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Best Albums of 2017
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:11 am
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:11 am
Alright, treblejunkies, 2017 is in the books, and so shall we reflect some on the year in music?
The easiest topic of discussion, of course, is what the best (your favorite) albums of the year were. There was this cool thing thatthe poster Ballou (sp?) did for a couple years running at the end of the year where we all had a given amount of points to allocate, and then we all listed our favorite albums of hte year with with our weights allocated accordingly.
I liked that. I'm not going to guarantee that I"m gonna come back on here and tally them all up like Balou did, but by God, I'll do the best i can to carve out the time and do the tallying
How about we do it like so.
Total # of points you have to work with: 75
Maximum number of points a single album can receive: 15
So you can spread your 75 points around among as many albums that you want to list (less than 51, of course, as each album you list must be worthy of a single point or it's not worthy to be listed). However, you are not required ot use all 75 points. If you only thought one album was worth a shite this year, then give it 15 points and be done with that Like so:
Sweet sweet new Nickelback album - 15
And of course there's nothing stopping anybody from listing a few albums that didn't make the points cutoff as honorable mentions.
As we all try our best to list and rank in accordance with our own unique tastes, let's do keep in mind that our tastes are our own and are meant to be varied. If I see 10 people listing focking War on Drugs as their favorite album I'm gonna shoot myself in the face and therefore be unable to to do any tallying.*
I'll start the show while reserving my right to tweak this as I am not in front of my laptop (which is the computer where I have all my music, and could quickly scan all the albums i listened to in 2017.
Beck - Colors: 12
Portugal. The man - Woodstock: 11
Haim - Something to tell you: 11
Phoenix - Ti Ammo: 8
Lorde - Melodrama: 5
Foster The People -- Sacred Hearts Club: 5
Spoon - Hot Thoughts: 5
Arcade Fire - Everything Now: 4
Avicii - Avici (01) EP: 4
Afghan Whigs - In Spades: 3
St. Vincent - Masseduction: 3
Cults - Offering: 3
Bishop Briggs - Bishop Briggs EP - 1
And, yes, I listened to Kendrick's album. I will apologize for neither inclusions nor omissions. Because, my list.
Now make yours.
________________________
*nothing against 'war on drugs', it's just the first album that came to mind as being sort of a bit of a cool kids album on this board.
The easiest topic of discussion, of course, is what the best (your favorite) albums of the year were. There was this cool thing thatthe poster Ballou (sp?) did for a couple years running at the end of the year where we all had a given amount of points to allocate, and then we all listed our favorite albums of hte year with with our weights allocated accordingly.
I liked that. I'm not going to guarantee that I"m gonna come back on here and tally them all up like Balou did, but by God, I'll do the best i can to carve out the time and do the tallying
How about we do it like so.
Total # of points you have to work with: 75
Maximum number of points a single album can receive: 15
So you can spread your 75 points around among as many albums that you want to list (less than 51, of course, as each album you list must be worthy of a single point or it's not worthy to be listed). However, you are not required ot use all 75 points. If you only thought one album was worth a shite this year, then give it 15 points and be done with that Like so:
Sweet sweet new Nickelback album - 15
And of course there's nothing stopping anybody from listing a few albums that didn't make the points cutoff as honorable mentions.
As we all try our best to list and rank in accordance with our own unique tastes, let's do keep in mind that our tastes are our own and are meant to be varied. If I see 10 people listing focking War on Drugs as their favorite album I'm gonna shoot myself in the face and therefore be unable to to do any tallying.*
I'll start the show while reserving my right to tweak this as I am not in front of my laptop (which is the computer where I have all my music, and could quickly scan all the albums i listened to in 2017.
Beck - Colors: 12
Portugal. The man - Woodstock: 11
Haim - Something to tell you: 11
Phoenix - Ti Ammo: 8
Lorde - Melodrama: 5
Foster The People -- Sacred Hearts Club: 5
Spoon - Hot Thoughts: 5
Arcade Fire - Everything Now: 4
Avicii - Avici (01) EP: 4
Afghan Whigs - In Spades: 3
St. Vincent - Masseduction: 3
Cults - Offering: 3
Bishop Briggs - Bishop Briggs EP - 1
And, yes, I listened to Kendrick's album. I will apologize for neither inclusions nor omissions. Because, my list.
Now make yours.
________________________
*nothing against 'war on drugs', it's just the first album that came to mind as being sort of a bit of a cool kids album on this board.
This post was edited on 1/14/18 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:15 am to MidnightVibe
Seriously though that new TWOD record is the best new album I’ve heard in years. This list is suspect af
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:24 am to Clint Torres
quote:
Seriously though that new TWOD record is the best new album I’ve heard in years. This list is suspect af
It's no Future Islands or The National, or LCD Soundsystem.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 8:41 am to MidnightVibe
quote:
Total # of points you have to work with: 50
Maximum number of points a single album can receive: 15 So you can spread your 75 points around among
I’m a little confused. Is it 50 or 75 points? Based on your list, I’m assuming 75 (it actually adds up to 80 though).
This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 9:13 am
Posted on 1/11/18 at 9:06 am to MidnightVibe
Real Estate - In Mind - 15
Jason Isbell - The Nashville Sound - 15
Jason Isbell - The Nashville Sound - 15
Posted on 1/11/18 at 9:16 am to MidnightVibe
Here is my list, assuming it is 75 points. I thought it was a pretty deep year, so I listed a bunch of albums. I hope nine more people don’t put the TWOD first.
The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding 12
Big Thief- Capacity 8
LCD Soundsystem- American Dream 5
Alvvays- Antisocialites 5
Slowdive- Slowdive 5
Protomartyr- Relatives in Descent 3
The National- Sleep Well Beast 3
Fleet Foxes- Crack Up 3
Sorority Noise- You’re Not As ______ You Think 3
Priests- Nothing Feels Natural 3
Alex G- Rocket 3
The New Pornographers- White Conditions 3
Wolf Parade- Cry Cry Cry 2
The Magnetic Fields- 50 Song Memoir 2
Cloud Nothings- Life Without Sound 2
Charly Bliss- Guppy 2
White Reaper- The Best American Rock Band 2
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit- The Nashville Sound 2
Kendrick Lamar- Damn 1
Vince Staples- Big Fish Theory 1
Japandroids- Near to the Wild Heart of Life 1
Broken Social Scene- Hug of Thunder 1
Spoon- Hot Thoughts 1
Manchester Orchestra- A Black Mile to the Surface 1
Ratboys- GN 1
The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding 12
Big Thief- Capacity 8
LCD Soundsystem- American Dream 5
Alvvays- Antisocialites 5
Slowdive- Slowdive 5
Protomartyr- Relatives in Descent 3
The National- Sleep Well Beast 3
Fleet Foxes- Crack Up 3
Sorority Noise- You’re Not As ______ You Think 3
Priests- Nothing Feels Natural 3
Alex G- Rocket 3
The New Pornographers- White Conditions 3
Wolf Parade- Cry Cry Cry 2
The Magnetic Fields- 50 Song Memoir 2
Cloud Nothings- Life Without Sound 2
Charly Bliss- Guppy 2
White Reaper- The Best American Rock Band 2
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit- The Nashville Sound 2
Kendrick Lamar- Damn 1
Vince Staples- Big Fish Theory 1
Japandroids- Near to the Wild Heart of Life 1
Broken Social Scene- Hug of Thunder 1
Spoon- Hot Thoughts 1
Manchester Orchestra- A Black Mile to the Surface 1
Ratboys- GN 1
Posted on 1/11/18 at 9:47 am to MidnightVibe
TWOD- A Deeper Understanding 15
Isbell- The Nashville Sound: 15
Stapleton- From A Room 1&2: 15
QOTSA- Villains: 15
Tyler Childers- Purgatory: 5
Turnpike Troubadors- A Long Way From Your Heart: 3
Japandroids- Near to the Wild Heart of Life: 3
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires- Youth Detention: 2
Banditos- Visionland: 2
Isbell- The Nashville Sound: 15
Stapleton- From A Room 1&2: 15
QOTSA- Villains: 15
Tyler Childers- Purgatory: 5
Turnpike Troubadors- A Long Way From Your Heart: 3
Japandroids- Near to the Wild Heart of Life: 3
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires- Youth Detention: 2
Banditos- Visionland: 2
Posted on 1/11/18 at 10:05 am to The Seaward
Queens of the Stone Age - Villains - 20
Beck - Colors - 20
King Gizzard - Murder of the Universe - 10
King Gizzard - Sketches of Brunswick East - 10
Spoon - Hot Thoughts - 10
BNQT - Volume 1 - 5
Beck - Colors - 20
King Gizzard - Murder of the Universe - 10
King Gizzard - Sketches of Brunswick East - 10
Spoon - Hot Thoughts - 10
BNQT - Volume 1 - 5
Posted on 1/11/18 at 10:10 am to SUB
No clue whats exactly going on
Tyler Childers-Purgatory(15)
Jason Isbell-The Nashville Sound(15)
Ruston Kelly-Halloween(15)
Tyler Childers-Purgatory(15)
Jason Isbell-The Nashville Sound(15)
Ruston Kelly-Halloween(15)
Posted on 1/11/18 at 10:19 am to MidnightVibe
quote:
Total # of points you have to work with: 50
quote:
So you can spread your 75 points
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:35 am to MidnightVibe
Pallbearer-Heartless
Dying Fetus-Wrong One to frick With
Mastodon-Cold Dark Place
Enslaved-E
Igorr-Savage Sinusoid
Cannibal Corpse-Red Before Black
Dying Fetus-Wrong One to frick With
Mastodon-Cold Dark Place
Enslaved-E
Igorr-Savage Sinusoid
Cannibal Corpse-Red Before Black
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:47 am to MidnightVibe
SZA - Ctrl
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
TWOD - A Deeper Understanding
Chris Stapleton - From A Room
The National - Sleep Well Beast
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
TWOD - A Deeper Understanding
Chris Stapleton - From A Room
The National - Sleep Well Beast
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:09 pm to SUB
Mac Demarco "This Old Dog" 10
Spoon "Hot Thoughts" 10
LCD Soundsystem "American Dream" 10
Landlady "The World is a Loud Place" 6
Kendrick Lamar "Damn" 5
The National "Sleep Well Beast" 5
Beck "Colors" 4
Portugal. The Man "Woodstock" 4
The War on Drugs "A Deeper Understanding" 4
Arcade Fire "Everything Now" 3
Action Bronson "Blue Chips 7000" 3
Thee Oh Sees (Oh Sees) "Orc" 3
QOTSA "Villians" 3
Fleet Foxes "Crack Up" 3
St. Vincent "Masseduction" 2
A little disappointed with Everything Now, Crack Up, and Villians maybe just because of how much I like the bands; otherwise they'd be a little higher.
Spoon "Hot Thoughts" 10
LCD Soundsystem "American Dream" 10
Landlady "The World is a Loud Place" 6
Kendrick Lamar "Damn" 5
The National "Sleep Well Beast" 5
Beck "Colors" 4
Portugal. The Man "Woodstock" 4
The War on Drugs "A Deeper Understanding" 4
Arcade Fire "Everything Now" 3
Action Bronson "Blue Chips 7000" 3
Thee Oh Sees (Oh Sees) "Orc" 3
QOTSA "Villians" 3
Fleet Foxes "Crack Up" 3
St. Vincent "Masseduction" 2
A little disappointed with Everything Now, Crack Up, and Villians maybe just because of how much I like the bands; otherwise they'd be a little higher.
This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 1/11/18 at 2:46 pm to BigOrangeVols
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface - 15
alt-J - Relaxer - 5
alt-J - Relaxer - 5
Posted on 1/11/18 at 2:58 pm to jumbo
quote:
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface - 15
QOSTA Villains 15
Posted on 1/11/18 at 3:08 pm to AUtigerNOLA
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (15)
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (10)
Lorde - Melodrama (10)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe (10)
Kevin Morby - City Music (5)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (5)
Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights (5)
Sorority Noise - You're Not as __ as You Think (5)
Alvvays - Antisocialities (4)
Big KRIT - 4eva is a Mighty Long Time (3)
White Reaper - The World's Best American Band (3)
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (10)
Lorde - Melodrama (10)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe (10)
Kevin Morby - City Music (5)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (5)
Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights (5)
Sorority Noise - You're Not as __ as You Think (5)
Alvvays - Antisocialities (4)
Big KRIT - 4eva is a Mighty Long Time (3)
White Reaper - The World's Best American Band (3)
Posted on 1/11/18 at 4:31 pm to novowels
I'll add King Kruel "The Ooz"
Posted on 1/14/18 at 11:05 am to MidnightVibe
Never heard some of these albums so went to check them out. Wtf is this hype about War on Drugs?! Not impressed at all. Sounds like what Don Henley did after leaving the Eagles. Not bad music if you in to that sort of sound. But I’m not.
Posted on 1/14/18 at 7:37 pm to The Seaward
quote:
I’m a little confused. Is it 50 or 75 points? Based on your list, I’m assuming 75 (it actually adds up to 80 though).
Sorry, 75. Changed now. If mine is to 80, I messed up. Will recount.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 4:57 pm to The Seaward
quote:
Here is my list, assuming it is 75 points. I thought it was a pretty deep year, so I listed a bunch of albums. I hope nine more people don’t put the TWOD first.
Nothing against war on drugs, I just appreciate list diversity is all.
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