Highlights: Fool's Errand - Third of May/Ōdaigahara - I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar
Folk
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26 - PWR BTTM: Pageant - 78,3 (82,0 / 10)
Highlights: LOL - Sissy - Answer My Text
Indie Rock
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25 - Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway - 78,4 (82,1 / 10)
Highlights: The Love We Almost Had - Freedom Highway - At The Purchaser’s Option
Folk
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24 - The Moonlandingz: Interplanetary Class Classics - 78,5 (82,9 / 8)
Highlights: This Cities Undone - Black Hanz - The Strangle of Anna
Neo-Psychedelia
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23 - Jlin: Black Origami - 78,7 (82,4 / 10)
Highlights: Kyanite - Holy Child - Challenge To Be Continued
Footwork
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22 - Big Thief: Capacity - 79,4 (81,4 / 15)
Highlights: Mythological Beauty - Shark Smile - Haley
Indie Rock
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21 - Hurray For The Riff Raff: The Navigator – 79,4 (80,8 / 17)
Highlights: Pa'lante - The Navigator - Rican Beach
Americana
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20 - Ryuichi Sakamoto: async – 79,5 (83,0 / 9)
Highlights: Solari - Stakra - Life, Life
Ambient
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19 - The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir – 79,6 (79,6 / 21)
Highlights: 01: Have You Seen It in the Snow? - 74: No - 02: Be True to Your Bar
Indie Pop
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18 - Stormzy: Gang Signs & Prayer - 79,7 (80,4 / 19)
Highlights: Big for Your Boots - Mr Skeng - Shut Up
Grime
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17 - Gas: Narkopop - 79,9 (82,9 / 12)
Highlights: Narkopop 10 - Narkopop 2 - Narkopop 5
Ambient
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16 - The xx: I See You – 80,0 (77,3 / 29)
Highlights: On Hold - Say Something Loving - A Violent Noise
Indie Pop
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15 - Feist: Pleasure – 80,0 (78,0 / 27)
Highlights: Any Party - Pleasure - Century
Indie Rock
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14 - Laurel Halo: Dust - 80,1 (82,4 / 14)
Highlights: Moontalk - Sun to Solar - Jelly
Ambient Pop
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13 - Thundercat: Drunk – 80,3 (78,6 / 26)
Highlights: Show You the Way - A Fan’s Mail - Walk on By
Neo-Soul
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12 - Laura Marling: Semper Femina – 80,4 (78,1 / 28)
Highlights: Nothing, Not Nearly - Soothing - Nouel
Singer-Songwriter
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11 - Algiers: The Underside Of Power - 81,9 (81,6 / 22)
Highlights: The Underside of Power - Walk Like a Panther - A Hymn for an Average Man
Post-Punk
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10 - Slowdive: Slowdive – 82,2 (80,2 / 27)
Highlights: Sugar for the Pill - Star Roving - Falling Ashes
Dream Pop
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09 - Arca: Arca - 82,3 (82,0 / 22)
Highlights: Desafío - Anoche - Fugaces
Art Pop
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08 - Father John Misty: Pure Comedy - 82,7 (80,1 / 29)
Highlights: Leaving L.A. - Total Entertainment Forever - Pure Comedy
Singer-Songwriter
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07 - Sampha: Process - 83,2 (80,9 / 28)
Highlights: (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano - Blood on Me - Plastic 100°C
Alternative R&B
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06 - Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory – 83,4 (83,1 / 22)
Highlights: Big Fish - Party People - Yeah Right
Hip Hop
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05 - Perfume Genius: No Shape – 83,8 (82,1 / 26)
Highlights: Slip Away - Alan - Wreath
Art Pop
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04 - Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me – 85,7 (87,4 / 16)
Highlights: Ravens - Real Death - Toothbrush/Trash
Singer-Songwriter
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03 - Lorde: Melodrama - 87,7 (85,1 / 29)
Highlights: Green Light - Sober - Writer in the Dark
Art Pop
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02 - Run The Jewels: Run The Jewels 3 - 89,2 (86,9 / 28)
Highlights: Thursday in the Danger Room - Call Ticketron - 2100
Hip Hop
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01 - Kendrick Lamar: DAMN. – 89,3 (87,0 / 28)
Highlights: DNA. - HUMBLE. - ELEMENT.
Hip Hop
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