AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2019 - LIST THREAD

[Moonbeam]

My song list is going to be very confusing, I'm afraid. 2019 was a bit of a strange listening year for me. I listened to a lot of new music in 2018 and gained many new favorites. With 2019, I was quite busy with the 80s poll and didn't listen to as much new music. Moreover, much of that "new" music isn't new at all. Simply put, 2019 was the greatest year for music releases for my favorite artist ever. Not only did the Prince estate release the mindblowing album Originals, but they issued a Super Deluxe version of my favorite album of all time, 1999, with 2 discs of vault tracks, many of which I have known and loved for years. Prince in 1982 is peerless to me, and no music by any other artist can consistently compete with it. I can't begin to describe the overwhelming joy this music has brought to me, like the warmth of the sun giving birth to 1000 more suns. I haven't even been able to review the Super Deluxe yet as I can't quite find the words to describe its mastery. As such, what would normally be a near sure-fire #1 in most years, Jenny Wilson's spellbinding and electrifying "Säg vad som hände", gets relegated to 9th (!) place due to the sheer volume of gold from the Prince vault.

To put it in perspective, I think "Säg vad som hände" would have a good shot at making my all-time top 100, but so would 8 of the Prince vault tracks, including my all-time favorite song and another being the original version of my #3 song of all time, a version that I'm not entirely sure I don't love as much as the released version from 1982.

On top of that, one of the albums I fell for hardest this year is Jai Paul's Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones), which consists of older recordings.

Holden, I don't mind if you choose to delete the Prince songs and/or Jai Paul songs from my list, count them, or completely skip my list because it's too hard to manage, but I'll share anyway.

The list with everything that could be eligible:

[1] Prince - Moonbeam Levels
[2] Prince - Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) (Original Version)
[3] Prince - Rearrange
[4] Prince - Noon Rendezvous
[5] Prince - Purple Music
[6] Prince - Delirious (full length)
[7] Prince - Make-Up
[8] Prince - Love... Thy Will Be Done
[9] Jenny Wilson - Säg vad som hände
[10] Prince - Possessed (1982 version)
[11] Prince - Bold Generation
[12] Prince - Gigolos Get Lonely Too
[13] Prince - Baby, You're a Trip
[14] Prince - No Call U
[15] Allie X - Science - Analog Version
[16] Prince - Do Yourself a Favor
[17] Prince - Sex Shooter
[18] Prince - Turn It Up
[19] Jai Paul - 100,000 - Unfinished
[20] Bat for Lashes - The Hunger
[21] Jai Paul - Genevieve - Unfinished
[22] Prince - Yah, You Know
[23] Prince - Teacher, Teacher
[24] Prince - Jungle Love
[25] Jai Paul - Desert River - Unfinished
[26] Prince - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? (Take 2, Live in Studio)
[27] Prince - Wouldn't You Love to Love Me?
[28] Bat for Lashes - Mountains
[29] Prince - Vagina
[30] Bat for Lashes - Vampires
[31] Jenny Wilson - Göra saken värre
[32] Bat for Lashes - Kids in the Dark
[33] Prince - 100 MPH
[34] Prince - Manic Monday
[35] Prince - International Lover (Take 1, Live in Studio)
[36] Bat for Lashes - Feel for You
[37] Jenny Wilson - Vem är rädd för vem
[38] Jai Paul - Str8 Outta Mumbai
[39] Jenny Wilson - Jag finns inte mer
[40] Bat for Lashes - Peach Sky
[41] Prince - Feel U Up
[42] Prince - Irresistible Bitch
[43] Prince - Don't Let Him Fool Ya
[44] Carly Rae Jepsen - Julien
[45] Prince - The Glamorous Life
[46] Jai Paul - Zion Wolf Theme - Unfinished
[47] Prince - Dear Michaelangelo
[48] Madonna - Come Alive
[49] Annie Lennox - Papilio Machaon
[50] Prince - Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
[51] Allie X - Focus - Analog Version
[52] ionnalee - Open Sea
[53] Jenny Wilson - Kunde jag (ha hindrat dig)
[54] Prince - Lady Cab Driver / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head / Little Red Corvette (tour demo)
[55] Annie Lennox - Hesperiidae
[56] Prince - Holly Rock
[57] Tyler, the Creator - I Think
[58] Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake
[59] Charli XCX - Silver Cross
[60] Lizzo - Juice
[61] Charli XCX - Cross You Out
[62] Weyes Blood - Movies
[63] Bat for Lashes - Jasmine
[64] Kimbra - Lightyears
[65] Jenny Wilson - Händelseförloppet
[66] Weyes Blood - Mirror Forever
[67] Charli XCX - I Don't Wanna Know
[68] Lizzo - Jerome
[69] Charli XCX - Warm

The list minus Prince's vault stuff:

[1] Jenny Wilson - Säg vad som hände
[2] Allie X - Science - Analog Version
[3] Jai Paul - 100,000 - Unfinished
[4] Bat for Lashes - The Hunger
[5] Jai Paul - Genevieve - Unfinished
[6] Jai Paul - Desert River - Unfinished
[7] Bat for Lashes - Mountains
[8] Bat for Lashes - Vampires
[9] Jenny Wilson - Göra saken värre
[10] Bat for Lashes - Kids in the Dark
[11] Bat for Lashes - Feel for You
[12] Jenny Wilson - Vem är rädd för vem
[13] Jai Paul - Str8 Outta Mumbai
[14] Jenny Wilson - Jag finns inte mer
[15] Bat for Lashes - Peach Sky
[16] Carly Rae Jepsen - Julien
[17] Jai Paul - Zion Wolf Theme - Unfinished
[18] Madonna - Come Alive
[19] Annie Lennox - Papilio Machaon
[20] Allie X - Focus - Analog Version
[21] ionnalee - Open Sea
[22] Jenny Wilson - Kunde jag (ha hindrat dig)
[23] Annie Lennox - Hesperiidae
[24] Tyler, the Creator - I Think
[25] Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake
[26] Charli XCX - Silver Cross
[27] Lizzo - Juice
[28] Charli XCX - Cross You Out
[29] Weyes Blood - Movies
[30] Bat for Lashes - Jasmine
[31] Kimbra - Lightyears
[32] Jenny Wilson - Händelseförloppet
[33] Weyes Blood - Mirror Forever
[34] Charli XCX - I Don't Wanna Know
[35] Lizzo - Jerome
[36] Charli XCX - Warm

The list minus Prince's vault stuff and Jai Paul's vault stuff:

[1] Jenny Wilson - Säg vad som hände
[2] Allie X - Science - Analog Version
[3] Bat for Lashes - The Hunger
[4] Bat for Lashes - Mountains
[5] Bat for Lashes - Vampires
[6] Jenny Wilson - Göra saken värre
[7] Bat for Lashes - Kids in the Dark
[8] Bat for Lashes - Feel for You
[9] Jenny Wilson - Vem är rädd för vem
[10] Jenny Wilson - Jag finns inte mer
[11] Bat for Lashes - Peach Sky
[12] Carly Rae Jepsen - Julien
[13] Madonna - Come Alive
[14] Annie Lennox - Papilio Machaon
[15] Allie X - Focus - Analog Version
[16] ionnalee - Open Sea
[17] Jenny Wilson - Kunde jag (ha hindrat dig)
[18] Annie Lennox - Hesperiidae
[19] Tyler, the Creator - I Think
[20] Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake
[21] Charli XCX - Silver Cross
[22] Lizzo - Juice
[23] Charli XCX - Cross You Out
[24] Weyes Blood - Movies
[25] Bat for Lashes - Jasmine
[26] Kimbra - Lightyears
[27] Jenny Wilson - Händelseförloppet
[28] Weyes Blood - Mirror Forever
[29] Charli XCX - I Don't Wanna Know
[30] Lizzo - Jerome
[31] Charli XCX - Warm

[acroamor]

I'm starting to prepare the songs rollout to begin tomorrow. I know both Toni and Moonbeam will be submitting album lists still - are either of y'all submitting songs lists? Or anyone else before I start finalizing things?

Yes, acroamor, I will post my albums and songs list in a few hours, ok?

Awesome! Thank you!

[acroamor]

My song list is going to be very confusing, I'm afraid. 2019 was a bit of a strange listening year for me. I listened to a lot of new music in 2018 and gained many new favorites. With 2019, I was quite busy with the 80s poll and didn't listen to as much new music. Moreover, much of that "new" music isn't new at all. Simply put, 2019 was the greatest year for music releases for my favorite artist ever. Not only did the Prince estate release the mindblowing album Originals, but they issued a Super Deluxe version of my favorite album of all time, 1999, with 2 discs of vault tracks, many of which I have known and loved for years. Prince in 1982 is peerless to me, and no music by any other artist can consistently compete with it. I can't begin to describe the overwhelming joy this music has brought to me, like the warmth of the sun giving birth to 1000 more suns. I haven't even been able to review the Super Deluxe yet as I can't quite find the words to describe its mastery. As such, what would normally be a near sure-fire #1 in most years, Jenny Wilson's spellbinding and electrifying "Säg vad som hände", gets relegated to 9th (!) place due to the sheer volume of gold from the Prince vault.

To put it in perspective, I think "Säg vad som hände" would have a good shot at making my all-time top 100, but so would 8 of the Prince vault tracks, including my all-time favorite song and another being the original version of my #3 song of all time, a version that I'm not entirely sure I don't love as much as the released version from 1982.

On top of that, one of the albums I fell for hardest this year is Jai Paul's Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones), which consists of older recordings.

Holden, I don't mind if you choose to delete the Prince songs and/or Jai Paul songs from my list, count them, or completely skip my list because it's too hard to manage, but I'll share anyway.

The list minus Prince's vault stuff:

[1] Jenny Wilson - Säg vad som hände
[2] Allie X - Science - Analog Version
[3] Jai Paul - 100,000 - Unfinished
[4] Bat for Lashes - The Hunger
[5] Jai Paul - Genevieve - Unfinished
[6] Jai Paul - Desert River - Unfinished
[7] Bat for Lashes - Mountains
[8] Bat for Lashes - Vampires
[9] Jenny Wilson - Göra saken värre
[10] Bat for Lashes - Kids in the Dark
[11] Bat for Lashes - Feel for You
[12] Jenny Wilson - Vem är rädd för vem
[13] Jai Paul - Str8 Outta Mumbai
[14] Jenny Wilson - Jag finns inte mer
[15] Bat for Lashes - Peach Sky
[16] Carly Rae Jepsen - Julien
[17] Jai Paul - Zion Wolf Theme - Unfinished
[18] Madonna - Come Alive
[19] Annie Lennox - Papilio Machaon
[20] Allie X - Focus - Analog Version
[21] ionnalee - Open Sea
[22] Jenny Wilson - Kunde jag (ha hindrat dig)
[23] Annie Lennox - Hesperiidae
[24] Tyler, the Creator - I Think
[25] Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake
[26] Charli XCX - Silver Cross
[27] Lizzo - Juice
[28] Charli XCX - Cross You Out
[29] Weyes Blood - Movies
[30] Bat for Lashes - Jasmine
[31] Kimbra - Lightyears
[32] Jenny Wilson - Händelseförloppet
[33] Weyes Blood - Mirror Forever
[34] Charli XCX - I Don't Wanna Know
[35] Lizzo - Jerome
[36] Charli XCX - Warm

I'm actually handling songs this year. And well, I must say this is a different problem to have. I think the compromise I'll take will be to leave out the Prince archival tracks, but include the Jai Paul ones. I'll admit, there's not a hard rule as to why that's what makes most sense, but there have been a large number of voters who've included the Jai Paul tracks, whereas only one other voter included even a single of the Prince archival tracks. I also feel that including this selection will have the most interesting effect on the final results. I'll be including the list I've quoted here in the final tabulation, unless you or someone else takes particular issue with that decision. Let me know!

[Moonbeam]

I'm actually handling songs this year. And well, I must say this is a different problem to have. I think the compromise I'll take will be to leave out the Prince archival tracks, but include the Jai Paul ones. I'll admit, there's not a hard rule as to why that's what makes most sense, but there have been a large number of voters who've included the Jai Paul tracks, whereas only one other voter included even a single of the Prince archival tracks. I also feel that including this selection will have the most interesting effect on the final results. I'll be including the list I've quoted here in the final tabulation, unless you or someone else takes particular issue with that decision. Let me know!

Thanks, acroamor! Happy with whatever makes most sense - I concede my list is weird.

[Toni]

I’ve passed almost all of last year listening to music of the decade, but I’ve taken this month to listen to 2019 albums.

Albums:

1. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
2. Jai Paul - Leak 04-2013 (Bait Ones)
3. Brittany Howard - Jaime
4. Little Simz - GREY Area
5. Thom Yorke - Anima
6. James Blake - Assume Form
7. Lana del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
8. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
9. Solange - When I Get Home
10. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
11. Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
12. Floating Points - Crush
13. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.
14. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
15. Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center
16. Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI
17. Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
18. FKA Twigs - Magdalene
19. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Joia!
20. Bon Iver - i, i
21. Cate Le Bon - Reward
22. Anna Meredith - FIBS
23. Big Thief - Two Hands
24. Florist - Emily Alone
25. Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe

Songs:

1. Lana del Rey - California
2. Vampire Weekend feat. Danielle Haim - We Belong Together
3. Vampire Weekend - Stranger
4. Lana del Rey - Doin’ Time
5. Lana Del Rey - The Greatest
6. Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
7. Big Thief - U.F.O.F
8. Tame Impala - Patience
9. Big Thief - Forgotten Eyes
10. Jai Paul - Str8 Outta Mumbai
11. Steve Lacy - Playground
12. Hot Chip - Hungry Child
13. Brittany Howard - Stay High
14. James Blake - I’ll Come Too
15. Weyes Blood - Andromeda
16. Big Thief - Not
17. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Crime Pays
18. Lizzo - Juice
19. Billie Eilish - Wish You Were Gay
20. Weyes Blood - A Lot’s Gonna Change
21. Angel Olsen - Chance
22. Big Thief - Cattails
23. Big Thief - Jenni
24. Vampire Weekend feat. Steve Lacy - Flower Moon
25. Floating Points - LesAplx
26. Floating Points - Bias
27. Steve Lacy - Hate CD
28. James Blake - Can’t Believe the Way We Flow
29. Vampire Weekend feat. Danielle Haim - Married in a Gold Rush
30. The National - Rylan
31. Floating Points - Requiem for CS70 and Strings
32. Moses Sumney - Polly
33. Whitney - Valleys (My Love)
34. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Dewies y Dre
35. Vampire Weekend - This Life
36. Tame Impala - Borderline
37. Weyes Blood - Everyday
38. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy
39. Whitney - Rhododendron
40. Jenny Wilson - Wasted Youth

[Holden]

Alright then! If anyone else would like to put an album list forward now is the time to do so, but I am going to begin to put together the roll-out, and hopefully I will be able to start it right away once the songs roll-out is done!

[Toni]

Holden, I’ve edited my post with the songs list I was formating, ok?

[acroamor]

Alright, I've finished tabulating the songs results. New submissions for EOY 2019 songs are officially CLOSED.

I will begin the rollout in a new thread shortly.

[Holden]

Album submissions are gonna be closed too so I can start putting together the results without interruption!

[Dan]

Holden, I've just made a minor change to my albums list - I've replaced my previous #25 with Gérald Genty's Là-Haut. Thanks!

Yes, Dan ! Gérald Genty's album is great, especially the first song, "Planeur", a song that is much too low in my list stuffed with Nick Cave songs
His lyrics are excellent too about various subjects such as father/child (Planeur) or even Roger Federer (Fais des rêves). Genty is a musician and a tennis teacher

I've not paid a lot of attention to his (translated) lyrics yet, but I look forward to doing so. I do like how the sound of his chanson / folk pop makes me feel though. Thanks for making me aware of this album.