End Of Year Thread

It's worth checking out. A rare record where it gradually gets better track after track. It definitely feels like World Music part II (just not as good), but that record set the bar so high that a sub-par version is still bloomin good.

www.rise-music.co.uk/AOTY14.pdf

A top 50, here's the top 10 :

1) FKA Twigs
2) The War on Drugs
3) Mac DeMarco
4) Angel Olsen
5) Todd Terje
6) Sleaford Mods
7) Temples
8) Aphex Twin
9) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
10) Sun Kil Moon

I imagine it's coz it's shit

I love Norman Records- have rarely been disappointed with their recommendations- have taken a punt on a few of their top 50 for Christmas

Yeah, definitely some good things to explore I reckon. And the stuff off it I do know is also on my list. BJM at 3, that's dedication.

UNCUT MAGAZINE

01 THE WAR ON DRUGS : Lost In The Dream
02 LEONARD COHEN : Popular Problems
03 APHEX TWIN : Syro
04 FKA TWIGS : LP1
05 SHARON VAN ETTEN : Are We There
06 ROBERT PLANT : lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
07 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER : Lateness Of Dancers
08 DAMON ALBARN : Everyday Robots
09 ST VINCENT : St Vincent
10 SUN KIL MOON : Benji
11 TOUMANI DIABATÉ & SIDIKI DIABATÉ : Toumani & Sidiki
12 CARIBOU : Our Love
13 TY SEGALL : Manipulator
14 REAL ESTATE : Atlas
15 ROSANNE CASH : The River & The Thread
16 GRUFF RHYS : American Interior
17 LUCINDA WILLIAMS : Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
18 SWANS : To Be Kind
19 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF : Small Town Heroes
20 STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS : Wig Out At Jagbags
21 EARTH : Primitive And Deadly
22 BECK : Morning Phase
23 ARIEL PINK : Pom Pom
24 TWEEDY : Sukierae
25 SLEAFORD MODS : Divide And Exit
26 STEVE GUNN : Way Out Weather
27 BEN WATT : Hendra
28 THE BLACK KEYS : Turn Blue
29 JACK WHITE : Lazaretto
30 SPOON : They Want My Soul
31 TUNE-YARDS : Nikki Nack
32 MERCHANDISE : After The End
33 STURGILL SIMPSON : Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
34 CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND : Intensity Ghost
35 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS : English Oceans
36 LA ROUX : Trouble In Paradise
37 WILLIE NELSON : Band Of Brothers
38 FENNESZ : Bécs
39 FUTURE ISLANDS : Singles
40 LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES : Dereconstructed
41 MARK LANEGAN BAND : Phantom Radio
42 MOGWAI : Rave Tapes
43 EAST INDIA YOUTH : Total Strife Forever
44 THOM YORKE : Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
45 KATE TEMPEST : Everybody Down
46 WILLIE WATSON : Folk Singer, Vol. 1
47 ALLAH-LAS : Worship The Sun
48 MORRISSEY : World Peace Is None Of Your Business
49 ROBYN HITCHCOCK : The Man Upstairs
50 WILD BEASTS : Present Tense
51 JENNY LEWIS : The Voyager
52 LIARS : Mess
53 GOAT : Commune
54 TOM PETTY : Hypnotic Eye
55 SCOTT WALKER AND SUNN O))) : Soused
56 ANGEL OLSEN : Burn Your Fire For No Witness
57 THE DELINES : Colfax
58 JAMIE T : Carry On The Grudge
59 RODDY FRAME : Seven Dials
60 FRAZEY FORD : Indian Ocean
61 AFGHAN WHIGS : Do To The Beast
62 PAOLO NUTINI : Caustic Love
63 GAZELLE TWIN : Unflesh
64 KING CREOSOTE : From Scotland With Love
65 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS : Brill Bruisers
66 THURSTON MOORE : The Best Day
67 PERFUME GENIUS : Too Bright
68 LYDIA LOVELESS : Somewhere Else
69 GULP : Season Sun
70 FIRST AID KIT : Stay Gold
71 BOB MOULD : Beauty & Ruin
72 DAN MICHAELSON : Distance
73 DAVE & PHIL ALVIN : Common Ground
74 TEMPLES : Sun Structures
75 RICHARD THOMPSON : Acoustic Classics

Let's remember the winners from the previous editions:

2013
1 .- Primal Scream - More Light - 181 - 8
2 .- My Bloody Valentine - m b v - 156 - 9
3 .- David Bowie - The Next Day - 155 - 7
4 .- Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic - 111 - 5
5 .- Arctic Monkeys - AM - 102 - 6
6 .- Steve Mason - Monkey Minds In The Devil's Time - 98 - 5
7 .- Kanye West - Yeezus - 97 - 5
8 .- The Strokes - Comedown Machine - 97 - 5
9 .- I Am Kloot - Let It All In - 96 - 5
10 .- The National - Trouble Will Find Me - 94 - 4

2012
1 .- Goat - World Music - 198 - 9
2 .- Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light - 136 - 8
3 .- Tame Impala - Lonerism - 123 - 6
4 .- Frank Ocean - Channel Orange - 99 - 6
5 .- Jack White - Blunderbuss - 98 - 10
6 .- Action Bronson vs Party Supplies - Blue Chips - 96 - 6
7 .- Japandroids - Celebration Rock - 85 - 5
8 .- The Cribs - In the Belly of the Brazen Bull - 84 - 6
9 .- Grimes - Visions - 83 - 5
10 .- Richard Hawley - Standing At The Sky's Edge - 65 - 5

2011
1 .- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake - 349 - 13
2 .- Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo - 206 - 10
3 .- Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See - 196 - 9
4 .- The Strokes - Angles - 182 - 10
5 .- The Horrors - Skying - 175 - 7
6 .- Action Bronson - Dr Lecter - 169 - 7
7 .- Yuck - Yuck - 167 - 9
8 .- Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding - 160 - 8
9 .- British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall - 147 - 7
10 .- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - 144 - 6

2010
1 .- Best Coast - Crazy For You - 324 - 9
2 .- The Coral - Butterfly House - 316 - 9
3 .- The National - High Violet - 306 - 9
4 .- Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - 304 - 7
5 .- Gorillaz - Plastic Beach - 288 - 8
6 .- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before Today - 287 - 8
7 .- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - III/IV - 276 - 8
8 .- LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening - 274 - 10
9 .- The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack - 268 - 7
10 .- Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - 260 - 8

Really wonderful work Barny, this is why we choose you to represent our wonderful board

I hope everyone who voted for The Suburbs in 2010 goes to prison.

It would be nice to have some more lists this year, although we might probably get even less. Go spread the word and tell your cats and pets or Emilie's son or something

The Quietus:

ONE: Gazelle Twin - UNFLESH (Anti Ghost Moon Ray)
TWO: Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused (4AD)
THREE: Swans - To Be Kind (Mute)
FOUR: East India Youth - TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER (Stolen)
FIVE: The Bug - Angels & Devils (Big Dada)
SIX: Grumbling Fur - Preternaturals (TQPC)
SEVEN: Katie Gately - Pipes (Blue Tapes)
EIGHT: Manic Street Preachers - Futurology (Sony)
NINE: Perc - The Power And The Glory (Perc Trax)
TEN: Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes Of Voice (SusannaSonata)
ELEVEN: FKA twigs - LP1 (Young Turks)
TWELVE: Zamilska - Untune (self-released)
THIRTEEN: Innercity Ensemble - Black/White (Instant Classic)
FOURTEEN: Cooly G - Wait ‘Til Night (Hyperdub)
FIFTEEN: Blacknecks - 006 (self-released)
SIXTEEN: English Heretic - The Underworld Service (self-released)
SEVENTEEN: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata (Madlib Invasion)
EIGHTEEN: OAKE - Auferstehung (Downwards)
NINETEEN: Grouper - Ruins (Kranky)
TWENTY: Kemper Norton - Loor (Front And Follow)
TWENTY ONE: Maurice Louca - Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Nawa)
TWENTY TWO: Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers (Modern Love)
TWENTY THREE: EEK ft. Islam Chipsy - Live At The Cairo High Cinema Institute (Nashazphone)
TWENTY FOUR: Jane Weaver - Silver Globe (Bird)
TWENTY FIVE: Daniel Patrick Quinn - Acting The Rubber Pig (self-released)
TWENTY SIX: The Body - I Shall Die Here (RVNG Intl.)
TWENTY SEVEN: Chrononautz - Public Domain Fuckover Series #1-6 (self-released)
TWENTY EIGHT: Pharmakon - Bestial Burden (Sacred Bones)
TWENTY NINE: Tweedy - Sukierae (dBpm Records)
THIRTY: Objekt - Flatland (PAN)
THIRTY ONE: Jar Moff - Financial Glam (PAN)
THIRTY TWO: Willie The Kid & Bronze Nazareth - The Living Daylights (Embassy)
THIRTY THREE: Lorenzo Senni - Superimpositions (Boomkat)
THIRTY FOUR: Electric Wizard - Time To Die (Spinefarm)
THIRTY FIVE: Klara Lewis - ETT (Editions Mego)
THIRTY SIX: Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19 (Workshop)
THIRTY SEVEN: Extreme Precautions - Precaution One (In Paradisum)
THIRTY EIGHT: Kasai Allstars - Beware The Fetish (Crammed Discs)
THRITY NINE: Arabrot - I Modi (Fysisk Format)
FORTY: Einsturzende Neubauten - Lament (BMG)
FORTY ONE: The Inward Circles - Nimrod (self-released)
FORTY TWO: Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Piano Nights (Ipecac)
FORTY THREE: Future Islands - Singles (4AD)
FORTY FOUR: Consumer Electronics - Estuary English (Dirter)
FORTY FIVE: BONG - Stoner Rock (Ritual)
FORTY SIX: Nisennenmondai - N (BLAST First (petite))
FORTY SEVEN: Wild Beasts - Present Tense (Domino)
FORTY EIGHT: Olga Bell - Krai (One Little Indian)
FORTY NINE: Cut Hands - Festival Of The Dead (Blackest Ever Black)
FIFTY: Xiu Xiu - Angel Guts, Red Classroom (Bella Union)
FIFTY ONE: Actress - Ghettoville (Werkdiscs)
FIFTY TWO: YOB - Clearing The Path To Ascend (Neurot)
FIFTY THREE: Owen Pallett - In Conflict (Domino)
FIFTY FOUR: Puce Mary - Persona (Posh Isolation)
FIFTY FIVE: DonChristian - Renzo Piano (Camp & Street)
FIFTY SIX: Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine (Soundway)
FIFTY SEVEN: Lee Gamble - KOCH (PAN)
FIFTY EIGHT: Leyland Kirby Presents V/Vm - The Death Of Rave (A Partial Flashback) (History Always Favours The Winners)
FIFTY NINE: Laibach - Spectre (Mute)
SIXTY: Shellac - Dude Incredible (Touch And Go)
SIXTY ONE: Heterotic - Weird Drift (Planet Mu)
SIXTY TWO: Liars - Mess (Mute)
SIXTY THREE: Stein Urheim - Stein Urheim (Hubro)
SIXTY FOUR: Ekoplekz - Unfidelity (Planet Mu)
SIXTY FIVE: St. Vincent - St. Vincent (Loma Vista)
SIXTY SIX: Sunn O))) & Ulver - Terrestrials (Southern Lord)
SIXTY SEVEN: Russell Haswell - 37 Minute Workout (DIAGONAL)
SIXTY EIGHT: Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni (Glitterbeat)
SIXTY NINE: Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi & Randall Dunn - Shade Themes From Kairos (Drag City)
SEVENTY: Apollo Brown - Blasphemy (Mello Music Group)
SEVENTY ONE: The Budos Band - Burnt Offering (Daptone)
SEVENTY TWO: Anat Ben David - MeleCh (self-released)
SEVENTY THREE: Yvette - Process (Godmode)
SEVENTY FOUR: milo - a toothpaste suburb (Hellfyre Club)
SEVENTY FIVE: Merkabah - Moloch (Instant Classic)
SEVENTY SIX: Wrangler - LA Spark (Memetune)
SEVENTY SEVEN: Ronika - Selectadisc (Record Shop)
SEVENTY EIGHT: Bing & Ruth - Tomorrow Was The Golden Age (Happy Talk)
SEVENTY NINE: Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste (Prospect)
EIGHTY: DJ Q - Ineffable (Local Action)
EIGHTY ONE: The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do The Heathen Rage? (Thrill Jockey)
EIGHTY TWO: Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait (Def Jam Recordings)
EIGHTY THREE: Tinariwen - Emmar (ANTI-)
EIGHTY FOUR: The Juan Maclean - In A Dream (DFA)
EIGHTY FIVE: Aphex Twin - Syro (WARP)
EIGHTY SIX: Toumani & Sidiki Diabate - Toumani & Sidiki Diabate (World Circuit)
EIGHTY SEVEN: Selim Lemouchi & His Enemies - Earth Air Spirit Fire Water (Van)
EIGHTY EIGHT: Behemoth - The Satanist (Nuclear Blast)
EIGHTY NINE: Wrekmeister Harmonies - Then It Came Down (Thrill Jockey)
NINETY: Fumaca Preta - Fumaca Preta (Soundway)
NINETY ONE: Scott Miller, Lee Camfield & Merzbow - No Closure (Cold Spring)
NINETY TWO: Black Rain - Dark Pool (Blackest Ever Black)
NINETY THREE: Anthroprophh - Outside The Circle (Rocket)
NINETY FOUR: Adult Jazz - Gist Is (Spare Thought)
NINETY FIVE: Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire (Avalanche)
NINETY SIX: Obake - Mutations (Rare Noise)
NINETY SEVEN: Clark - Clark (WARP)
NINETY EIGHT: Joseph Curwen - Shunned House (City)
NINETY NINE: Echoes Of Yul - Tether (Zoharum)
ONE HUNDRED: Good Throb - Fuck Off (self-released)

Top quality.


Wish our lists went back to the year 2001, would have been a great soapbox top 3 that year -

1. Charlatans - Wonderland
2. Stereophonics - Just Enough Education to Perform
3. Starsailor - Love is Here

if you want a laugh look at this list

Don't forget Proud Mary & tailgunner!

Who can honestly say they still listen to that Best Coast album? Shit band.

Speaking of older lists, Rod still likes to mention my 2004 efforts. I'm sure I had Green Day and Kaiser Chiefs in the top 10 AMERICAN IDIOT 4 LEEF

Aye, hang your heads in shame for that lads. Pretty sure I wasn't involved in that year's list. I mean they have a few really good tunes but soapbox album of the year... makes us look like fools.

Hope we get a few people returning to give us a list this time out

Gorillia vs Bear's top 35 of the year.

01 SHABAZZ PALACES | Lese Majesty
02 GROUPER | Ruins
03 ARIEL PINK | Pom Pom
04 TOPS | Picture You Staring
05 BURIAL | Rival Dealer
06 DOSS | Doss
07 LEWIS | L’Amour / Romantic Times
08 FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB | Piñata
09 FEAR OF MEN | Loom
10 LANA DEL REY | Ultraviolence

11 ANDY STOTT | Faith in Strangers
12 FLYING LOTUS | You’re Dead!
13 MARK BARROTT | Sketches From an Island
14 YUMI ZOUMA | Yumi Zouma
15 LEON VYNEHALL | Music for the Uninvited
16 SHARON VAN ETTEN | Are We There
17 ANA CAPRIX | For Seven Nights This Island Is Ours
18 ANGEL OLSEN | Burn Your Fire For No Witness
19 DJ DODGER STADIUM | Friend of Mine
20 PANDA BEAR | Mr Noah

21 RECYCLE CULTURE | Drown Me Up
22 JESSIE WARE | Tough Love
23 JOHNNY JEWEL | rarities + unreleased (soundcloud)
24 TINASHE | Aquarius
25 BEVERLY | Careers
26 MICA LEVI | Under the Skin
27 ALVVAYS | Alvvays
28 SALES | Sales
29 VIET CONG | Cassette
30 THE WAR ON DRUGS | Lost in the Dream

31 VESUVIO SOLO | Favors
32 SCHOOLBOY Q | Oxymoron
33 MR TWIN SISTER | Mr Twin Sister
34 KORALLREVEN | Second Comin’
35 YOU’LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN – Adorn

How many of you are planning to contribute a list? Depending on how many people we are I'll count more or less choices from each one, to avoid getting one album with only one vote too high.