RLLMUK'S FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2020 - RESULTS!

[ngchol]

 

Thank you all, again, to everyone who took time to think about and post their list for this year. This is the 16th year in a row of doing this, and you've never let me down - at least one of you did something so grotesque and horrible with their formatting that I needed to re-do the whole thing.

I've posted the whole list here - there were 290 albums voted for in all (315 last year, 283 the year before). If enough people want to query the results or look at the raw data, then I'll upload the spreadsheet.

I usually miss some near-duplicates or votes where someone got the artist and the title the wrong way round, so please feel free to point out any inconsistencies if it affects anything in the top 50.

 

Just for reference (I always look them up when I post the results), you can find results from previous years and decades by using the albumsoftheyear or albumsdecade tags.

 

So, here are the results! A 1st place vote scored 10 points, 2nd place 9, down to 10th place scoring 1 point. 

 

Rank - Artist - Album [Total number of votes] [Total points]

1 - Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher [8]  [65] 
2 - Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud [5]  [41] 
3 - Run The Jewels - RTJ4 [4]  [34] 
4 - Strokes - The New Abnormal [3]  [26] 
5 - Taylor Swift - Folklore [3]  [25] 
6 - Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown [3]  [24] 
7 - Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human Survival Horror [3]  [23] 
8 - Avalanches - We Will Always Love You [3]  [22] 
8 - Deftones - Ohms [4]  [22] 
10 - Soccer Mommy - Color Theory [3]  [21] 
10 - Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song [4]  [21] 
12 - Future Islands - As Long as You Are [3]  [20] 
12 - Puscifer - Existential Reckoning [2]  [20] 
12 - EOB - Earth [2]  [20] 
15 - Dogleg - Melee [2]  [18] 
16 - Doves - The Universal Want [2]  [17] 
16 - GoGo Penguin - GoGo Penguin  [2]  [17] 
16 - Caribou - Suddenly [3]  [17] 
16 - Future Sound of London - Cascade 2020 [2]  [17] 
16 - Carpenter Brut - Blood Machines OST [2]  [17] 
21 - Thundercat - It Is What It Is [2]  [16] 
22 - Rina Sawayama - Sawayama [2]  [14] 
22 - Smashing Pumpkins - Cyr [2]  [14] 
22 - Squarepusher - Be Up A Hello [2]  [14] 
25 - Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia [2]  [13] 
26 - IDLES - Ultra Mono [4]  [12] 
26 - Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? [2]  [12] 
26 - SAULT - Untitled (Rise) [3]  [12] 
26 - Prince - Sign o' the Times [2]  [12] 
26 - NOFX vs. Frank Turner - West Coast vs. Wessex [2]  [12] 
31 - HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III [2]  [11] 
31 - SAULT - Untitled (Black Is) [2]  [11] 
31 - Tom Misch and Yussuf Dayes - What Kinda Music [2]  [11] 
31 - Daniel Avery - Love + Light [3]  [11] 
31 - Fontaines DC - A Hero's Death [3]  [11] 
36 - Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini - Illusion of Time [1]  [10] 
36 - Black Noi$e - Oblivion [1]  [10] 
36 - Jessy Lanza - All The Time [1]  [10] 
36 - Little Simz - Drop 6 [1]  [10] 
36 - KeiyaA - Forever, Ya Girl [1]  [10] 
36 - Weeknd - After Hours [2]  [10] 
36 - Bill Fisher - Mass Hypnosis and the Dark Triad [1]  [10] 
36 - Marilyn Manson - We Are Chaos [1]  [10] 
36 - Slotface - Sorry for the Late Reply [1]  [10] 
36 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Idiot Prayer (Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace) [1]  [10] 
36 - Jim O'Rourke - Shutting Down Here [1]  [10] 
36 - Nicolas Bougaieff - The Upward Spiral [1]  [10] 
36 - Leila - Like Weather [1]  [10] 
36 - Fish - Weltschmerz [1]  [10] 
36 - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways to New Italy. [1]  [10] 
36 - Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters [1]  [10] 
36 - Sam McQueen - Dreams In Sepia [1]  [10] 
36 - Paul McCartney - McCartney III [2]  [10] 
36 - ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories [1]  [10] 
36 - Bibio - Sleep on the wing [1]  [10] 
36 - Cosmic Ground - 0110  [1]  [10] 
36 - Polaris - The Death of Me [1]  [10] 
36 - Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? [1]  [10] 
36 - Fenne Lily - BREACH [2]  [10] 
36 - Herbie Hancock - My Point of View [1]  [10] 
36 - Protest the Hero - Palimpsest  [1]  [10] 
36 - Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and be Still [1]  [10] 
36 - Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics [1]  [10] 
36 - QZB - Perspectives Vol.1 [1]  [10] 
36 - Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi [1]  [10] 
36 - Mamaleek - Come and See [1]  [10] 
67 - Blue Note: Reimagined - Various Artists (is that allowed?) [1]  [9] 
67 - Choir Boy - Gathering Swans [1]  [9] 
67 - Prairie WWWW - Formosan Dream [1]  [9] 
67 - Ital Tek - Outland [1]  [9] 
67 - Special Request - Spectral Frequency EP [1]  [9] 
67 - Beatrice Dillon - Workaround [1]  [9] 
67 - Lamb of God - Lamb of God [1]  [9] 
67 - Mastodon - Medium Rarities [1]  [9] 
67 - Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live [1]  [9] 
67 - Matt Berninger - serpentine prison [1]  [9] 
67 - Palm Reader - Sleepless [1]  [9] 
67 - Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism [1]  [9] 
67 - Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club   [1]  [9] 
67 - Ginger Wildheart - The Pessimist's Companion [1]  [9] 
67 - Alanis Morissette - Such Pretty Forks in the Road [1]  [9] 
67 - clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned [1]  [9] 
67 - Fever 333 - Wrong Generation [1]  [9] 
67 - Shinichi Atobe - Yes [1]  [9] 
67 - Divine Comedy - Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time (Thirty Years of The Divine Comedy) [1]  [9] 
67 - Good, The Bad & The Zugly - Algorithm & Blues [1]  [9] 
67 - Luli Lee - Let Me Dive Into This Moment [1]  [9] 
67 - Oneohtrixpointnever - Magic Oneohtrixpointnever [1]  [9] 
67 - King Krule - Man Alive! [1]  [9] 
90 - Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately [1]  [8] 
90 - Enslaved - Utgard [1]  [8] 
90 - Shabaka & The Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History [1]  [8] 
90 - Fates Warning - Long Day Good Night [1]  [8] 
90 - Ak'Chamel, The Giver of Illness - Totemism [1]  [8] 
90 - Garganjua - Toward The Sun [1]  [8] 
90 - Porridge Radio - Every Bad [2]  [8] 
90 - Adrianne Lenker - Songs and Instrumentals [1]  [8] 
90 - Snail's House - Ordinary Songs 5 [1]  [8] 
90 - Hen Ogledd - Free humans  [1]  [8] 
90 - Minor Science - Second Language [1]  [8] 
90 - Bob Vylan - We Live Here [1]  [8] 
90 - Alexandra Savior - The Archer   [1]  [8] 
90 - Katie Malco - Failures [1]  [8] 
90 - Poppy -  I Disagree  [1]  [8] 
90 - Khruangbin - Mordechai [1]  [8] 
90 - Anti-Flag - 2020 Vision [1]  [8] 
90 - Kvelertak - Splid [1]  [8] 
90 - Smoke Fairies - Darkness Brings the Wonders Home [1]  [8] 
90 - Lee Fields - Big Crown Vaults Vol.1 [1]  [8] 
90 - Terrace Martin/Robert Glasper/9th Wonder/Kamasi Washington - Dinner Party [1]  [8] 
90 - Buspin Jieber - V.H.S. Volcanic / Harmonic / Sounds [1]  [8] 
90 - Enter Shikari - Nothing is True and Everything is Possible [1]  [8] 
90 - Matmos - The Consuming Flame [1]  [8] 
90 - Cindy Lee - What's Tonight to Eternity [1]  [8] 
115 - Molly Tuttle - ...but I’d rather be with you [1]  [7] 
115 - Dom & Roland - Lost In The Moment [1]  [7] 
115 - Global Communication - 76 14 [1]  [7] 
115 - Hell - Doosh [1]  [7] 
115 - En Attendant Ana - Julliet [1]  [7] 
115 - Black Taffy - Opal Wand [1]  [7] 
115 - Autechre - Sign [1]  [7] 
115 - iDKHOW - Razzmatazz [1]  [7] 
115 - Destroyer - have we met [1]  [7] 
115 - Against All Logic - 2017-2019 [1]  [7] 
115 - Snail's House - Imaginarium [1]  [7] 
115 - Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville [1]  [7] 
115 - X.Y.R. - Pilgrimage [1]  [7] 
115 - Baxter Dury - The Night Chancers [1]  [7] 
115 - Moses Boyd - Dark Matter [1]  [7] 
115 - Kuedo - The Sprawl OST [2]  [7] 
115 - Pillow Queens - In Waiting [1]  [7] 
115 - Lady Gaga - Chromatica [1]  [7] 
115 - Rian Treanor - File Under UK Metaplasm [1]  [7] 
115 - Ailbhe Reddy - Personal History. [1]  [7] 
115 - Salem - Salem [1]  [7] 
115 - Luke Vibert - Luke Vibert presents Rave Hop [1]  [7] 
115 - Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One [2]  [7] 
115 - AJJ - Good Luck Everybody [1]  [7] 
115 - Emily A Sprague - Hill, Flower, Fog [1]  [7] 
115 - Charmer - Ivy [1]  [7] 
115 - Vision - The Vision [1]  [7] 
115 - mei ehara - Ampersands [1]  [7] 
115 - Metallica - S&M2 [1]  [7] 
115 - Gazpacho - Fireworker [1]  [7] 
145 - R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages [1]  [6] 
145 - tricot - 真っ黒 (Makkuro) [1]  [6] 
145 - Greg Puciato - Child Soldier (Creator of God)  [1]  [6] 
145 - Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green [1]  [6] 
145 - Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today  [1]  [6] 
145 - Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You [1]  [6] 
145 - Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats - Unlocked [1]  [6] 
145 - Lomelda - Hannah [1]  [6] 
145 - Svalbard - When I Die, Will it Get Better? [1]  [6] 
145 - Irist - Order of the Mind [1]  [6] 
145 - Agnes Obel - Myopia [1]  [6] 
145 - Max Richter - Voices [1]  [6] 
145 - Pure Reason Revolution - Eupnea [1]  [6] 
145 - Nestalgica - Bits & Pieces [1]  [6] 
145 - Delta Spirit - What Is There. [1]  [6] 
145 - Nubya Garcia - Source [1]  [6] 
145 - Acacia Strain - Slow Decay [1]  [6] 
145 - Correlations - Mayan Gods [1]  [6] 
145 - Ase Manual - Black Liquid Electronics [1]  [6] 
145 - Osees - Protean Threat [1]  [6] 
145 - Tracasserie - Four Walls and a Dead Clock [1]  [6] 
145 - Pertubator - I am the night [1]  [6] 
145 - Ulver - Flowers of Evil [1]  [6] 
145 - Dalham - Alderson Loop [1]  [6] 
145 - Wildhearts - 30 Year Itch [1]  [6] 
145 - Polypores - Azure [2]  [6] 
145 - Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline [1]  [6] 
172 - Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods [1]  [5] 
172 - Torres - Silver Tongue [1]  [5] 
172 - dream wife - So when you gonna [1]  [5] 
172 - Mia Gargaret - Gia Margaret [1]  [5] 
172 - Various Artists - Touched Electronix 005 [1]  [5] 
172 - Beths - Jump Rope Gazers [1]  [5] 
172 - Dorian Electra - My Agenda [1]  [5] 
172 - Moodymann - Taken Away [1]  [5] 
172 - Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension [1]  [5] 
172 - Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas [1]  [5] 
172 - Childish Gambino - 15.3.20 [1]  [5] 
172 - Off With Their Heads - Character [1]  [5] 
172 - Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong. [1]  [5] 
172 - Ginger Wildheart - Headzapoppin [1]  [5] 
172 - Apoptygma Berzerk - Nein Danke!  [1]  [5] 
172 - Flaming Lips ‎– American Head -  [1]  [5] 
172 - Sparks - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip [1]  [5] 
172 - Dean & Britta - Quarantine Tapes [1]  [5] 
172 - August Burns Red - Guardians [1]  [5] 
172 - Hinds - The Prettiest Curse [1]  [5] 
172 - Tiña - Positive mental health music  [1]  [5] 
172 - Deerhoof - Love-Lore [1]  [5] 
172 - tricot - 10 [1]  [5] 
172 - Hellripper - The Affair of the Poisons [1]  [5] 
172 - Ulthar - Providence [1]  [5] 
172 - Ratboys - Printer's Devil [1]  [5] 
172 - War on Women - Wonderful Hell [1]  [5] 
172 - Rheinzand - Rheinzand [1]  [5] 
172 - René Lavice & Future Cut - Nine Strings / Eyes EP [1]  [5] 
201 - Orb - Abolition Of The Royal Familia [1]  [4] 
201 - Envy - The Fallen Crimson [1]  [4] 
201 - Berried Alive - Fuego [1]  [4] 
201 - Buscabulla - Regresa [1]  [4] 
201 - Fleet Foxes - Shore [1]  [4] 
201 - Actress - Karma & Desire [1]  [4] 
201 - Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition Chapter II: Render Unto Eden [1]  [4] 
201 - Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM [1]  [4] 
201 - Warbringer - Weapons of Tomorrow [1]  [4] 
201 - Mr Bungle -  The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny [1]  [4] 
201 - J Majik - Always Be [1]  [4] 
201 - Nap Eyes - Snapshot of a Beginner [1]  [4] 
201 - Conway the Machine - From King to a GOD [1]  [4] 
201 - Nas - King's Disease [1]  [4] 
201 - Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind [1]  [4] 
201 - Lane 8 - Brightest Lights [1]  [4] 
201 - END - Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face [1]  [4] 
201 - Creeper - Sex, Death and the Infinite Void [1]  [4] 
201 - Various Artists - Ghostly Swim 3  [1]  [4] 
201 - Jasmine Infiniti - Bxtch Släp [1]  [4] 
201 - Wave Temples - Tales From The Cymatic Abyss [1]  [4] 
201 - Katatonia - City Burials [1]  [4] 
201 - Dream Nails - Dream Nails [1]  [4] 
201 - Joe Hisaishi - Dream Songs (The Essential Joe Hisaishi) [1]  [4] 
225 - Martyn - One Eye EP [1]  [3] 
225 - PJS - Projections [1]  [3] 
225 - Pineapple Thief - Versions Of The Truth [1]  [3] 
225 - Devildriver - Dealing with Demons Vol 1 [1]  [3] 
225 - Emmy The Great - April/月音 [1]  [3] 
225 - Arca - KiCk i [1]  [3] 
225 - Ray Lamontagne - Monovision [1]  [3] 
225 - Andy Bell - The View from Halfway Down [1]  [3] 
225 - Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour [1]  [3] 
225 - Meute - Puls [1]  [3] 
225 - Theo Parrish - Wuddaji [1]  [3] 
225 - Ka - Descendents of Cain [1]  [3] 
225 - Big Moon - Walking Like We Do [1]  [3] 
225 - JARV IS... - Beyond the Pale [1]  [3] 
225 - Exister - Forgotten [1]  [3] 
225 - Marie Davidson & L'Oeil Nu - Renegade Breakdown [1]  [3] 
225 - Alice Boman - Dream On [1]  [3] 
225 - Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic|Cenozoic [1]  [3] 
225 - Johann Johannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - Last And First Men [1]  [3] 
225 - Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter [1]  [3] 
225 - Nat Vazer - Is This Offensive And Loud? [1]  [3] 
225 - Taylor Swift - Evermore [1]  [3] 
225 - Grimes - Miss Anthropocene [1]  [3] 
225 - Badly Drawn Boy - Banana Skin Shoes [1]  [3] 
249 - Widowspeak - Plum. [1]  [2] 
249 - sports team - deep down happy [1]  [2] 
249 - Chui Wan - EYE [1]  [2] 
249 - Madeline Kenney - Sucker's Lunch [1]  [2] 
249 - Sinai Vessel - Ground Aswim [1]  [2] 
249 - Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was [1]  [2] 
249 - Sinner DC - If I Could Only Hear The Sound Of The Waves Again  [1]  [2] 
249 - Thys - Unmoved Mover / Unwound EP [1]  [2] 
249 - Lauren Ruth Ward - Vol II [1]  [2] 
249 - Mykur -  Folkesange [1]  [2] 
249 - Yellow Swans - Going Places [1]  [2] 
249 - Helios - Domicile [1]  [2] 
249 - Elder - Omens [1]  [2] 
249 - Simon Collins - Becoming Human [1]  [2] 
249 - LEENALCHI - SUGUNGGA [1]  [2] 
249 - Banangun - The True Story of Bananagun [1]  [2] 
249 - Brian Eno - Film Music 1976-2020 [1]  [2] 
249 - Polly Scattergood - In This Moment  [1]  [2] 
249 - Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways [1]  [2] 
249 - Public Enemy - What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? [1]  [2] 
249 - Heartwood Institute and Panamint Manse - Parapsychedelia [1]  [2] 
249 - Riki - Riki [1]  [2] 
271 - Snail's House - Ujbeats vol. 1 [1]  [1] 
271 - ADULT - Perception is/as/of Deception  [1]  [1] 
271 - Orielles - Disco Volador [1]  [1] 
271 - Lee Ranaldo & Refree - Names of North End Women [1]  [1] 
271 - Matthew Halsall - Salute to the Sun. [1]  [1] 
271 - Vague Imaginaires - L'Ille D'Or [1]  [1] 
271 - Yello - Point [1]  [1] 
271 - Pain Of Salvation - Panther [1]  [1] 
271 - Gustavo Santaolalla & Mac Quayle - The Last of Us Part II (Original Soundtrack)  [1]  [1] 
271 - Frances Quinlan - Likewise [1]  [1] 
271 - Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler - In Memory Of My Feelings [1]  [1] 
271 - Halogenix - Dragonforce EP [1]  [1] 
271 - Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club [1]  [1] 
271 - Vladislav Delay - Rakka [1]  [1] 
271 - Brooke Bentham - Everyday Nothing [1]  [1] 
271 - Divine Comedy - Promenade [1]  [1] 
271 - Kate NV - Room For The Moon [1]  [1] 
271 - AceMoMA - A New Dawn [1]  [1] 
271 - Midnight - Rebirth by Blasphemy [1]  [1] 
271 - Palissade - Palissade [1]  [1] 

 

[Fierce Poodle]

Great work as ever, much appreciated.

[acidbearboy]

I didn’t vote this year as none of the 2020 albums I listened to really grabbed me. I will pick my way through some of the above though. Thanks as ever for doing it. 

[MrPogo]

Thanks!
It’s the one vote 10 pointers that intrigue me most; 27 people (including myself) with a personal album of the year that no one else thought was worthy of a top ten placing.

[wev]

54 minutes ago, MrPogo said:

Thanks!
It’s the one vote 10 pointers that intrigue me most; 27 people (including myself) with a personal album of the year that no one else thought was worthy of a top ten placing.

My first, second and third place albums all only received my vote, not sure what that says about me

[Rsdio]

1 hour ago, MrPogo said:

Thanks!
It’s the one vote 10 pointers that intrigue me most; 27 people (including myself) with a personal album of the year that no one else thought was worthy of a top ten placing.

Surely it's more about no-one else actually hearing the things rather than hearing them and judging them unworthy.

 

There's too much music these days for the results of polls like this to be anything other than completely scattered outside of a handful of albums by bigger artists, especially when there aren't that many people submitting lists. Placements are always going to be decided more by visibility than anything else.

[Stanley]

Awesome work - great list of albums that, easily the best I’ve seen, just so much variation, and the album that came first is very well deserved

[englishbob]

Certainly seems the year for female indie folk. I'll have to check out the top 2 again, I dipped in but found it meh

[Qazimod]

2 hours ago, wev said:

My first, second and third place albums all only received my vote, not sure what that says about me

 

All but two of my nominations were one-vote wonders  

 

The Avalanches did well, at least. 

[cubik]

I'm in good company as a one vote wonder (Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini - Illusion of Time was my 10 pointer).

 

As @Rsdio said, the abundance of music makes these lists difficult to compile in a meaningful manner, especially with the small sample size.

 

Let's face it, when the general public respond to end of year reviews en masse they're usually full of pricks like Sheeran or Robbie Williams so I'll take a carefully curated and unique list any day.

 

I bought 8 of 10 of my list on physical formats, (yes, I'm old) but will be spotifying a lot of the ones on the list over the next few days.

+1 to everyone who contributed!

 

 

[MW_Jimmy]

7 hours ago, Rsdio said:

Surely it's more about no-one else actually hearing the things rather than hearing them and judging them unworthy.

 

There's too much music these days for the results of polls like this to be anything other than completely scattered outside of a handful of albums by bigger artists, especially when there aren't that many people submitting lists. Placements are always going to be decided more by visibility than anything else.

Broadly agree but I think there are a few reasons and complexity to this.

 

There are albums on this list I have heard that I haven't included on a top 10, but may have included on a top 20/30. Having so few choices means tough choices on the latter half, so unless I am incredibly passionate about it, if it's between a critical consensus pick and something else I would probably choose the latter - it's just more interesting to do so and feels more valuable for others. Not only is there is too much music but accessibility to new music is so much easier than ever before. I can quite easily embed a Spotify or YouTube playlist within a post and be listening in seconds, which even in the history of the forum is relatively new. Also agree strongly that the fewer submissions of lists, the more likely a higher number of single vote albums.

 

I'm personally always quite disappointed when looking from the end of year lists from the likes of Pitchfork/NME/AllMusic the picks are generally same albums different order and given the vast array of releases, makes little sense to me. I suspect it is so they don't get a backlash from readers for not including album X or Y or maybe their listening habits are too defined by what is shoved under their nose for review.

 

Thanks @ngchol again for pulling this together - the fact I know this is coming every year really forces me to listen to a bunch of things before the end of year vote so the process (as well as the list) always helps me find new things to try!

[Robo_1]

On 02/01/2021 at 18:04, Qazimod said:

 

All but two of my nominations were one-vote wonders  

 

The Avalanches did well, at least. 

 

I don't think I've ever submitted an album voted by anybody else. 

Prog is many things, but it's decidedly out of the mainstream. Still, I enjoy inflicting my choices on you all each year and it's interesting to see what is broadly popular here.

[Stanley]

2 hours ago, Robo_1 said:

 

I don't think I've ever submitted an album for voted by anybody else. 

Prog is many things, but it's decidedly out of the mainstream. Still, I enjoy inflicting my choices on you all each year and it's interesting to see what is broadly popular here.

That’s the beauty of this list though imo - you get to hear stuff that nowhere else really talks about. 

[Azrael]

I forgot to vote. But I only really had a top 4 anyway:

 

1. Spanish Love Songs- 

Brave Faces Everyone

2. Taylor Swift - Folklore 

3. Tricot - 真っ黒

4. Taylor Swift - Evermore 

 

Will look forward to listening some from the list as always. 

[lolly]

I'm working my way through the top 10 (at least) of anything I haven't listened to to see what I've missed , regardless of whether I agree with the placing there's always good stuff in there I haven't heard.

 

@ngchol you're a  legend for doing this every year.

[Uncle Nasty]

BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff. I would've voted for that.

[feltmonkey]

If you guys like Pheobe Bridgers, you could check out my poor, maligned, and ignored thread about the Youtube movie of covers of Daniel Johnson songs which features a heartbreakingly beautiful version of Peek a boo by her.  It's at 36:21 in the video.

 

 

[Marlowe]

The only thing that didn't make this list that would have made my top 10 is Jim Noir - A.M Jazz, which I discovered courtesy of the Piccadilly Records end of year list. It's a very relaxing, melodic record with shades of The Beta Band, Air and even Feels era Animal Collective in the case of one song.

[Tetchy]

Lying in bed today & realised that for the first time in a long time (maybe ever?) I totally forgot to vote, as I had way too much going on in the tail end of last year so haven’t been here on the forum very much at all.
 

But as always thanks to @ngchol for compiling this, & to all the voters for the albums. It will give me some stuff to listen to over the coming weeks. Good work all!