Switching things up again this year. I'm gonna give you my countdown of the top 6 albums, and then I'm just gonna give you a list of the rest in alphabetical order because they were great but don't necessarily need to be ranked. But these 6 are the standouts. Yes, only 6 this year. I feel like there wasn't a lot of mind-blowingly good music this year. But these albums really were for me.
6. Cleo Reed - Cuntry
Top Tracks: Salt n' Lime, Da Da Da
5. FKA Twigs - EUSEXUA
Top Tracks: Room of Fools, Drums of Death
4. Sault - 10
Top Tracks: T.H., W.A.L.
3. Geese - Getting Killed
Top Tracks: Husbands, 100 Horses, Taxes
2. Saya Gray - SAYA
Top Tracks: ..THUS IS WHY (I DON'T SPRING 4 LOVE), LIE DOWN..
1. ROSALÍA - LUX
Top Tracks: Reliquia, Divinize, Magnolias
And now on to the rest of the list, in alphabetical order.
Amine - 13 Months of Sunshine
Top Tracks: I Think It's You, 13MOS
anaiis - Devotion & The Black Divine
Top Tracks: Deus Deus, Here Comes The Sun
Anna von Hausswolff - ICONOCLASTS
Top Tracks: Struggle With the Beast, The Iconoclast
caroline - caroline 2
Top Tracks: Tell me I never knew that, Two riders down
Chance The Rapper - STAR LINE
Top Tracks: Speed Of Love, Burn Ya Block, Letters
Dove Ellis - Blizzard
Top Tracks: To The Sandals, When You Tie Your Hair Up
Little Simz - Lotus
Top Tracks: Flood, Lotus, Enough, Lion
Madeline Kenney - Kiss From the Balcony
Top Tracks: Slap, Scoop
McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive!
Top Tracks: Recitatif, Run, Run, Run Pt. II
pablopablo - Canciones en Mi
Top Tracks: Vida Nueva, Simpre Te Quiero A Veces, Dónde Estás!
Pile - Sunshine and Balance Beams
Top Tracks: Born at Night, Meanwhile Outside
Racing Mount Pleasant - Racing Mount Pleasant
Top Tracks: Call It Easy, Emily
Samora Pinderhughes - BLACK SPRING
Top Tracks: HOLD THAT WEIGHT, BLOOD
Sudan Archives - THE BPM
Top Tracks: DEAD, NOIRE
And there you have it! Now time for the playlists. First all the albums...
And now we've got one with all the songs I liked and saved for the year.
