Albums of the year 2020: The Great: 1. Spanish Love Songs- Brave Faces Everyone* 2. Boston Manor- Glue* 3. Chelsea Cutler- How To Be Human [Debating between Chelsea Cutler and Boston Manor for #2 spot, put BM #2 for now until I have more time to compare the two] 4. Halsey- Manic 5. Polaris- The Death of Me* 6. Tame Impala- The Slow Rush 7. Brian Fallon- Local Honey* The Good: 8. 5 Seconds of Summer- CALM* 9. Handguns- When The Lights Burn Out 10. Hot Mulligan- You’ll Be Fine* 11. Four Year Strong- Brain Pain* 12. Slotface- Sorry For The Late Reply* 13. Kenny Chesney- Here and Now* 14. Oral Gartland- Freckle Season 15. Maddie and Tae- The Way It Feels* 16. Kelsea Ballerini- kelsea* 17. The Amity Affliction- Everyone Loves You.... Once You Leave Them 18. Niall Horan- Heartbreak Weather* 19. Trivium- What the Dead Men Say* 20. Silverstein- A Beautiful Place to Drown* 21. BTS- Map of the Soul: 7 22. Dance Gavin Dance- Afterburner* 23. Code Orange- Underneath* 24. Jessie Reyez- Before Love Came to Kill Us* 25. Loathe- I Let It In and It Took Everything* 26. Childish Gambino- 3.15.20* 27. Suicide Silence- Become the Hunter 28. Dead Lakes- New Language* The Okay: 29. Soccer Mommy- Color Theory* 30. The Weekend- After Hours* 31. The Word Alive- Monomania 32. Selena Gomez- Rare 33. All Time Low- Wake Up, Sunshine* 34. The Used- Heartwork* 35. Dogleg- Melee* 36. Beach Bunny- Homeymoon* 37. Lauv- How I’m Feeling 38. Higher Power- 27 Miles Underwater* 39. Hollywood Undead- New Empire, Volume 1 40. Drake- Dark Lane Demi Tapes* 41. Five Finger Death Punch- F8* 42. Bring Me The Horizon- Music to listen to~dance to~blaze to~pray to~feed to~sleep to~talk to~grind to~trip to~breathe to~help to~hurt to~scroll to~roll to~love to~hate to~learn Too~plot to~play to~be to~feel to~breed to~sweat to~dream to~hide to~live to~die to~GO TO 43. Fearing- Shadow* 44. Mick Jenkins- The Circus 45. Nightwish- Human II Nature* The Bad: 46. Little Big Town- Nightfall 47. Lil Darkie- This Does Not Exist 48. Mac Miller- Circles Please Retire: 49. Eminem- Music To Be Murdered To 50. Enter Shikari- Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible* In Rotation: Dua Lipa- Future Nostalgia Bold and *= New Additions Songs of the year (No order): 1. Losers by Spanish Love Songs (The Rest is undergoing construction) Songs of the year playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/123591090/playlist/5ccAqtQVVEawi2YKpaQJMQ?si=xpmi99bgRKa-EdwL8XjJbA Anticipating/Still Need to Listen To: * Angels and Airwaves- TBA * Anne-Marie- TBA * Asking Alexandria- TBA * Broadside- TBA * Don Broco- TBA * Ellie Goulding- TBA * Everytime I Die-TBA * McCafferty- TBA * Metro Station- TBA * Neck Deep- TBA * Niall Horan- TBA * One Republic * Pierce the Veil * Rihanna * Super Whatever * The 1975 * The Ghost Inside * The XX * Trivium * Zara Larson * Jay Electronica * Emery * State Champs * Simple Plan * Less Than Jake * (Whatever rappers I like that may be coming out with new music) Cautiously In: * A Day To Remember * Breaking Benjamin This year has been the best year for rock music in a long while and It's only May. Incredible!
Best albums: Purity Ring - WOMB: 9.0* Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia: 8.6* Vukovi - Fall Better: 8.2 The Weeknd - After Hours: 7.9* Mahalia - Isolation Tapes (EP): 7.8* Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner: 7.7* Phantogram - Ceremony 7.5 Novena - Eleventh Hour: 6.8* Hayley Kiyoko - I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit (EP): 6.3 Echosmith - Lonely Generation: 6.0 Grimes - Miss Anthropocene: 5.7 Halsey - Manic: 5.5 Green Day - Father of All... 2.7 Best songs: Purity Ring - pink lightning Dua Lipa - Physical Dua Lipa - Pretty Please Purity Ring - almanac Purity Ring - silkspun Purity Ring - stardew Nothing But Thieves - Is Everybody Going Crazy? Dua Lipa - Levitating Luna Shadows - millennia The Weeknd - In Your Eyes Anticipating: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant (22/05) Haken - Virus (05/06) Braids - Shadow Offering (19/06) Grey Daze - Amends (26/06) PVRIS – Use Me (10/07) Luna Shadows - Digital Pacific (TBD) Unconfirmed: Nothing But Thieves - LP3 Mike Shinoda - LP2 (Linkin Park??) Fickle Friends - LP2 Elohim - LP2 MisterWives - LP3 Marmozets - LP3 Hundred Waters - LP4 Natalie Prass - LP3 Zara Larsson - LP3 Tove Styrke - LP4 Hands Like Houses - LP5 Lights - LP5 Foxes - LP3 Beartooth - LP4 Normandie - LP3 Architects - LP9 Spiritbox - LP1 Kučka - LP1 Nicole Millar - LP2 Too Close to Touch - LP3 Vera Blue - LP2 Don Broco - LP4 Closure in Moscow - LP3 Agent Fresco - LP3 VOLA - LP3 Flume - LP3
I forgot Haley Kiyoko had an EP coming out and this post reminded me. I am currently listening to it and so far I agree with your rating if not slightly worse. This is such a step backwards from her album, it's insane how drastic the quality dipped between the two projects.
THE GREAT Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision Tim Vantol - Better Days The Good The Okay Tame Impala - The Slow Rush The Disappointing Anticipating BIlly Talent Pearl Jam Massendefekt Die Ärzte (!!!) Not Listened Yet Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers Itchy - Ja als Ob Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch Turbostaat - Uthlande