I can honestly say I’ve listened to more than a hundred albums this year – literally. See, my commute to work takes an average of four hours a day; during the latter part of the year, I was out of a job, and thus at home every day, with nothing to do but listen to albums after albums, almost in a frantic pace.
Here are 50 albums (LPs and EPs combined) I thoroughly enjoyed, ten of which I loved the most.
- Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
- BANKS – London
- Baths – Obsidian
- Caspian – Hymn For The Greatest Generation
- Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap
- CHVRCHES – The Bones Of What You Believe
- Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
- Death Grips – Government Plates
- Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
- Emily Wells – Mama (Acoustic Recordings)
- Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
- Factory Floor – Factory Floor
- G-Dragon – Coup D’Etat
- Hammock – Oblivion Hymns
- How To Destroy Angels – Welcome Oblivion
- J. Cole – Born Sinner
- James Blake – Overgrown
- Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail
- Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience
- Killer Mike & El-P – Run The Jewels
- Kilo Kish – K+
- Minus The Bear – Acoustics II
- Mogwai – Les Revenants
- My Bloody Valentine – m b v
- Neon Neon – Praxis Makes Perfect
- Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
- Pet Shop Boys – Electric
- Pusha T – My Name Is My Name
- Savages – Silence Yourself
- Sigur Rós – Kveikur
- Ta-Ku – Songs To Break Up To
- Taylor Swift – Red
- Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob
- The Internet – Feelgood
- The Strokes – Comedown Machine
- The Weeknd – Kiss Land
- Tyler, The Creator – Wolf
- Washed Out – Paracosm
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito
Top 10
10. Foals – Holy Fire
Check: ‘Inhaler’, ‘Late Night’
9. Childish Gambino – Because The Internet
Check: ‘3005’, ‘Pink Toes’, ‘Telegraph Ave’
8. Rhye – Woman
Check: ‘Shed Some Blood’, ‘One of those Summer Days’
7. HAIM – Days are Gone
Check: ‘Falling’, ‘My Song 5’
6. Disclosure – Settle
Check: ‘Latch’, ‘White Noise’, ‘Help Me Lose My Mind’
5. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Check: ‘Graceless’, ‘Heavenfaced’, ‘This Is The Last Time’
4. Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven
Check: ‘Along’, ‘Still Life’
3. Drake – Nothing Was The Same
Check: ‘Worst Behaviour’, ‘Come Thru’, ‘From Time’, ‘Too Much’
2. Arctic Monkeys – AM
Check: ‘Do You Wanna Know?’, ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’, ‘Mad Sounds’
1. Kanye West – Yeezus
EVERYTHING
Yeezus Christ Superstar
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