Your Top 10 records for 2020!

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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Indifference71 said:
    1. The Strokes- New Abnormal
    2. Nathaniel Raetliff- And It's Still Alright
    3.PJ- Gigaton
    4. Jason Isbell- Reunions
    5. Futurebirds- Teamwork
    6. The Airborne Toxic Event- Hollywood Park
    7. The Lawrence Arms- Skeleton Coast
    8. Brian Fallon- Local Honey
    9. Laura Jane Grace- Stay Alive
    10. Local H- Lifers
    Did not know the Futurebirds had a new one.  Good band.  Hung out with them in Austin once upon a time. 
  • clayton12
    clayton12 Athens, GA Posts: 374
    Great list, above. Love Futurebirds and love the newest record. Definitely went for it a couple of times, with the songs more polished than ever. Also, I should have put Local H on my list. That band can do no wrong.
  • silvo
    silvo Posts: 294
    Damn, i've listened to so much music this year but don't think i've listened to enough new music to compile a top 5 never mind top 20!
    The three albums from this year i've loved and played the most are:
    1. Pluralone - I Don't Feel Well
    2. PJ - Gigaton
    3. Brian Fallon - Local Honey
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,437
    All this does is remind me I'm old. I don't really listen to "new" music, but I've definetely listened to a lot of music I've never heard before in the past year. Unfortunately I'm usually about 3 - 5 years behind these days when it comes to new stuff unless it's one of my favorite bands releasing a new album, which this year were PJ and Deftones. Loved both albums more than anything they've put out in the last 10 years so it was a good year.

    Deftones are metal album of the year for me and PJ is rock album.

    I will listen to some of the other stuff mentioned in this thread though. I respect Taylor Swift, but cannot get in to her music. 
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,752
    tbergs said:
    I respect Taylor Swift, but cannot get in to her music. 
    I would suggest one of these newer records. They aren't big pop like the rest of her catalog.
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,807
    My lucky thirteen...

    Neil Young - The Old Homestead (from Archives II)
    Pearl Jam - Gigaton
    Mark Lanegan Band - Another Knock At The Door (IYEARA Remixes)
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Return to Greendale
    Lou Barlow - EMOH (20h Anniversary reissue)
    Neil Young - Homegrown
    David Lowery - In The Shadow of The Bull
    Powderfinger - Unreleased
    Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs of Sorrow
    Brian Fallon - Local Honey
    Bob Mould - Blue Hearts
    Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King 
    John Frusciante - Maya 

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  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,249
    edited December 2020
    Not in order preliminary list. No, PJ did not make the cut. I just don't listen to Gigaton all that much.

    1.      Taylor Swift – Folklore

    2.      Ward Davis – Black Cats and Crows

    3.      Margo Price – That’s How Rumours Get Started

    4.      Xoth – Interdimensional Invocations

    5.      Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

    6.      American Aquarium – Lamentations

    7.      Bruce Springsteen – Letter to You

    8.      Gulch – Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress

    9.      Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

    10. Touche Amore - Lament
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  • jjflash
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    1. Run The Jewels -- RTJ4
    2. Waxahatchee -- Saint Cloud
    3. Matt Berninger -- Serpentine Prison
    4. Bonny Light Horseman -- S/T
    5. IDLES -- Ultra Mono
    6. Fiona Apple -- Fetch The Bolt Cutters
    7. Bob Dylan -- Rough and Rowdy Ways
    8. Taylor Swift -- folklore/evermore (*I've recently been hopped on the buzz train so somewhat still sussing out where these rank)
    9. Pearl Jam -- Gigaton (**Is it just me or do you also have a hard time objectively critiquing latter day PJ albums? It usually takes me a few years before they find their landing spot relative to current releases and, especially, previous PJ albums)
    10. Public Enemy -- What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?
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    11. EOB -- Earth
    12. Sturgill Simpson -- Cuttin' Grass - Vol1&2 (really digging Vol.2)
    13. Khruangbin -- Mordechai
    14. Freddie Gibbs -- Bandana
    15. Gillian Welch -- Boots No.2: The Lost Songs Vols.1-3
    15. Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real -- Naked Garden
    16. Andy Shauf -- The Neon Skyline
    17. Benny The Butcher -- Burden of Proof
    18. The Avett Brothers -- The Third Gleam
    19. Nubya Garcia -- Source
    20. The Strokes -- The New Abnormal
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    LukinFan said:
    Great year for music!

    No doubt! :smiley:  Oodles of solid releases, and hopefully more finished cooking and ready to pull out of the COVID oven. Also...goes w/o saying... hope the artists are able to make a fair living off their '20 album releases and until they're able to properly tour them.
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    jjflash said:
    1. Run The Jewels -- RTJ4
    2. Waxahatchee -- Saint Cloud
    3. Matt Berninger -- Serpentine Prison
    4. Bonny Light Horseman -- S/T
    5. IDLES -- Ultra Mono
    6. Fiona Apple -- Fetch The Bolt Cutters
    7. Bob Dylan -- Rough and Rowdy Ways
    8. Taylor Swift -- folklore/evermore (*I've recently been hopped on the buzz train so somewhat still sussing out where these rank)
    9. Pearl Jam -- Gigaton (**Is it just me or do you also have a hard time objectively critiquing latter day PJ albums? It usually takes me a few years before they find their landing spot relative to current releases and, especially, previous PJ albums)
    10. Public Enemy -- What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?
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    11. EOB -- Earth
    12. Sturgill Simpson -- Cuttin' Grass - Vol1&2 (really digging Vol.2)
    13. Khruangbin -- Mordechai
    14. Freddie Gibbs -- Bandana
    15. Gillian Welch -- Boots No.2: The Lost Songs Vols.1-3
    15. Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real -- Naked Garden
    16. Andy Shauf -- The Neon Skyline
    17. Benny The Butcher -- Burden of Proof
    18. The Avett Brothers -- The Third Gleam
    19. Nubya Garcia -- Source
    20. The Strokes -- The New Abnormal
    I need to check out the new Sturgill and Public Enemy albums. I love Sturgill's Vol 1 from this year. 
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  • RW8297
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    Sault - Untitled (Rise)
    Sault - Untitled (Black Is)
    Blue Note Re:imagined
    Khruangbin - Mordechai
    Keleketla!
    Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music
    Run The Jewels - 4
    Matthew Halsall - Salute To The Sun
    The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now
    The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    Damn I think other than Gigaton and Waterfall 2. I didn't buy any new stuff, just hd versions of old stuff
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Happy Friday! 

    What a crazy & musical year....
    For me, it was a rollercoaster just like for everyone else....but...music helped me navigate this really strange year. This is my list scribbled down on a pad. I definitely have a favorite album, but the rest would vary depending on mood, state of the world, quarantine situation and whatever else was going on. 

    That being said, I think I have a consistent #1. I listen to this album (& talk about it) all the time. (Just ask my amazing wife, Laurel. ) My #2 is solid because it's one of the best albums of all time and this reissue gave us all a glimpse of what else they were working on at that time. After that, it simply depends on the variables listed above. Be well, be safe and wear a mask! Can't wait for 2021 and hope you're all doing well! Ok...here we go.......

    1- The Strokes: The New Abnormal   
    2- Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest

    Pearl Jam: Gigaton 
    Josh Ritter: See Here, I Built You A Mansion 
    Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
    Sturgill Simpson: Cuttin' Grass Vol 1 & 2
    Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
    Drive By Truckers: The Unraveling
    Drive By Truckers: The New OK
    Old 97's: Twelfth
    EOB: Earth
    Run The Jewels: RTJ4
    Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison
    Painted Shield: Painted Shield
    Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
    Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: Naked Garden
    Neil Young: Homegrown
    Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Reunions
    Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow
    Josiah Johnson: Every Feeling On A Loop
    My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II
    The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
    Margo Price: That's How Rumors Get Started
    Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher

    I know for a fact that I've left some off, but that's how it goes. Stay safe, everyone and enjoy that holiday music!
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  • chitty
    chitty Posts: 610
    There was alot of good music, thankfully:
    1) Killers-Imploding the Mirage (vintage Killers)
    2) PJ-Gigaton (my fav PJ of the last 3-4 albums)
    3) Hotel Mira - Perfectionism (check out their song: This could be it for me, if you like that you will love this album)
    4) Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic (weird how an album made pre-pandemic has so many themes relevant to it. The singer has phenomenal range and the music matches it)

    These four albums will forever remind me of Corona lockdowns.

  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited December 2020
    Gigaton 9-months-in has already aged way better than LB or selftitled ever did to my ears during the same time measurements.  Once the initial excitement wore off on those albums i never wanted to revisit them much.  Gigaton is still a go to album in the car or in the gym.  Had it back on the turntable the other day.  So thats been a nice surprise from a 30 yr old band. 
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    cp3iverson said:
    Gigaton 9-months-in has already aged way better than LB or selftitled ever did to my ears during the same time measurements.  Once the initial excitement wore off on those albums i never wanted to revisit them much.  Gigaton is still a go to album in the car or in the gym.  Had it back on the turntable the other day.  So thats been a nice surprise from a 30 yr old band. 
    Completely agree. Really solid album and just so good.
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,752
    Yeah, theres more nuance to it than the last 2. Its had legs for me too.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    I’m going to be researching all of these lists. I need to add some new music to my collection. Thanks for all the suggestions. 
  • fl247556
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    Pearl Jam - Gigaton

    Deftones - Ohms

    AC/DC -  Power Up

    Kevin Morby - Sundowner

    Neil Young - Homegrown

    Bob Dylan - Rough & Rowdy Ways

    The Lemon Twigs - songs for the general public

    Fontaines DC - A hero's death

    Marylin Manson - We are chaos


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  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    In no particular order:

    Pearl Jam - Gigaton
    My Morning Jacket - Waterfall II
    The Strokes - The New Abnormal
    Jason Isbell - Reunions
    Drive By Truckers - The Unraveling
    Tame Impala - The Slow Rush 
    War on Drugs - Live Drugs
    Fleet Foxes - Shore
    Avett Brothers - The Third Gleam
    The Doves - The Universal Want 

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