Let's do this, Atlas.
Here's the consensus thus far, courtesy of
Album of the Year.
1. The War on Drugs -
Lost in the Dream 2. St. Vincent -
St. Vincent 3. FKA Twigs -
LP1 4. Run the Jewels -
Run the Jewels 2 5. Aphex Twin -
Syro 6. Angel Olsen -
Burn Your Fire for No Witness 7. Caribou -
Our Love 8. Sharon Van Etten -
Are We There 9. Lana Del Rey -
Ultraviolence 10. Taylor Swift -
1989 11. Sun Kil Moon -
Benji 12. Flying Lotus -
You're Dead! 13. Future Islands -
Singles 14. Todd Terje -
It's Album Time 15. Beck -
Morning Phase 16. Mac DeMarco -
Salad Days 17. Swans -
To Be Kind 18. Perfume Genius -
Too Bright 19. Spoon -
They Want My Soul 20. Jenny Lewis -
The Voyager 21. Jack White -
Lazaretto 22. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib -
Piņata 23. The Bug -
Angels and Devils 24. Jessie Ware -
Tough Love 25. Damon Albarn -
Everyday Robots A pretty solid year IMO. I'm actually inclined to agree with the "consensus" choice thus far - The War on Drugs album is fairly easily my favourite thing I've heard all year and I'm glad to see they're getting some recognition. I'd probably put the SVE record at #2 although I'm also happy that it's rated highly.
Where I have to fairly violently disagree is on that St. Vincent eponymous album, which I loathed. I liked
Actor a lot, and enjoyed
Strange Mercy, but overexposure to David Byrne has clearly ruined her. Considering it's self-titled it's a shame that it comes off like a tedious affectation. And the less said about people apparently preferring a Taylor Swift album to
Benji the better.
What are your submissions?
