best of HONESTLY, 2018. - Albums Top 4 + Singles Top 10

[TRF.]

On 12/30/2018 at 10:16 PM, Vilppu said:

three rly good albums, one i haven't heard and also tirzah whew!

 

also the complete 37-34 bathroom break 32-31 punching in songs

so much unnecessary shade on this post

 

5 hours ago, Vilppu said:

noname and IAPU are really good. aviary has gorgeous moments but imo it's kinda a bit too ambitious for its own good

 

only acting, the charli songs, pienso, hi high  surprised you liked it's not just me this much, it's usually singled out as the one weak moment on the album

also idk I always liked It's Not Just Me, especially that part I highlighted. it's what CHVRCHES should be doing in 2018 (or 2019 now ekfakhbfda either way you get it)

 

On 12/31/2018 at 11:00 AM, World Eater said:

By looking at descriptions of Age Of and the list of collaborations, it seems like a potential aoty, shame it turned out to be really underwhelming. Technically I could say the same thing about Negro Swan, but it had some redeeming qualities (hence why it made my list). Tirzah snapped, oh yes she did. Honestly I'm surprised she has so many haters on here  Chris, Double Negative and Daytona are amazing as well.

Lykke, Mimi, Jon, Iceage, Shygirl, Fever Ray, MGMT Blood Orange, Yves, U.S. Girls, swf, Beach House and Kacey did not come to play 

 

I can confirm this  It looks like there's more to come btw

I liked Age Of a lot  But I can see why some people don't, it's not my fave of his (but it's top 5 at least ). Also re:Blood Orange I feel like FS > NS > CD > CG. Do I have the tea? I think I do. We're leaving Tirzah shaders in 2018! 

 

Also if you have any tea re:Yves Tumor that I don't know yet please hit me up. 

 

5 hours ago, madonnas said:

OK there's a lot of good here.

I'm surprised It's Not Just Me made it over Falling and Hot Pink!  Internationally is very well produced.

HiHigh kinda pissed me off, tbh.  I expected more than AfterSchool rejects from them.

if you had to choose between Focus and NA which one would you?

 

 

I still haven't heard Noname   

If I had to choose RIGHT NOW I think I'd pick No Angel. But like... it switches  (like [redacted]).

 

Also are you sure about me preferring It's Not Just Me over these two?  afaik I still haven't rihvealed the top 20! just saying!

 

58 minutes ago, Temporal said:

One Kiss, No Angel, High Horse, Rosebud, I Like It  You have pretty diverse taste in music which is nice! Goals for this year tbh

awwww thank you sweetie

[Tsareena]

x-ray is pretty fun , pienso en tu mira whew
devotion whew, one kiss, only acting was okay to me, 
 focus/ no angel whew great songs
it's not just me
 

[TRF.]

 

 

#10.

Elysia Crampton – Elysia Crampton

Genre: Deconstructed Club, Latin Electronic

Huayno, Sound Collage, Digital Cumbia, Andean Folk Music, Folktronica, Progressive Electronic

Country: USA || Label: Break World

 

The Aymara American producer Elysia Crampton's previous records have explored histroy from an anti-colonialist lens, as well as influenced by Crampton’s own experience as a trans woman. And on her self-titled album, she manages in only 18 minutes to fit just as much. Musically, it is not a huge change of pace from her previous releases, but being inspired by Bolivian queer figures and history, there is a stronger focus on Andean folk styles and its derivates. Both huayno, saya, k’antus, kullawada and tarqueada, as well as cumbia and even Brazilian baile funk are present on this record in highly mutated forms.

 

This is a record that is most definitely informed by history, and it is heavy on the context, yet the music absolutely carries itself on its own. It is almost immaculately produced and composed, and is probably Elysia Crampton’s finest work to date. Once, Elysia mentioned how this record was meant to be her debut album, and it makes sense, as this record shows her as an artist in the most accomplished way possible, and proves how she is one of the most interesting and most important electronic music artists of our times.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: “Nativity”, “Oscollo”, “Orion Song”, “Moscow (Mariposa Voladora)”

You’ll like it if you like: Chino Amobi, Rabit, NÍDIA, Dengue! Dengue! Dengue!, **** Buttons, Klein, Los Kjarkas, Linn Da Quebrada

 

 

 

#09.

Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs

Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop

Jazz Rap, Glitch Hop

Country: USA || Label: Tan Cressida

 

Former Odd Future key member Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, better known as Earl Sweatshirt has always had introduced themes related to depression in his music. This was better shown on his 2015 album, I Don't Like ****, I Don't Go Outside, which is was one of the darkest, yet most accurate representations of depression and suffering you could find in modern rap music. Some Rap Songs came almost four years later, and after the death of his father, poet Keorapetse Kgositsile.

 

That expectedly had an effect on the results of the album, even though a big portion of the album had already been recorded before his death. However, to describe this record as mostly depressive would be selling it short. Yes, the theme of grief is present on the record, so is depression and other personal demons. But there is a presence of optimism in this record, not so much happiness per se, but the realization that the world contains both wonderful and horrible personal moments, and learning how to cope with them. With psychedelic, glitchy, vaguely-jazz-influenced beats that merge into one another, and being little over 25 minutes, Earl Sweatshirt released one of the most entrancing rap records of the year.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Shattered Dreams", "Red Water", "Cold Summers", "Nowhere2go", "December 24", "On the Way!" (feat. Standing on the Corner), "The Mint" (feat. Navy Blue), "The Bends", "Loosie", "Azucar", "Playing Possum" (feat. Cheryl Harris & Keorapetse Kgositsile), "Peanut"

You’ll like it if you like: MIKE, Dean Blunt, Danny Brown, Klein, The Caretaker, Lil Ugly Mane, Shabazz Palaces

 

 

#08.

Mitski – Be the Cowboy

Genre: Art Pop, Indie Rock

Chamber Pop, Indie Pop, New Wave, Ambient Pop

Country: Japan || Label: Dead Oceans

 

If Japanese-American musician Mitski's Puberty 2 was a breakout album, Be the Cowboy is what cements her as one of the key figures of indie-rock-adjacent music this year. The songwriting and lyricism is some of the best she has ever done, every track vividly tells a story by using metaphors yet bringing very concrete, direct imagery to it, making each narrative special.

 

But what stands out the most of this album, personally, it's the music. Every single track has its own, unique style, spanning from ambient-pop to noisy rock to 80's influenced new wave, it's very diverse yet keeps something that makes it sound like something cohesive as a whole. Not many indie rock albums are just as concerned with sounding musically interesting as they are lyrically, so it's great to see someone putting the same effort in both elements, resulting in some of the most inventive music this genre has had to offer this year.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Why Didn't You Stop Me", "Old Friend", "A Pearl", "Remember My Name", "Come Into the Water", "Nobody", "Pink in the Night", "A Horse Named Cold Air", "Washing Machine Heart", "Two Slow Dancers"

You’ll like it if you like: Fiona Apple, Angel Olsen, Sky Ferreira, Sufjan Stevens, Julia Holter, Liz Phair

 

 

 

#07.

Beach House – 7

Genre: Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia

Shoegaze, Ethereal Wave, Ambient Pop

Country: USA || Label: Sub Pop

 

To paint 7 as a shift in sound for Beach House is not accurate. It has many of the core elements that make Beach House what they are, Victoria Legrand's soft vocals, lots reverb, lush production and synthesizers. But there is something that represents a change for Beach House. I suppose this is an album that takes more risks than they have ever done before, even though their 2015 albums Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars were good and had some of their best songs ever, it also showed them seemingly... stuck in their sound.

 

But 7 is nothing like that. 7 is one of their most musically interesting albums, with production that still manages to be dense and psychedelic while remaining ethereal, with lots of elements that are completely alien to Beach House's world, with some of the catchiest hooks they've ever wrote yet remaining very far from what is considered "pop". 7 is proof of Beach House being one of the best dream pop bands we have right now, with Victoria Legrand and Alex Scully innovating yet maintaining their own, unique style.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Lemon Glow", "L'inconnue", "Drunk in LA", "Dive", "Black Car", "Woo", "Girl of the Year", "Last Ride"

You’ll like it if you like: Slowdive, Spiritualized, Julee Cruise, Mazzy Star, Kelly Lee Owens, My Bloody Valentine

 

 

#06.

Let's Eat Grandma – I'm All Ears

Genre: Art Pop, Electropop, Synthpop

Neo-Psychedelia, Indietronica, Progressive Pop, Post-Rock

Country: UK || Label: Transgressive

 

When Norwich duo Let's Eat Grandma first debuted with their 2016 album I, Gemini, both members of the band Rose Walton and Jenny Hollingworth were 16 years old. This album didn't leave anyone who heard it with a neutral reaction, one might find the songwriting and the production to be intrincate and surprisingly innovative, others would find it cringy and both members' voices annoying. But still, imperfect as it was, there was a lot of potential in that record.

 

And that full potential was thankfully met with their sophomore album, I'm All Ears. Even though this record has some of their poppiest material yet, including songs produced by SOPHIE and one of the members of neo-psych band The Horrors, it also feels rather big and ambitious. With a track that is nine minutes long and other that is almost twelve, influences from post-rock and psychedelic pop, interludes, weird sound effects and all, it is one of the most engaging and fun experimental pop records of the year. Lyrically and musically, it is a perfect representation of the transition between adolescence and adulthood, and a great surprise overall.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Hot Pink", "It's Not Just Me", "Falling Into Me", "I Will Be Waiting", "Cool & Collected", "Ava", "Donnie Darko"

You’ll like it if you like: CHVRCHES, Lorde, SOPHIE, CocoRosie, Gang Gang Dance, The Horrors

 

 

#05.

Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer

Genre: Contemporary R&B, Art Pop

Synth Funk, Conscious Hip Hop, Neo-Soul, Alternative R&B, Psychedelic Soul, Synthpop

Country: USA || Label: Atlantic

 

Since the beginning of her career, Janelle Monáe has always made highly conceptual albums and music. And she did them rather well, her debut album The ArchAndroid is essentially a modern classic, and all of the releases related to it told a very compelling Metropolis-inspired story about a cyborg named Cindy Mayweather in the year 2719.

 

Dirty Computer, however, deviates from that concept. It doesn't necessarily present an alternate world within the record, and it rather avoids the most out-there, experimental approaches from her earlier material. Having said that, this does not make it a typical record, and she keeps on delivering great song after great song. The transitions from one track to another are smooth and rather impressive, especially the one from "Screwed" to "Django Jane", and make the album an easy listen, especially considering there are a lot of genres, moods and styles put all across the record. The accompanying visual album does deliver too, and it makes me think that this could work as some sort of prelude to the Cindy Mayweather series. Dirty Computer is an album that feels relevant to our days, but does more than just being "relatable" for this generation, but bring some of her best music to date in it as well.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Dirty Computer" (feat. Brian Wilson), "Crazy, Classic Life", "Screwed" (feat. Zoe Kravitz), "Django Jane", "Make Me Feel", "I Like That", "Don't Judge Me", "So Afraid", "Americans"

You’ll like it if you like: St. Vincent, Prince, Michael Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Christine and the Queens

 

 

[Lazuli]

Be the Cowboy  Geyser not listed as a highlight tho  

7  Lose Your Smile not listed as a highlight tho  

I'm All Ears  Dirty Computer  

[Kiss It Better]

Dirty Computer 

[Pink Matter]

Okay so I thought I could do a quick comment on all your updates but I missed sooooooo much  

Would it suffice to say you snapped, maybe?

 

[Eeveelution]

8-6 wow you really snapped, all are amazing albums.

 

Dirty Computer being above them is.. interesting.  

[Dom]

slay at janelle and mitsky both had spectacular stuff this year, so glad to see you stanning talent sis.

[Remmy]

Pretty sure I heard a Let's Eat Grandma song or two but I wasn't feeling it. Also listened to snippets from '7' around May though I had the same reaction. Now as for Dirty Computer, whew we love her  Glad it made the top 5. Take a Byte and Pynk not mentioned your highlights  But oop, my whole bottom 3 is there kiii. Americans is so underrated so I'm glad she wasn't snubbed

[TRF.]

 

 

#20. Low - "Quorum"

(glitch pop/post-industrial)

from 'Double Negative'

 

This song is the opening track for Low's most recent album, Double Negative, and the one that signifies the most a change in their sound and spirit. This is a song built upon layers and layers of noise and glitches, and it's haunting and uncanny but at the same time, extremely beautiful.

 

 

 

#19. Christine and the Queens - "Doesn't Matter (Voleur de soleil)"

(synthpop)

from 'Chris'

 

One of the highlights of her second album, and yes I prefer it in French over English, even if it isn't really in French but like... Frenglish. Either way, it's a really catchy and fun synthpop song about undergoing an emotional crisis, questioning yourself everything you know. It's a dark subject for such an upbeat song, but that's what makes it so special.

 

 

 

 

#18. Pusha-T - "If You Know You Know"

(gangsta rap)

from 'Daytona'

 

Love how Pusha put this as the opening track for Daytona, it's probably the best song on it as well. The samples and beats on this song are great, this combined with Pusha's bars make it sound like "Numbers on the Boards"'s little sister.

 

 

 

 

#17. Empress Of - "When I'm With Him"

(synthpop)

from 'Us'

 

Instead of the upbeat, strange electropop of her debut album, Empress Of gave us synthpop with R&B, funk and soul influences. And I personally love that! She really did those styles justice with it, being accessible but still having enough of her personality in them. But what strikes me the most is the lyrics, how vulnerable and relatable they are, but also interesting enough to keep you captivated. And obviously the Spanglish too.

 

 

 

 

 

#16. Lana Del Rey - "Venice Bitch"

(art pop/neo-psych)

from 'Norman ****ing Rockwell'

 

The idea of Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey didn't exactly... excite me. Even less upon a first listen of "Mariners Apartment Complex". Having said that, this song... just hit the right spot. Like, yes, it's pretentious, a ten-minute song that just kind of drifts away for like half of its length, lots of lyrical tropes that you hear Lana Del Rey songs, all of that. But at the same time it feels... glorious. Kind of an updated version of one of the tracks from her 2014 album Ultraviolence, a modern classic to me. And I'm all for that!

 

 

 

#15. Rosalía - "MALAMENTE (Cap.1: Augurio)"

(flamenco pop/alt r&b)

from 'El mal querer'

 

This was the first single released off of the El mal querer project, and this was a huge shift from the acoustic take on flamenco of her debut, so much I was a little... taken aback. But it grew on me a lot in the past few months, especially thanks to the music video, even more thanks to the context of the album and even more thanks to her amazing performance at the EMAs. 

 

 

 

 

 

#14. Ariana Grande - "no tears left to cry"

(dance-pop/synthpop)

from 'Sweetener'

 

This song is what made 2018 be Ariana's year. To release this as the lead single for Sweetener was a great choice, as there probably isn't any other song with a hook so perfect, so well-written in the album. Max Martin's UK garage-esque production certainly helps too. Easily the best pop hit released this year!

 

 

 

 

#13. Beach House - "Black Car"

(dream pop)

from '7'

 

7 is a pretty dark and weird album for Beach House's standards, but this song easily stands out as taking that to its extremes. The song is mainly driven by a synth loop, and it slowly builds from there into more interesting places. The best single out of the ones released to promote the record, and possibly one of their best songs ever.

 

 

 

#12. Oklou - "Friendless"

(alt R&B/ambient pop)

from 'The Rite of May (EP)'

 

Feeling isolated from those you love, be it friends or family, can be a complicated thing, especially as a teenager. Just like the rest of her ‘The Rite of May’ EP, Oklou’s “Friendless” certainly channels that strange emotion – with heavily autotuned vocals over a dreamy, slow instrumental that sounds like a new age/grime/trance hybrid, she sings about nostalgia and loneliness in a way that might feel cold, but just human enough to relate to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#11. Julia Holter - "I Shall Love 2"

(art pop)

from 'Aviary'

 

Love how at the beginning this song is dreamy and ethereal, then builds into being something genuinely huge, maximalist and grandiose. There are very few people who would come up with a song as gorgeous as this... and Julia would absolutely do that. A highlight of her career, in my opinion!

 

 



[Remmy]

"The idea of Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey didn't exactly... excite me." I know! Jack is so much better that I just wasn't sure if she could keep up  Nah just kidding... kinda. Anyway, don't care for Venice Bitch tbh. no tears left to cry is great  I agree it's a strong lead single choice.

[theblackestday]

7 being #7, your mind...

 

just did some catching up and so far I've not been disappointed! most of these are talent

Edited January 3, 2019 by theblackestday

[TRF.]

Ok so number four in my best album of the year is...

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#04.

Rosalía – El mal querer

Genre: Flamenco Pop, Flamenco nuevo, Art Pop

Alternative R&B

Country: Spain || Label: Sony

 

On an interview she made on Spanish TV almost immediately after the release of her album, singer, songwriter and producer Rosalía was asked whether she believed she invented something with her record El mal querer. She denied that, saying that "everything has already been invented at this point". And to an extent, she's not wrong, the combination of flamenco and pop or flamenco and experimental music isn't unheard of. But for her and El mal querer to exist like this in a moment like this, exactly the way they are, is something that has never happened before.

 

This is a certainly interesting way to follow-up her debut Los ángeles, a collaboration with Raül Refree, which was a dark, minimal, dreamy take on the flamenco genre, not too far off from what the folk artists from Sacred Bones would do. But El mal querer, produced by Rosalía herself and El Guincho, is almost the exact opposite. At times, it takes flamenco in a more poppier context, taking influence from modern production found in a lot of radio hits, but it also twists the genre into more experimental, strange ways, adding musique concréte-type sampling, lots of autotune and vocoder, strings or synthesizers.

 

It's also worth mentioning the story being told with this album, that of a woman who marries a man, who then imprisons her after feeling an enormous amount of jealousy. This story being based on an Occitan book written in the 13th century, every song is its own chapter, explaining a different part of the story, which comes to perfect sense in the end. It's ambitious, yes, and it might be pretentious to the average pop listener, or to most people in general, sure. But I can see this being the kind of album that will continue to influence pop music for several years, especially pop music in Spanish. It justifies Rosalía's status as a rising star extremely well.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: “MALAMENTE (Cap.1: Augurio)", "QUE NO SALGA LA LUNA (Cap.2: Boda)", "PIENSO EN TU MIRÁ (Cap.3: Celos)", "DE AQUÍ NO SALES (Cap.4: Disputa)", "BAGDAD (Cap.7: Liturgia)", "DI MI NOMBRE (Cap.8: Éxtasis)", "NANA (Cap.9: Concepción)", "MALDICIÓN (Cap.10: Cordura)", "A NINGÚN HOMBRE (Cap.11: Poder)"

You’ll like it if you like: Björk, James Blake, Rihanna, Imogen Heap, Niño De Elche, La Niña de los Peines

[TRF.]

Number three in my best album of the year is...

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#03.

Robyn – Honey

Genre: Dance-Pop, Electropop

Deep House, Synthpop, Ambient House, Nu-Disco

Country: Sweden || Label: Interscope

 

Robyn, despite not being a constant figure on the charts and whatnot, managed to be as influential within the world of pop music as some of its biggest legends have. Without Robyn's hit "Show Me Love", there wouldn't be a Britney Spears and some of her contemporaries. Without "Dancing on My Own", "Call Your Girlfriend" or basically all the material found on her self-titled album and her 2010 masterpiece Body Talk, there wouldn't be a Lorde, a Charli XCX, a Carly Rae Jepsen, or basically most of the indie-friendly popstars we have today.

 

As someone who was, in a way, key in building pop music to be so big as it is right now, an album like Honey being this lowkey means quite a lot. This record from the Swedish songstress is her first proper record in eight years − not counting the several EPs she released in between, − and it was inspired by loss, not only of her longtime collaborator Christian Falk, but also going through a break-up with her longtime partner, Max Vitali. Robyn is no stranger to displaying vulnerability in her music, but for someone who has gained reputation for being badass, this leaves behind all of that for a more raw and emotional experience.

 

Still though, it's also much more than that − it's a celebration of dance music, the whole album is vibrating with influences from disco, funk and house styles, and it uses those inspirations in creative, yet subtle ways. In only nine songs and a little over forty minutes, Robyn is capable of creating greater material than most people would with albums twice its length. And if it's too ahead of time for you, don't worry, you'll get it in a couple of years once every pop artist catches up.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Missing U", "Because It's In the Music", "Baby Forgive Me", "Send to Robin Immediately", "Honey", "Between the Lines", "Beach 2k20", "Ever Again"

You’ll like it if you like: Madonna, DJ Koze, Róisín Murphy, Yaeji, The Knife, Kate Bush

[Remmy]

I enjoy 5 songs from Honey and then the other 4 don't really do iT for me, but I wouldn't say it's because they're too ahead of time.  Can't complain about the one track that missed your highlights! Between the Lines, Because It's In the Music and Ever Again are in my trinity.

[TRF.]

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#02.

Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love

Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Industrial

Art Pop, Hypnagogic Pop, Experimental Rock, Deconstructed Club

Country: USA || Label: Warp

 
Mystery is something that always characterized producer Yves Tumor. Not only because of his rather elusive image and presentation, giving few ambiguous interviews or the fact that not much is known about his personal life, but also his art and his music. The best example of this was his 2016 Serpent Music album, released by Berlin label PAN, a collection of diverse and unpredictable tracks, united by a deeply dark atmosphere and spiritual concept.

 

Maybe that's why the release of "Noid", this past July, was a bit of a shock. This being the first song that he had put out after signing with the iconic Warp label, it was far more accessible and straight up "pop" than his previous records. However, that track isn't representative of what his record Safe in the Hands of Love is like. No track really is. In just 40 minutes, this album goes through different emotional states, sounds, genres, themes, ranging from noise to club music to psychedelic indie rock. And what's even better, in the context of the album, it works.

 

Safe in the Hands of Love is the testament of an artist who, throughout his career, has managed to make extremely diverse music, under different pseudonyms, with great success. It is a unique album that combines experimentation with accessibility in a balanced way, one of the most pleasant surprises this year, and proof that Yves Tumor is one of the most interesting artists today. It's refreshing to see an artist like him get recognition and acclaim, which is what these kind of people deserve.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Economy of Freedom" (feat. Croatian Amor), "Honesty", "Noid", "Licking An Orchid" (feat. James K), "Lifetime", "Hope in Suffering (Escaping Oblivion & Overcoming Powerlessness)" (feat. Oxhy & Puce Mary), "Recognizing the Enemy", "All the Love We Have Now"

You’ll like it if you like: Chino Amobi, U.S. Girls, Amnesia Scanner, Dean Blunt

 

 

[TRF.]

WHICH MEANS THAT MY ALBUM OF THE YEAR IS...

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#01.

SOPHIE – Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

Genre: Bubblegum Bass, Deconstructed Club

Art Pop, Ambient Pop, Wonky, Ambient, Glitch Pop

Country: UK || Label: Trangressive/Future Classic

 

 

Even though SOPHIE has been making music under this moniker since the beginning of this decade, we always knew very little about her. No press pics, abstract interviews, very limited live performances — and it worked for her. Not only did she work with important people in the world of dance, electronic, pop and rap, but also became one of the most important figures in a style of experimental pop music that constantly references both the digital world and the real one in a hyper-self-aware and colorful way. And all this, without showing her face.

 

That was, at least, until the release of “It’s Okay To Cry”, a soft, melodic art pop ballad in which SOPHIE sings with her own voice without any effects, lyrics about accepting oneself and others’ emotions. Her proper debut album, OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES is an extension of that, but also so, so, so much more. Dealing with themes of love, our digital lives and sexuality as well as trans and queer identity, the album is SOPHIE’s most accomplished and cohesive work to date, and one of the most impressive, diverse and innovative debuts in recent memory. 

 

Ranging from dirty, strange club bangers to long ambient passages and immaculate pop songs, this album is a way for her to show her versatility as an artist, a way for her to show why she is making the most cutting-edge, futuristic music out there. OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES is one of the most surprising debut albums of the decade so far, especially within electronic music, and one of the best as well.

 

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Highlights: let’s be real… every track.

You’ll like it if you like: A. G. Cook, Amnesia Scanner, Arca, Autechre, Björk, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, Hannah Diamond, Holly Herndon, Oneohtrix Point Never, Rustie… but really, just SOPHIE herself.

 

[Lazuli]

Doesn't matter  The best line in it is english anyways so  

When I'm With Him, Venice Bitch, Malamente, NTLTC, Black Car  

Honey  SOPHIE #1 tho  

[TayRianaPH]

4 hours ago, TRF. said:

Highlights: "Missing U", "Because It's In the Music", "Baby Forgive Me", "Send to Robin Immediately", "Honey", "Between the Lines", "Beach 2k20", "Ever Again"

I approve this highlights  

Don't Matter and Venice Bitch  I think I love you!

[madonnas]

OMG such a great top 4, I like them all   I already saw Oil win on your twitter so I knew it was gonna be a great rest of the list.  PC music stans won in the end, didn't they?

 

The songs update slays too.... Venice bitch, ISL2, NTLTC, Black Car, Malamente  

What could be top 10? IICITW? 

[potent]

Not 8/9 tracks on Honey being highlights

I agree with the one not listed though  I think my favorites would be Because It's in the Music, Between the Lines, and Ever Again.

[Vilppu]

great albums top 10! not that crazy about albums 5-3 myself but they're def respectable pieces and i'm glad they got a lot of acclaim

 

perfect top 2 on the other hand, i did not expect to love yves tumor album this much and SOPHIE was just a winner on every front in 2018

[TRF.]

Top 10 singles tomorrow! In the meantime pls comment hehe

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can y'all at least get me to the next page...

 

 

if y'all do I'll post the top 10 singles

[madonnas]

Hi