Album of the Month: February 2020

[BleuPanda]

Try to listen to and then rank as many of the albums below; the deadline is April 21 at midnight.

February Albums:
Boniface - Boniface
BTS - Map of the Soul: 7
Caribou - Suddenly
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
King Krule - Man Alive!
Kvelertak - Splid
Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd
Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Re-imagining
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

To generate this list, I took the top 10 albums of the month according to McCH; if I overlooked a release during that time or any of these albums actually fall outside of February, please let me know

[BleuPanda]

My rank:
Caribou - Suddenly
Kvelertak - Splid
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Re-imagining
King Krule - Man Alive!
BTS - Map of the Soul: 7
Boniface - Boniface
Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd

[Schüttelbirne]

8/10
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Re-imagining

7/10
Caribou - Suddenly
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
Kvelertak - Splid

6/10
Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd
King Krule - Man Alive!

5/10
Boniface - Boniface
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

4/10
BTS - Map of the Soul: 7

[mileswide]

Gil Scott-Heron/Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Reimagining [Running]
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush [One More Hour]
King Krule - Man Alive! [Alone, Omen 3]
Kvelertak - Splid [Uglas Hegemoni]
Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd [Every Atom]
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene [4ÆM]
Soccer Mommy - color theory [gray light]
Caribou - Suddenly [Ravi]
Boniface - Boniface [Keeping Up]
BTS - Map of the Soul: 7 [Interlude: Shadow]

[BleuPanda]

Two weeks left

[spiritualized]

Kvelertak - Splid (9/10) - I loved their debut and this is almost as good. Looks like the Norwegians are at the top of their game at the moment (Slotface last month, now this ?)
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory (9/10)

Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Re-imagining (7/10) - much better than expected and actually slightly better than the original.
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (6/10) - The singles are good, but not enthralled by the Supertramp sound.
Caribou - Suddenly (6/10)
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (5/10)
Boniface - Boniface (5/10)
BTS - Map of the Soul: 7 (5/10)





King Krule - Man Alive!
Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd

[BleuPanda]

1 week left (but might give this one an extra week since people might not realize it shares a deadline with January's poll)

[DaveC]

1. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
2. Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd
3. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
4. Kvelertak - Splid
5. Caribou - Suddenly
6. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
7. King Krule - Man Alive!
8. Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Re-imagining
9. Boniface - Boniface
10. BTS - Map of the Soul: 7

[BleuPanda]

3ish days to get your vote in

[BleuPanda]

I'm extending this to April 21

[spiritualized]

1. Kvelertak - Splid (9/10) - I loved their debut and this is almost as good. Looks like the Norwegians are at the top of their game at the moment (Slotface last month, now this ?)
2. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory (9/10)
3. Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd (8/10)
4. Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Re-imagining (7/10) - much better than expected and actually slightly better than the original.
5. King Krule - Man Alive! (7/10) - this is FAR better than his first two albums, which I loathed with a vengeance. I could not stand his voice. On Man Alive!, the focus is on the music, and the singing is not as off-key as it used to be. Menacing, dark and lethargic album. Perfect for the confinement !
6. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (6/10) - The singles are good, but not enthralled by the Supertramp sound.
7. Caribou - Suddenly (6/10)
8. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (5/10)
9. Boniface - Boniface (5/10)
10. BTS - Map of the Soul: 7 (5/10)

[BleuPanda]

Only a few more days left; I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep this going if we're only receiving a few votes, unfortunately.

[BleuPanda]

This ends tomorrow at midnight

[Sowell]

taking in consideration that i'm new here, there's a lot that i've missed so far.
However, i just wanted to say that thanks to this thread, i found lots of new super hits to add to my collection when doing easy recipes. i found some of the best songs among your lists and i wanted to say big thanks for this album.

[StevieFan13]

taking in consideration that i'm new here, there's a lot that i've missed so far.
However, i just wanted to say that thanks to this thread, i found lots of new super hits to add to my collection. i found some of the best songs among your lists and i wanted to say big thanks for this album.

That's so nice to hear! That's what this site is all about.

[mileswide]

Only a few more days left; I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep this going if we're only receiving a few votes, unfortunately.

FWIW, I am still working through March's, just overwhelmed by the glut of good albums in the last month...