I can't remember the first time I made a list of something. Maybe it was when I was a kid, when the Sears Christmas catalog would arrive and I would dissect it for hours, writing down the catalog numbers of the items I wanted but knew we could never afford. Thankfully, I have more coin now than then, so if I want an album, I will buy that motherfucker immediately.
What follows is a list of albums (well, physical CD's) that I bought this year. The singles of note, however, are all digital. I do miss the physical product of singles -- some of my most played and treasured CD's are singles, from Nitzer Ebb to Dr. Dre -- but if the only way to get the song is to point and click, that's what I'll do. This list is not ranked per se, but it's sorted into a few domains of "quality" (in my case, the ones I played the most). I even have some links, in case you'd like to listen and/or buy something from the artists.
The Diamond Dogs
Control Top – Covert Contracts
Priests – The Seduction of Kansas
Nilufer Yanya – Miss Universe
Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place
Marika Hackman – Any Human Friend
SASIMI – s/t
Purple Mountains – s/t
Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA
Elbow – Giants Of All Sizes
No-Man – Love You To Bits
The Platinum Pups
Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow
Rustin Man – Drift Code
Little Simz – Grey Area
Sudan Archives – Athena
Beck - Hyperspace
The Mountain Goats – In League With Dragons
Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
Jessica Pratt – Quiet Signs
Brittany Howard – Jaime
Jeff Lynne’s ELO – From Out Of Nowhere
Hayden Thorpe – Diviner
Meernaa – Heart Hunger
Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
Vivian Girls – Memory
DJ Shadow – Our Pathetic Age
Chromatics – Closer To Grey
One True Pairing – s/t
Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier – Corpse Flower
Olivia Jean – Night Owl
The Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
Angel Olson – All Mirrors
The Bird And The Bee – Interpreting The Masters Volume 2: A Tribute To Van Halen
Crumb – Jinx
Hot Chip – A Bath Full Of Ecstasy
Billie Eilish – WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
School Of Language – 45
The National – I Am Easy To Find
These New Puritans – Inside The Rose
Rammstein – s/t
Las Nubes - SMVT
Operators – Radiant Dawn
Tegan & Sara – Hey, I’m Just Like You
The Chemical Brothers – No Geography
The Golden Goodies
Better Oblivion Community Center – s/t
Malibu Ken – s/t
The Black Keys – “Let’s Rock”
Karen O & Dangermouse – Lux Prima
Clinic – Wheeltappers and Shunters
The Faint – Egowerk
The Juan MacLean – The Brighter The Light
Piroshka – Brickbat
Coldplay – Everyday Life
Summer Cannibals – Can’t Tell Me No
Pumarosa – Devastation
Pinkish Black – Concept Unification
Green Lung – Woodland Rites
The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger
Death Cab For Cutie – The Blue EP
Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won’t Hold
Thom Yorke – ANIMA
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Waves original score
TNGHT – II
Chelsea Wolfe – Birth Of Violence
Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings
The Divine Comedy – Office Politics
Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride
Morrissey – California Son
Alex Lahey – The Best Of Luck Club
Filthy Friends – Emerald Valley
Underworld – Drift Series 1
The Singles Club
KH (UK) – Only Human
Cold Cave – Promised Land
Yumi Zouma – Bruise + Bruise (Acoustic)
Roisin Murphy – Incapable + Narcissus
What follows is a list of albums (well, physical CD's) that I bought this year. The singles of note, however, are all digital. I do miss the physical product of singles -- some of my most played and treasured CD's are singles, from Nitzer Ebb to Dr. Dre -- but if the only way to get the song is to point and click, that's what I'll do. This list is not ranked per se, but it's sorted into a few domains of "quality" (in my case, the ones I played the most). I even have some links, in case you'd like to listen and/or buy something from the artists.
The Diamond Dogs
Control Top – Covert Contracts
Priests – The Seduction of Kansas
Nilufer Yanya – Miss Universe
Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place
Marika Hackman – Any Human Friend
SASIMI – s/t
Purple Mountains – s/t
Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA
Elbow – Giants Of All Sizes
No-Man – Love You To Bits
The Platinum Pups
Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow
Rustin Man – Drift Code
Little Simz – Grey Area
Sudan Archives – Athena
Beck - Hyperspace
The Mountain Goats – In League With Dragons
Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
Jessica Pratt – Quiet Signs
Brittany Howard – Jaime
Jeff Lynne’s ELO – From Out Of Nowhere
Hayden Thorpe – Diviner
Meernaa – Heart Hunger
Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
Vivian Girls – Memory
DJ Shadow – Our Pathetic Age
Chromatics – Closer To Grey
One True Pairing – s/t
Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier – Corpse Flower
Olivia Jean – Night Owl
The Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
Angel Olson – All Mirrors
The Bird And The Bee – Interpreting The Masters Volume 2: A Tribute To Van Halen
Crumb – Jinx
Hot Chip – A Bath Full Of Ecstasy
Billie Eilish – WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
School Of Language – 45
The National – I Am Easy To Find
These New Puritans – Inside The Rose
Rammstein – s/t
Las Nubes - SMVT
Operators – Radiant Dawn
Tegan & Sara – Hey, I’m Just Like You
The Chemical Brothers – No Geography
The Golden Goodies
Better Oblivion Community Center – s/t
Malibu Ken – s/t
The Black Keys – “Let’s Rock”
Karen O & Dangermouse – Lux Prima
Clinic – Wheeltappers and Shunters
The Faint – Egowerk
The Juan MacLean – The Brighter The Light
Piroshka – Brickbat
Coldplay – Everyday Life
Summer Cannibals – Can’t Tell Me No
Pumarosa – Devastation
Pinkish Black – Concept Unification
Green Lung – Woodland Rites
The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger
Death Cab For Cutie – The Blue EP
Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won’t Hold
Thom Yorke – ANIMA
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Waves original score
TNGHT – II
Chelsea Wolfe – Birth Of Violence
Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings
The Divine Comedy – Office Politics
Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride
Morrissey – California Son
Alex Lahey – The Best Of Luck Club
Filthy Friends – Emerald Valley
Underworld – Drift Series 1
The Singles Club
KH (UK) – Only Human
Cold Cave – Promised Land
Yumi Zouma – Bruise + Bruise (Acoustic)
Roisin Murphy – Incapable + Narcissus
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