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Your Top 10 Albums of 2017?

LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
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It's been a great year for new music!  What albums are in your top 10?

Here's my list:

1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
2. Chris Stapleton - From A Room, Volume 1
3. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 
4. Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold
5. Margo Price - All American Made
6. Chris Stapleton - From A Room, Volume 2
7. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Live from Welcome to 1979 (RSD)
8. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song
9. Jack Johnson - All the Light Above It Too
10. Iron and Wine - Beast Epic 

HM. Neil Young - Hitchhiker 

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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076

    1. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
    2. Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
    3. National - Sleep Well Beast
    4. Jlin - Black Origami
    5. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
    6. AFX - Field Day
    7. Thee Oh Sees - Orc
    8. St. Vincent - Masseduction
    9. Four Tet - New Energy
    10. Actress - AZD
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,062
    i always do 25 and here they are (sue me :tongue:)

    1. Queens of the Stone Age- Villains
    2. Japandroids- Near to the Wild Heart of Life
    3. Beck- Colors
    4. The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding
    5. The Horrors- V
    6. LCD Soundsystem- American Dream
    7. The National- Sleep Well Beast
    8. Waxahatchee- Out in the Storm
    9. Spoon- Hot Thoughts
    10. Arcade Fire- Everything Now
    11. 311- Mosaic
    12. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit- The Nashville Sound
    13. Foo Fighters- Concrete and Gold
    14. St. Vincent- Masseducation
    15. Kasabian- For Crying Out Loud
    16. The xx- I See You
    17. The Orwells- Terrible Human Beings
    18. The Shins- Heartworms
    19. Royal Blood- How Did We Get Do Dark?
    20. Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 3
    21. Sylvan Esso- What Now
    22. Fleet Foxes- Crack-Up
    23. Strand of Oaks- Hard Love
    24. Gorillaz- Humanz
    25. Mondo Cozmo- Plastic Soul







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  • modernmonkeymodernmonkey Posts: 185
    Here is my list:

    1.Ryan Adams -prisoner
    2. Mark Lanegan-gargoyle
    3.Prophets of rage-prophets of rage
    4.QOTSA-villans
    5.Neil Young -the vistor
    6.Fleet Foxes-crack-up
    7. Arcade Fire-everything now
    8.Josh Ritter-gathering
    9.Beck-colours
    10.The National-sleep well beast


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  • buck502000buck502000 Posts: 8,951
    Who is Vince Staples? 
  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    buck502000 said:
    Who is Vince Staples? 
    Rapper. Check him out, 'specially the new one, Big Fish Theory....good stuff. Good songs from BFT to start with: Crabs In a Bucket, Party People, BagBak
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    jjflash said:
    buck502000 said:
    Who is Vince Staples? 
    Rapper. Check him out, 'specially the new one, Big Fish Theory....good stuff. Good songs from BFT to start with: Crabs In a Bucket, Party People, BagBak
    The best thing about people posting their lists is that everyone gets new albums to listen to/discover. 
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    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    1. Jason Isbell- The Nashville Sound
    2. Spoon- Hot Thoughts
    3. Mount Eerie- A Crow Looked at Me
    4. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile- Lotta Sea Lice
    5. Waxahatchee- Out in the Storm
    6. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard- Polygondwanaland
    7. Cloud Nothings- Life without Sound
    8. War on Drugs- Deeper Understanding
    9. Deer Tick- Vol 1
    10. Districts- Popular- Popular Manipulations

    Others:
    National- Sleep Well Beast
    Sheer Mag- Need to Feel Your Love
    Ron Gallo- Meta
    Jay Som- Everybody Works
    Creeper-  Eternity, In Your Arms
    LCD Sounsystem- American Dream
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,062
    intodeep said:
    1. Jason Isbell- The Nashville Sound
    2. Spoon- Hot Thoughts
    3. Mount Eerie- A Crow Looked at Me
    4. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile- Lotta Sea Lice
    5. Waxahatchee- Out in the Storm
    6. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard- Polygondwanaland
    7. Cloud Nothings- Life without Sound
    8. War on Drugs- Deeper Understanding
    9. Deer Tick- Vol 1
    10. Districts- Popular- Popular Manipulations

    Others:
    National- Sleep Well Beast
    Sheer Mag- Need to Feel Your Love
    Ron Gallo- Meta
    Jay Som- Everybody Works
    Creeper-  Eternity, In Your Arms
    LCD Sounsystem- American Dream
    nice list

    I never did pick up Courtney Barnett/Kurt Vile or The Districts albums though  :disappointed:
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    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,567
    War on Drugs Deeper Understanding 


    All the rest follows 
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  • primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,360
    edited December 2017
    1. Mastodon-Emperor of Sand
    2. Mastodon-Cold Dark Place EP
    3. Red Fang-Only Ghosts
    4. Queens Of the Stone Age-Villians
    5. Foo Fighters-Concrete & Gold
    6. '68-Two Parts Viper
    7. Toadies-Down side of Uptown
    8. Primus-Desaturating Seven
    Havent heard anything else deserving to be on this list.
    Post edited by primussucks on
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  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,542
    edited December 2017
    1. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
    2. Neil Young - Hitchhiker
    3. Mark Lanegan - Gargoyle
    4. Afghan Whigs - In Spades
    5. Neil Young & Promise of the Real - The Visitor
    6. Rag n' Bone Man - Human
    7. Ryan Adams - Prisoner
    8. Foo Fighters - Concrete & Gold
    9. DJ Format & Abdominal - Still Hungry
    10. Jason Loewenstein - Spooky Action

    Iron & Wine 'Archives volume 4' would definitely have been in there, but it's technically been released before online.

    Other honourable mentions:

    Joel Culpepper - Tortoise EP
    Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now
    Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark?
    Jeff Tweedy - Together At Last
    Foy Vance - Live In London (it's only been out for 4 days but it's an excellent album!)

    *Edited to bump The Visitor up a few spots :)*
    Post edited by goldrush on
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  • chittychitty Posts: 609
    1) The National - Sleep well beast (like all National albums it keeps getting better and better)

    2) Glorious Sons - Young Beauties and Fools (Everything is Alright is the song of the year for me)
    3) Arcade Fire - Everything NOw (could be higher ranked, but has like 3 of my least favourite Arcade songs)

    Honourable mentions: Royal Blood and Japandroids
  • buck502000buck502000 Posts: 8,951
    edited December 2017
    The most listened to vinyl records were:
    Beck - Colors
    Queens of the Stone Age - Villians
    Ryan Adams - Prisoner 
    Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold 
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    eeriepadave said:


    I never did pick up Courtney Barnett/Kurt Vile or The Districts albums though  :disappointed:
    Thanks! I liked your list a lot too. I liked both albums a lot. The Barnett/Vile album hit me instantly. The districts for me at first had some really good songs and some meh songs...... but over time and a few listens i really grew to like those others.
    I need to check out the Beck album i have not heard it yet. Also i like seeing the Orwells on your list. I have not heard that album yet but that band is so fun especially live.
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  • vedder6vedder6 Posts: 86

    1. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

    2. Big Thief - Capacity

    3. Lorde - Melodrama

    4. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights

    5. Harmony Woods - Nothing Special

    6. The Menzingers - After The Party

    7. Cayetana - New Kind Of Normal

    8. Jason Isbell - The Nashville Sound

    9. Hodera - First Things First

    10. Waxahatchee - Out In The Storm

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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    have none of you rock kats even listened to little steven's first new cd in 10 years?
  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    1. Kevin Morby -- City Music
    2. John Moreland -- Big Bad Luv
    3. Colter Wall -- Colter Wall
    4. Kendrick Lamar -- Damn.
    5. Hiss Golder Messenger -- Hallelujah Anyhow
    6. Mavis Staples -- If All I Was Was Black
    7. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit -- The Nashville Sound
    8. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile -- Lotta Sea Lice
    9. Charles Lloyd New Quartet -- Passin' Thru (Live)
    10. The War on Drugs -- A Deeper Understanding

    HM: Jay Z -- 4:44
            Dan Auerbach -- Waiting on a Song
            Dr. Dog -- Abandoned Mansion
  • May 30thMay 30th Posts: 1,753
    edited December 2017
    War on Drugs
    Hiss Golden Messenger
    Noah Gundersen
    Kendrick Lamar
    Ryan Adams
    Fink
    Feist
    Chris Robinson Brotherhood
    Kevin Morby
    Feist
    King Krule
    Steven Wilson

    ranking them is way too difficult for me.  i think top 3 would be war on drugs, kendrick and hiss golden.  ryan adams put out a wicked album this year with some awesome tracks too.

    Post edited by May 30th on
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I need to listen to that hiss golden messenger album too.  I wish my job was to listen to music. :(
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  • May 30thMay 30th Posts: 1,753
    intodeep said:
    I need to listen to that hiss golden messenger album too.  I wish my job was to listen to music. :(
    that would be amazing.  and you would probably get hooked up with awesome stereo equipment for free.
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    intodeep said:
    I need to listen to that hiss golden messenger album too.  I wish my job was to listen to music. :(
    I used to work at a used CD/vinyl shop throughout college and then weekends after I started teaching. It was great!  I could listen to anything I wanted, and I made sure to play at PJ bootleg on every shift. Too bad the pay wasn't better. 
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Not enough love for DAMN?
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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    I’m not surprised an album like that isn’t well received here. I’m just happy it’s overwhelmingly AOTY from everywhere else. 


  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2017/
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Tim Simmons said:
    I’m not surprised an album like that isn’t well received here.


    Why? I've seen positive posts about Kendrick here before.
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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    edited December 2017
    Oh, it’s no doubt some people here like him. There’s a big thread. I just think a majority of the board is stuck in the 90s or the modern alternative rock sound with roots from that era. So I’m not surprised modern hip hop isn’t resonating. If people realized how punk as fuck Kendrick is... 
    Post edited by Tim Simmons on
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Tim Simmons said:
    Oh, it’s no doubt some people here like him. There’s a big thread. I just think a majority of the board is stuck in the 90s or the modern alternative rock sound with roots from that era. So I’m not surprised modern hip hop isn’t resonating. If people realized how punk as fuck Kendrick is... 
    Ah, fair enough.
    I love DAMN. 
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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    It’s so fucking great. 
  • DC29940DC29940 Posts: 664
    I always do 25, so there they are:

    25. The Artisanals "Literally Anywhere EP"
    24. St. Vincent "Masseduction"
    23. The Flaming Lips "Oczy Mlody"
    22. Big Wreck "Grace Street"
    21. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds "Who Built the Moon?"
    20. Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton "Choir of the Mind"
    19. David Bazan "Care"
    18. Derek Webb "Fingers Crossed"
    17. Matt Cameron "Cavedweller"
    16. Starsailor "All This Life"
    15. The War on Drugs "A Deeper Understanding"
    14. MuteMath "Play Dead"
    13. The Killers "Wonderful Wonderful"
    12. Ryan Adams "Prisoner"
    11. U2 "Songs of Experience"
    10. Queens of the Stone Age "Villians"
    9. Foo Fighters "Concrete & Gold"
    8. The National "Sleep Well Beast"
    7. Arcade Fire "Everything Now"
    6. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit "The Nashville Sound"
    5. Cold War Kids "LA Divine"
    4. Beck "Colors"
    3. John Mark McMillan "Mercury & Lightning"
    2. Spoon "Hot Thoughts"
    1. Phoebe Bridgers "Stranger in the Alps"
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  • No CoderNo Coder Posts: 1,126

    Here's mine -

    1. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness


    2. Middle Kids - Self Titled EP

    3. Meg Mac - Low Blows

    4. Tash Sultana - Notion EP

    5. Tired Lion - Dumb Days

    6. The Teskey Brothers - Half Mile Harvest

    7. Bernard Fanning - Brutal Dawn

    8. Cigarettes After Sex - Self Titled

    9. Strangers - Mirrorland

    10. Living Colour - Shade


    HM : Fountaineer - Greater City, Greater Love, Arcade Fire -Everything Now, Vera Blue - Perennial


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