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***Official Album of the Year 2016 Thread***



Pevenseagull

Pevenseagull

Anti-greed coalition
Jul 20, 2003
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Having spent the last couple of hours listening to the King Creosote album a few times, I can safely say that's going on my list.

....and Teenage Fanclub

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deletebeepbeepbeep

deletebeepbeepbeep

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May 12, 2009
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The Tindersticks album will probably be in my top 10. Hey Lucinda is probably my most played track of the year, I'm a sucker for call and response songs.
 


M

Machiavelli

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Oct 11, 2013
16,673
Fiveways
Pevenseagull said:
Having spent the last couple of hours listening to the King Creosote album a few times, I can safely say that's going on my list.

....and Teenage Fanclub

(More to follow)
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KC might get on mine too. The highs are so high, but my reticence is that I'm not entirely convinced there are enough of them.
 










catfish

catfish

North Stand Brighton Boy
Dec 17, 2010
7,677
Worthing
My three outstanding albums of this year are;


Aynsley Lister - Eyes Wide Open

Devon Allman - Ride Or Die

Albert Castiglia - Big Dog
 






studio150

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
29,642
On the Border
Well reissues of the year

1. The Early Years 1965-1972 - Pink Floyd
2. Searching For the Spark - Steve Hillage
3. These Dreams Will Never Sleep The Best of Graham Parker 1976-2015 - Graham Parker
4. I'm Walking, Comlete Streetwalkers 1974-77 - Streetwalkers
5. Live at the Hollywood Bowl - The Beatles
6. Pool Hall Punks Complete Recordings 1976-1978 - Tyla Gang
7. Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) - David Bowie
8. Pure McCartney - Paul McCartney


2 spare places for the Who box ser of My Generation and the Kate Bush live album
 


Buzzer

Buzzer

Languidly Clinical
Oct 1, 2006
26,121
One of my favourite threads but it's very difficult narrowing down into a manageable list. I failed to get it down to 10, I just couldn't do it but I did just about manage to get it down to 21 and that meant being very ruthless in my selection so no room for Leonard Cohen, Bat For Lashes, Burning Hell, Marissa Nadler, Field Music, Radiohead, even the Jimmy Somerville disco remix album got cast aside.....I do feel bad about a lot of the stuff I left out but needs must. Here's my top 3:

1. Angel Olson 'My Woman'
2. MONEY 'Suicide Songs'
3. The Hearing 'Adrian'

and then the others in my top 21 in no particular order other than what came up first as I was compiling the list.

4. Richard Ashcroft 'These People'
5. Metronomy 'Summer 08'
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 'Skeleton Tree'
7. Anohni 'Hopelessness'
8. Agnes Obel 'Citizen of Glass'
9. LNZNDRF 'LNZNDRF'
10. William Kiwanuka 'Love & Hate'
11. Lou Rhodes 'Theeyesandeye'
12. Beth Orton 'Kidsticks'
13. Mull Historical Society 'Dear Satellite'
14. De Montevert 'De Montevert'
15. The Lemon Twigs 'Do Hollywood'
16. Cool Ghouls 'Animal Races'
17. The Shivas 'Better Off Dead'
18. Wild Beasts 'Boy King'
19. Spain 'Carolina'
20. Ela Orleans 'Circle of Upper and Lower Hell'
21. Pascal Pinon 'Sundur'

The reason for 21 is that I had the list down to 20 and was feeling quite smug with that and then I spotted that I had left Icelandic sisters Pascal Pinon out of the list and couldn't bring myself to swap any of the other 20 for them so I just expanded the list by 1.

I don't think it's been a classic year for new albums although there have been some very good ones and I genuinely love each of the albums that I've picked and that Angel Olson especially so.

As an aside, I have got to wonder why record companies even bother releasing non-compilation albums in November and December seeing as the best of 2016 lists are done and dusted by then. I would have thought an entry on Rough Trade's top 100 would be a fillip to album sales no matter what position you come in at. Bands such as the Wave Pictures may well get onto the list if released earlier rather than this week.
 


Pevenseagull

Pevenseagull

Anti-greed coalition
Jul 20, 2003
19,654
Buzzer said:
One of my favourite threads but it's very difficult narrowing down into a manageable list. I failed to get it down to 10, I just couldn't do it but I did just about manage to get it down to 21 and that meant being very ruthless in my selection so no room for Leonard Cohen, Bat For Lashes, Burning Hell, Marissa Nadler, Field Music, Radiohead, even the Jimmy Somerville disco remix album got cast aside.....I do feel bad about a lot of the stuff I left out but needs must. Here's my top 3:

1. Angel Olson 'My Woman'
2. MONEY 'Suicide Songs'
3. The Hearing 'Adrian'

and then the others in my top 21 in no particular order other than what came up first as I was compiling the list.

4. Richard Ashcroft 'These People'
5. Metronomy 'Summer 08'
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 'Skeleton Tree'
7. Anohni 'Hopelessness'
8. Agnes Obel 'Citizen of Glass'
9. LNZNDRF 'LNZNDRF'
10. William Kiwanuka 'Love & Hate'
11. Lou Rhodes 'Theeyesandeye'
12. Beth Orton 'Kidsticks'
13. Mull Historical Society 'Dear Satellite'
14. De Montevert 'De Montevert'
15. The Lemon Twigs 'Do Hollywood'
16. Cool Ghouls 'Animal Races'
17. The Shivas 'Better Off Dead'
18. Wild Beasts 'Boy King'
19. Spain 'Carolina'
20. Ela Orleans 'Circle of Upper and Lower Hell'
21. Pascal Pinon 'Sundur'

The reason for 21 is that I had the list down to 20 and was feeling quite smug with that and then I spotted that I had left Icelandic sisters Pascal Pinon out of the list and couldn't bring myself to swap any of the other 20 for them so I just expanded the list by 1.

I don't think it's been a classic year for new albums although there have been some very good ones and I genuinely love each of the albums that I've picked and that Angel Olson especially so.

As an aside, I have got to wonder why record companies even bother releasing non-compilation albums in November and December seeing as the best of 2016 lists are done and dusted by then. I would have thought an entry on Rough Trade's top 100 would be a fillip to album sales no matter what position you come in at. Bands such as the Wave Pictures may well get onto the list if released earlier rather than this week.
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Hang on, there was a 'Spain' album?
 
















G

Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,341
Uffern
Buzzer said:
1. Angel Olson 'My Woman'
2. MONEY 'Suicide Songs'
3. The Hearing 'Adrian'

and then the others in my top 21 in no particular order other than what came up first as I was compiling the list.

4. Richard Ashcroft 'These People'
5. Metronomy 'Summer 08'
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 'Skeleton Tree'
7. Anohni 'Hopelessness'
8. Agnes Obel 'Citizen of Glass'
9. LNZNDRF 'LNZNDRF'
10. William Kiwanuka 'Love & Hate'
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That's amazing, his brother Michael had an album with exactly the same name :wink:
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
50,269
Faversham
studio150 said:
Well reissues of the year

1. The Early Years 1965-1972 - Pink Floyd
2. Searching For the Spark - Steve Hillage
3. These Dreams Will Never Sleep The Best of Graham Parker 1976-2015 - Graham Parker
4. I'm Walking, Comlete Streetwalkers 1974-77 - Streetwalkers
5. Live at the Hollywood Bowl - The Beatles
6. Pool Hall Punks Complete Recordings 1976-1978 - Tyla Gang
7. Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) - David Bowie
8. Pure McCartney - Paul McCartney


2 spare places for the Who box ser of My Generation and the Kate Bush live album
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Tyla Gang. I'll say :)
 




Pevenseagull

Pevenseagull

Anti-greed coalition
Jul 20, 2003
19,654
Gwylan said:
What the .... ?

I thought they'd disbanded years ago. I see they released a studio album in 2012 too and a live album too. NSC has let me down badly here; I rely on it for my musical education.

Off to find album, I loved Spain back in the day
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'The Soul Of Spain', 2012, is a magnificent album.
 




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