Rllmuk's Favourite Albums of 2016 - List Thread (open until 31 December)

[ngchol]

This is a companion thread to http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?/topic/290740-best-new-music-of-2016/ - if you've already posted there and would like your favourites to be part of the compiled list, please post your results here - feel free to list up to 10 albums - in this format:

Position - Artist - Album

for example,

01 - Kuedo - Slow Knife
02 - David Bowie - Blackstar

03 - Metronomy - Summer 08

 

PLEASE DON'T POST ANY OPINIONS OR RESPONSES TO OTHER FORUMITES' CHOICES IN THIS THREAD - you can do that in http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?/topic/290740-best-new-music-of-2016/

The spaces and hyphens between position, artist and album are really important as it means that I can import the text straight into Excel without having to piss about with reformatting, and also I can reuse the 2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 spreadsheet ;-) . I'll leave this thread running until the end of 31 December.

You can edit your list as much as you like - I won't compile them until I close the thread.

If you have any questions then PM me - if the answer is useful to others I'll add it to this post, below.

Q - Are reissues allowed?
A - As long as the reissue date is in 2016, yes.

Q - Are EPs allowed?
A - Yes.

[MW_Jimmy]

01 - Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
02 - Jessy Lanza - Oh No
03 - Beyonce - Lemonade
04 - Parquet Courts - Human Performance
05 - Prins Thomas - Principe Del Norte
06 - Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
07 - Junior Boys - Big Black Coat

08 - Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
09 - The Invisible - Patience
10 - Dan Lissvik - Midnight

[cubik]

This is just here to remind me to finish this off at some point. I'll come back and put these in some kind of order, or possibly change the list altogether.

These are the first albums that sprang to mind when I checked my iTunes and Spotify albums for stuff from this year.

 

Edit - List now in some kind of order

 

1) Daughter - Not To Disappear

2) Plaid - The Digging Remedy

3) 65daysofstatic - No Man's Sky Soundtrack

4) Bat For Lashes - The Bride

5) Tycho - Epoch

6) Blixaboy - Humanoid X

7) Suede - Night Thoughts

8) Mogwai - Atomic

9) DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall

10) Various Artists - Touched 3

 

Notable omissions but this could change.

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here

De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody

Sasha - Scene Delete

 

New releases since writing the list:

Illum Sphere - Glass

 

Best Rerelease

Telefon Tel Aviv - Farenheit Fair Enough

[Mr Do 71]

01 - Moon Wiring Club - When A New Trick Comes Out I Do An Old One

02 - Moon Wiring Club - Exit Pantomime Control

03 - Plaid - The Digging Remedy

04 - Aphex Twin - Cheetah EP
05 - Aleksi Perälä - The Colundi Sequence - Volume 1
06 - Aleksi Perälä - Unknown

07 - μ-Ziq - RY30 Trax

08 - μ-Ziq - Aberystwyth Marine

09 - Pye Corner Audio - Stasis
10 - Lone - Levitate

 

[Michael J Glocks]

01 - Frank Ocean - Blond

02 - Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

03 - Andy Stott - Too Many Voices

04 - Bullion - Loop the Loop

05 - Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power

06 - Amnesia Scanner - AS

07 - ASDA - The Abyss

08 - GAIKA - SECURITY

09 - Lone - Levitate

10 - Death Grips - Bottomless Pit

 

 

[Rsdio]

01 - Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

02 - Elza Soares - A Mulher do Fim do Mundo

03 - Angel Olsen - My Woman

04 - Lil Ugly Mane - Oblivion Access

05 - The Gerogerigegege - The Gerogerigegege

06 - Solange - A Seat at the Table

07 - Ka - Honor Killed the Samurai
08 - David Bowie - Blackstar

09 - Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

10 - Frank Ocean - Blonde

 

[Qazimod]

01 - The Avalanches - Wildflower

02 - De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody

03 - Aphex Twin - CheetahEP

04 - Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music

05 - Noisia - Outer Edges

06 - Mr. Oizo - All Wet

07 - The Upbeats - De-Evolution II EP

08 - MIA - AIM

09 - The Upbeats - De-Evolution I EP

10 - 

 

I'm sure there's other stuff that I enjoyed streams of on Spotify but I struggle to recall it. All of these have kept me busy making playlists and stuff.  

[Guest]

01 - Corey Feldman - Angelic 2 The Core

02 - Fuzzy Hell - Hex Songs

03 - Julius Eastman - Femenine

04 - Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

05 - Acid Arab - Musique de France

06 - Clark - The Last Panthers

07 - COCAINEJESUS - We're Worried About You

08 - 2814 - Rain Temple

09 - David Bowie - Blackstar

10 -  The Altered Hours - In Heat, Not Sorry

 

This is all placeholder until I compile THE RICH LIST properly, there will be a lot of change.

 

Oren Ambarchi - Hubris

Various Artists - Absence: Compilation of Iranian experimental music

The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time

Asiq Nargile - Yurt Yeri

Autechre - elseq 1-5

Various Artists - Touched 3

Lone - Levitate

Heorge Garrison - Shortridge EP

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Sworn Virgins

Roslyn Steer - You'll Know

wosX - End of World Rave

Various Artists - Lords of the Acid Alliance Volume 3

Dwaallicht - Welkin EP

Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesiser Music

Datach'i - System

Kuba Kapsa Ensemble - Vantdraught 4

Puce Mary - The Spiral

HKE - Omnia

Pye Corner Audio - Stasis

Divil A' Bit - Blackberries & Juniper Twigs

Various Artists - Voiceless X

 

 

 

[wullie]

01 - Beyonce - Lemonade

02 - Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"

03 - Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine

04 - Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

05 - Frank Ocean - Blonde

06 - Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
07 - Gallant - Ology
08 - John Legend - Darkness and Light
09 - Rihanna - Anti
10 - Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered

[Made of Ghosts]

I probably haven't listened to enough stuff, but anyway. Maybe more to come.

 

01 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
02 - David Bowie - Blackstar

03 - Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

04 - Beyoncé - Lemonade

 

Just me for Skeleton Tree so far? Y'all need Jesus _{Alone and then all the other tracks}

[Sureshot]

01 - Death Angel - The Evil Divide
02 - Off With Their Heads - Won't Be Missed
03 - Judas Priest - Battle Cry
04 - The Ataris - October in This Railroad Earth
05 - Mick Gordon - Doom OST
06 - Korn - The Serenity of Suffering
07 - Hollow Earth - Dead Planet
08 -
09 -
10 -

 

As was mentioned above, really not a vintage year. Struggling to come up with anything else at the moment...

[The Boatman]

01 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

02 - Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter

03 - Tindersticks - The Waiting Room

04 - Jóhann Jóhannson - Orphée

05 - The Divine Comedy - Foreverland

06 - The Radio Dept. - Running Out of Love

07 - Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

08 - Yann Tiersen - Eusa

09 - Ulrich Schnauss - No Further Ahead Than Today

10 - Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

[Cosmic_Guru]

01 - The Coral - Distance Inbetween

02 - Thee Oh Sees - A weird exits

03 - Besnard lakes - A coliseum complex museum

[OneDvBmbr]

01 - Jeff Rosenstock - Worry

02 - The Hotelier - Goodness

03 - PUP - The Dream Is Over

04 - Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost

05 - Kevin Devine - Instigator

06 - Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me

07 - Bayside - Vacancy

[Stanley]

01 - Maxwell - blackSUMMERS'night

02 - Tinashe - Nightride 

03 - Gallant - Ology

04 - KING - We Are KING

05 - Solange - A Seat at the Table

06 - Surgeon - From Farthest Known Objects

07 - Andy Stott - Too Many Voices

08 - Death in Vegas -Transmission 

09 - Demdike Stare - Wonderland

10 - Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power

[scruffycat]

01 - Pye Corner Audio - Stasis

02 - Caverns Of Anti Matter - Void Beats Invocation Trex 

03 - Goat - Requiem

04 - Datach'I - System

05 - Yann Tiersen - Eusa 

06 - Four Tet - Randoms

07 - Anna Homler and Steve Moshier - Breadwoman & Other Tales

08 - Eluvium - False Readings On

09 - Marconi Union - Ghost Stations

10 - Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

[englishbob]

01 - Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
02 - David Bowie - Blackstar
03 - Andy Stott - Too many voices
04 - Radiohead - A moon shaped pool

05 - A Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
06 - Dillon - Live At Haus Der Berliner Festspiele
07 - James Blake - The colour in anything
08 - Pye Corner Audio - Stasis
09 - Gold Panda - Good luck and do your best

10 - Lone - Levitate

 

Best reissue (unfair to list in the top 10) - Altern 8 - Full on Mask Hysteria

[stoofle]

01 - Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales
02 - Nap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale
03 - Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing
04 - Deerhoof - The Magic
05 - Tenniscoats - Music Exists (disc 3)
06 - Colleen Green - Infinity Cat EP
07 - AJJ - The Bible 2
08 - Soutaiseiriron - New World
09 - Mitski - Puberty 2
10 - Joyce Manor - Cody

[ngchol]

01 - Kuedo - Slow Knife

02 - Disasterpeace - Hyper Light Drifter OST

03 - Christine & The Queens - Chaleur Humaine
04 - David Bowie - Blackstar
05 - Metronomy - Summer 08
06 - Monolake - VLSI
07 - Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée
08 - Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things OST
09 - Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
10 - HMS Morris - Interior Design

Edited December 16, 2016 by ngchol
updated with Hyper Light Drifter

[strawdonkey]

01 - Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas - Mariner

02 - The Black Queen - Fever Daydream

03 - Conjurer - I

04 - Amenra - Alive

05 - Zeal and Ardor - Devil is Fine

06 - Bossk - Audio Noir

07 - The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation

08 - Car Bomb - Meta

09 - Gojira - Magma

[Mike1812]

01 - Scott Sorry - When We Were Kings

02 - Green Day - Revolution Radio

03 - NoFX - First Ditch Effort

04 - Hey! Hello! - Hey! Hello! Too!

05 - Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct

06 - Descendents - Hypercaffium Spazzinate

07 - Nerf Herder - Rockingham

08 - Weezer - The White Album

09 - Blink 182 - California

10 - Role Models - Forest Lawn

[larrydavidsanger]

01 - A Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

02 - Solange - A Seat at the Table

03 - Aidan Moffat - Where You're Meant To Be

04 - Swans - The Glowing Man

[Garwoofoo]

01 - The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect

02 - David Bowie - Blackstar

03 - Slow Club - One Day All Of This Won't Matter Any More

04 - Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion

05 - The Wave Pictures - Bamboo Diner In The Rain

06 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

07 - Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos

08 - Suede - Night Thoughts

09 - Luke Haines - Smash The System

10 - Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene 3

[SpagMasterSwift]

01 - A Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service

02 - Dinosaur Jr - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

03 - Run The Jewels - RTJ3

04 - David Bowie - Blackstar

05 - DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall

06 - De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody

[KRP]

01 - Anohni - Hopelessness

[Arc'Tan'Gent]

01 - Radiohead - A Moon-Shaped Pool
02 - Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future 
03 - Ihsahn - Arktis
04 - Future of the Left - The Peace & Truce Of Future Of The Left
05 - PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project 
06 - Savages - Adore Life 
07 - A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 
08 - Warpaint - Heads Up 
09 - Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
10 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Honourable mentions:

Death in Vegas - Transmission
Gojira - Magma
Bat For Lashes - The Bride
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

[dreamylittledream]

1. Love You to Death - Tegan & Sara

2. On Desire - Drowners

3. Suede - Night Thoughts

 

And thats about it - its either been a fairly poor year or I'm getting old - or probably both

[Pekoe]

01 - Turin Brakes - Lost Property

02 - Mind Enterprises - Idealist

03 - Whitney - Light Upon The Lake

04 - Shearwater - Jet Plane And Oxbow

05 - Miranda Lee Richards - Echoes Of The Dreamtime

06 - The Head And The Heart - Signs Of Light

07 - Angel Olsen - My Woman

08 - Justice - Woman

09 - Case/Lang/Viers - Case/Lang/Viers

10 - Okkervil River - Away

[MrPogo]

I've roughly just gone for the new releases I've listened to the most, ranked in that order, as I'm really struggling to say what stands out as the best! The new artists aren't totally blowing me away, and the stuff by established acts is far from being the best work by any of them.

01 - Bat for Lashes - The Bride
02 - Emmy the Great - Second Love

03 - Lady Gaga - Joanne

04 - Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life

05 - The Anchoress - Confessions of a Romance Novelist

06 - Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

07 - Weezer - The White Album

08 - Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"

09 - Anohni - Hopelessness

10 - Saul Williams - MartyrLoserKing

 

[wev]

01 - Slaves - Take Control
02 - Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me
03 - The King Blues - Off With Their Heads
04 - The Heavy - The Hurt and the Merciless
05 - Creeper - The Stranger
06 - Petrol Girls - Some Thing
07 - Bad Cop, Bad Cop - Not Sorry
08 - Post Pop Depression
09 -
10 -