2020 Mid-Year Albums Poll List Thread

[Holden]

Two more days! I have ballots from:
Edre Peraza
Nick
rumpdoll
TheLastEnemy
Jirin
mileswide
bonnielaurel
notbrianeno
Rocky Raccoon
madzong
acroamor
Wisnu Tirta Aji
prosecutorgodot
votingbloc
nquoid
Romain
Gillingham
Schüttelbirne
Holden
Dan
BleuPanda
Jackson
sonofsamiam

And thanks so much for participating! This is not a poll meant to seriously measure forum's the opinions, hence the strange points system and limit to 10 albums per list, more having been meant to try something new, but I'm happy that we got a good turnout!

[LunarPiper]

1. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind
3. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
4. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
5. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
6. Moses Sumney - grae
7. Rina Sawayama - SAYAWAMA
8. Run the Jewels - RTJ4
9. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
10. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?

[Edre Depeche Head]

I PROMISE THIS IS MY FINAL UPDATE (I was not expecting ANOTHER album to find its way onto the top 10!)

1. The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form
2. Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You
3. BTS - Map of The Soul 7
4. Poppy - I Disagree
5. Don Toliver - Heaven or Hell
6. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
7. The Chats - High Risk Behaviour
8. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
9. EOB - Earth
10. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die

Unfortunatley the Humanist album has been pushed out due to the Lime Cordiale and Juice WRLD album.

[Rdwdbob]

1. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
2. HAIM - Women In Music Part III
3. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
4. Jessie Ware - What's You're Pleasure?
5. Rina Sawayama - Rina Sawayama
6. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways To New Italy
7. The Aces - Under My Influence
8. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
9. The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers
10. Of Montreal - UR FUN

so close:
11. The Electric Soft Parade - Stages
12. Best Coast - Always Tomorrow
13. Futurebirds - Teamwork
14. Green Day - Father Of All ...
15. The Weeknd - After Hours (Deluxe)

[Edre Depeche Head]

1. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
2. HAIM - Women In Music Part III
3. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
4. Jessie Ware - What's You're Pleasure?
5. Rina Sawayama - Rina Sawayama
6. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways To New Italy
7. The Aces - Under My Influence
8. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
9. The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers
10. Of Montreal - UR FUN

so close:
11. The Electric Soft Parade - Stages
12. Best Coast - Always Tomorrow
13. Futurebirds - Teamwork
14. Green Day - Father Of All ...
15. The Weeknd - After Hours (Deluxe)

lol that Green Day album is my least fav this year and I love Green Day

[prosecutorgodot]

1. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
2. HAIM - Women In Music Part III
3. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
4. Jessie Ware - What's You're Pleasure?
5. Rina Sawayama - Rina Sawayama
6. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways To New Italy
7. The Aces - Under My Influence
8. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
9. The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers
10. Of Montreal - UR FUN

so close:
11. The Electric Soft Parade - Stages
12. Best Coast - Always Tomorrow
13. Futurebirds - Teamwork
14. Green Day - Father Of All ...
15. The Weeknd - After Hours (Deluxe)

lol that Green Day album is my least fav this year and I love Green Day

lol i'm in a similar boat... i'm honestly embarrassed to be a GD fan knowing they thought this was done, decided to release it, under their real name, for commercial sale... at least release it under Foxboro Hot Tubs or something geez

[nquoid]

7. The Aces - Under My Influence
9. The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers

2. Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You
10. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die

These are all July albums are they not?

[Rdwdbob]

7. The Aces - Under My Influence
9. The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers

2. Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You
10. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die

These are all July albums are they not?

Damn. You're right. Didn't occur to me. Just bump up Electric Soft Parade and Best Coast

[andyd1010]

All the albums I've heard from the first half of the year, ranked. Folklore and Jump Rope Gazers would be 5th and 6th if they were eligible.

1 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia
2 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters
3 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher
4 | Laura Marling | Song for Our Daughter
5 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
6 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways
7 | Jessie Ware | What's Your Pleasure?
8 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush
9 | Run the Jewels | RTJ4
10 | Grimes | Miss Anthropocene

11 | Pearl Jam | Gigaton
12 | Lady Gaga | Chromatica
13 | Childish Gambino | 3.15.20
14 | Yves Tumor | Heaven to a Tortured Mind
15 | Car Seat Headrest | Making a Door Less Open
16 | Kesha | High Road

[Holden]

Alright, just about one day left! Edre Peraza, I need your list since your recent update has two ineligible albums, (a reminder that only albums from June and earlier are eligible), and anyone else that would like to submit a list!

[Matski]

Alright then, just a top ten. Looking at the list, it feels very tentative at this stage. Ask again in a few days and it could look very different.

Matski's Top Ten Albums of 2020... ...After the First Six Months:

01 | Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
02 | Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter
03 | Against All Logic - 2017 - 2019
04 | Klô Pelgag - Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
05 | BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff
06 | Katie Gately - Loom
07 | Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here by History
08 | R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages
09 | Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
10 | Run the Jewels - RTJ4

[starchman46]

Been busy today, so twenty minutes late- please allow me in!


1. black midi- The Black Midi Anthology Vol. 1: Tales of Suspense and Revenge
2. Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
3. Sparks- A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
4. Pharoah Sanders- Live in Paris (1975)
5. William Basinski- Hymns of Oblivion
6. Against All Logic- 2017-2019
7. Gemini Eye- Murdered Arc Remains
8. Various Artists- Live at the Windmill
9. Tame Impala- The Slow Rush
10. Bill Fay- Countless Branches

[Holden]

Been busy today, so twenty minutes late- please allow me in!


1. black midi- The Black Midi Anthology Vol. 1: Tales of Suspense and Revenge
2. Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
3. Sparks- A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
4. Pharoah Sanders- Live in Paris (1975)
5. William Basinski- Hymns of Oblivion
6. Against All Logic- 2017-2019
7. Gemini Eye- Murdered Arc Remains
8. Various Artists- Live at the Windmill
9. Tame Impala- The Slow Rush
10. Bill Fay- Countless Branches

Yeah no problem! I like to wait until after the deadline for every time zone.

[Holden]

I pronounce this poll closed! Thank you to our participants!