2017 end of the year lists

It only came out in the last couple of weeks but I think a lot of people here would enjoy that Nabihah Iqbal - a bit New Order, a bit shoegazey, maybe a bit like early Lush

here's the fact list in full:

1. Ryuichi Sakamoto - async
2. Colleen - A flame my love, a frequency
3. SZA - CTRL
4. DJ Python - Dulce Compañia
5. Future - HNDRXX
6. Laurel Halo - Dust
7. J Hus - Common Sense
8. Kamaiyah - Before I Wake
9. Errorsmith - Superlative Fatigue
10. TQD - UKG
11. Jlin - Black Origami
12. Visible Cloaks - Reassemblage
13. Sudan Archives - Sudan Archives
14. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
15. Equiknoxx - Colón Man
16. Fever Ray - Plunge
17. M.E.S.H. - Hesaitix
18. Jay-Z - 4:44
19. Karen Gwyer - Rembo
20. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid
21. Kehlani - SweetSexySavage
22. Differ-Ent - It's Good to Be Differ-Ent
23. Migos - Culture
24. Mhysa - fantasii
25. Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
26. Kelela - Take Me Apart
27. Nidia Minaj - Nídia é Má, Nídia é Fudida
28. Sampha - Process
29. Nabihah Iqbal - Weighing of the Heart
30. Actress - AZD
31. Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
32. Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Ambient Black Magic
33. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
34. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
35. Caterina Barbieri - Patterns of Consciousness
36. Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
37. UMFANG - Symbolic Use of Light
38. Yves Tumor - Experiencing the Deposit of Faith
39. Lil B - Black Ken
40. Björk - Utopia
41. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
42. Lee Gamble - Mnestic Pressure
43. Otim Alpha - Gulu City Anthems
44. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet
45. G Perico - All Blue
46. Aaron Dilloway - The Gag File
47. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
48. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
49. John Maus - Screen Memories
50. Nathan Fake - Providence

Good list.

RA: 2017's Best Tracks

https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3133

ah really glad RA is still doing a tracks list, just unranked

NPR - Jazz Albums Of 2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/12/20/571717856/the-jazz-albums-of-2017-and-the-power-of-gatekeepers

lol that URL

i didn't really "lol," more like "haha that URL"

spin tracks list: https://www.spin.com/featured/101-best-songs-of-2017/

Link to the NPR jazz poll results (the link above goes to the essay)

list of lists:

https://redef.com/set/music-set-1511197610788

oh hell yeah, Slide #1 on Spin, that's cool!

kinda like the layout too, should make it possible to analyze how many blurbs readers will click/read on average - any insiders with info about this? (just curious)

Prog Magazine - Best Albums
http://teamrock.com/feature/2017-12-20/2017-the-prog-critics-choice

20) Soen - Lykaia (UDR)
19) KOYO - Koyo (88 Watt)
18) Bent Knee - Land Animal (InsideOut)
17) Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun (Rock Action)
16) Paul Draper - Spooky Action (KSCOPE)
15) Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar (House Of Mythology)
14) Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns (Easy Life)
13) Von Hertzen Brothers - War Is Over (Music Theories/Mascot)
12) Enslaved - E (Nuclear Blast)
11) Amplifier - Trippin With Dr Faustus (Rockosmos)
10) Motorpsycho - The Tower (Rune Grammofon)
9) Leprous - Malina (InsideOut)
8) Steve Hackett - The Night Siren (InsideOut)
7) Big Big Train - Grimspound (English Electric)
6) Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand (Reprise)
5) Peter Hammill - From The Trees (Fie!)
4) Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? (Columbia)
3) Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley (PIAS)
2) Anathema - The Optimist (KSCOPE)
1) Steven Wilson - To The Bone (Caroline International)

Drab Majesty #81 on the Spin list!

not a list but a round up of 2017 in namibian music:

https://www.namibian.com.na/62796/read/Rocking-the-Charts-in-2017

Eitzel at 15 in the Slant tracks list is a lovely thing

*Spin

Prog Magazine list is extremely embarrassing. Paul Draper though! Hahaha

9. Errorsmith - Superlative Fatigue
10. TQD - UKG

Dunno what's happened to the FACT team over the last couple of years but this confirms they've finally discovered smiling.

DJ Mag - Top 50 tracks of 2017

https://djmag.com/content/top-50-tracks-2017

22. Differ-Ent - It's Good to Be Differ-Ent

This is amazing by the way - full length albums from Detroit techno legends (this is DJ Bone fwiw) don't often do it for me but this one bangs and bangs and bangs.

Boomkat lists: https://boomkat.com/charts/2017

it's probably not the best look to put a boomkat editions-released record as #1, but it's my aoty so i don't really mind

Is this the first year the 'overlooked' lists are so omnipresent? I like it, but can't remember those being around as much as they are right now.

I noticed that too.

perhaps you overlooked the overlooked lists

Might be! :)

What are the best overlooked lists I may have missed?

Rather, which one is overlooked?

Yeah, not many people know my favorite overlooked lists. I'm not really into mainstream lists of overlooked artists? Most people wouldn't get them anyway.

In the 90s Spin always had an overlooked list (10 Albums You Might Have Missed, or something) on the page after their top 20. I think that's how I found out Possum Dixon had a second album.

Meanwhile, Magnet's been rolling out their list. #1 = Waxahatchee

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/category/best-of-2017/

xp well he's easily overlooked as he's playing possum

Sakro from my hometown at 9 on mixmag! First person I know in an EOY list.

another slept on selection from okayplayer
http://www.okayplayer.com/music/most-slept-on-albums-2017-okayplayer.html

that magnet magazine list might be the worst so far

Brooklyn Vegan's overlooked albums list is hilarious - it includes Vijay Iyer's new one, which has topped or placed highly in just about every jazz poll.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/five-overlooked-albums-of-2017/

I hear he dives fully into the avant-garde on that one

the magnet list stinks, but at least they gave proper shine to that Manchester Orchestra album. some days, i think it might be the best thing i heard all year.

resident advisor albums

https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3134

i made a list

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2017/12/21/maura-johnston-picks-for-best-albums/hC89P5ZRNAxBKwQU1XBrMI/story.html

there are other globe critics' lists at the bottom too

Lex's albums

finally got my EOY lists together, here are 50 albums I enjoyed this year + playlist https://t.co/0ks0whJjZG pic.twitter.com/JpLP6EKvpi

— Alex Macpherson (@alex_macpherson) December 21, 2017

finally got my EOY lists together, here are 50 albums I enjoyed this year + playlist https://t.co/0ks0whJjZG pic.twitter.com/JpLP6EKvpi

— Alex Macpherson (@alex_macpherson) December 21, 2017

Sorry about that I don't get links on zing

ah, makes sense lex wld like that iamddb, still not sure if it's the right sort of insubstantial but definitely nice enough

Phonica (London electronic music shop) - various best of 2017 lists:

http://offtherecord.net/phonica-records-best-of-2017/

I don't know who this is (looks like it could easily be someone who posts here, not that I have anyone in mind). Some releases by artists I am vaguely interested in, that I was not aware had come out.

https://optimisticunderground.com/2017/12/13/50-best-albums-of-2017/

resident advisor tracks list put me onto s.a.m.’s “pour aisha” which is the best thing in the world

I really like Pour Aisha

I'm enjoying the Girl Ray album from Maura's list. A mention of Heavenly and Camera Obscura in the same sentence will always get my antennae up. I definitely hear them, and more than a hint of the Dolly Mixture.