Here we are again, wrapping up the past 12 months with the albums that made this year definitive to me. This year was especially excruciating, as there were tons of fantastic albums, but here a condensed 50. As always, keep in mind that this isn't a definitive or objective "best of" list, just a collection of personal favourites in relative order. You can check out a Spotify playlist of all the albums below, along with one of select songs from each. There are no download links to avoid copyright issues, though a good chunk of them are already on here if you want to check out their respective posts.
Thanks again for continuing to check this blog out, this year we hit both 1000 and 1100 posts and passed the 10-year mark on this thing. So thank you, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, though there should be a few more posts coming before the year is out. Let me know what your favourites this year have been too, I'm curious to know what you guys have been listening to. Enjoy.
Honourable Mentions:
Alexisonfire - Otherness
Brockhampton - The Family
Drake - Honestly, Nevermind
Frank Turner - FTHC
Pianos Become The Teeth - Drift
50. Flight Patterns - Flight Patterns
49. Punitive Damage - This Is The Blackout
48. Skullcrusher - Quiet The Room
47. Piri Reis - Ritma
46. Atameo - It Sure Is Sad To Hope For The Best While Expecting The Worst
45. Gillian Carter - Salvation Through Misery
44. OFF! - Free LSD
43. Mindforce - New Lords
42. Candy - Heaven Is Here
41. Earl Sweatshirt - Sick!
40. Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows
39. The Weeknd - Dawn FM
38. Knifeplay - Animal Drowning
37. Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong
36. Plains - I Walked With You A Ways
35. Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane
34. the Mountan Goats - Bleed Out
33. Father John Misty - Chloë And The Next 20th Century
32. Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever
31. KEN Mode - Null
30. Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart
29. Foxtails - Fawn
28. Massa Nera - Derramar | Querer | Borrar
27. Birds in Row - Gris Klein
26. Bartees Strange - Farm To Table
25. Björk - Fossora
24. Arm's Length - Never Before Seen, Never Again Found
23. Joyce Manor - 40 oz. To Fresno
22. Caroline - Caroline
21. Perfume Genius - Ugly Season
20. Pool Kids - Pool Kids
19. Single Mothers - Everything You Need
18. Backxwash - His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering
17. Pusha T - It's Almost Dry
16. Oso Oso - Sore Thumb
15. Gospel - The Loser
14. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
13. PUP - The Unraveling Of PUPTheBand
12. Angel Olsen - Big Time
11. City Of Caterpillar - Mystic Sisters
10. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
9. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
8. Petrol Girls - Baby
7. Black Midi - Hellfire
6. Anxious - Little Green House
5. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
4. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
3. Alvvays - Blue Rev
2.Chat Pile - God's Country
1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There