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
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 14 December 2017 04:44 (six years ago) link
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.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 14 December 2017 04:55 (six years ago) link
Probably around 180 here, but that used to be higher. Now I have a real job so I have less time for music.
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 14 December 2017 06:28 (six years ago) link
who cares how many you've heard, that's fucking absurd, peace
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Thursday, 14 December 2017 06:30 (six years ago) link
not about quantity, but quality..?
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Thursday, 14 December 2017 06:33 (six years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-rap-albums-of-2017/
1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.2. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory3. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy4. JAY-Z - 4:445. Migos - Culture6. Future - HNDRXX7. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 38. Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti9. Drake - More Life10. Lil B - Black Ken11. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream12. Wiki - No Mountains in Manhattan13. Chief Keef - Thot Breaker14. Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 215. MIKE - May God Bless Your Hustle16. Kamaiyah - Before I Wake17. 2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music18. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - A.I. Youngboy19. milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?!20. Rapsody - Laila’s Wisdom
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 14 December 2017 07:18 (six years ago) link
I haven't heard any!
― saer, Thursday, 14 December 2017 07:35 (six years ago) link
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)
― saer, Thursday, 14 December 2017 07:36 (six years ago) link
I have only listened to TQD's "Baked Beans" on a loop all year
― The Dearth of Stollen (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 December 2017 07:42 (six years ago) link
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
― saer, Thursday, 14 December 2017 07:43 (six years ago) link
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.
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 07:57 (six years ago) link
Cosmopolitan - The 10 Best Albums of 2017
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a9157293/best-albums-of-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:02 (six years ago) link
NPR - The 100 Best Songs Of 2017
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/13/568725030/the-100-best-songs-of-2017
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:07 (six years ago) link
some of these lists are um... like do these people even know who liam gallagher is?
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:08 (six years ago) link
i keep forgetting about Black Ken
― alpine static, Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:10 (six years ago) link
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".
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:36 (six years ago) link
npr song list looks p cool!
― niels, Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:31 (six years ago) link
XXL: 50 of the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2017
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/12/best-hip-hop-songs-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:50 (six years ago) link
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at #15 is quite the curveball. (xpost)
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:50 (six years ago) link
Very nice poem though
― abcfsk, Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:56 (six years ago) link
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
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 10:04 (six years ago) link
XXL: 50 of the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2017[...]The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at #15 is quite the curveball.
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The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at #15 is quite the curveball.
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 14 December 2017 10:07 (six years ago) link
Blues Rock Review - Top 20 Albums of 2017http://bluesrockreview.com/2017/12/top-20-albums-of-2017.html
20. Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown: Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown19. Pam Taylor: Steal Your Heart18. Alastair Greene: Dream Train17. Samantha Fish: Belle Of The West16. Mollie Marriott: Truth Is A Wolf15. Jon Lantic: Jon Lantic14. Jonny Lang: Signs13. Rufus Black: Rise Up12. Shane Henry: Light In The Dark11. Gov’t Mule: Revolution Come… Revolution Go
10. Black Country Communion: BCC IV9. Larkin Poe: Peach8. Laurence Jones: The Truth7. Supersonic Blues Machine: Californisoul6. Greta Van Fleet: From The Fires5. Walter Trout: We’re All In This Together4. ZZ Ward: The Storm3. The Gringos: The Animal Kingdom2. King King: Exile and Grace1. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: Lay It On Down
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 10:13 (six years ago) link
man the textura list always rules
― nxd, Thursday, 14 December 2017 10:25 (six years ago) link
Enter The 36 Estonian Philharmonic Chambers
― Doran, Thursday, 14 December 2017 11:14 (six years ago) link
i like the 405 write upshttps://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-s-2017-in-review-songs-of-the-year-151
― nxd, Thursday, 14 December 2017 11:38 (six years ago) link
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
― niels, Thursday, 14 December 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
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.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 14 December 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
i saw hannigan conduct and sing mozart and stravinsky a couple of years ago and she was fantastic
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 12:18 (six years ago) link
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.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 14 December 2017 12:29 (six years ago) link
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...
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Thursday, 14 December 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
The Benjamin Clementine track on that NPR list is really good fyi
― Cardi Acs (imago), Thursday, 14 December 2017 13:59 (six years ago) link
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/
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
Mixmag - The Top 50 Albums of 2017
http://mixmag.net/feature/50-albums-12-months
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
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)
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
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
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
the "Cat Person" of pop songs is Laura Marling's "My Manic and I"
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
I thought that was "Wild Fire"
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
that anna tivel song/album are great though
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
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?
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 14 December 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
not according to this aggregator http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/63124-the-rolling-stones-blue-lonesome.php
have to say I'd find it a weird, or at least very surprising, inclusion
― niels, Thursday, 14 December 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
the 2 best rap lists
https://themartorialist.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-obligatory-best-rap-songs-of-2017_14.html
http://noz.agency/2017/12/14/best-rap-2017/
― JB, Thursday, 14 December 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
xxxpost Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin are two Portland folk singers who should be much more widely known, imo. they tour together, play on each others' songs (and I assume they are in a relationship, tho I'm not positive). Martin put out an incredible album this year, too:
https://jeffreymartinportland.bandcamp.com/
listen to "Poor Man" at least
― alpine static, Thursday, 14 December 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link
lol @ 11 on the noz list
― ||||||||, Thursday, 14 December 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
aside from his cosign of t shirt which i still find 'ok' lol i find it vindicating to see in the comments hes basically in agreement w me about migos/future/thug burnout
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 15 December 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
xxxpost Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin are two Portland folk singers who should be much more widely known, imo. they tour together, play on each others' songs (and I assume they are in a relationship, tho I'm not positive).
― alpine static
read that as "they are in a relationship, tho it's not positive" and thought that was a pretty harsh zing
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, 15 December 2017 01:47 (six years ago) link
anna tivel is a perfect fit for anybody who actually gives a shit about short stories which appear in the new yorker
i'm more interested in the "cat people" of pop songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdHMaccjw4
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, 15 December 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
My list is here: https://2012yearinmusic.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-favorite-new-albums-of-2017.html
― o. nate, Friday, 15 December 2017 03:32 (six years ago) link
damn, the Quietus, NPR and RS EDM lists are quite awesome.
SW rules, btw. Untitled A2 is gonna make my tracks ballot.
― octobeard, Friday, 15 December 2017 06:56 (six years ago) link
Pitchfork - The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2017
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-20-best-experimental-albums-of-2017/
― faust apes (NickB), Friday, 15 December 2017 06:56 (six years ago) link