Albums/EPs/Songs of 2016 - Looking Forward To/Best Of

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    BEST OF 2016:

    (In no order)

    1. Sadistik - Salo Sessions EP
    2. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
    3. James Blake - The Color In Anything
    4. M83 - Junk

    ANTICIPATING:

    1. Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS
    2. Lupe Fiasco - Skulls
    3. Lupe Fiasco - Roy
    4. Run the Jewels - RTJ 3
    5. Gorillaz - TBA
    6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway
    7. Grizzly Bear - TBA
    8. Sadistik - TBA
    9. Ghostface KIllah & MF DOOM - TBA
    10. Bloc Party - TBA
    11. Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole - TBA
    12. At the Drive-In - TBA
    13. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
     
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    You should change that title to 2016, Agent Sideburns. :lol:

    TOP ALBUMS

    01 DAVID BOWIE | BLACKSTAR
    02 RADIOHEAD | A MOON SHAPED POOL
    03 KENDRICK LAMAR | UNTITLED. UNMASTERED.
    04 TERRACE MARTIN | VELVET PORTRAITS
    05 DEFTONES | GORE
    06 HAELOS | FULL CIRCLE
    07 PANIC! AT THE DISCO | DEATH OF A BACHELOR
    08 ANDERSON .PAAK | MALIBU
    09 FALL OF TROY | OK
    10 KAWEHI | INTERAKTIV
    11 IGGY POP | POST-POP DEPRESSION
    12 LIGHTS | MIDNIGHT MACHINES
    13 MAYER HAWTHORNE | MAN ABOUT TOWN

    This was tough to rank after the top 3. It's actually been a pretty good year for music releases... almost like it's making up for how shitty the year has been towards icons.
     
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    @Agent - The new Last Shadow Puppets album has been out well over a month and I can confirm its fucking good.
     
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    Here's my rankings for some of the albums I've enjoyed so far this year

    AS OF MAY

    10/10

    David Bowie - Blackstar (Still the most overall impressive album of 2016 to me)
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (VERY close 2nd, if it wasn't for Bowie's death making Blackstar more than just an album, this would be #1)

    9/10

    Deftones - Gore
    James Blake - The Colour in Anything
    Deakin - Sleep Cycle

    8/10

    Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
    Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
    Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
    Parquet Courts - Human Performance
    Weezer - The White Album

    7/10

    Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
    M83 - Junk

    LOOKING FORWARD TO


    Linkin Park - LP7 (If it comes out this year)
    Lupe Fiasco DROGAS and ROY
    Run the Jewels - RTJ3
    Swans - The Glowing Man
     
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    THE BEST
    The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
    Death Grips - Bottomless Pit *
    Haken - Affinity
    Vektor - Terminal Redux *


    THE GREAT
    David Bowie - Blackstar
    Deftones - Gore *
    Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
    Obscura - Akróasis
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool *
    Sioux Falls - Rot Forever
    Steven Wilson - 4½


    THE GOOD
    Dream Theater - The Astonishing
    Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust *
    Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP


    THE OKAY / DISAPPONTING / BAD
    Kanye West - The Life of Pablo


    ANTICIPATING
    Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive
    Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence
    Flume - Skin
    Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
    Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty
    Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
    Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
    Swans - The Glowing Man
    Thrice - To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere
    The Virginmarys - Divides


    TOP SONGS OF 2016
    The Black Queen - Ice to Never
    Death Grips - Giving Bad People Good Ideas
    Deftones - Phantom Bride
    Haken - Earthrise
    Kendrick Lamar - untitled 6
    Radiohead - Daydreaming
    Vektor - Pillars of Sand

    * = New Additions / Ranking Change
     
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    Best:

    Beyoncé - Lemonade
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book

    Good:

    James Blake - the Colour in Anything
    David Bowie - Blackstar

    Average:

    Deftones - Gore
    Kendrick Lamar - untitled. unmastered
    Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
    Kanye West - the Life of Pablo

    Disappointing:

    M83 - Junk

    Best Songs:

    Beyoncé - Formation
    James Blake - Modern Soul
    Radiohead - Present Tense
    Deftones - Phantom Bride (feat. Jerry Cantrell)
    Kanye West - Ultralight Beam (feat. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price and the-Dream)
    David Bowie - Blackstar
    Chance the Rapper - Blessings
     
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    Fixed :D

    Oh yeah I heard it and forgot to update it in the list. I found it to be extremely disappointing. No punch at all, unlike the first album.
     
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    Really? I thought it was pretty delicate and charming. A bit too same-y, but short enough to be sweet.
     
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    Yeah. There just wasn't enough variation. Everything sounded very mid-tempo and with no bite at all.
     
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    Favorite albums of 2016 so far(in no particular order):
    * Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
    * Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
    * Beyoncé - Lemonade
    * Weezer - White Album
    * Kendrick Lamaruntitled unmastered.
    * David BowieBlackstar
    * Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
    * Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
     
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    Since I've surpassed my steadfast rule of a Top 10, I'm doing some reorganizing and prettying up. Also before Gibs says anything, in previous lists I did ranking changes and a key. I didn't jack this from you, I'm just bringing it back.

    TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2016
    01 DAVID BOWIE BLACKSTAR
    02 RADIOHEAD A MOON SHAPED POOL
    03 KENDRICK LAMAR UNTITLED. UNMASTERED.
    04 TERRACE MARTIN VELVET PORTRAITS
    05 DEFTONES GORE
    06 PANIC! AT THE DISCO DEATH OF A BACHELOR^
    07 ANDERSON .PAAK MALIBUv
    08 HAELOS FULL CIRCLEv
    09 KAWEHI INTERAKTIV
    10 IGGY POP POST-POP DEPRESSION

    GREAT ALBUMS
    11 LIGHTS MIDNIGHT MACHINES
    12 MAYER HAWTHORNE MAN ABOUT TOWN

    GOOD ALBUMS
    13 THE FALL OF TROY OKv

    KEY
    # Signifies a new entry
    ^ Signifies a rise in ranking
    v Signifies a drop in ranking
     
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    Best:

    Beyoncé - Lemonade
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
    Vektor - Terminal Redux

    Good:

    James Blake - the Colour in Anything
    David Bowie - Blackstar
    Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

    Average:

    Deftones - Gore
    Kendrick Lamar - untitled. unmastered
    Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
    Kanye West - the Life of Pablo

    Disappointing:

    M83 - Junk

    Best Songs:

    Beyoncé - Formation
    James Blake - Modern Soul
    Radiohead - Present Tense
    Deftones - Phantom Bride (feat. Jerry Cantrell)
    Kanye West - Ultralight Beam (feat. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price and the-Dream)
    David Bowie - Blackstar
    Chance the Rapper - Blessings
    Ariana Grande - Touch it
    Vektor - LCD (Liquid Crystal Disease)
     
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    THE BEST
    The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
    Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
    Haken - Affinity
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool *
    Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere *
    Vektor - Terminal Redux


    THE GREAT
    Beyoncé - Lemonade *
    David Bowie - Blackstar
    Deftones - Gore
    Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
    Obscura - Akróasis
    Sioux Falls - Rot Forever
    Steven Wilson - 4½


    THE GOOD
    Dream Theater - The Astonishing
    Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
    Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP


    THE OKAY / DISAPPONTING / BAD
    Drake - Views *
    Kanye West - The Life of Pablo


    ANTICIPATING
    Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive
    Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence
    Flume - Skin
    Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
    Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty
    Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
    Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
    Swans - The Glowing Man
    The Virginmarys - Divides

    TOP SONGS OF 2016
    The Black Queen - Ice to Never
    Death Grips - Giving Bad People Good Ideas
    Deftones - Phantom Bride
    Haken - Earthrise
    Kendrick Lamar - untitled 6
    Radiohead - Daydreaming
    Thrice - Hurricane *
    Vektor - Pillars of Sand

    * = New Additions / Ranking Change
     
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    TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2016
    01 DAVID BOWIE BLACKSTAR
    02 RADIOHEAD A MOON SHAPED POOL
    03 KENDRICK LAMAR UNTITLED. UNMASTERED.
    04 TERRACE MARTIN VELVET PORTRAITS
    05 DEFTONES GORE
    06 PANIC! AT THE DISCO DEATH OF A BACHELOR
    07 ANDERSON .PAAK MALIBU
    08 CHANCE THE RAPPER COLORING BOOK#
    09 HAELOS FULL CIRCLE
    10 KAWEHI INTERAKTIV

    GREAT ALBUMS
    11 IGGY POP POST-POP DEPRESSIONv
    12 LIGHTS MIDNIGHT MACHINES
    13 WEEZER THE WHITE ALBUM#
    14 MAYER HAWTHORNE MAN ABOUT TOWN

    GOOD ALBUMS
    15 THE FALL OF TROY OK

    KEY
    # Signifies a new entry
    ^ Signifies a rise in ranking, taking into account new entries
    v Signifies a drop in ranking, taking into account new entries
     
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    ★★★
    01 | David Bowie - Blackstar
    02 | Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    03 | Moderat - III
    04 | Flume - Skin
    05 | HAELOS - Full Circle
    06 | Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
    07 | James Blake - The Colour In Anything
    08 | Deftones - Gore
    09 | Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere
    10 | Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

    ★★
    Mark Pritchard - Under The Sun
    Beacon - Escapements
    Anderson .Paak - Malibu
    De Staat - O
    Poliça - United Crushers
    M83 - Junk




    ANTICIPATING
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway
    Mogwai - Atomic
    De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody
    Phantogram - LP 3
    Linkin Park - LP 7
    Nine Inch Nails - LP 9 (?)
    Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3
    The XX - LP 3
    Massive Attack - LP 6
    Mura Masa - LP 1
     
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    Anticipating:

    Linkin Park-LP7
    Metallica-LP10
    System Of A Down-don't know honestly, not so likely.
    Sabaton-The Last Stand
    Gorillaz-???
    Helmet-???
    Lady Gaga-LP5
    Avenged Sevenfold-???
    Nine Inch Nails-???
    KоЯn-???
    The Dillinger Escape Plan-???
    Rick Asley-50
    In Flames-TBA
    †††-???; Chino announced they were working on an album.
    Black Veil Brides-???; not so interested but whatever
    Queens of the Stone Age-???
    Falling in Reverse-???; not so interested but whatever
    Green Day-???
    Bon Jovi-???
    Paramore-???
    Of Mice & Men-TBA
    Papa Roach-???
    Deftones-Eros; highly unlikely to be released this year.
    Limp Bizkit-Stampede of the Disco Elephants
    Fort Minor-???
    Pink Guy's mixtape
    The Exploited-???; highly unlikely. Tool fans eat yourselves, those guys haven't put out an album cince 2002.
    Aaaaaand we all know this won't happen in the next 1,000 decades...
    Tool-???

    Great albums:

    Architects-All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (each song is a 9 and a 10 but as a whole the album is an 8.5 for me, too repetitive)
    Deftones-Gore (at first it was a 7, took time to grow on me but once it did, it became even more awesome, 9/10)
    Lights-Midnight Machines
    Recode The Subliminal-The Cost of Every Man

    Good albums:

    Grip-Pętla Iluzj
    Killswitch Engage-Incarnate
    Deuce-Invincible

    Meh:
    Beartooth-Agressive
    Asking Alexandria-The Black
    POST TO BE EDITED IN THE NEAR FUTURE
    I will write down the other stuff that I anticipate tomorrow since I don't have time now.
     
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    Very sparse year so far with just Christy Moore's album "Lily" (7/10) released. That's gonna change though, there's some heavyweights on the way;

    Metallica started mixing their 10th album, so that's definitely coming out later this year, possibly around October.
    Opeth just announce a new album, "Sorceress", which will be released late this year.
    Russian Circles new album "Guidance" is out August 5th. This is the first song, "Vorel":
    [video=youtube;VKJVYQtkPnc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKJVYQtkPnc[/video]

    Scale the Summit's Chris Lethford has a second solo album due this year (islnds - "History of Robots").
    Suns of the Tundra are planning some kind of multi-EP or album project, as are Geyser.

    Still is the writing stages are:
    Tool (looks highly unlikely they'll get an album out this year, though they might hit the studio by years end), Alice in Chains, LP.
     
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    Top Albums of the Year: (Huge update, 21 albums added. * and Bold= new entry)
    1. Kanye West- The Life of Pablo
    2. Beartooth- Agressive*
    3. Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway*
    4. Saosin- Along The Shadow*
    5. Dierks Bentley- Black*

    6. Cole Swindell- You Should Be Here
    7. Kendrick Lamar- Untitled, Unmastered
    8. Asking Alexandria- The Black
    9. Ariana Grande- Dangerous Woman*
    10. Daughter- Not to Disappear
    11. Kygo- Cloud Nine*
    12. Cassadee Pope- Summer*

    13. Birdy- Beautiful Lies
    14. Keith Urban- Ripcord
    15. The Joy Formidable- Hitch*
    16. Real Friends- The Home Inside My Head*
    17. Flume- Skin*
    [Some of the features could have been better]
    18. Explosions In the Sky- Wilderness
    19. The World Alive- Dark Matter
    20. The Summer Set- Stories For Monday
    21. Pinegrove- Cardinals*
    22. Basement- Promise Everything
    23. Lacey Sturm- Life Screams
    24. Chance The Rapper- Coloring Book*
    25. Simple Plan- Taking One For The Team
    26. Rouge Wave- Delusions of Grand Fur
    27. A Reason to Breathe- An Ocean Inside Me
    28. Steven Wilson- 4 1/2
    29. Rihanna- ANTI
    30. Dan + Shay- Obsessed*
    31. I See Stars- Treehouse*

    32. Mike Snow- iii
    33. Jennifer Nettles- Playing With Fire*
    34. Frankie Ballard- El Camino*
    35. Blake Shelton- If I'm Honest*
    36. Issues- Headspace*
    37. Sick Puppies- Fury*

    38. Smile Empty Soul- Shapshifter
    39. Dire Fire- Two Worlds
    40. Like Pacific- Chasing Shadows
    41. Peirce The Veil- Misadventures*
    42. Angels and Airwaves- Chasing Shadows
    43. M83- Junk*

    Top Songs of the Year:
    https://open.spotify.com/user/123591090/playlist/5ESD3jYdZ2L7rMjqDyKz3b
    Special Shoutout to Make Out by Julia Nunes and Dark Necessities by Red Hot Chili Peppers
     
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    ★★★
    01 | David Bowie - Blackstar
    02 | Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    03 | Moderat - III
    04 | Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway
    05 | HAELOS - Full Circle
    06 | Flume - Skin
    07 | Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
    08 | Deftones - Gore
    09 | Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere
    10 | Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

    ★★
    James Blake - The Colour In Anything
    Mark Pritchard - Under The Sun
    Beacon - Escapements
    Anderson .Paak - Malibu
    De Staat - O
    Poliça - United Crushers
    M83 - Junk




    ANTICIPATING
    Mogwai - Atomic
    De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody
    Phantogram - LP 3
    Linkin Park - LP 7
    Nine Inch Nails - LP 9 (?)
    Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3
    The XX - LP 3
    Massive Attack - LP 6
    Mura Masa - LP 1
     
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    GREAT ALBUMS
    Ignite - A War Against You
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway


    GOOD ALBUMS
    Turbostaat - Abalonia
    Massendefekt - Echos


    OK ALBUMS
    FJØRT - Kontakt
    Royal Republic - Weekend Man


    ANTICIPATING
    Sum 41 - 13 Voices
    Billy Talent - Afraid Of Heights
     
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