2017 end of year lists

picadilly records list is now published...

www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/feature.php?feature=852

I started on mine the other week, I’ve listened to so much new stuff this year that I wanted to revisit everything that I enjoyed. I’ve been surprised at how some i loved earlier in the year haven’t held up as well with some stuff I was lukewarm on now really working for me

yeah same.

i work on mine throughout the year really because it is pretty much the most important thing in my life. just tomorrow i'll do some of the writing up about each album. the order is a constant work in progress though.

the big growers for me have been the ride and slowdive albums. both have grown on me tons as the year has gone by.

Going back to rough trade, they're everything an indie record shop shouldn't be these days. Their prices are horrendous and their staff are pleasant and helpful. Unless you get the bloke with the beard in RT East (is he still there?).

And their list is usually shit. They have Beck above Kendrick.

The big surprise for me thIs year is that albums I would've put money on being high up my list before hearing them, have left me really cold.

I love this time of year- trawling through all the lists picking up so much that's been missed through the year. I reckon i do as much music listening in the last six weeks of the year as the rest of it put together.

resident records' (my new favourite record store after visiting brighton recently btw) list...

www.icontact-archive.com/OBEMGylzLCVKSXXJLp4hYM9WDazXAOJ5?w=3

not really sure what fuzzy dunlop is playing at this year as this is normally his job. drift records list (top is their number one)...


Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
Blanck Mass - World Eater
Kendrick Lamar - Damn
Thundercat - Drunk
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
Bing & Ruth - No Home of the Mind
James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me
Kevin Morby - City Music
Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid
Omni - Multi - task
Four Tet - New Energy
Aldous Harding - Party
Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog
Ty Segall - Ty Segall
Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens
Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
Jlin - Black Origami
Oh Sees - Orc
Ulrika Spacek - Modern English Decoration
Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives
Angelo De Augustine - Swim Inside The Moon
H. Hawkline - I Romanticize
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
Binker and Moses - Journey To The Mountain Of Forever
Slowdive - Slowdive
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Wand - Plum
Bonobo - Migration
Richard Dawson - Peasant
Crescent - Resin Pockets
Sampha - Process
The Moonlandingz - Interplanetary Class Classics
Floating Points - Mojave Desert
Temples - Volcano
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
Jake Xerxes Fussell - What in the Natural World
VENN - Runes
Daniel Brandt - Eternal Something
Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
Andrea Belfi - Ore
Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher
Alvvays - Antisocialites
Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - Dreaming In The Non-Dream
Nadia Reid - Preservation
The National - Sleep Well Beast
Mario Batkovic - Mario Batkovic
Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex
Girl Ray - Earl Grey
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Gnod - Just Say No To The Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist Fascist Industrial Death Machine
Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet
Real Estate - In Mind
The Surfing Magazines - The Surfing Magazines
Algiers - The Underside Of Power
Warm Digits - Wireless World
Snapped Ankles - Come Play The Trees
Bicep - Bicep
WALL - Untitled
Kelela - Take Me Apart
Katie Von Schleicher - Shitty Hits
Hiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah Anyhow
The Cairo Gang - Untouchable
Laurel Halo - Dust
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
Pixx - The Age Of Anxiety
Alex Rex - Vermillion
Proper Ornaments - Foxhole
Jakuzi - Fantezi Muzik
Seamus Fogarty - The Curious Hand
This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
Big Theif - Capacity
British Sea Power - Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
Songhoy Blues - Résistance
Soulwax - From Deewee
The Afghan Whigs - In Spades
Endless Boogie - Vibe Killer
Liars - TFCF
Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now
The Weather Station - The Weather Station
Forest Swords - Compassion
Beach Fossils - Somersault
Penguin Cafe - The Imperfect Sea
Lowly - Heba
Lapalux - Ruinism
UMFANG - Symbolic Use Of Light
Michael Chapman - 50
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
Soccer Mommy - Collection
Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble
Arca - Arca
Will Stratton - Rosewood Almanac
Hannah Peel - Mary Casio: Journey To Cassiopeia
(Sandy) Alex G - Rocket
Antibalas - Where The Gods Are In Peace
Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator
Perfume Genius - No Shape

once again, not sure what the fuck fuzzy dunlop is playing at but here is the uncut list...

no surprise that uncut and old man mahoney will be sharing the same number one yet again...

75|Ryan Adams|Prisoner
74 Feist|Pleasure
73|Aldous Harding|Party
72|Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit|The Nashville Sound
71|David Rawlings|Poor David's Almanack
70|Perfume Genius|No Shape
69|Sparks|Hippopotamus
68|Floating Points|Reflections - Mojave Desert
67|The Magnetic Fields|50 Song Memoir
66|Crescent|Resin Pockets
65|Real Estate|In Mind
64|Blanck Mass|World Eater
63|Kevin Morby|City Music
62|Mark Eitzel|Hey Mr Ferryman
61|Lana Del Rey|Lust For Life
60|Bitchin Bajas|Bajas Fresh
59|John Maus|Screen Memories
58|Wand|Plum
57|Rolling Blackouts Costal Fever|The French Press
56|House and Land|House and Land
55|Moonlandingz|Interplanetary Class Classics
54|Tinariwen|Elwan
53|SZA|Ctrl
52|Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band|Dreaming In The Non-Dream
51|Randy Newman|Dark Matter
50|The XX|I See You
49|Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band|Adios Señor Pussycat
48|Lindstrøm|It's All Right Between Us As It Is
47|Pond|The Weather
46|Broken Social Scene|Hug of Thunder
45|Spoon|Hot Thoughts
44|Jake Xerxes Fussel|What In The Natural World
43|Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet|Ladilkan
42|Thundercat|Drunk
41|Fleet Foxes|Crack-Up
40|Mount Eerie|A Crow Looked At Me
39|Arca|Arca
38|Robyn Hitchcock|Robyn Hitchcock
37|Ride|Weather Diaries
36|Four Tet|New Energy
35|King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard|Flying Microtonal Banana
34|Saint Etienne|Home Counties
33|Oh Sees|Orc
32|Sleaford Mods|English Tapas
31|Gas|Narkopop
30|Susanne Sundfør|Music For People In Trouble
29|Michael Chapman|50
28|Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith|The Kid
27|Hiss Golden Messenger|Hallelujah Anyway
26|Rhiannon Giddens|Freedom Highway
25|Robert Plant|Carry Fire
24|Margo Price|All American Made
23|Chuck Johnson|Baslams
22|Ty Segall|Ty Segall
21|Laura Marling|Semper Femina
20|Grizzly Bear|Painted Ruins
19|The Clientele|Music For The Age of Miracles
18|Lorde|Melodrama
17|Juana Molina|Halo
16|Jane Weaver|Modern Kosmology
15|Joshua Abrahams & Natural Information Society|Simultonaility
14|Julie Byrne|Not Even Happiness
13|Father John Misty|Pure Comecy
12|Peter Perrett|How The West Was Won
11|Slowdive|Slowdive
10|Hungry For The Riff Raff|The Navigator
09|St. Vincent|Masseduction
08|Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile|Lotta Sea Lice
07|The National|Sleep Well Beast
06|Richard Hawson|Peasant
05|Joan Shelley|Joan Shelley
04|The Weather Station|The Weather Station
03|Kendrick Lamar|Damn
02|The War on Drugs|A Deeper Understanding
01|LCD Soundsystem|American Dream

I will not be posting any lists that don't contain the words 'As You Were'.

That and I didn't think there'd be a few out this early so haven't looked

They're pretty much exactly the same time as the last couple of years when you were on top form posting them instantly so I'm not buying that.

Hope everything's OK mate, let me know if you need to talk x

LCD Soundsystem at number 1, what haha.

Maybe in 2011.

Only Drift, Rough Trade & Piccadilly were out before I posted my first one last year on the 24th Uncut deserve the bad AIDS for posting much earlier than last year.

Thank you for the offer though, I have a full 15 albums to put in order for my end of year list so far so tough times ahead

Mojo top 50 is out. Here is the first half of it:

1. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
2. Nadia Reid - Preservation
3. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
4. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
5. Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology
6. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
7. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
8. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator
9. Sleaford Mods - English Tapas
10. Aldous Harding - Party
11. The Moonlandingz - Interplanetary Class Classics
12. The National - Sleep Well Beast
13. Ghostpoet - Dark Days + Canapés
14. This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
15. Sparks - Hippopotamus
16. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
17. Binker and Moses - Journey to the Mountain of Forever
18. Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle
19. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
20. Richard Dawson - Peasant
21. Thundercat - Drunk
22. Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won
23. Songhoy Blues - Résistance
24. Oh Sees - Orc
25. Laura Marling - Semper Femina

My missus is back at work tonight so will be starting the compiling of my list.

really not sure what is up with fuzzy. firstly he wasnt posting any lists now hes doing half a list. whatever is wrong i hope you get better soon.

here's the full mojo list...

50: Wrongton Meets The Ragga Twins - In Time
49: The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
48: Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
47: Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?
46: Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
45: Wolf Alice - Visions Of A Life
44: Kate Bush - Before The Dawn
43: Shabazz Palaces - Quazars
42: Foo Fighters - Concrete And Gold
41: Endless Boogie - Vibe Killer
40: Beck - Colours
39: Kelley Stoltz - Que Aura
38: Oumou Sangare - Mogoya
37: Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution
36: Wire - Silver / Lead
35: Sampha - Process
34: The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir
33: Randy Newman - Dark Matter
32: Tamikrest - Kidal
31: Susanne Sundfor - Music For People In Trouble
30: The Bug Vs. Earth - Concrete Desert
29: Perfume Genius - No Shape
28: Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
27: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
26: Tony Allen - The Source
25: Laura Marling - Semper Femina
24: Oh Sees - Orc
23: Songhoy Blues - Resistance
22: Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won
21: Thundercat - Drunk
20: Richard Dawson - Peasant
19: Aumee Mann - Mental Illness
18: Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle
17: Binker & Moses - Journey To The Mountain Of Forever
16: Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
15: Sparks - Hippopotamus
14: This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
13: Ghostpoet - Dark Days + Canapes
12: The National - Sleep Well Beast
11: The Moonlandingz - Interplanetary Class Classics
10: Aldous Harding - Party
09: Sleaford Mods - English Tapas
08: Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Bavigator
07: Kendrick Lamar - Damn
06: St. Vincent - Masseducation
05: Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology
04: A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
03: Queens Of The Stone Age - Ruins
02: Nadia Reid - Preservation
01: LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

its bizarre a couple of places listing the a tribe called quest album on this years lists. it came out early november last year ffs.

just because you post your end of year list stupidly early shouldnt mean you can include albums that come out afterwards on the next years list. id see past it if it was like the run the jewels album that came out on new years eve or whatever it was but this was way earlier.

maybe noel gallagher is going to have the album of 2018 in mojo for this years effort!

But wasn’t it only released digitally then came out on cd and vinyl in January? Mojo readers don’t do downloads!