Here it is! –
As I disclaim every year, I’m not so arrogant that I believe that what we like/listen to is somehow the “Top LPS” of the year or as if I’ve heard every album that’s come out this year – This is simply the stuff that we listened to the most or got the majority of our attention this year.
So much good stuff – In a year seemingly doomed from the start & with so much loss & confusion in an infuriating political climate we looked to these artists for solace, joy & comfort more than ever.
Mixed it up a bit this year –
The following genres still have their own lists again this year –
Hip-Hop
Electronic/Pop
& the Main Top 25
but this year there are special list just for Metal & K-Pop! + Top 5 Eps
Not to exclude them or make them somehow lesser than, just the opposite I did it to isolate and bring attention to them because looking at 40 album covers tend to blend all together at some point.
I hope you enjoy this, alot of these Year End lists I see tend to be dripping with agenda to show you how knowledgeable that are (or aren’t) This is just a fun list intended for use of reflection and sharing.
So without further ado… – I give you –
Hip-Hop
11) Kool G Rap/Last of a Dying Breed
10) Cypress HIll/Back In Black
9). Your Old Droog & Tha God Farm/Tha Wolf On Wall Street 2
8) Dalek/Precipe
7) Fnkpmpn/Subatomic
6) RZA Presents Bobby Digital and the Pit of Snakes
Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater
5) LilBlackKids/Planet Of The Blues Part One
4) Cheat Codes
3) Phife Dawg/Forever
2) Czarface/Czarmageddon
1) BlackStar/No Fear Of Time
Metal
11) Satan/
10) The Scorpions/Rock Believer
9) Ozzy Ozbourne/Patient No. 9
8) Earthless/Night Parade
7) Sabaton/ The War To End All Wars
6) Voivod/ Synchro Anarchy
5) Kreator/Hate Uber Alles
4) Ghost/Impera
3) Korn/Requiem
2) Dead Cross
1) Megadeth/The Sick…The Dying..The Dead
Top 5 Eps
5) The Toadies/Damn You All To Hell
4) Frank Bello/Then I’m Gone
3) Kirk Hammet/Portals
2) Fu Manchu/Fu30, Pt. 2
1) Charlie Benante & Friends/Moving Pitchers
Electronic/Pop
20) Los Bitchos/Let The Festivities Begin
19) The Regrettes
18) Soft Cell/Happiness Not Included
17) Ingrid Chavez/Justify My Love Remixes
16) Beabadoobee/Beatopia
15) Santigold
14) Camila Cabeelo
13) Carley Rae Jepsen
12) Suki Waterhouse
11) XYLO/Unamerican Beauty
10) Sabrina Carpenter/Emails I Cant Send
9) Maya Hawke/Moss
8) M.I.A/Mata Cove
7) Charli XCX/Crash
6) Rosalia/Motomami
5) Pussy Riot/Matricarchy Now
4) Rina Sawayama/Hold The Girl
3) Poppy/Stagger
2) Dana Dentata/PantyChrist
1) Bjork/Fossora
K-Pop
16) Dreamcatcher
15) CSR/Sequence
14) Viviz/Summer Vibe & Rum Pum Pum
13) Queenz Eye/Queenz Table
12) Got The Beat/Step Back
11) Taeywon/Invu
10) Sunmi/Singles
9) Loona/Flip That
8) Chung Ha/Bare & Rare
7) Cherry Wish/Cherry Bullet
6) Brave Girls/Thank You
5) Twice/Celebrate
4) Red Velvet/Feel My Rhythm
The Revo Festival & Bloom
3) Woo! Ah!/Joy & Pit-A-Pat & Catch The Stars
2) Itzy/Checkmate & Cheshire
1) Blackpink/Born Pink
Top 30
30) Simple Minds/Direction Of The Heart
29) Tears For Fears/The Tipping Point
28) Spiritualized/Everything Was Beautiful
27) Lavender Country/Blackberry Rose
26) Lee Fields & The Expressions/Sentimental Fool
25) Dean Fertita
24) Dirty Okeefe/Heavy Water
23) Warpaint/Radiate Like This
22) Otoboke Beaver/Super Champon
21) Brant Bjork/Bougainvillea Suite
20) Ty Tabor/Shades
19) Envy of None
18) Metamorphosis
17) Nate Bergman/Metaphysical Change
16) Mandy Moore/In Real Life
15) Obey Robots/One In A Thousand
14) Soveriegn Eagle
13) Starcralwer/She Said
12) Classless Act/Welcome To The Show
11) Def Leppard/Diamond Star Halo
10) The Cult/Under The Midnight Sun
9) Band-Maid/Unleash!
8) Tiffany/Shadows
7) Jack White /Fear Of The Dawn & Entering Heaven Alive
6) The Pretty Reckless/Other Worlds
5) Cannons/Fever Dream
4) The Melvins/Bad Mood Rising
3) The Pixies/Doggerel
2) Clutch/Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
1) King’s X/Three Sides of One
