MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
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MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
The best albums of 2021 (update September 15)
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 33 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Dansende Beren (New this year thanks to Chilton's proposal); Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash; DIY; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; Music OMH; NME; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Beats Per Minute; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar
Highlights: Rob makes the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, etc…
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Out:
Halsey: If I Cant Have Love, I Want Power
85 - The Staves: Good Woman - 74,3 (76,3 / 15)
Highlights: Devotion - Best Friend - Nothing’s Gonna Happen
Indie Pop
84 - Spellling: The Turning Wheel - 74,3 (75,3 / 18)
Highlights: Boys at School - Little Deer - Turning Wheel
Art Pop
83 - The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy - 74,8 (74,8 / 21)
Highlights: Family Farm - Spices - Lanyards
Indie Rock
82 - Villagers: Fever Dreams - 74,8 (77,1 / 14)
Highlights: So Simpatico - Song in Seven - Circles in the Firing Lines
Indie Pop
81 - Liars: The Apple Drop - 74,8 (75,2 / 20)
Highlights: Sekwar - Big Appetite - My Pulse to Ponder
Art Rock
80 - Tomahawk: Tonic Immobility - 74,9 (78,6 / 10)
Highlights: Tattoo Zero - Howlie - Business Casual
Alternative Rock
79 - Emma-Jean Thackray: Yellow - 74,9 (78,6 / 10)
Highlights: Say Something - Sun - Our People
Jazz Fusion
78 - Katy Kirby: Cool Dry Place - 75,0 (79,0 / 9)
Highlights: Cool Dry Place - Juniper - Traffic!
Singer-Songwriter
77 - Girl In Red: If I Can Make It Go Quiet - 75,0 (74,3 / 23)
Highlights: Rue - Serotonin - Midnight Love
Indie Pop
76 - Deafheaven: Infinite Granite - 75,2 (72,8 / 28)
Highlights: Great Mass of Color - Mombasa - In Blur
Shoegaze
75 - Celeste: Not Your Muse - 75,2 (77,2 / 15)
Highlights: Stop This Flame - Strange - Ideal Woman
Neo-Soul
74 - Madlib: Sound Ancestors - 75,2 (76,9 / 16)
Highlights: Road of the Lonely Ones - Dirtknock - Chino
Instrumental Hip Hop
73 - Foxing: Draw Down The Moon - 75,2 (79,2 / 9)
Highlights: Speak with the Dead - Draw Down the Moon - If I Believed in God
Indie Rock
72- Chai: Wink - 75,3 (76,6 / 17)
Highlights: Maybe Chocolate Chips - Nobody Knows We Are Fun - In Pink
Indie Pop
71 - Sault: Nine - 75,4 (77,7 / 14)
Highlights: London Gangs - Bitter Streets - 9
Neo-Soul
70 - Virginia Wing: Private Life - 75,7 (80,0 / 8)
Highlights: I’m Holding Out for Something - St. Francis Fountain - Moon Turn Tides
Art Pop
69 - The Coral: Coral Island - 75,8 (79,5 / 10)
Highlights: Faceless Angel - Autumn Has Come - Lover Undiscovered
Indie Rock
68 - Ghetts: Conflict Of Interest - 75,9 (80,6 / 7)
Highlights: IC3 - Little Bo Peep - Mozambique
UK Hip Hop
67 - Cassandra Jenkins: An Overview On Phenomenal Nature - 75,9 (80,3 / 8)
Highlights: Hard Drive - Crosshairs - New Bikini
Singer-Songwriter
66 - Greentea Peng: Man Made - 75,9 (79,3 / 11)
Highlights: Nah It Ain’t the Same - Meditation - Kali V2
Neo-Soul
65 - Leon Vynehall: Rare, Forever - 76,0 (79,4 / 11)
Highlights: Mothra - Dumbo - Snakeskin ∞ Has-Been
Ambient Techno
64 - Loraine James: Reflection - 76,1 (80,7 / 7)
Highlights: Simple Stuff - Running Like That - Self Doubt (Leaving the Club Early)
IDM
63 - Dinosaur Jr: Sweep It Into Space - 76,1 (74,8 / 25)
Highlights: Garden - I Ran Away - I Ain’t
Alternative Rock
62 - Kiwi Jr.: Cooler Returns - 76,1 (78,1 / 15)
Highlights: Undecided Voters - Waiting in Line - Only Here for a Haircut
Indie Rock
61 - Bicep: Isles - 76,2 (75,5 / 23)
Highlights: Atlas - Sundial - Saku
Future Garage
60 - Clairo: Sling - 76,3 (76,0 / 22)
Highlights: Amoeba - Blouse - Bambi /b]
Singer-Songwriter
59 - Gruff Rhys: Seeking New Gods - 76,4 (78,7 / 14)
Highlights: Mausoleum of My Former Self - Seeking New Gods - Hiking in Lightning
Psychedelic Pop
58 - Pauline Anna Strom: Angel Tears in Sunlight - 76,5 (80,4 / 9)
Highlights: Tropical Convergence - Temple Gardens at Midnight - The Pulsation
Ambient
57 - Vince Staples: Vince Staples - 76,5 (75,8 / 23)
Highlights: Are You With That? - Take Me Home - Lil Fade
Trap Rap
56 - Darkside: Spiral - 76,7 (76,3 / 22)
Highlights: Liberty Bell - The Limit - Lawmaker
Art Rock
55 - Jazmine Sullivan: Heaux Tales - 76,7 (79,7 / 12)
Highlights: Lost One - Pick Up Your Feelings - Girl Like Me
Neo-Soul
54 - Viagra Boys: Welfare Jazz - 76,7 (75,7 / 24)
Highlights: Creatures - Girls & Boys - Ain’t Nice
Post-Punk
53 - Amyl And The Sniffers: Comfort To Me - 76,8 (78,1 / 17)
Highlights: Guided by Angels - Security - Maggot
Punk Rock
52 - Squirrel Flower: Planet (i) - 76,8 (79,1 / 14)
Highlights: Hurt a Fly - I’ll Go Running - Roadkill
Indie Rock
51 - Chvrches: Screen Violence - 76,8 (75,5 / 25)
Highlights: How Not to Drown - Good Girls - Asking for a Friend
Synthpop
50 - Indigo De Souza: Any Shape You Take - 77,0 (78,6 / 16)
Highlights: Hold U - Kill Me - Pretty Pictures
Indie Rock
49 - Slowthai: Tyron - 77,1 (74,1 / 30)
Highlights: Feel Away - Cancelled - Mazza
UK Hip Hop
48 - Genesis Owusu: Smiling With No Teeth - 77,1 (80,5 / 11)
Highlights: A Song About Fishing - The Other Black Dog - Drown
Neo-Soul
47 - LUMP: Animal - 77,1 (79,1 / 14)
Highlights: Animal - Climb Every Wall - Bloom At Night
Indie Pop
46 - Bachelor: Doomin' Sun - 77,2 (78,8 / 16)
Highlights: Stay in the Car - Back of My Hand - Doomin’ Sun
Indie Rock
45 - Torres: Thirstier - 77,2 (77,2 / 21)
Highlights: Don’t Go Putting Wishes in My Head - Hug from a Dinosaur - Thirstier
Indie Rock
44 - Tribulation: Where The Gloom Becomes Sound - 77,6 (82,3 / 7)
Highlights: Hour of the Wolf - Daughter of the Djinn - Dirge of a Dying Soul
Gothic Metal
43 - Sleaford Mods: Spare Ribs - 77,7 (76,3 / 25)
Highlights: Mork n Mindy - Shortcummings - Nudge It
UK Hip Hop
42 - Django Django: Glowing in the Dark - 77,9 (76,9 / 24)
Highlights: Spirals - Waking Up - Glowing in the Dark
Indie Pop
41 - Iron Maiden: Senjutsu - 78,1 (78,5 / 20)
Highlights: The Writing on the Wall - The Time Machine - Senjutsu
Heavy Metal
40 - Goat Girl: On All Fours - 78,2 (78,1 / 21)
Highlights: Sad Cowboy - Badibaba - The Crack
Post-Punk
39- The Armed: Ultrapop - 78,3 (81,3 / 12)
Highlights: All Futures - An Iteration - Masunaga Vaporsa
Noise Rock
38 - Hiatus Kaiyote: Mood Valiant - 78,3 (80,9 / 13)
Highlights: Red Room - Get Sun - Chivalry Is Not Dead
Neo-Soul
37 - The Anchoress: The Art Of Losing - 78,5 (82,9 / 8)
Highlights: Unravel - The Art of Losing - Show Your Face
Art Rock
36 - Anna B Savage: A Common Turn - 78,6 (81,6 / 12)
Highlights: Corncrakes - BedStuy - Two
Psychedelic Folk
35 - Isaiah Rashad: The House Is Burning - 78,6 (83,3 / 7)
Highlights: RIP Young - Claymore - Score
Southern Hip Hop
34 - Steve Earle & The Dukes: J.T. - 78,7 (82,0 / 11)
Highlights: Champagne Corolla - Last Words - I Don’t Care
Americana
33 - Jane Weaver: Flock - 78,7 (80,7 / 15)
Highlights: Heartlow - Modern Reputation - Solarised
Psychedelic Pop
32 - Iceage: Seek Shelter - 78,7 (77,0 / 26)
Highlights: Vendetta - The Holding Hand - Shelter Song
Art Rock
31- Mogwai: As The Love Continues - 78,8 (76,2 / 29)
Highlights: Midnight Flit - Ritchie Sacramento - Dry Fantasy
Post Rock
30 - Alfie Templeman: Forever Isn't Long Enough - 78,9 (83,6 / 7)
Highlights: Forever Isn’t Long Enough - Shady - Everybody’s Gonna Love Somebody
Dance Pop
29 - Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over the Country Club - 78,9 (76,9 / 27)
Highlights: Chemtrails over the Country Club - White Dress - Wild at Heart
Singer-Songwriter
28 - Serpentwithfeet: Deacon - 79,1 (78,1 / 24)
Highlights: Hyacinth - Sailor’s Superstition - Fellowship
Alternative R&B
27 - Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever - 79,8 (77,8 / 27)
Highlights: Oxytocin - Therefore I Am - My future
R&B
26 - Wolf Alice: Blue Weekend - 80,6 (80,2 / 22)
Highlights: The Last Man On Earth - How Can I Make It OK - Lipstick On the Glass
Alternative Rock
25 - Mdou Moctar: Afrique Victime - 80,7 (80,7 / 21)
Highlights: Tala Tannam - Afrique Victime - Ya Habibti
Tishoumaren
24 - The Bug: Fire - 81,0 (84,4 / 11)
Highlights: Pressure - Clash - Vexed
Grime
23 - Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg - 81,1 (78,4 / 29)
Highlights: Scratchyard Lanyard - New Long Leg - Her Hippo
Post-Punk
22 - Shame: Drunk Tank Pink - 81,2 (78,5 / 29)
Highlights: Alphabet - Water in the Well - Snow Day
Post-Punk
21 - Arab Strap: As Days Get Dark - 81,2 (79,9 / 25)
Highlights: The Turning of Our Bones - Here Comes Comus! - Kebabylon
Slowcore
20 - Lucy Dacus: Home Video - 81,2 (79,2 / 27)
Highlights: Hot & Heavy - Thumbs - First Time
Singer-Songwriter
19 - Turnstile: Glow On - 81,9 (82,9 / 18)
Highlights: Holiday - Blackout - Endless
Post-Hardcore
18 - For Those I Love: For Those I Love - 81,9 (86,3 / 8)
Highlights: I Have a Love - Birthday/ The Pain - Top Scheme
Progressive House
17 - Lingua Ignota: Sinner Get Ready - 82,0 (83,6 / 16)
Highlights: Pennsylvania Surface - The Order Of The Spiritual Virgins - I Who Bend The Tall Grasses
Neoclassical Darkwave
16 - St. Vincent: Daddy's Home - 82,1 (78,8 / 31)
Highlights: The Melting of the Sun - Down - Pay Your Way in Pain
Psychedelic Soul
15 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! - 82,4 (80,4 / 27)
Highlights: "Government Came" (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz)/Cliffs Gaze/Cliffs' Gaze at Empty Waters' Rise/Ashes to Sea or Near to Thee - A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job’s Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (ROCKETS FOR MARY) - Fire at Static Valley
Post-Rock
14 - Tyler, The Creator: Call Me If You Get Lost - 82,7 (82,0 / 23)
Highlights: Lumberjack - Wilshire - Juggernaut
Hip Hop
13 - Black Midi: Cavalcade - 82,8 (79,8 / 30)
Highlights: Chondromalacia Patella - Slow - John L
Avant- Prog
12 - Black Country, New Road: For The First Time - 83,0 (81,0 / 27)
Highlights: Sunglasses - Track X - Instrumental
Experimental Rock
11 - Low: Hey What - 83,2 (82,2 / 24)
Highlights: Days Like These - More - White Horses
Post-Industrial
10 - Sons of Kemet: Black To The Future - 83,3 (84,6 / 17)
Highlights: Hustle - Pick Up Your Burning Cross - Field Negus
Jazz
09 - The Weather Station: Ignorance - 83,5 (82,8 / 23)
Highlights: Robber - Parking Lot - Tried to Tell You
Art Pop
08 - Arlo Parks: Collapsed In Sunbeams - 83,9 (80,9 / 30)
Highlights: Hurt - Eugene - Black Dog
Bedroom Pop
07 - Julien Baker: Little Oblivions - 84,2 (81,2 / 30)
Highlights: Hardline - Ringside - Favor
Singer-Songwriter
06 - Dave: We’re All Alone In This Together - 84,7 (86,7 / 15)
Highlights: In the Fire - We’re All Alone - Heart Attack
UK Hip Hop
05 - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Carnage - 84,9 (83,6 / 25)
Highlights: White Elephant - Hand of God - Old Time
Art Rock
04 - Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee - 85,6 (83,3 / 28)
Highlights: Be Sweet - Posing in Bondage - Kokomo, In
Indie Pop
03 - Squid: Bright Green Field - 86,9 (85,2 / 26)
Highlights: Narrator - Pamphlets - Paddling
Art Punk
02 - Little Simz: Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - 87,0 (86,7 / 22)
Highlights: Introvert - I Love You, I Hate You - Woman
UK Hip Hop
01 - Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises - 88,4 (87,7 / 23)
Highlights: Movement 1 - Movement 6 - Movement 8
Modern Classical
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 33 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Dansende Beren (New this year thanks to Chilton's proposal); Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash; DIY; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; Music OMH; NME; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Beats Per Minute; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar
Highlights: Rob makes the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, etc…
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Out:
Halsey: If I Cant Have Love, I Want Power
85 - The Staves: Good Woman - 74,3 (76,3 / 15)
Highlights: Devotion - Best Friend - Nothing’s Gonna Happen
Indie Pop
84 - Spellling: The Turning Wheel - 74,3 (75,3 / 18)
Highlights: Boys at School - Little Deer - Turning Wheel
Art Pop
83 - The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy - 74,8 (74,8 / 21)
Highlights: Family Farm - Spices - Lanyards
Indie Rock
82 - Villagers: Fever Dreams - 74,8 (77,1 / 14)
Highlights: So Simpatico - Song in Seven - Circles in the Firing Lines
Indie Pop
81 - Liars: The Apple Drop - 74,8 (75,2 / 20)
Highlights: Sekwar - Big Appetite - My Pulse to Ponder
Art Rock
80 - Tomahawk: Tonic Immobility - 74,9 (78,6 / 10)
Highlights: Tattoo Zero - Howlie - Business Casual
Alternative Rock
79 - Emma-Jean Thackray: Yellow - 74,9 (78,6 / 10)
Highlights: Say Something - Sun - Our People
Jazz Fusion
78 - Katy Kirby: Cool Dry Place - 75,0 (79,0 / 9)
Highlights: Cool Dry Place - Juniper - Traffic!
Singer-Songwriter
77 - Girl In Red: If I Can Make It Go Quiet - 75,0 (74,3 / 23)
Highlights: Rue - Serotonin - Midnight Love
Indie Pop
76 - Deafheaven: Infinite Granite - 75,2 (72,8 / 28)
Highlights: Great Mass of Color - Mombasa - In Blur
Shoegaze
75 - Celeste: Not Your Muse - 75,2 (77,2 / 15)
Highlights: Stop This Flame - Strange - Ideal Woman
Neo-Soul
74 - Madlib: Sound Ancestors - 75,2 (76,9 / 16)
Highlights: Road of the Lonely Ones - Dirtknock - Chino
Instrumental Hip Hop
73 - Foxing: Draw Down The Moon - 75,2 (79,2 / 9)
Highlights: Speak with the Dead - Draw Down the Moon - If I Believed in God
Indie Rock
72- Chai: Wink - 75,3 (76,6 / 17)
Highlights: Maybe Chocolate Chips - Nobody Knows We Are Fun - In Pink
Indie Pop
71 - Sault: Nine - 75,4 (77,7 / 14)
Highlights: London Gangs - Bitter Streets - 9
Neo-Soul
70 - Virginia Wing: Private Life - 75,7 (80,0 / 8)
Highlights: I’m Holding Out for Something - St. Francis Fountain - Moon Turn Tides
Art Pop
69 - The Coral: Coral Island - 75,8 (79,5 / 10)
Highlights: Faceless Angel - Autumn Has Come - Lover Undiscovered
Indie Rock
68 - Ghetts: Conflict Of Interest - 75,9 (80,6 / 7)
Highlights: IC3 - Little Bo Peep - Mozambique
UK Hip Hop
67 - Cassandra Jenkins: An Overview On Phenomenal Nature - 75,9 (80,3 / 8)
Highlights: Hard Drive - Crosshairs - New Bikini
Singer-Songwriter
66 - Greentea Peng: Man Made - 75,9 (79,3 / 11)
Highlights: Nah It Ain’t the Same - Meditation - Kali V2
Neo-Soul
65 - Leon Vynehall: Rare, Forever - 76,0 (79,4 / 11)
Highlights: Mothra - Dumbo - Snakeskin ∞ Has-Been
Ambient Techno
64 - Loraine James: Reflection - 76,1 (80,7 / 7)
Highlights: Simple Stuff - Running Like That - Self Doubt (Leaving the Club Early)
IDM
63 - Dinosaur Jr: Sweep It Into Space - 76,1 (74,8 / 25)
Highlights: Garden - I Ran Away - I Ain’t
Alternative Rock
62 - Kiwi Jr.: Cooler Returns - 76,1 (78,1 / 15)
Highlights: Undecided Voters - Waiting in Line - Only Here for a Haircut
Indie Rock
61 - Bicep: Isles - 76,2 (75,5 / 23)
Highlights: Atlas - Sundial - Saku
Future Garage
60 - Clairo: Sling - 76,3 (76,0 / 22)
Highlights: Amoeba - Blouse - Bambi /b]
Singer-Songwriter
59 - Gruff Rhys: Seeking New Gods - 76,4 (78,7 / 14)
Highlights: Mausoleum of My Former Self - Seeking New Gods - Hiking in Lightning
Psychedelic Pop
58 - Pauline Anna Strom: Angel Tears in Sunlight - 76,5 (80,4 / 9)
Highlights: Tropical Convergence - Temple Gardens at Midnight - The Pulsation
Ambient
57 - Vince Staples: Vince Staples - 76,5 (75,8 / 23)
Highlights: Are You With That? - Take Me Home - Lil Fade
Trap Rap
56 - Darkside: Spiral - 76,7 (76,3 / 22)
Highlights: Liberty Bell - The Limit - Lawmaker
Art Rock
55 - Jazmine Sullivan: Heaux Tales - 76,7 (79,7 / 12)
Highlights: Lost One - Pick Up Your Feelings - Girl Like Me
Neo-Soul
54 - Viagra Boys: Welfare Jazz - 76,7 (75,7 / 24)
Highlights: Creatures - Girls & Boys - Ain’t Nice
Post-Punk
53 - Amyl And The Sniffers: Comfort To Me - 76,8 (78,1 / 17)
Highlights: Guided by Angels - Security - Maggot
Punk Rock
52 - Squirrel Flower: Planet (i) - 76,8 (79,1 / 14)
Highlights: Hurt a Fly - I’ll Go Running - Roadkill
Indie Rock
51 - Chvrches: Screen Violence - 76,8 (75,5 / 25)
Highlights: How Not to Drown - Good Girls - Asking for a Friend
Synthpop
50 - Indigo De Souza: Any Shape You Take - 77,0 (78,6 / 16)
Highlights: Hold U - Kill Me - Pretty Pictures
Indie Rock
49 - Slowthai: Tyron - 77,1 (74,1 / 30)
Highlights: Feel Away - Cancelled - Mazza
UK Hip Hop
48 - Genesis Owusu: Smiling With No Teeth - 77,1 (80,5 / 11)
Highlights: A Song About Fishing - The Other Black Dog - Drown
Neo-Soul
47 - LUMP: Animal - 77,1 (79,1 / 14)
Highlights: Animal - Climb Every Wall - Bloom At Night
Indie Pop
46 - Bachelor: Doomin' Sun - 77,2 (78,8 / 16)
Highlights: Stay in the Car - Back of My Hand - Doomin’ Sun
Indie Rock
45 - Torres: Thirstier - 77,2 (77,2 / 21)
Highlights: Don’t Go Putting Wishes in My Head - Hug from a Dinosaur - Thirstier
Indie Rock
44 - Tribulation: Where The Gloom Becomes Sound - 77,6 (82,3 / 7)
Highlights: Hour of the Wolf - Daughter of the Djinn - Dirge of a Dying Soul
Gothic Metal
43 - Sleaford Mods: Spare Ribs - 77,7 (76,3 / 25)
Highlights: Mork n Mindy - Shortcummings - Nudge It
UK Hip Hop
42 - Django Django: Glowing in the Dark - 77,9 (76,9 / 24)
Highlights: Spirals - Waking Up - Glowing in the Dark
Indie Pop
41 - Iron Maiden: Senjutsu - 78,1 (78,5 / 20)
Highlights: The Writing on the Wall - The Time Machine - Senjutsu
Heavy Metal
40 - Goat Girl: On All Fours - 78,2 (78,1 / 21)
Highlights: Sad Cowboy - Badibaba - The Crack
Post-Punk
39- The Armed: Ultrapop - 78,3 (81,3 / 12)
Highlights: All Futures - An Iteration - Masunaga Vaporsa
Noise Rock
38 - Hiatus Kaiyote: Mood Valiant - 78,3 (80,9 / 13)
Highlights: Red Room - Get Sun - Chivalry Is Not Dead
Neo-Soul
37 - The Anchoress: The Art Of Losing - 78,5 (82,9 / 8)
Highlights: Unravel - The Art of Losing - Show Your Face
Art Rock
36 - Anna B Savage: A Common Turn - 78,6 (81,6 / 12)
Highlights: Corncrakes - BedStuy - Two
Psychedelic Folk
35 - Isaiah Rashad: The House Is Burning - 78,6 (83,3 / 7)
Highlights: RIP Young - Claymore - Score
Southern Hip Hop
34 - Steve Earle & The Dukes: J.T. - 78,7 (82,0 / 11)
Highlights: Champagne Corolla - Last Words - I Don’t Care
Americana
33 - Jane Weaver: Flock - 78,7 (80,7 / 15)
Highlights: Heartlow - Modern Reputation - Solarised
Psychedelic Pop
32 - Iceage: Seek Shelter - 78,7 (77,0 / 26)
Highlights: Vendetta - The Holding Hand - Shelter Song
Art Rock
31- Mogwai: As The Love Continues - 78,8 (76,2 / 29)
Highlights: Midnight Flit - Ritchie Sacramento - Dry Fantasy
Post Rock
30 - Alfie Templeman: Forever Isn't Long Enough - 78,9 (83,6 / 7)
Highlights: Forever Isn’t Long Enough - Shady - Everybody’s Gonna Love Somebody
Dance Pop
29 - Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over the Country Club - 78,9 (76,9 / 27)
Highlights: Chemtrails over the Country Club - White Dress - Wild at Heart
Singer-Songwriter
28 - Serpentwithfeet: Deacon - 79,1 (78,1 / 24)
Highlights: Hyacinth - Sailor’s Superstition - Fellowship
Alternative R&B
27 - Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever - 79,8 (77,8 / 27)
Highlights: Oxytocin - Therefore I Am - My future
R&B
26 - Wolf Alice: Blue Weekend - 80,6 (80,2 / 22)
Highlights: The Last Man On Earth - How Can I Make It OK - Lipstick On the Glass
Alternative Rock
25 - Mdou Moctar: Afrique Victime - 80,7 (80,7 / 21)
Highlights: Tala Tannam - Afrique Victime - Ya Habibti
Tishoumaren
24 - The Bug: Fire - 81,0 (84,4 / 11)
Highlights: Pressure - Clash - Vexed
Grime
23 - Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg - 81,1 (78,4 / 29)
Highlights: Scratchyard Lanyard - New Long Leg - Her Hippo
Post-Punk
22 - Shame: Drunk Tank Pink - 81,2 (78,5 / 29)
Highlights: Alphabet - Water in the Well - Snow Day
Post-Punk
21 - Arab Strap: As Days Get Dark - 81,2 (79,9 / 25)
Highlights: The Turning of Our Bones - Here Comes Comus! - Kebabylon
Slowcore
20 - Lucy Dacus: Home Video - 81,2 (79,2 / 27)
Highlights: Hot & Heavy - Thumbs - First Time
Singer-Songwriter
19 - Turnstile: Glow On - 81,9 (82,9 / 18)
Highlights: Holiday - Blackout - Endless
Post-Hardcore
18 - For Those I Love: For Those I Love - 81,9 (86,3 / 8)
Highlights: I Have a Love - Birthday/ The Pain - Top Scheme
Progressive House
17 - Lingua Ignota: Sinner Get Ready - 82,0 (83,6 / 16)
Highlights: Pennsylvania Surface - The Order Of The Spiritual Virgins - I Who Bend The Tall Grasses
Neoclassical Darkwave
16 - St. Vincent: Daddy's Home - 82,1 (78,8 / 31)
Highlights: The Melting of the Sun - Down - Pay Your Way in Pain
Psychedelic Soul
15 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! - 82,4 (80,4 / 27)
Highlights: "Government Came" (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz)/Cliffs Gaze/Cliffs' Gaze at Empty Waters' Rise/Ashes to Sea or Near to Thee - A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job’s Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (ROCKETS FOR MARY) - Fire at Static Valley
Post-Rock
14 - Tyler, The Creator: Call Me If You Get Lost - 82,7 (82,0 / 23)
Highlights: Lumberjack - Wilshire - Juggernaut
Hip Hop
13 - Black Midi: Cavalcade - 82,8 (79,8 / 30)
Highlights: Chondromalacia Patella - Slow - John L
Avant- Prog
12 - Black Country, New Road: For The First Time - 83,0 (81,0 / 27)
Highlights: Sunglasses - Track X - Instrumental
Experimental Rock
11 - Low: Hey What - 83,2 (82,2 / 24)
Highlights: Days Like These - More - White Horses
Post-Industrial
10 - Sons of Kemet: Black To The Future - 83,3 (84,6 / 17)
Highlights: Hustle - Pick Up Your Burning Cross - Field Negus
Jazz
09 - The Weather Station: Ignorance - 83,5 (82,8 / 23)
Highlights: Robber - Parking Lot - Tried to Tell You
Art Pop
08 - Arlo Parks: Collapsed In Sunbeams - 83,9 (80,9 / 30)
Highlights: Hurt - Eugene - Black Dog
Bedroom Pop
07 - Julien Baker: Little Oblivions - 84,2 (81,2 / 30)
Highlights: Hardline - Ringside - Favor
Singer-Songwriter
06 - Dave: We’re All Alone In This Together - 84,7 (86,7 / 15)
Highlights: In the Fire - We’re All Alone - Heart Attack
UK Hip Hop
05 - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Carnage - 84,9 (83,6 / 25)
Highlights: White Elephant - Hand of God - Old Time
Art Rock
04 - Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee - 85,6 (83,3 / 28)
Highlights: Be Sweet - Posing in Bondage - Kokomo, In
Indie Pop
03 - Squid: Bright Green Field - 86,9 (85,2 / 26)
Highlights: Narrator - Pamphlets - Paddling
Art Punk
02 - Little Simz: Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - 87,0 (86,7 / 22)
Highlights: Introvert - I Love You, I Hate You - Woman
UK Hip Hop
01 - Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises - 88,4 (87,7 / 23)
Highlights: Movement 1 - Movement 6 - Movement 8
Modern Classical
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86 - Te Killers: Pressure Machine - 74,3 (72,9 / 25)
87 - Iglooghost: Lei Line Eon - 74,1 (78,7 / 7)
88 - Marianne Faithfull: She Walks in Beauty - 74,0 (76,7 / 13)
89 - Diivde And Dissolve: Gas Lit - 74,0 (78,0 / 9)
90 - Tune-Yards: Sketchy. - 74,0 (74,0 / 21)
91 - Manchester Orchestra: The Million Masks Of God - 73,9 (76,9 / 12)
92 - Taylor Swift: Fearless (Taylor’s Version) - 73,8 (76,8 / 12)
93 - Nas: King's Disease II - 73,7 (76,7 / 12)
94 - Tom Jones: Surrounded By Time - 73,6 (77,3 / 10)
95 - Valerie June: The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers - 73,6 (76,9 / 11)
96 - Yola: Stand For Myself - 73,6 (76,9 / 11)
97 - Brockhampton: Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine - 73,6 (74,2 / 19)
98 - John Grant: Boy From Michigan - 73,5 (74,2 / 19)
99 - Du Blonde: Homecoming - 73,5 (77,4 / 9)
100 - Claud: Super Monster - 73,3 (75,0 / 16)
101 - Porter Robinson: Nurture - 73,3 (77,0 / 10)
102 - Noga Erez: Kids - 73,3 (78,0 / 7)
103 - Leon Bridges: Gold-Diggers Sound - 73,0 (73,9 / 18)
104 - Chad VanGaalen: World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - 72,9 (76,6 / 10)
105 - Sarah Mary Chadwick: Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby - 72,9 (77,6 / 7)
106 - Laura Mvula: Pink Noise - 72,7 (74,7 / 15)
107 - The Antlers: Green To Gold - 72,7 (74,7 / 15)
108 - Flock of Dimes: Head of Roses - 72,7 (75,4 / 13)
109 - Alan Vega: Mutator - 72,7 (76,7 / 9)
110 - William Doyle: Great Spans of Muddy Time - 72,6 (75,3 / 13)
111 - H.E.R.: Back of My Mind - 72,5 (76,4 / 9)
112 - Halsey: If I Cant Have Love, I Want Power - 72,4 (73,8 / 17)
113 - The Mountain Goats: Dark In Here - 72,4 (74,4 / 15)
114 - Saint Etienne: I’ve Been Trying To Tell You - 72,3 (76,3 / 9)
115 - The Body: I've Seen All I Need To See - 72,2 (75,9 / 10)
116 - Steve Gunn: Other You - 72,1 (76,1 / 9)
117 - Cloud Nothings: The Shadow I Remember - 72,1 (73,8 / 16)
118 - Lord Huron: Long Lost - 72,1 (76,7 / 7)
119 - Sleigh Bells: Texis - 71,9 (75,6 / 10)
120 - Billie Marten: Flora Fauna - 71,9 (76,3 / 8)
121 - A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Invisible Cities - 71,9 (74,9 / 12)
122 - The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstom Warnings... - 71,9 (74,9 / 12)
123 - Puma Blue: In Praise of Shadows - 71,8 (74,8 / 12)
124 - Half Waif: Mythopoetics - 71,8 (74,5 / 13)
125 - Pom Pom Squad: Death Of A Cheerleader - 71,8 (76,1 / 8)
126 - Lael Neale: Acquainted with Night - 71,7 (76,0 / 8)
127 - Lambchop: Showtunes - 71,6 (73,3 / 16)
128 - Weezer: OK Human - 71,5 (70,8 / 23)
129 - Durand Jones & The Indications: Private Space - 71,5 (76,1 / 7)
130 - Dodie: Build A Problem - 71,5 (75,4 / 9)
131 - Jungle: Loving In Stereo - 71,5 (72,4 / 18)
132 - Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight - 71,4 (69,7 / 26)
133 - Crowded House: Dreamers Are Waiting - 71,3 (75,0 / 10)
134 - Olivia Rodrigo: Sour - 71,2 (71,6 / 20)
135 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Butterfly 3000 - 71,2 (74,5 / 11)
136 - Marta Wainwright: Love Will Be Reborn - 71,2 (75,9 / 7)
137 - Spirit Of The Beehive: Entertainment, Death - 71,1 (75,1 / 9)
138 - Ryley Walker: Course In Fable - 71,0 (74,4 / 11)
139 - Tindersticks: Distractions - 71,0 (73,4 / 14)
140 - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets: SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound - 71,0 (75,0 / 9)
141 - Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Superwolves - 71,0 (73,3 / 14)
142 - Kacey Musgraves: Star-Crossed - 70,9 (72,2 / 17)
143 - Still Corners: The Last Exit - 70,8 (74,5 / 10)
144 - Hiss Golden Messenger: Quietly Blowing It - 70,8 (74,8 / 9)
145 - David Crosby: For Free - 70,7 (74,4 / 10)
146 - James Yorkston And The Second Hand Orchestra: The Wide, Wide River - 70,7 (74,4 / 10)
147 - Pearl Charles: Magic Mirror - 70,5 (74,9 / 8)
148 - La Femme: Paradigmes - 70,3 (74,6 / 8)
149 - Liz Phair: Soberish - 70,1 (72,1 / 15)
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Re: MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
I know it isn't shocking considering the reception but I am disappointed that Donda was as critically panned as it was. It may have a lot of filler but more that 3/4th is some of Kanye's best recent material
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Top 50 Albums of the Decade!
1 | Fiona Apple | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | 94.9497 | 2020
2 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately | 90.2421 | 2020
3 | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra | Promises | 88.3711 | 2021
4 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 88.3422 | 2020
5 | Run The Jewels | RTJ4 | 87.7125 | 2020
6 | Little Simz | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | 87.0240 | 2021
7 | Squid | Bright Green Field | 86.9059 | 2021
8 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | 85.9084 | 2020
9 | Japanese Breakfast | Jubilee | 85.5918 | 2021
10 | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Carnage | 84.9419 | 2021
11 | Dave | We're All ALone In This Together | 84.6757 | 2021
12 | Julien Baker | Little Oblivions | 84.2413 | 2021
13 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To A Tortured Mind | 84.2346 | 2020
14 | Moses Sumney | græ | 84.2251 | 2020
15 | Taylor Swift | Folklore | 83.8752 | 2020
16 | Arlo Parks | Collapsed In Sunbeams | 83.8746 | 2021
17 | The Weather Station | Ignorance | 83.4579 | 2021
18 | Sons of Kemet | Black To The Future | 83.3222 | 2021
19 | Low | Hey What | 83.1747 | 2021
20 | Adrianne Lenker | Songs | 83.1144 | 2020
21 | Black Country, New Road | For The First Time | 82.9712 | 2021
22 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad | 82.8487 | 2020
23 | Fleet Foxes | Shore | 82.8412 | 2020
24 | Black Midi | Cavalcade | 82.8411 | 2021
25 | Haim | Women In Music Pt. III | 82.7609 | 2020
26 | Tyler, The Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost | 82.6751 | 2021
27 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! | 82.4153 | 2021
28 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud | 82.3647 | 2020
29 | Fontaines D.C. | A Hero's Death | 82.2609 | 2020
30 | St. Vincent | Daddy's Home | 82.1480 | 2021
31 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | 82.1419 | 2020
32 | Protomartyr | Ultimate Success Today | 82.1362 | 2020
33 | Caribou | Suddenly | 82.0541 | 2020
34 | Sault | Untitled (Rise) | 82.0088 | 2020
35 | Lingua Ignota | Sinner Get Ready | 81.9663 | 2021
36 | For Those I Love | For Those I Love | 81.9255 | 2021
37 | Turnstile | Glow On | 81.8974 | 2021
38 | Lucy Dacus | Home Video | 81.2302 | 2021
39 | Neil Young | Homegrown | 81.2249 | 2020
40 | Arab Strap | As Days Get Dark | 81.2212 | 2021
41 | Shame | Drunk Tank Pink | 81.1917 | 2021
42 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 81.0886 | 2021
43 | The Bug | Fire | 81.0385 | 2021
44 | Jessie Ware | What's Your Pleasure? | 80.8215 | 2020
45 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is | 80.7578 | 2020
46 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | 80.6749 | 2021
47 | Bright Eyes | Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was | 80.5909 | 2020
48 | Wolf Alice | Blue Weekend | 80.5689 | 2021
49 | Taylor Swift | Evermore | 80.4895 | 2020
50 | The Microphones | Microphones in 2020 | 80.3416 | 2020
Count By Year:
2020: 24
2021: 26
1 | Fiona Apple | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | 94.9497 | 2020
2 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately | 90.2421 | 2020
3 | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra | Promises | 88.3711 | 2021
4 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 88.3422 | 2020
5 | Run The Jewels | RTJ4 | 87.7125 | 2020
6 | Little Simz | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | 87.0240 | 2021
7 | Squid | Bright Green Field | 86.9059 | 2021
8 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | 85.9084 | 2020
9 | Japanese Breakfast | Jubilee | 85.5918 | 2021
10 | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Carnage | 84.9419 | 2021
11 | Dave | We're All ALone In This Together | 84.6757 | 2021
12 | Julien Baker | Little Oblivions | 84.2413 | 2021
13 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To A Tortured Mind | 84.2346 | 2020
14 | Moses Sumney | græ | 84.2251 | 2020
15 | Taylor Swift | Folklore | 83.8752 | 2020
16 | Arlo Parks | Collapsed In Sunbeams | 83.8746 | 2021
17 | The Weather Station | Ignorance | 83.4579 | 2021
18 | Sons of Kemet | Black To The Future | 83.3222 | 2021
19 | Low | Hey What | 83.1747 | 2021
20 | Adrianne Lenker | Songs | 83.1144 | 2020
21 | Black Country, New Road | For The First Time | 82.9712 | 2021
22 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad | 82.8487 | 2020
23 | Fleet Foxes | Shore | 82.8412 | 2020
24 | Black Midi | Cavalcade | 82.8411 | 2021
25 | Haim | Women In Music Pt. III | 82.7609 | 2020
26 | Tyler, The Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost | 82.6751 | 2021
27 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! | 82.4153 | 2021
28 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud | 82.3647 | 2020
29 | Fontaines D.C. | A Hero's Death | 82.2609 | 2020
30 | St. Vincent | Daddy's Home | 82.1480 | 2021
31 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | 82.1419 | 2020
32 | Protomartyr | Ultimate Success Today | 82.1362 | 2020
33 | Caribou | Suddenly | 82.0541 | 2020
34 | Sault | Untitled (Rise) | 82.0088 | 2020
35 | Lingua Ignota | Sinner Get Ready | 81.9663 | 2021
36 | For Those I Love | For Those I Love | 81.9255 | 2021
37 | Turnstile | Glow On | 81.8974 | 2021
38 | Lucy Dacus | Home Video | 81.2302 | 2021
39 | Neil Young | Homegrown | 81.2249 | 2020
40 | Arab Strap | As Days Get Dark | 81.2212 | 2021
41 | Shame | Drunk Tank Pink | 81.1917 | 2021
42 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 81.0886 | 2021
43 | The Bug | Fire | 81.0385 | 2021
44 | Jessie Ware | What's Your Pleasure? | 80.8215 | 2020
45 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is | 80.7578 | 2020
46 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | 80.6749 | 2021
47 | Bright Eyes | Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was | 80.5909 | 2020
48 | Wolf Alice | Blue Weekend | 80.5689 | 2021
49 | Taylor Swift | Evermore | 80.4895 | 2020
50 | The Microphones | Microphones in 2020 | 80.3416 | 2020
Count By Year:
2020: 24
2021: 26
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Re: MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
The album is kind of an overstuffed mess, but you're right - there's a lot of really good stuff there as well. Unfortunately, Kanye's public image has taken so many (deserved) hits in recent years that for many reviewers it seems to be almost impossible to separate art from artist. And that zero-star review from The Independent is just disgraceful - yes, featuring Marilyn Manson on a track (whose refrain is "Guess who's going to jail tonight," no less) was a terrible, "oh-dear-aren't-we-shocking?" idea, but shitcanning the entire album because of what amounts to a bonus track is also terrible.Edre Peraza wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 2:32 pm I know it isn't shocking considering the reception but I am disappointed that Donda was as critically panned as it was. It may have a lot of filler but more that 3/4th is some of Kanye's best recent material
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Yeah I honestly just ignored those 4 bonus tracks. I also like Kanye when he is at his most strange like to me Yeezus and The Life of Pablo are near perfect projects. I agree the album is overstuffed but I think most of the criticism is against him as a person not the actual album. I honestly find that ye isn't a bad guy in the slightest he just doesn't always have the best judgement and when he has his moments of mental breakdowns, he goes down twisted rabbit holes. Honestly I still give Donda an 8/10 based on how much I do like from the project.Harold wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:53 pmThe album is kind of an overstuffed mess, but you're right - there's a lot of really good stuff there as well. Unfortunately, Kanye's public image has taken so many (deserved) hits in recent years that for many reviewers it seems to be almost impossible to separate art from artist. And that zero-star review from The Independent is just disgraceful - yes, featuring Marilyn Manson on a track (whose refrain is "Guess who's going to jail tonight," no less) was a terrible, "oh-dear-aren't-we-shocking?" idea, but shitcanning the entire album because of what amounts to a bonus track is also terrible.Edre Peraza wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 2:32 pm I know it isn't shocking considering the reception but I am disappointed that Donda was as critically panned as it was. It may have a lot of filler but more that 3/4th is some of Kanye's best recent material
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Re: MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
Forget about Rolling Stone, the only song list that matters is this one:
Rather eclectic group of new entries. And of course The Staves, this year's obligatory in-and-out album.
Rather eclectic group of new entries. And of course The Staves, this year's obligatory in-and-out album.
Re: MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
It's a mild surprise that Little Simz didn't shoot straight up to #1, right?
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Re: MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
A lot of the British bands once categorized as post punk have caught on to the trend and now insist on being labeled “art rock or art pop.” Doesn’t really matter cause I’m noticing the critics now now gearing towards British soul, r&b, funk and hip hop. The British urban scene in other words I guess.
Re: MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
And jazz too, with Sons of Kemet + their offshoots being the most prominent example.luvulongTIM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:15 pm A lot of the British bands once categorized as post punk have caught on to the trend and now insist on being labeled “art rock or art pop.” Doesn’t really matter cause I’m noticing the critics now now gearing towards British soul, r&b, funk and hip hop. The British urban scene in other words I guess.
Re: MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
I wouldn’t be surprised if Simz hits 30+ reviews, so I think it has a decent chance of beating Promises, as long as reviews stay around 80/90
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Re: MCCh 2021 (16) September 15
When's the new one?
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