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Still thinking my shit through. But I don't really believe in top 10 lists. I bought so many albums this year that I had to tighten my belt on non-essentials like food and bills. For me it's go big or go home, and a top 50 is usually necessary. A top 25 will do on slower years (years during which I have a more interesting social life).
But I can offer up a rough draft of my top 10 albums, as long as everyone understands that, as inconsequential as it may be, this is NOT official.
Electronic, Ambient/Synth Noise, Dubstep/Footwork-type Stuff:
1. Aphex Twin - SYRO
2. Fennesz - Bécs
3. Ben Frost - A U R O R A
4. KidKanevil - My Little Ghost
5. Vladislav Delay - Visa
6. patten - ESTOILE NAIANT
7. Plaid - Reachy Prints
8. Rustie - Green Language
9. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
10. Untold - “Black Light Spiral”
Maybe pile: Clark, Objekt, FKA Twigs, Ekoplekz, Mouse on Mars, Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, The Bug
Rock/Punk/Indie-type Stuff:
1. Dub Thompson- 9 Songs
2. Thee Oh Sees - Drop
3. SWANS - To Be Kind
4. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love
5. Thurston Moore - The Best Day
6. A Silver Mount Zion / Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off! Get Free! We Pour Light on Everything
7. Shellac - Dude Incredible
8. Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love
9. The Body - I Shall Die Here
10. Big Ups - Eighteen Hours of Static
*Maybe pile: Blonde Redhead- Barragán, Caribou - Our Love, Spoon - They Want My Soul, Morgan Delt - S/t, Pharmakon - Bestial Burden, Purling Hiss - Weirdon, Survival Knife - Loose Power, Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita
Hip-Hop/Rap:
1. Underachievers - “Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium”
2. Ghostface Killah - “36 Seasons”
3. Shabazz Palaces - “Lese Majesty”
4. Run The Jewels - “Run The Jewels 2”
5. Black Milk - “If There's A Hell Below”
6. The Roots - “...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin”
7. SpaceGhostPurrp - “IntoXXXicated”
8. Wu-Tang Clan - “A Better Tomorrow”
9. Open Mike Eagle - “Dark Comedy”
10. J. Cole - “2014 Forest Hill Drive”
(Maybe Pile:Freddie & Madlib - Pińata
*J. Cole surprisingly bumped this one out of the top 10, at least for now.
HS87 - We The Plug
KOOL A.D. - WORD O.K.
Diamond D - Diam Piece
Big KRIT - Cadillactica
Rick Ro$$ - Hood Billionaire
Young Thug - Brick Squad
Future - Honest
KIT - Lownt God Theory
Blah blah blah
Yeah, I'm pretty fucking neurotic.
All lists subject to change. A “General” or Non-Genre Specific top 10 will sit atop the top 50. I'll probably post it a few times. You've been warned.
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