2020 First Halves so far

[o.m.]

Gee! I've noticed all these half year lists on the site albumoftheyear (almost as good as AM, but hey nobody can beat AM ) In case someone wants to aggregate all these list during his holidays, please share!
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/lists.php

[StevieFan13]

I always wonder what we'd ever do with the load of "best so far" lists that come out every year. That's a ton of lists that fulfill a lot of the same criteria as EOY lists that we've never found use for.

[Holden]

I've got some time today, I can punch them into a spreadsheet.

[Holden]

I have officially typed "Lil" more than I desired to in my entire life, and I'm only on the third list.

[Matski]

If you're drawing up a list just for fun, keeping it out of the official AM rankings then that could be interesting. I would be against taking it any further though.

Given half the lists I've read I'd guess that Fiona Apple would storm into first.

[andyd1010]

Someone did this for songs last year. Is that going to happen again? I would love to go through both aggregates, but songs especially.

[Holden]

Top 50 using those 14 sources:

1 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
3 | Run the Jewels | RTJ4
4 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud
5 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia
6 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To A Tortured Mind
7 | Charli XCX | how I'm feeling now
8 | Caribou | Suddenly
9 | Grimes | Miss Anthropocene
10 | Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit | Reunions
11 | Soccer Mommy | color theory
12 | Jay Electronica | A Written Testimony
13 | Moses Sumney | græ
14 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is
15 | The Soft Pink Truth | Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
16 | Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist | Alfredo
17 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush
18 | The Weeknd | After Hours
19 | Bad Bunny | YHLQMDLG
20 | Lil Uzi Vert | Eternal Awake
21 | Hayley Williams | Petals for Armor
22 | Yaeji | WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던
23 | Pearl Jam | Gigaton
24 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways
25 | KA | Descendants of Cain
26 | Mac Miller | Circles
27 | Ashley McBryde | Never Will
28 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad
29 | Lady Gaga | Chromatica
30 | Destroyer | Have We Met
31 | Jeff Parker | Suite for Max Brown
32 | The 1975 | Notes on a Conditional Form
33 | Frances Quinlan | Likewise
34 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher
35 | Lucinda Williams | Good Souls Better Angels
36 | Oranssi Pazuzu | Mestarin Kynsi
37 | Squarepusher | Be Up a Hello
38 | Car Seat Headrest | Making A Door Less Open
39 | Rina Sawayama | SAWAYAMA
40 | Moodymann | TAKEN AWAY
41 | Kehlani | It Was Good Until It Wasn't
42 | Andy Shauf | The Neon Skyline
43 | Laura Marling | Song For Our Daughter
44 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Alles in Allem
45 | Lido Pimeinta | Miss Colombia
46 | Shabazz Palaces | The Don of Diamond Dreams
47 | Jeff Rosenstock | NO DREAM
48 | Ambrose Akinmusire | on the tender spot of every calloused moment
49 | Lil Baby | My Turn
50 | Boldy James & The Alchemist | The Price of Tea in China

[Holden]

Lists included (17 Sources Total, Bold not included in the update above)
The A.V. Club
Billboard
Complex
Consequence of Sound
Exclaim!
FLOOD
Gorilla vs. Bear
The Needle Drop
Paste
PopMatters
The Quietus
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
SPIN
Stereogum
Treble
Variety

Top 50:
1 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
3 | Run the Jewels | RTJ4
4 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud
5 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia
6 | Charli XCX | how I'm feeling now
7 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To A Tortured Mind
8 | Caribou | Suddenly
9 | Grimes | Miss Anthropocene
10 | Moses Sumney | græ
11 | Soccer Mommy | color theory
12 | Jay Electronica | A Written Testimony
13 | Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit | Reunions
14 | The Weeknd | After Hours
15 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is
16 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush
17 | Rina Sawayama | SAWAYAMA
18 | Bad Bunny | YHLQMDLG
19 | Lil Uzi Vert | Eternal Atake
20 | The Soft Pink Truth | Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
21 | Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist | Alfredo
22 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher
23 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways
24 | Mac Miller | Circles
25 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad
26 | Hayley Williams | Petals for Armor
27 | Yaeji | WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던
28 | Pearl Jam | Gigaton
29 | Laura Marling | Song For Our Daughter
30 | KA | Descendants of Cain
31 | Moodymann | TAKEN AWAY
32 | Ashley McBryde | Never Will
33 | Lady Gaga | Chromatica
34 | Destroyer | Have We Met
35 | Jeff Parker | Suite for Max Brown
36 | The 1975 | Notes on a Conditional Form
37 | Frances Quinlan | Likewise
38 | Lido Pimeinta | Miss Colombia
39 | Lucinda Williams | Good Souls Better Angels
40 | Oranssi Pazuzu | Mestarin Kynsi
41 | Dogleg | Melee
42 | Squarepusher | Be Up a Hello
43 | Car Seat Headrest | Making A Door Less Open
44 | Kehlani | It Was Good Until It Wasn't
45 | Backxwash | God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
46 | Andy Shauf | The Neon Skyline
47 | Arca | KiCk i
48 | Code Orange | Underneath
49 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Alles in Allem
50 | Shabazz Palaces | The Don of Diamond Dreams

[dr_Robert]

Thanks Holden! That’s an interesting compilation of lists.

[Jackson]

1 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

Just curious what was the gap between #1 and #2?

[Holden]

1 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

Just curious what was the gap between #1 and #2?

Fiona Apple has 612 while Perfume Genius has 509. For reference check out some of the scores on the end of year spreadsheets as I used that formula, but that’s a pretty huge gap.