2017 end of the year lists

i am listening to this arcane roots record i've never heard of and i think it might be right up simon's alley? mine as well tbh

I look forward to the bafflement that rummaging through these lists will inevitably generate.

Also… Papa Roach?

Dazed & Confused - The 20 best albums of 2017

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/38392/1/the-20-best-albums-of-2017

Vinyl Factory: Our favourite DJs on the tracks that defined the dance floor in 2017

https://thevinylfactory.com/features/favourite-djs-tracks-defined-dance-floor-2017/

Dazed & Confused - The 20 best K-Pop songs of 2017

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/38328/1/the-20-best-k-pop-songs-of-2017

Anneli Drecker (whose solo album appears on the Textura list) also appears on the excellent Justin Adams album, Ribbons (also from this year). I couldn't get into the solo Drecker album, but maybe I'll try again.

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I can definitely see this.

My take on "Bodak" is that I understand why people gravitate to it but don't really enjoy it much.

i don't remember all the p&j singles winners but this definitely seems to be the year w/ the least obvious #1 in quite a while ... like Bodak Yellow is fine but it feels like it's topping these lists because there just isn't that much competition. (side note to this: I think 3 or 4 songs from DAMN are sort of cannibalizing each other w/r/t 'best songs' lists.)

To those who've heard most of the stuff on these lists (assuming you exist): what's your average play count per album and how much 'older' music have you listened to this year?

This is def not me but I've honestly been finding it hard enough to digest (and even remember) all the music I did get.

Another question kinda related to that: how many 2017 albums have people even heard so far this year? I assume that it's gonna be a lot for the professional critics here, but how about everyone else? I've only heard about 40 but I'm gonna plow my way through a whole bunch more before i dare try to make any lists

Non-critic/non-blogger/non-DJ here. I would say I've heard at least a 100, maybe up 150 or even 200. There are a lot of things I listen to once and then largely forget about.

Probably around 180 here, but that used to be higher. Now I have a real job so I have less time for music.

who cares how many you've heard, that's fucking absurd, peace

not about quantity, but quality..?

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-rap-albums-of-2017/

1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
2. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
3. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
4. JAY-Z - 4:44
5. Migos - Culture
6. Future - HNDRXX
7. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
8. Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
9. Drake - More Life
10. Lil B - Black Ken
11. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
12. Wiki - No Mountains in Manhattan
13. Chief Keef - Thot Breaker
14. Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2
15. MIKE - May God Bless Your Hustle
16. Kamaiyah - Before I Wake
17. 2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
18. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - A.I. Youngboy
19. milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?!
20. Rapsody - Laila’s Wisdom

I haven't heard any!

unless you count clips, in which case Ive heard 1, the album by Atree (and not just because its by a tree though it played into it a little bit I will concede)

I have only listened to TQD's "Baked Beans" on a loop all year

oh but i see where you're going with this, how did I know such a thing existed and it is because its by atree but it doesnt totally sit right with me. i think "a tree" is better than "atree" but 'atree' is better than 'Atree', that capitalization is all wrong this listening to albums business is a stressful endeavour and thats before you even get to whatever nonsense may lie within

think i listen to at least one new album every day at work, many of which i forget ever existed at all, possibly even sometimes while they're actually playing, but maybe 20% of those get saved on my ipod and get a few more plays while i'm moving around doing whatever. also buy probably one new album every week mostly just cos i have a stupid attachment to things and like going to record shops and all that crap, and even though i often forget all about some of those records too, on the whole they get listened to properly at home. so it's somewhere between 50 and 250 depending on what you want to count as listening.

Cosmopolitan - The 10 Best Albums of 2017

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a9157293/best-albums-of-2017/

NPR - The 100 Best Songs Of 2017

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/13/568725030/the-100-best-songs-of-2017

some of these lists are um... like do these people even know who liam gallagher is?

i keep forgetting about Black Ken

Year-end lists from Die Zeit, divided into the categories "Big Star", "Young Talent", "New Interpretation", "Secret Tip", "Good Entertainment", "Edition, Box Set" and "Musik Book".

npr song list looks p cool!

XXL: 50 of the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2017

http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/12/best-hip-hop-songs-2017/

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at #15 is quite the curveball. (xpost)

Very nice poem though

New York Times - The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/arts/music/best-classical-music-recordings-2017.html

XXL: 50 of the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2017

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The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at #15 is quite the curveball.

Blues Rock Review - Top 20 Albums of 2017
http://bluesrockreview.com/2017/12/top-20-albums-of-2017.html

20. Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown: Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown
19. Pam Taylor: Steal Your Heart
18. Alastair Greene: Dream Train
17. Samantha Fish: Belle Of The West
16. Mollie Marriott: Truth Is A Wolf
15. Jon Lantic: Jon Lantic
14. Jonny Lang: Signs
13. Rufus Black: Rise Up
12. Shane Henry: Light In The Dark
11. Gov’t Mule: Revolution Come… Revolution Go

10. Black Country Communion: BCC IV
9. Larkin Poe: Peach
8. Laurence Jones: The Truth
7. Supersonic Blues Machine: Californisoul
6. Greta Van Fleet: From The Fires
5. Walter Trout: We’re All In This Together
4. ZZ Ward: The Storm
3. The Gringos: The Animal Kingdom
2. King King: Exile and Grace
1. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: Lay It On Down

man the textura list always rules

Enter The 36 Estonian Philharmonic Chambers

i like the 405 write ups
https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-s-2017-in-review-songs-of-the-year-151

Mask Off, Passionfruit and Slide are three very enjoyable tracks, showing on a lot of these lists, that could've imo been great if they'd had more than placeholder lyrics

Love to see the one from The Danish String Quartet on there. My dad played it for me, and the sound of it is absolutely striking. Also, I went to school with a couple of the guys :) Will check out that Barbara Hannigan disc, that sounds pretty incredible.

i saw hannigan conduct and sing mozart and stravinsky a couple of years ago and she was fantastic

She is an absolute superstar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFFpzip-SZk

Let Me Tell You, where she sings Hans Abrahamsen, is amazing as well, but this is afaict the first disc in her own name.

nice to see the new york times pimping for the hartke - i liked it a lot. probably doesn't mean as much as if pitchfork reviewed it, but at least _somebody_ will hear it...

The Benjamin Clementine track on that NPR list is really good fyi

This is a good jazz list (except for the #1 pick - that Thundercat album suuuuucks) and the intro is interesting.

https://www.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/10-best-jazz-albums-2017/

Mixmag - The Top 50 Albums of 2017

http://mixmag.net/feature/50-albums-12-months

That Sinjin Hawke album sounded amazing on my first listen and unbearable on my second (but maybe I just wasn't in the right mood)

Ann Powers' Top 10 Underheard Albums Of 2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/12/14/570576493/ann-powers-top-10-underheard-albums-of-2017

the "Cat Person" of pop songs is Laura Marling's "My Manic and I"

I thought that was "Wild Fire"

that anna tivel song/album are great though

Just out of idle curiosity: that last Rolling Stones album, Blue and Lonesome, came out in December 2016, too late for a lot of last year's lists. Has it showed up anywhere this year?