Starting with 2020 and going up through 2023, what were your albums of the year each year? And if you’re willing to expand, what albums you been listening to so far in 2024 that have stood out to you?
I’ll leave my own response in a comment so as to not clog the screen and detract from the question
Thanks for adding your list!
Glad to see Thundercat made the honorable mention list for you too (I always preferred Drunk personally, which may have been a AOTY contender for 2017 for me, but It Is What It Is is still dynamite)!
Japanese Breakfast’s Jubilee would have been my fourth honorable mention for 2021, but I felt indulgent already and capped myself at three. Excellent album though; my fiancée and I and my ex-girlfriend saw them live together with Belle & Sebastian and it was a great show. Picked up some shirts and the Jubilee vinyl there.
I know of Little Simz, and I like what I’ve heard so far a lot, but I have to admit she’s one of those artists I’ve only encountered in single/individual song contexts, so I haven’t actually sat with one of her albums yet.
Aside from those, the rest are all pretty much brand new to me, so I’ve added them all (along with @metaphortune’s suggestions) to a playlist to check out over the next few days; thanks for giving me some new tunes to explore!
For sharing lists I definitely try to prioritize albums that don’t get as much love. Little Simz got alot of critical praise and is probably the exception, but 2021 was a little slow (wonder why…). 2022 however was so amazing, I am still discovering banger albums that I missed on release.
I feel like in the current streaming landscape it can be really difficult to catch new stuff on release. KEXP helps a ton but so much still slips by from my favorite genres. I’ve checked out a few genre specific podcasts and found some great stuff, but if I am in a music mood I don’t want to listen to talking about music and if I am in a podcast mood I usually just want to laugh.