I didn’t make or read a single list during “list season” this year, which was a fantastic decision and one I plan on continuing in the future. But there’s a small part of me, the part that used to actually enjoy writing about music, that won’t let me not make a list. So I am. It’s 100% subjective and I give no fucks who agrees or disagrees with it.

1. Rush, Clockwork Angels

2. Santigold, Master of My Make Believe

3. Miguel, Kaleidoscope Dream

4. Grizzly Bear, Shields

5. Frank Ocean, Channel Orange

6. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d. city

7. Future, Pluto

8. Flying Lotus, Until the Quiet Comes

9. Japandroids, Celebration Rock

10. Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel etc.

11. Beach House, Bloom

12. Jack White, Blunderbuss

13. Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music

14. El-P, Cancer 4 Cure

15. Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas

16. Cat Power, Sun

17. Bob Dylan, Tempest

18. Garbage, Not Your Kind of People

19. Nas, Life is Good

20. The Shins, Port of Morrow