Album of The Year - Endgame

My Favourite Albums from 1961: (5 Coltrane albums in the Top 25!)
  1. Bill Evans Trio – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
  2. Miles Davis Quintet – Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet
  3. Oliver Nelson – Blues and The Abstract Truth
  4. John Coltrane – My Favourite Things
  5. Miles Davis Quintet – Someday My Prince Will Come
  6. Hank Mobley – Roll Call
  7. Ray Charles – The Genius Sings the Blues
  8. Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds
  9. Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz
  10. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Freedom Rider
  11. Kenny Dorham – Whistle Stop
  12. Baby Face Willette – Face to Face
  13. John Coltrane – Africa / Brass
  14. Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane
  15. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – A Night in Tunisia
  16. Grant Green – Green Street
  17. Ornette Coleman Quartet – This is Our Music
  18. John Coltrane – Olé
  19. Ike Quebec – Heavy Soul
  20. Dexter Gordon – Dexter Calling
  21. Lee Konitz - Motion
  22. Gil Evans Orchestra – Out of the Cool
  23. Eric Dolphy – Live at the Five Spot
  24. Max Roach – Percussion Bitter Sweet
  25. John Coltrane – Coltrane Jazz
 
1961:
1. Bill Evans Trio ‎– Sunday At The Village Vanguard
2. Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
3. Miles Davis Sextet ‎– Someday My Prince Will Come
4. Bill Evans Trio - Explorations
5. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Further Out
6. Esquivel - Infinity in Sound, Vol. 2
7. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
8. Grant Green - Grant's First Stand
9. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
10. Wes Montgomery - So Much Guitar!

HM:
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Freedom Rider
The Ornette Coleman Quartet - This Is Our Music
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra - Memories Are Made of This
Miles Davis Quintet - Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet
Eric Dolphy - Out There
Dexter Gordon – Dexter Calling
Grant Green - Green Street
Henry Mancini ‎– Breakfast At Tiffany's (Music From The Motion Picture Score)
The Ventures ‎– Another Smash
The Ventures - The Colorful Ventures
 
Trane galore! (gonna stick to my self-imposed rules and keep excluding live albums)

1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
2. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
3. Miles Davis - Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
4. Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
5. The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool
6. John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
7. Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
8. Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's [OST]
9. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Further Out
10. The Shadows - The Shadows

HM:

John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
Bill Evans Trio - Explorations
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
Nina Simone - Forbidden Fruit
 
I'll sneak in - fabulous year for jazz. Had to leave a lot of stuff out

1. Miles Davis - Steamin'
2. John Coltrane - Olé
3. Charles Mingus - Presents
4. John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
5. Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
6. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
7. Art Blakey - Mosaic
8. Charles Mingus - Mingus
9. Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet
10. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
 
Very late in getting my list up. Hopefully I made it in time!

Top 10 Albums of 1961:
  1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
  2. Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
  3. Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Bags & Trane
  4. Art Blakey - A Night in Tunisia
  5. Dexter Gordon - Doin' Alright
  6. John Coltrane - Olé
  7. Dexter Gordon - Dexter Calling
  8. Miles Davis - Steamin'
  9. John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
  10. Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet
 
Rip_City said:
Very late in getting my list up. Hopefully I made it in time!

Top 10 Albums of 1961:
  1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
  2. Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
  3. Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Bags & Trane
  4. Art Blakey - A Night in Tunisia
  5. Dexter Gordon - Doin' Alright
  6. John Coltrane - Olé
  7. Dexter Gordon - Dexter Calling
  8. Miles Davis - Steamin'
  9. John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
  10. Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet
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Yep you're good. Results will be up tonight
 
  1. John Coltrane- My Favorite Things
  2. Eric Dolphy - Out There
  3. Ornette Coleman- Free Jazz
  4. Bill Evan's Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
  5. John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk- S/T
  6. Dion - Runaround Sue
  7. Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet
  8. John Coltrane- Africa/Brass
  9. John Coltrane- Coltrane Ole
  10. John Coltrane- Coltrane Jazz
 
I'm surprised at the omission of Oliver Nelson from so many lists. I didn't have time to give any of these albums critical listenings so I've got to pass on this one, but I thought I'd give that one a shout out anyway.
 
THE N+G TOP 13 ALBUMS OF 1961
(Due to lesser voting in this year only albums that got double digit points made the list)

  1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
  2. Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
  3. Miles Davis Quintet – Someday My Prince Will Come
  4. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
  5. Miles Davis Quintet – Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet
  6. John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane
  7. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (tie 7)
  8. Eric Dolphy - Out There (tie 7)
  9. John Coltrane - Africa/Brass (tie 9)
  10. Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (tie 9)
  11. Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool (tie 9)
  12. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
  13. Patsy Cline - Showcase
 
1. Four Tet - New Energy
2. London Grammar - Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
3. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
5. Slowdive - Slowdive
6. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
7. Björk - Utopia
8. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
9. Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
10. Lorde - Melodrama

11. Ride - Weather Diaries
12. The xx - I See You
13. Elbow - Little Fictions
14. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
15. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
16. Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark?
17. Jessica Moss - Pools of Light
18. Lali Puna - Two Windows
19. Sampha - Process
20. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
 
spreddy updated!

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The N+G Album of the Year...

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2017 would seem to me to be a pretty clear year for kendrick to once again dominate the charts BUT i'm actually gonna proffer to long beach padre vince staples as having the best album of 2017

The OrderArtistAlbumNationality
1​
Vince StaplesBig Fish TheoryAmerican
2​
Laura MarlingSemper FeminaEnglish
3​
Kendrick LamarDAMN.American
4​
The NationalSleep Well BeastAmerican
5​
Father John MistyPure ComedyAmerican
6​
SZACtrlAmerican
7​
Fleet FoxesCrack-UpAmerican
8​
LCD SoundsystemAmerican DreamAmerican
9​
WaxahatcheeOut in the StormAmerican
10​
Julien BakerTurn Out the LightsAmerican
11​
Jen CloherJen CloherOztrayan
12​
Chelsea WolfeHiss SpunAmerican
13​
MastodonEmperor of SandAmerican
14​
LordeMelodramaKiwi
15​
Grizzly BearPainted RuinsAmerican
16​
The Afghan WhigsIn SpadesAmerican
17​
Queens of the Stone AgeVillainsAmerican
18​
The HorrorsVEnglish
19​
KelelaTake Me ApartAmerican
20​
MiguelWar & LeisureAmerican

there's a number of strong antipodean albums other than those couple mentioned in my top 20 that i recommend / endorse to round out a top ten:
- gang of youths: go farther in lightness (oztraya's best the national tribute band!)
- the tall grass: down the unmarked road (jamie from bluebottle kiss and pete from crow come together to make beautiful muzak!)
- underground lovers: staring at you staring at me (indie veterans still got it going on!)
- nadia reid: presentation (really strong songwriting from kiwi on her second album!)
- aldous harding: party (see one above!)
- all our exes live in texas: when we fall (what a band name! what a great collection of tunes!)
- pond: the weather (more than just tame impala offshoots!)
- liars: tcfc (i don't care if angus has lived in the states for donkey's years, he's oztrayan at heart!)
 
2017 huh! I remember doing a list somewhere but I can’t remember where I put it...

There has been some movement I’m sure but I’m guessing that it’s mostly similar!

1. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
2. Laura Marling - Semper Femina
3. St. Vincent - Masseduction
4. Phoebe Bridgers - Strangers In The Alps
5. The National - Sleep Well Beast
6. Sampha - Process
7. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
8. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
9. Thundercat - “Drunk”
10. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
 
2017:

1. SZA - Ctrl
2. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
3. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
4. Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All
5. Daniel Caesar - Freudian
6. Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
7. Thomas Rhett - Life Changes
8. Jade Bird - Something American EP
9. Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee
10. Jay-Z - 4:44

Honorable Mentions:
11. Harry Styles - Harry Styles
12. Portugal. The Man - Woodstock
13. Nick Grant - Return of the Cool
14. Taylor Swift - Reputation
15. The Greatest Showman Soundtrack
16. Soul Scratch - Pushing Fire
 
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Top 10 - 2017:
  1. SZA - Ctrl
  2. Lorde - Melodrama
  3. Sampha - Process
  4. Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel/Pop 2
  5. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
  6. Slowdive - S/T
  7. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
  8. Fever Ray - Plunge
  9. Jay Som - Everybody Works
  10. Zola Jesus - Okovi
HMs:
Big Thief - Capacity
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
King Krule - The Ooz
Perfume Genius - No Shape
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
Tyler, The Creator - Scum Fuck Flower Boy
 
1. Nubya Garcia - Nubya's 5ive
2. Ill Considered
3.bKamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference
4. Tony Allen - The Source
5. Yazz Ahmed - La Saboteuse
6. Trio da Kali - Ladilikan
7. Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway
8. Robert Plant - Carry Fire
9. Margo Price - All American Made
10. The Charlatans - Different Days
 
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