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