YEAR END MEGALIST 2020!!!

[Rip_City]

Also im finally listening to Dua Lipa because of this list. Not for me, but I get why its so high.

Glad to hear you gave it a run.

 

[Nee Lewman]

At some point, I guess I should give 7-10 a listen.

 

[NathanRicaud]

At some point, I guess I should give 7-10 a listen.

How have you not listened to Jessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure? King Daddy?

That album channels the disco days of Donna Summer, a young Janet Jackson, to funky singles released by West End Records! Ooh La La sounds like a lost Prince song! I honestly don’t get how you’ve never listened to What’s Your Pleasure? before!

Yves Tumor is magnificent! You’re going to love Heaven To A Tortured Mind as it is a dense, sexy, disorientating funky, R&B/Rock album with jazzy undertones! The album has a timeless sound but is also left field. The album is extremely varied in sound but has a rich, dark, 70’s coherent sound to it! Keroscene is the sexiest song of 2020; it’s a slow burning slow jam that features hazy, dreamy guitars, juicy synths and passionate, fiery vocals and an intensity that reminds me of Prince! It’s like a lost Sign Om The Times track!

I just know you’re going to love that Jessie Ware and Yves Tumor album!!! Yves Tumor’s Heaven to A Tortured Mind was @gaporter favourite album of 2020 and Jessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure? was my favourite album of 2020!

 

[NathanRicaud]

What’s Your Pleasure and Heaven To A Tortured Mind are both sexy albums so I’m glad they made the top 10! Seems like there’s a lot of people in here who loves a bit of that raunchy, sensual, groovy music!

I know it’s early days of 2021, but I think Aaron Frazer is going to be in my top 5 for the year! How great is the album @Lee Newman ! Cannot stop listening to the funky, smooth, yearning yet uplifting “Bad News”!

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

It's partially my fault. Wasnt even on my list brcause I didnt hear it until after the fact.

But i just wanna say there isn't enough Avalanches on this list.

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

So happy my top 3 all made it on the top 10! And my #4 was just underneath the top!

I am curious about what the point breakdown ended up being but appreciate all the hard work done already done for this!

 

[NathanRicaud]

It's partially my fault. Wasnt even on my list brcause I didnt hear it until after the fact.

But i just wanna say there isn't enough Avalanches on this list.

Yeah, album was released mid December so it makes sense not to really rank anywhere decently on this list! It’s a pretty great album though!

 

[Hollywood]

It's partially my fault. Wasnt even on my list brcause I didnt hear it until after the fact.

But i just wanna say there isn't enough Avalanches on this list.

The album made it on my top 40 AOTY list but it would of ranked much higher had it been released earlier in the year.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

The album made it on my top 40 AOTY list but it would of ranked much higher had it been released earlier in the year.

Yeah- after listening to it for two weeks straight based off some strong recs in the Best of 2020 thread, I'd say it's definitely among my favorite things from last year. I'd put $$$ on it winding up on a couple year end lists for 2021.

 

[Rip_City]

It has only been two years and change since our individual list submissions, but would you change your 2020 favorites now looking back? @gaporter's bump back in January for the 2019 MEGALIST thread had me curious.

 

[musicjunkiegreg]

It has only been two years and change since our individual list submissions, but would you change your 2020 favorites now looking back? @gaporter's bump back in January for the 2019 MEGALIST thread had me curious.

I wasn't on the forum yet at the end of 2020, but my Top3 from that year would still stay/have stayed the same. My #1 was Fiona Apple, my #2 was Phoebe Bridgers, and my #3 was .clipping.

 

[dhodo]

It has only been two years and change since our individual list submissions, but would you change your 2020 favorites now looking back? @gaporter's bump back in January for the 2019 MEGALIST thread had me curious.

I haven't been able to do a ton of reevaluating or exploring albums I missed so I'm not surprised I wouldn't change much. Still love all the albums I picked. But man, what a year for hip-hop. I'd probably add Navy Blue and maybe Ka and change the order some.

Fear not, here is my drop in the bucket.

10 pts - R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages
10 pts - Moor Mother + billy woods - BRASS
10 pts - Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - Innocent Country 2
10 pts - Armand Hammer - Shrines
10 pts - serengeti - AJAI
0 pts - Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
10 pts - Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network - Ballet of Apes
0 pts - Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
10 pts - Small Bills - Small Bills
0 pts - YvesTumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
10 pts - clipping - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
10 pts - AMANI + KING VISION ULTRA - An Unknown Infinite
5 pts - The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominique's Nosebleed
5 pts - Open Mike Eagle - Anime, Trauma, and Divorce
0 pts - Boldy James / Sterling Toles - Manger on McNichols
0 pts - Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here by History
0 pts- Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin - Flysiifu's

Not sure why, but not a lot of rock clicked as well with me in 2020. I enjoyed and purchased and will continue to listen to some, but they didn't stick with me as well as these I chose to list. I wonder if that will change when I revisit and check things out I missed. Even with that, an amazing year for music. In rough order, especially the second half.

 

[avecigrec]

I wasn't on the forum yet, but here's what I had:

Shabaka and The Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Orion Sun - Hold Space For Me
Anjimile- Giver Taker
Nubya Garcia - Source
Kelaketla! - Kelaketla!
Melt Yourself Down - 100% Yes
Black Thought - Streams Of Thought Vol. 3: Cane and Abel
Jeff Parker - Suite For Max Brown
Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline


And here's what I would probably go with now:


Shabaka and The Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
Orion Sun - Hold Space For Me
Steve Earle - Ghosts of West Virginia
The Chicks - Gaslighter
Jeff Parker - Suite For Max Brown
Nubya Garcia - Source
Marry Lattimore - Silver Ladders
Kelaketla! - Kelaketla!

 

[Joe Mac]

So here is my take on 2020, hope you enjoy, I did!

1. Laura Marling - Song For My Daughter 20 points
2. Haim - Women In Music, Part III 18 points
3. Sault - Untitled (Rise) 15 points
4. Moses Sumney - Grae 12 points
5. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 10 points
6. Gorillaz - Song Machine Season One 8 points
7. Bob Dylan - Rough & Rowdy Ways 5 points
8. Sault - Untitled (Black Is) 4 points
9. Jehnny Beth - To Love Is To Live 3 points
10. Bruce Springsteen - A Letter To You 2 points

11. James Dean Bradfield - Even In Exile 2 points
12. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero’s Death 1 point

Top 20 Outside Points

13. Bonny Light Horseman
14. Liam Gallagher - MTV Unplugged
15. Doves - The Universal Want
16. The Electric Soft Parade - Stages
17. Taylor Swift - Folklore
18. Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
19. Idles - Ultra Mono
20. Taylor Swift - Evermore

Honourable Mentions (In No Particular Order)

Les Amazones d’Afrique - Amazones Power
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Monophonics - It’s Only Us
Hilary Woods - Birthmarks
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Angel Olsen - A Whole New Mess
Arctic Monkey - Royal Albert Hall

Disappointments

Thundercat - It Is What It Is

A bit too mannered for a Thundercat album for me, I hope he brings back the chaos next time

Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was

Both are a little long and a little one paced which sadly means that, although not bad, they are a bit boring.

Not Had A Chance To Listen To Properly Yet

McCartney - III
Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song

Wouldn’t change a thing.

 

[Rip_City]

My old top10 from then:



What it would look like now:



All entries in order. Not many changes. Still voicing the opinion that dance-pop had a knockout year. Ichiko Aoba (青葉市子) is here now considering that Windswept Adan released in December of the year (too late in time for a year end evaluation), and reflecting back on her music overall in the time since.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

2020 is one of my fav years of all-time as far as top end gold. And my list is pretty similar abiet a lot of stuff in the 6-20 range switched around.

Then:
1) Fiona Apple: Get the Bolt Cutters [singer / songwriter]
2) Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia [pop]
3) Deftones: Ohmm [alt metal]
4) Run the Jewels: IV [hip-hop]
5) SAULT: Untitled (Rise) [Neo-Soul, Jazz]
6) Grimes- Miss Anthroposcene [indie electronica / indie pop]
7) HAIM: Women in Music Pt. III [indie rock]
8) Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Times [experimental pop]
9) Sevdaliza: Shabrang [trip-hop, world]
10) Katie Pruitt: Expectations [singer / songwriter, indie rock]
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11) Porridge Radio- Every Bad [post-punk, indie rock] 4
12) Marilyn Manson: We Are Chaos [rock]
13) Caribou- Suddenly [electronic]
14) Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher [indie folk]
15) Perfume Genius: Set My Heart On Fire Immediately: [art pop / indie rock]

Now:
1) Fiona Apple: Get the Bolt Cutters [singer / songwriter]
2) Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia [pop]
3) HAIM: Women in Music Pt. III [indie rock]
4) Deftones: Ohmm [alt metal]
5) Run the Jewels: IV [hip-hop]
electronica / indie pop]
6) Caribou: Suddenly [indie electronic]
7) Yves Tmor: Heaven of a Tortured Mind
8) Grimes- Miss Anthroposcene [indie electronic]
9) Avalanches: We Will Always Love You [indie electronic]
10) Yeaji: What We Drew [indie electronic]
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11) Pheobe Bridgers: Punisher [indie rock]
12) Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Times [experimental pop]
13) SAULT: Untitled (Rise) [Neo-Soul, Jazz]
14) Sevdaliza: Shabrang [trip-hop, world]
15) Poridge Radio: Every Bad [indie rock]