2016 End Of Year Lists

Rough Trade's end of year list is always a load of shit.

and it's exactly a month too early. Bad Aids for all involved with Rough Trade. Including the miserable cunt with the beard that works in Rough Trade East. And his friends.

Only know half on that rough trade list and they're all good albums. That Anderson.Paak album is superb, thought it was just ok at first but i'm really warming to it now.

Feels like I've not really loved much this year so will probably only post a top 20.

Iggy Pop

Serious question: Who compiles the list if Barny tops himself before the end of the year?

It's a pretty decent list and I think I'll wait until next year tbh

I knew you wouldn't let us down barny!

Barny, think of yourself as the soapboxes very own Santa claus, there will be a lot (and by that I mean around 6.5) of soapboxers who'll consider you a hero once you tally up those lists.

It's a weird one isn't it? I mean, its a really strong record & will be on my end of year list for sure. But #1? It'd have to be as strong as The Idiot to be number one, but the reality is its a nearly 70 year old Iggy retreading past glories (but doing a pretty good job of it).

Fuck I'm excited for the end of year lists! Barny hold on my friend!

I've already written a draft top 10 #preparation

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Copy and paste ffs

Drift Records. The second best record shop in England after Norman Records. It won't c&p with numbers, but they're in order. No.1 at the top. No. 100 at the bottom.


1. Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
BADBADNOTGOOD - IV
David Bowie - ★ (Blackstar)
Avalanches - Wildflower
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered
Kaytranada - 99.90%
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
Cavern Of Anti-Matter - void beats/invocation trex
Preoccupations - Preoccupations
Wilco - Schmilco
Factory Floor - 25 25
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
Ultimate Painting - Dusk
Gold Panda - Good Luck and Do Your Best
LNZNDRF - LNZNDRF
Yorkston / Thorne / Khan - Everything Sacred
Stephen Steinbrink - Anagrams
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
Woods - City Sun Eater in the River of Light
Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve - The Soft Bounce
Kneebody & Daedelus - Kneedelus
Skepta - Konnichiwa
Death in Vegas - Transmission
Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
Szun Waves - At Sacred Walls
Mitski - Puberty 2
DIIV - Is The Is Are
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Black Mountain - IV
M Craft - Bloodmoon
White Denim - Stiff
Mark Pritchard - Under The Sun
Parquet Courts - Human Performance
Amber Arcades - Fading Lines
Anohni - Hopelessness
D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
Swans - The Glowing Man
William Tyler - Modern Country
Quilt - Plaza
The Parrots - Los Niños Sin Miedo
nonkeen - The Gamble
Holy Fuck - Congrats
Goat - Requiem
C Duncan - The Midnight Sun
Warpaint - Heads Up
Tim Hecker - Love Streams
GØGGS - GØGGS
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the lines
Jherek Bischoff - Cistern
Hieroglyphic Being - The Disco's Of Imhotep
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
Be - One
Brian Eno - The Ship
Boys Forever - Boys Forever
Anna Meredith - Varmints
Pill - Convenience
Hinds - Leave Me Alone
Chris Cohen - As If Apart
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
School of Seven Bells - SVIIB
Ash Koosha - I AKA I
Meilyr Jones - 2013
Howes - 3.5 Degrees
The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
Allah-Las - Calico Review
Julia Jacklin - Don’t Let The Kids Win
King Creosote - Astronaut Meets Appleman
Karl Blau - Introducing Karl Blau
The Lucid Dream - Compulsion Songs
The Early Years - II
Savages - Adore Life
Not Waving - Animals
Merchandise - A Corpse Wired For Sound
The Mystery Lights - The Mystery Lights
DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall
Grumbling Fur - Furfour
Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - The Rarity of Experience Pts. I & II
Luke Roberts - Sunlit Cross
Ben Lukas Boysen - Spells
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow
Throws - Throws
exmagician - Scan The Blue
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
The Range - Potential
Teleman - Brilliant Sanity
Douglas Dare - Aforger
King Gizzard And the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
100. LUH - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing

NME top 50: www.nme.com/list/nme-best-albums-2016-1869261

1. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So
2. Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo
3. Christine And The Queens – Chaleur Humaine
4. Skepta – Konnichiwa
5. Kaytranada – 99.9%
6. David Bowie – Blackstar
7. Diiv – Is The Is Are
8. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
9. Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
10. Frank Ocean – Blond
11. Beyonce – Lemonade
12. Sunflower Bean – Human Ceremony
13. Angel Olsen – My Woman
14. Jamie T – Trick
15. Kano – Made In The Manor
16. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
17. Drake – Views
18. Tegan And Sara – Love You To Death
19. White – Lung Paradise
20. Lady Gaga – Joanne
21. Anderson. Paak – Malibu
22. Radiohead – A Moon-shaped-pool
23. Michael Kiwanuka – Love And Hate
24. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
25. Blossoms – Blossoms
26. Biffy Clyro – Ellipsis
27. Giggs – Landlord
28. Goat – Requiem
29. Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos
30. Nao – For All We Know
31. Bastille – Wild World
32. Kings Of Leon – Walls
33. Margo Price – Midwest Farmers Daughter
34. Let’s Eat Grandma – I, Gemini
35. Glass Animals – How To Be A Human Being
36. Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere
37. Soft Hair – Soft Hair
38. Slaves – Take Control
39. Green Day – Revolution Radio
40. Rihanna – Anti
41. Solange – A Seat At The Table
42. Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
43. Anohni – Hopelessness
44. The Lemon Twigs – Do Hollywood
45. Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Denial
46. Savages- Adore Life
47. Wild Beasts – Boy King
48. Show Me The Body – Body War
49. Public Access TV – Never Enough
50. Bon Iver – 22 A Million

Uncut‘s Top 75 Albums of 2016

01 David Bowie – Blackstar
02 Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
03 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
04 Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
05 Ryley Walker – Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
06 PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
07 Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
08 Anohni – Hopelessness
09 Teenage Fanclub – Here
10 Beyonce – Lemonade
11 Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits
12 Brian Eno – The Ship
13 Drive-By Truckers – American Band
14 Bon Iver – 22, A Million
15 Wilco – Schmilco
16 Hiss Golden Messenger – Heart Like A Levee
17 Cavern Of Anti-Matter – Void Beats/Invocation Trex
18 Solange – A Seat At The Table
19 Lambchop – Flotus
20 Angel Olsen – My Woman
21 William Tyler – Modern Country
22 The Avalanches – Wildflower
23 Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
24 Paul Simon – Stranger To Stranger
25 Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
26 Cate Le Bon – Crab Day
27 Shirley Collins – Lodestar
28 Case/Lang/Veirs – Case/Lang/Veirs
29 Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered
30 Frank Ocean – Blonde
31 Cass McCombs – Mangy Love
32 75 Dollar Bill – Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
33 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity
34 Lucinda Williams – The Ghosts Of Highway 20
35 Eleanor Friedberger – New View
36 Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
37 Tim Hecker – Love Streams
38 Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – The Rarity Of Experience
39 Shovels & Rope – Little Seeds
40 Lets Eat Grandma – I, Gemini
41 Anna Meredith – Varmints
42 Brigid Mae Power – Brigid Mae Power
43 Roisin Murphy – Take Her Up To Monto
44 Okkervil River – Away
45 King – We Are King
46 Swans – The Glowing Man
47 Handsome Family – Unseen
48 Skepta – Konnichiwa
49 Christine & The Queens – Chaleur Humaine
50 Kevin Morby – Singing Saw
51 Underworld – Barbara Barbara We Face An Uncertain Future
52 Various Artists – Day Of The Dead
53 Hinds – Leave Me Alone
54 Robbie Fulks – Upland
55 Soundwalk Collective W/Jessi Paris Smith & Patti Smith – Killer Road
56 Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
57 Maxwell – Blacksummers’ Day
58 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Ears
59 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – Shine A Light
60 Ty Segall – Emotional Mugger
61 John Cale – MFans
62 Ian William Craig – Centres
63 Richmond Fontaine – You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing To Go Back To
64 Gruff Rhys – Set Fire To The Stars
65 Emma Pollock – In Search Of Dangerfield
66 Charles Bradley – Changes
67 Steve Gunn – Eyes On The Lines
68 The Coral – Distance Inbetween
69 Allen Toussaint – American Tunes
70 Kiran Leonard – Grapefruit
71 The Comet Is Coming – Channel The Spirits
72 Oren Ambarchi – Hubris
73 Heron Oblivion – Heron Oblivion
74 Melt Yourself Down – Last Evenings On Earth
75 Psychic Temple – III

MOJO – Best LPs of 2016

01 David Bowie – Blackstar
02 Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
03 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
04 Lambchop – Flotus
05 Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
06 Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
07 Frank Ocean – Blonde
08 Paul Simon – Stranger To Stranger
09 PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
10 Heron Oblivion – Heron Oblivion
11 Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
12 Beyonce – Lemonade
13 Teenage Fanclub – Here
14 Charles Bradley – Changes
15 The Cult – Hidden City
16 Bon Iver – 22, A Million
17 Dinosaur Jr – Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
18 Syd Arthur – Apricity
19 Modern Studies – Swell To Great
20 Bob Dylan – Fallen Angels
21 Ryley Walker – Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
22 Solange – A Seat At The Table
23 Kevin Morby – Singing Saw
24 Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Denial
25 Skepta – Konnichiwa
26 Cass McCombs – Mangy Love
27 Case/Lang/Veirs – Case/Lang/Veirs
28 Angel Olsen – My Woman
29 Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits
30 The Monkees – Good Times!
31 Fat White Family – Songs For Our Mothers
32 The Still – The Still
33 Suede – Night Thoughts
34 David Crosby – Lighthouse
35 Field Music – Commontime
36 Wilco – Schmilco
37 James Blake – The Colour In Anything
38 William Bell – This Is Where I Live
39 White Denim – Stiff
40 Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
41 Steve Gunn – Eyes On The Lines
42 Anohni – Hopelessness
43 Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Epic Jammers And Fortunate Little Ditties
44 Meilyr Jones – 2013
45 Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered
46 Christine & The Queens – Chaleur Humaine
47 Van Morrison – Keep Me Swinging
48 The Comet Is Coming – Channel The Spirits
49 Nada Surf – You Know Who You Are
50 The Divine Comedy – Foreverland

Michael Kiwanuka 

I love the fact I've now reached the age where the Uncut list is by far the closest to my own.