I kind of like the RS if only because it’s fucking bonkers specially coming from them. Weren’t they supposed to be a rockist mag?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
Well i guess they moved from rock like a decade but still it’s a really weird list in selection and positioning. Is this a reader poll or staff poll?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
RS is provocative over anything else. to go against their own rockism is perfectly in character
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
btw i highly recommend Joe Hagan's new Jann Wenner bio STICKY FINGERS, the rare biography that is fully authorized and denounced by its subject. it's like 600 pages and i inhaled it in a week.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
i guess the point is they get to praise Styles for making a really rockist album in the grand tradition of "ex pop star is like really serious oh wow"
― Centrist Pred (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
nothing against Humble but I'm surprised anyone would rate it higher than the supreme banger DNA
― niels, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
that Styles single is trash tho
― niels, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
DAMN. is an album where i could see a case made for every track on the album being the best over the others
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
Fuck ME that PopMatters site is unusable.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
IDK guys, maybe they just like the Harry Styles song? I like the Harry Styles song. It sounds absolutely nothing like Stereophonics or Travis. Not going to bother listening to the album, but it's a good single.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
*elaborate dancing gif that says "in my opinion" here*
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
It sounds absolutely nothing like Stereophonics or Travis.
I don't really remember Stereophonics but I kinda agree that it sounds like a typical 3rd or 4th single from the early 00s post-Britpop landfill era
― Simon H., Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
I was referring to other songs from that album when I said they sound like Travis.
"Sign Of The Times" def sounds like Robbie Williams tho.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
It also bothers me that the 3rd chord resolves too early in the progression and they just leave it there without generating any tension or allowing the song to move around in any unexpected directions. I guess you could call it One Directional.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
"Bittersweet Symphony" kinda did the same thing I guess but for some reason that song doesn't feel quite as boring.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
Did everybody just hate the HAIM record? Have HAIM been cancelled?
Also Moses Sumney's is not getting the love it deserves imo
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
someone was asking for the RS songs list:
1. Harry Styles - Sign of the Times2. Lorde - Homemade Dynamite3. Kendrick Lamar - Humble4. Cardi B - Bodak Yellow5. U2 - Lights of Home6. Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert - Bad and Boujee7. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber - Despacito8. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still9. Lana Del Rey feat. the Weeknd - Lust for Life10. Future - Mask Off11. Tove Styrke - Say My Name12. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar13. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You14. LCD Soundsystem - Call the Police15. Drake - Passionfruit16. Julia Michaels - Uh Huh17. Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif318. Beck - Dear Life19. Diet Cig - Sixteen20. Taylor Swift - Call It What You Want21. Arcade Fire - Everything Now22. Spoon - Hot Thoughts23. Charli XCX - Boys24. DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts25. Superorganism - Something For Your M.I.N.D.26. Tee Grizzley - First Day Out27. Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide28. Charly Bliss - Glitter29. J Balvin and Willy William - Mi Gente30. Jidenna - Bambi31. Craig Finn - God in Chicago32. Margo Price - Pay Gap33. Lil Yachty feat. Diplo - Forever Young34. Dua Lipa feat. Miguel - Lost in Your Light35. Dirty Projectors - Up in Hudson36. Dvsn - Mood37. Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie - In My World38. Gorillaz feat. Popcaan - Saturnz Barz39. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song40. Fergie feat. Nicki Minaj - You Already Know41. Kamasi Washington - Truth42. Kodak Black - Tunnel Vision43. Big Thief - Shark Smile44. Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling45. Miley Cyrus - Malibu46. Laura Marling - Wild Fire47. Willie Nelson - Delete and Fast Forward48. YFN Lucci feat. PnB Rock - Everyday We Lit49. Haim - I Want You Back50. 21 Savage - Bank Account
― damian green is people (NickB), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
thanks!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
*one of those calzino emojis*
― imago, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
honestly, ditch the 10 worst tracks and it's not that bad
― Simon H., Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
Radio X reconstructing the canon, box set by box set:
http://www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-lists/the-10-best-deluxe-vinyl-box-sets-of-2017/
― damian green is people (NickB), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link
16. Julia Michaels - Uh Huh
nice of rs to recognize the superior julia michaels single
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
Can someone be awesome and organize the links from each list in a single post? In a couple of weeks the thread will be huge.
Maybe I’ll do it if noone else does when I get home.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
The RS list recognizes the greatness of Charly Bliss, so I'm just thankful for that
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
surprised "praying" didn't show on rs's list
― dyl, Thursday, 30 November 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
Nice to see Bad Liar so high on the RS list. That's turned out to be my song of the year at this stage. Boys, Cut To The Feeling, Malibu, Glitter and Say My Name deserve to be on there too.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 30 November 2017 02:31 (six years ago) link
Ah fuck it. I was compiling these:
CBC MUSIC - Songs: http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/19299/100-best-canadian-songs-of-2017DECIBEL - Albums: https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/11/20/spoiler-decibels-top-40-albums-2017/DRIFT RECORDS - ALBUMS: https://driftrecords.com/blogs/deluxe/2017-records-of-the-yearPICCADILLY RECORDS - Albums: https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/feature.php?feature=852PITCHFORK - Overlooked Albums: https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/overlooked-albums-2017/ROUGH TRADE - Albums: https://roughtrade.com/gb/albums-of-the-year/2017UNCUT - Albums: http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/795-uncuts-75-best-albums-of-2017/2
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 November 2017 05:58 (six years ago) link
But then I realized that ALBUM OF THE YEAR kind of already aggregates every important list out there and it's easier access than open each site separately. So here' you go:
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/lists.php
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 November 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
They also have the summary which is fairly useful and mildly depressing:
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2017/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 November 2017 06:01 (six years ago) link
They unfortunately do not do Song lists it seems.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 November 2017 06:04 (six years ago) link
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/songs/best/2017/ they do aggregate songs lists but don't have the lists available in their site like the albums lists are
― ufo, Thursday, 30 November 2017 06:16 (six years ago) link
Unfortunately the page you requested does not exist, or it has moved to another location. Please use the navigation bar along the top to navigate to the page you were looking for or CLICK HERE to return to the home page.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 November 2017 06:20 (six years ago) link
That's what I get if I follow your link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 November 2017 06:21 (six years ago) link
that's really weird, it seems the link doesn't work without the '/' at the end of it
you can get there by clicking 'songs' next to 'albums' from your link anyway
― ufo, Thursday, 30 November 2017 06:58 (six years ago) link
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, November 29, 2017 4:21 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
issues>>>>
― flopson, Thursday, 30 November 2017 07:01 (six years ago) link
love uh huh tho
Bleep.com Top 10 Albums:
https://bleep.com/Albums-of-the-Year-2017
― damian green is people (NickB), Thursday, 30 November 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
^^ that Alessandro Cortini album is gorgeous.very much for fans of FAX golden era ambience.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
really loving this Photay album
― Simon H., Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
Cortini is the Nine Inch Nails guy right? have only heard the odd song off that so far
― damian green is people (NickB), Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
AOTY also puts genre-specific lists on the right rail, but does not include them in the aggregate. At this point most of the lists are the S.O.S. until we get to publications like The Wire, Louder Than War/Vive Le Rock. I miss Rock A Rolla.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
The Sampha album is showing up a lot--It didn't seem to make much impact around here
― President Keyes, Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
yup.but this is nothing like his work for that crew.its a very lovely ambient record, my fave track is 'vincere'.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
yes, he does good work, I voted for something in a previous ILX EOY poll
― sleeve, Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
― President Keyes, Thursday, November 30, 2017 9:44 AM (forty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there was a fairly negative reaction in the R&B thread iirc
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
That Haim record is really nowhere to be seen, it's this years Caracal.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
Haim had a record this year? oh
― Evan, Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
Lol @ how three blurbs in the Bleep list use the phrase "2017 belonged to" in their opening sentence.
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 30 November 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
i really wanted to like that Brainwaltzera album but it was just too busy and cloying for me.
― brimstead, Thursday, 30 November 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
lmao xpost
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 30 November 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link