ALBUMS/EPS/SONGS OF 2020 - LOOKING FORWARD TO/BEST OF

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:

1. Purity Ring - WOMB: 9.0*
2. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia: 8.6*
   
3. Vukovi - Fall Better: 8.2
4. The Weeknd - After Hours: 7.9*
   
5. Mahalia - Isolation Tapes (EP): 7.8*
6. Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner: 7.7*
7. Phantogram - Ceremony 7.5
   
8. Novena - Eleventh Hour: 6.8*
   
9. Hayley Kiyoko - I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit (EP): 6.3
10. Echosmith - Lonely Generation: 6.0
11. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene: 5.7
    
12. Halsey - Manic: 5.5
13. 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

 

THE GREAT
Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision
Tim Vantol - Better Days
Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live?


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

 

2020 Picks:

Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life
Jay Electronica (and Jay-Z) - The Written Testimony
Special Request - Spectral Frequency EP
Apparat - Soundtracks: Stay Still
Hum - Inlet
Boris - NO

 

THE GREAT
Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision
Tim Vantol - Better Days
Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live?


The Good


The Okay
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush


The Disappointing
Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers


Anticipating
BIlly Talent
Pearl Jam
Massendefekt
Die Ärzte (!!!)

Not Listened Yet
Itchy - Ja als Ob
Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch
Turbostaat - Uthlande

 

Best albums:

1. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia: 9.1
   
2. Haken - Virus: 9.0*
3. Purity Ring - WOMB: 8.8
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B: 8.6*
5. Vukovi - Fall Better: 8.1
6. The Weeknd - After Hours: 7.9
   
7. Mahalia - Isolation Tapes (EP): 7.8
8. Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant: 7.8*
   
9. Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner: 7.7
10. Phantogram - Ceremony 7.5
    
11. Niia - II: La Bella Vita: 7.5*
12. Braids - Shadow Offering: 7.3*
13. Vulkan - Technatura 7.1*
14. Dagny - Strangers / Lovers (EP): 7.0*
15. Mike Shinoda - Dropped Frames, Vol. 1: 6.9*
16. MisterWives - SUPERBLOOM: 6.9*
17. Novena - Eleventh Hour: 6.8
    
18. Protest the Hero - Palimpsest: 6.4*
    
19. Hayley Kiyoko - I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit (EP): 6.3
20. Echosmith - Lonely Generation: 6.0
21. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene: 5.7
    
22. i_o & Lights - AM 444 (EP): 5.6*
    
23. Lady Gaga - Chromatica: 5.5*
24. Halsey - Manic: 5.5
25. Durante & HANA - 13 Voices (EP): 5.1*
    
26. Code Orange - Underneath: 4.4*
27. Green Day - Father of All... 2.7

Best songs:

• Haken - Messiah Complex
• Purity Ring - pink lightning
• Dua Lipa - Physical
• Dua Lipa - Cool
  
• Dua Lipa - Levitating
  
• Dua Lipa - Pretty Please
  
• Carly Rae Jepsen - Stay Away
  
• The Ocean - Jurassic / Cretaceous
  
• Haken - Invasion
• Haken - Carousel

Anticipating:
PVRIS – Use Me (28/8)
Pain of Salvation - Panther (28/08)
LAFWANDAH - The Fifth Season (08/09)
The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic (25/09)
Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic (23/10)
Luna Shadows - Digital Pacific (TBD)

Unconfirmed:
Karnivool - LP4???
Fickle Friends - LP2
Elohim - LP2
Marmozets - LP3
Hundred Waters - LP4
Natalie Prass - LP3
Zara Larsson - LP3
Tove Styrke - LP4
Hands Like Houses - LP5
Foxes - LP3
Beartooth - LP4
Normandie - LP3
Architects - LP9
Spiritbox - LP1
Kučka - LP1
Too Close to Touch - LP3
Don Broco - LP4
The Contortionist - LP5
Closure in Moscow - LP3
Agent Fresco - LP3
VOLA - LP3
Flume - LP3

*New

 

T O P A L B U M S U N R A N K E D
CARLY RAE JEPSEN | DEDICATED SIDE B
CARPENTER BRUT | BLOOD MACHINES
FREDDIE GIBBS & THE ALCHEMIST | ALFREDO
HAYLEY WILLIAMS | PETALS FOR ARMOR
LIGHTS | HOW TO SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE ON FIRE
NINE INCH NAILS | GHOSTS V-VI
RUN THE JEWELS | RUN THE JEWELS 4
TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE
THUNDERCAT | IT IS WHAT IT IS
THE WEEKND | AFTER HOURS

 

Best:

Autechre - Sign
Jay Electronica (and Jay-Z) - A Written Testimony
Deftones - Ohms
Mike Shinoda - Dropped Frames Series
Hum - Inlet
Boris - NO

Looking Forward To 2020/2021:

Deftones - Black Stallion
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Soul (Original Film Score)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Mank (Original Film Score)†
Paramore

 

THE GREAT
Die Ärzte - Hell
Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision
Tim Vantol - Better Days
Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live?
Madsen - Na Gut Dann Nicht


The Good


The Okay
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush


The Disappointing
Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers


Anticipating
BIlly Talent
Massendefekt


Not Listened Yet
Pearl Jam
Itchy - Ja als Ob
Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch
Turbostaat - Uthlande

 

i've put off doing this for too long. probably gonna forget some of the releases from earlier this year

TIER 1 - DIAMOND RANK

• EDEN - no future
• MisterWives - SUPERBLOOM

TIER 2 - PLATINUM RANK

• PVRIS - Use Me
• The Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool-
• Stonefox - As You Fall In-
• Various - NEW WORLD TAPES
• The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form
• Jeremy Zucker - love is not dying

TIER 3 - GOLD RANK

• TRACES - 0000-0600-
• Fleet Foxes - Shore
• Deftones - Ohms
• Grey Daze - Amends
• Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
• Francesca Michielin - FEAT (Stato di Natura)

TIER 4 - SILVER RANK

• Childish Gambino - 3.15.20

TIER 5 - BRONZE RANK

ANTICIPATING//QUEUE

• Dizzy - The Sun and Her Scorch
• Troye Sivan - In A Dream
• Local Natives - Sour Lemon EP
• Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic

KEY:
* = new addition
} = adjustment
- = ep

 

TIER 1 - DIAMOND RANK

• EDEN - no future
• MisterWives - SUPERBLOOM

TIER 2 - PLATINUM RANK

• PVRIS - Use Me
• The Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool-
• Stonefox - As You Fall In-
• Various - NEW WORLD TAPES
• The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form
• Jeremy Zucker - love is not dying
• Dizzy - The Sun and Her Scorch
• Troye Sivan - In A Dream-

TIER 3 - GOLD RANK

• TRACES - 0000-0600-
• Fleet Foxes - Shore
• Deftones - Ohms
• Grey Daze - Amends
• Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
• Francesca Michielin - FEAT (Stato di Natura)
• clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned

TIER 4 - SILVER RANK

• Childish Gambino - 3.15.20

TIER 5 - BRONZE RANK
ANTICIPATING//QUEUE

• SIAMES - Home
• Local Natives - Sour Lemon EP
• Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic

KEY:
* = new addition
} = adjustment
- = ep

 

THE GREAT
Die Ärzte - Hell
Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision
Tim Vantol - Better Days
Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live?
Madsen - Na Gut Dann Nicht


The Good
Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Pearl Jam - Gigaton


The Okay
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush


The Disappointing
Green Day - Father Of All Motherfuckers


Anticipating
BIlly Talent
Massendefekt


Not Listened Yet
Itchy - Ja als Ob
Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch
Turbostaat - Uthlande

 

TIER 1 - DIAMOND RANK

• EDEN - no future
• MisterWives - SUPERBLOOM

TIER 2 - PLATINUM RANK

• PVRIS - Use Me
• The Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool-
• Stonefox - As You Fall In-
• Various - NEW WORLD TAPES
• The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form
• Jeremy Zucker - love is not dying
• Dizzy - The Sun and Her Scorch
• Troye Sivan - In A Dream-
• Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher*

TIER 3 - GOLD RANK

• TRACES - 0000-0600-
• Fleet Foxes - Shore
• Deftones - Ohms
• Grey Daze - Amends
• Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
• Francesca Michielin - FEAT (Stato di Natura)
• clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
• Joywave - Possession*

TIER 4 - SILVER RANK

• Childish Gambino - 3.15.20

TIER 5 - BRONZE RANK

• Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR-*

ANTICIPATING//QUEUE

• SIAMES - Home
• Local Natives - Sour Lemon EP
• Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic

KEY:
* = new addition
} = adjustment
- = ep