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EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:26 pm
by JohnnyBGoode
https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the- ... m=referral

50 Jay-Z – 4:44
49 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound
48 Roc Marciano – Rosebudd’s Revenge
47 Thundercat – Drunk
46 Ted Leo – The Hanged Man
45 Guerilla Toss – GT Ultra
44 Jlin – Black Origami
43 Zola Jesus – Okovi
42 Hundredth – Rare
41 Oddisee – The Iceberg
40 Feist – Pleasure
39 Heaven In Her Arms – White Halo
38 The Weather Station – The Weather Station
37 Paramore – After Laughter
36 Girlpool – Powerplant
35 Lomelda – Thx
34 Incendiary – Thousand Mile Stare
33 Migos – Culture
32 The National – Sleep Well Beast
31 Alvvays – Antisocialites
30 Converge – The Dusk In Us
29 Counterparts – You’re Not You Anymore
28 Björk – Utopia
27 Allison Crutchfield - Tourist In This Town
26 Kelela – Take Me Apart
25 Pallbearer - Heartless
24 Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World
23 Jay Som – Everybody Works
22 Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
21 (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket
20 Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
19 Moses Sumney – Aromanticism
18 Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
17 Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds From Another Planet
16 Sorority Noise – You’re Not As _____ As You Think
15 Slowdive – Slowdive
14 St. Vincent – MASSEDUCTION
13 Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights
12 Fever Ray – Plunge
11 Brockhampton – Saturation II
10 Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me
9 LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
8 Waxahatchee – Out In The Storm
7 Charly Bliss – Guppy
6 The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
5 SZA – Ctrl
4 Perfume Genius – No Shape
3 Priests – Nothing Feels Natural
2 Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
1 Lorde – Melodrama

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:29 pm
by charliepanayi
Jesus, that opening paragraph reminds me how much Stereogum annoys me.

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:43 pm
by Harold
It's really bothering me that RTJ3 is being omitted from so many lists. I know it was technically a 2016 release (the digital release dropped on Christmas Day), but I don't recall the album appearing on any 2016 EOY lists, not even late entries like Pazz & Jop. I'm hoping that as more lists start accumulating we'll see it more often, but so far it's very disappointing.

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:43 pm
by StevieFan13
charliepanayi wrote:Jesus, that opening paragraph reminds me how much Stereogum annoys me.
Which is a real shame, since they have a few very good writers (Kelly Conaboy in particular is a fantastic music writer, such as here: https://www.stereogum.com/1972552/trl-i ... ing-board/)

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:45 pm
by StevieFan13
Harold wrote:It's really bothering me that RTJ3 is being omitted from so many lists. I know it was technically a 2016 release (the digital release dropped on Christmas Day), but I don't recall the album appearing on any 2016 EOY lists, not even late entries like Pazz & Jop. I'm hoping that as more lists start accumulating we'll see it more often, but so far it's very disappointing.
Hope so too - always liked those guys, plus "Awaken My Love!" has been doing quite well on the 2017 lists so far from what I can tell.

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 6:54 pm
by Nick
charliepanayi wrote:Jesus, that opening paragraph reminds me how much Stereogum annoys me.
Stereogum as some of the worst writing in all of music criticism. As much as people rag on Pitchfork's writing, Pitchfork on a bad day is on the same level as Stereogum on an average day.

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 5:22 am
by EGrignon
StevieFan13 wrote:
Harold wrote:It's really bothering me that RTJ3 is being omitted from so many lists. I know it was technically a 2016 release (the digital release dropped on Christmas Day), but I don't recall the album appearing on any 2016 EOY lists, not even late entries like Pazz & Jop. I'm hoping that as more lists start accumulating we'll see it more often, but so far it's very disappointing.
Hope so too - always liked those guys, plus "Awaken My Love!" has been doing quite well on the 2017 lists so far from what I can tell.
I wasn't a fan of RTJ3 personally (RTJ2 was my jam though) but goddamn, it has had 88 on Metacritic, I'd expect it to do far better than it is now. Maybe it's just a matter of time. It did drop at a weird moment though when no one is really hyped for that music, right on Christmas, so maybe perhaps it flew under the radar when it came time to tally the votes?

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:49 am
by charliepanayi
January albums (I know RTJ were Christmas 2016 officially, but the physical release at least was January) always seem to suffer from being overlooked on end of year lists to some degree, unless they're a total phenomenon like Merriweather Post Pavilion. I think RTJ are another example of that.

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:32 am
by EGrignon
charliepanayi wrote:January albums (I know RTJ were Christmas 2016 officially, but the physical release at least was January) always seem to suffer from being overlooked on end of year lists to some degree, unless they're a total phenomenon like Merriweather Post Pavilion. I think RTJ are another example of that.
I always saw it the opposite way, where if you release an album in January and play your cards right, you can stay in the conversation all year-long. Especially if you keep promoting the record after its release with TV performances, great music videos, remixes or festival appearances. Last year, sure, there was David Bowie's Blackstar that dominated the conversation that was clearly on another planet. But you also have a guy like Anderson.Paak who released Malibu in mid-January and managed to sneak in many year-end lists and to end in the top 20 here. The xx also don't seem to have this problem this year.

Maybe RTJ3 just did not have that same lasting impact? I don't know.

Re: EOY 2017 - Stereogum (US)

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:53 pm
by StevieFan13
Song cue! (You're welcome!)
https://www.stereogum.com/1974740/stere ... in-review/

Scott Lapatine:
01. Paramore – “Hard Times”
02. Kamasi Washington – “Truth”
03. Forest Swords – “Arms Out”
04. Katy Perry – “Chained To The Rhythm” (Feat. Skip Marley)
05. Susanne Sundfør – “Bedtime Story”
06. Quicksand – “Illuminant”
07. Hand Habits – “Book On How To Change”
08. Great Grandpa – “Fade”
09. Mutoid Man – “Bandages”
10. Hundred Waters – “Fingers”

Tom Breihan:
01. Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow”
02. Kendrick Lamar – “Humble”
03. Jason Isbell – “If We Were Vampires”
04. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Cut To The Feeling”
05. Goldlink – “Crew” (Feat. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy)
06. Future – “Mask Off”
07. Julien Baker – “Turn Out The Lights”
08. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – “Despacito Remix” (Feat. Justin Bieber)
09. Brockhampton – “Gummy”
10. J Balvin & Willie William – “Mi Gente”

Michael Nelson:
01. The War On Drugs – “Strangest Thing”
02. Counterparts – “A Memory Misread”
03. Incendiary – “Awakening”
04. Body Count – “No Lives Matter”
05. Kreator – “Gods Of Violence”
06. Quicksand – “Cosmonauts”
07. Ostraca – “Waiting For The Crash”
08. Slowdive – “Sugar For The Pill”
09. Heaven In Her Arms – “Abyss Of The Moonbow”
10. Pallbearer – “A Plea For Understanding”

Chris DeVille:
01. Calvin Harris – “Slide” (Feat. Frank Ocean & Migos)
02. Kendrick Lamar – “DNA.”
03. Alvvays – “Dreams Tonite”
04. Lorde – “Supercut”
05. Migos – “T-Shirt”
06. Elder – “Sanctuary”
07. Lana Del Rey – “Love”
08. Drake – “Passionfruit”
09. Sorority Noise – “No Halo”
10. The War On Drugs – “Thinking Of A Place”

Gabriela Tully Claymore:
01. SZA – “Drew Barrymore”
02. Lorde – “The Louvre”
03. (Sandy) Alex G – “Sportstar”
04. Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Deadly Valentine”
05. Priests – “Nicki”
06. St. Vincent – “New York”
07. Björk – “Arisen My Senses”
08. SOPHIE – “It’s Okay To Cry”
09. Waxahatchee – “Hear You”
10. Fever Ray – “To The Moon And Back”

James Rettig:
01. Allison Crutchfield – “Mile Away”
02. Waxahatchee – “Never Been Wrong”
03. Fever Ray – “This Country”
04. Girlpool – “It Gets More Blue”
05. Priests – “Suck”
06. Lorde – “Hard Feelings/Loveless”
07. Perfume Genius – “Valley”
08. Japanese Breakfast – “Till Death”
09. Lomelda – “From Here”
10. Half Waif – “Severed Logic”

Peter Helman:
01. Jay Som – “The Bus Song”
02. Frank Ocean – “Chanel”
03. Perfume Genius – “Die 4 You”
04. Charly Bliss – “Percolator”
05. Brockhampton – “Tokyo”
06. Charli XCX – “Boys”
07. Kelela – “LMK”
08. DJ Khaled – “I’m The One” (Feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper, & Lil Wayne)
09. Madeline Kenney – “Rita”
10. Fred Thomas – “Voiceover”

Ryan Leas:
01. Nation Of Language – “I’ve Thought About Chicago”
02. LCD Soundsystem – “Call The Police”
03. Liima – “1982”
04. Slowdive – “Star Roving”
05. The National – “I’ll Still Destroy You”
06. The Weather Station – “Thirty”
07. The New Pornographers – “Whiteout Conditions”
08. Lorde – “Green Light”
09. Perfume Genius – “Slip Away”
10. St. Vincent – “Hang On Me”

Too scared to read their paragraphs.