Lazuli Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 i only dont use sasami for this set! gone is really such a great pop song!
Vilppu Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 Grimes been kinda serving lately and Gone easily one of the better songs off Charli album, maybe even her entire career
Remmy Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 Parachute is cute but in my Pang bottom 3, that one has just never grabbed me. Gone For some reason I wasn't really a fan on my 1st listen? Glad that changed.
World Eater Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 i love you was one of the cuter tracks from Billie Crossing, Virile, Fixture Picture, Homo to You, Stupid Fish, On the Wall, hiadtfawlmth-bihi, Movies, In Your Head, Without a Blush, Free, Gone all talent surprised that you picked Accident out of all songs from TPOL but I can't say I'm mad
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted December 14, 2019 ATRL Moderator Posted December 14, 2019 Parachute really? I will not accept the SHIFTTE shade here. It's a gorgeous ethereal song that takes you to another dimension. Gone is a bop but I find myself confused as to why people think it's one of the best. It's pretty much just a late 2010s Charli song by the numbers (so, very good still).
Ewan Chaos Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 Gone is prob my fave of this update. TRULY an anti-anxiety bop and two talented queens on one song, I have to stan. Parchute is also TALENT of course. As is this Jenny pick! Grimes, a cute girl (kiiii). And Sasami I found boring but Free is a standout from that album, for sure!
Body Electrician Posted December 17, 2019 Author Posted December 17, 2019 repliezzzzzzz Spoiler On 12/13/2019 at 9:43 PM, BlackoutZone said: Downhill... I don't know a better song, I adore it the same way I adore Cruel World. Movies So Heavy and Gone - career highlights from both Cruel World is far superior but DL is a serve too, can she serve Masochism in the 2020s tho? and tea On 12/13/2019 at 10:08 PM, K$Ellie said: I think I only knew Stay With Me from Hatchie (which is superior ) but Without a Blush is actually really cute too I don't use In Your Head but Heavyweight Champion of the Year slaps and Bags was a cute Now, Now ripoff So Heavy is amazing, as is the rest of the album Parachute is so good that it's #7 on the tracklist AND the closer Gone is a bop, don't like Christine on it tho Downhill Lullaby was cute for a week hmmm I like SWM but WAB just has that something that a lot of Keepsake songs lack... Heavyweight Champion top 50 of the decade fo sure So Heavy sets the mood for MA very well but the rest of the album... she's a cute girl I guess The Insomnia shade.. both are ambient classics On 12/13/2019 at 10:59 PM, Tsareena said: bags is cute in your head, peace out, without a blush Free gonna ignore so heavy I farted gone, parachute, accident whew the acclaim... So Heavy I Won 50 Grammys shade not tolerated here tho x On 12/14/2019 at 4:22 AM, Pink Matter said: For some reason I thought I posted in here Regardless, I spy with my little eye, nothing but talent! Can't wait for your top 10 Get in little AHSter... top 10 coming tonight On 12/14/2019 at 9:29 AM, TheWayWeWere said: Gone is so so good Charli pulled her best song this year tbh with this Parachute Yup.. Gone, Silver Cross & 2099 all made points.. shame the rest of the album was a bit of a misstep On 12/14/2019 at 10:35 AM, Eeveelution said: all these serves and then so heavy still a great update though, perched for the top 10 this is the appropriate reaction when IDORU comes on and ruins MA thank you On 12/14/2019 at 12:18 PM, Lazuli said: i only dont use sasami for this set! gone is really such a great pop song! well then use ha... and yes, the way Charli has re-invented pop several times this decade... On 12/14/2019 at 3:48 PM, Vilppu said: Grimes been kinda serving lately and Gone easily one of the better songs off Charli album, maybe even her entire career oh yeah, Gone is top 5 of Charli's career along with Track 10, Backseat, Delicious and 2099 On 12/14/2019 at 3:52 PM, Remmy said: Parachute is cute but in my Pang bottom 3, that one has just never grabbed me. Gone For some reason I wasn't really a fan on my 1st listen? Glad that changed. far weaker songs on Pang imo (New Normal, Look at Me Now, Hey Big Eyes just to name a few) and yes Gone has aged like fine wine On 12/14/2019 at 5:00 PM, World Eater said: i love you was one of the cuter tracks from Billie Crossing, Virile, Fixture Picture, Homo to You, Stupid Fish, On the Wall, hiadtfawlmth-bihi, Movies, In Your Head, Without a Blush, Free, Gone all talent surprised that you picked Accident out of all songs from TPOL but I can't say I'm mad oh 100%, many tracks on WWAFAWDWG were tryhard messes whew the acclaim finally some Cherry Glazerr and Chromatics love I could easily have picked High Alice as well but Accident just has something a lil more... maybe the concept grasps me more? On 12/14/2019 at 7:42 PM, Madame X said: Parachute really? I will not accept the SHIFTTE shade here. It's a gorgeous ethereal song that takes you to another dimension. Gone is a bop but I find myself confused as to why people think it's one of the best. It's pretty much just a late 2010s Charli song by the numbers (so, very good still). Yes, Parachute. Really! and finally some So Heavy love not all girls can write, produce and engineer an ethereal wave masterpiece, not everybody has that... also I'm lowkey surprised you don't like Parachute but like So Heavy? They're very similar in tone IMO On 12/14/2019 at 7:51 PM, Ewan Chaos said: Gone is prob my fave of this update. TRULY an anti-anxiety bop and two talented queens on one song, I have to stan. Parchute is also TALENT of course. As is this Jenny pick! Grimes, a cute girl (kiiii). And Sasami I found boring but Free is a standout from that album, for sure! ugh yes Charli finally represented the anxious gays.. the amount of times I've bopped alone in my room Free is definitely the highlight of SASAMI, serving future classic Thank you all for commenting, top 10 tonight
Body Electrician Posted December 17, 2019 Author Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) U.F.O.F. offered some of Big Thief's greatest songs to date (Contact, Orange, Betsy) but nothing quite compares to this incredible song. I feel this incredible mixture of nostalgia for a time that never was and the joy of open fields, free to spend the rest of my days running and crying through them. I was both ready and not ready for the return of Angel Olsen this year. I was desperate for new music, but I never expected this Kate Bush/Twin Peaks inspired dramatic monster of a song. The incredible strings, the tortured lyrics, the emotive performance... one of the most fascinating musical chameleon's of our times. I never expected to like Orville Peck, and I still don't think his album was that great, but Turn to Hate is one of the most unique and fascinating songs I've heard in recent memory. The mournful deep voice, enigmatic persona and study-worthy lyrics just shine through on undoubtedly one of the best songs of 2019. The reverb drenched outro is a particular favourite part. Yeehaw. Another artist who didn't do what I expected, but did what I needed. Cellophane establishes FKA twigs as one of the most diverse artists in 21st century music. You did it for me Talia. Makes me reminisce about all the drunken teenage nights out and the loss of innocence from that period. Van Etten sings like no other and Seventeen is the highlight of the incredible Remind Me Tomorrow. Just when I thought Big Thief had release their best song of 2019, they dropped the f*cking rawest, most pure, animal-like song I have ever heard. Adrianne's vocal performance and shredding earns her a place in musical history as one of the greatest performers and lyricists of this century. Impeccable. Another song that dopes me up on nostalgia, especially when Alex's mysterious lyrics and the bizarre concept behind this song - Gretel going back to the witches house after Hansel is eaten to eat the candy. Something about the opening line - "It's calling me back, house of sugar, did they bury me here?" has stuck with me all year and my brain refuses to let it go. An incredible artist and a poet for our times. "All Lana Del Rey sings about is being sad and smoking and sugar daddies!". First of all, **** yourself. Secondly, Lana has proved over this past decade that she is committed to her art so hard that she would die for it, and "The greatest" proves this to an incredible extent. Lana is pondering her favourite memories before watching a nuclear apocalypse wipe out cities via Instagram Live. She's "missing doing nothing the most of all" as she realises that the fragility of the human ego will bring about the end times. But at least we had a ball! I've never heard longing as much as I have on Andromeda. Weyes Blood is searching for the last glimmer of hope - and she's really ****ing struggling. What results is four minutes and forty seconds of trying to find some sort of meaning whilst reflecting on her own inhibitions. She's talking to herself when she says "I dare you to try" and I'm so happy she did. As Angel herself has said, Lark is not a song, it's a play. It's more dramatic and enchanting than any theatre piece written and performed in the past decade. From the swooping strings, the hair raising drums or Angel's desperate voice, Lark is almost 7 minutes of an artist showing us their absolute purest form of expression. There's no real structure to the song, it picks up then slows down, then picks up again and crashes and burns out, to the point where you can almost hear the flicker of the flames from the troubled relationship the song is about. The lyrics read like a poem, each line revealing another devastating realisation about the crossroads Angel's relationship has come to and the pure misery that the inevitable break up is going to bring - "What about old times? We can't erase the,". Whilst Angel has already had career highlights like "White Fire" and "Sister" that showcase her introspective lyrics and ambitious production, "Lark" takes us to another level and emotion has never come through so clearly in music. "What about my dreams? What about the heart?" Angel asks, seemingly to her partner, but also to herself. It's a question a lot of us could ask ourselves more. ----------- Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting! Had so much fun compiling this list. Top 30 albums starting tomorrow possibly? Definitely by Friday though. Quick recap of top 50 songs for anyone who's interested: Spoiler 50. HAIM - "Summer Girl" 49. Tyler, the Creator - "I THINK" 48. Foals - "Sunday" 47. Jamila Woods - "BASQUIAT" 46. Vampire Weekend - "Unbearably White" 45. Caroline Polachek - "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" 44. FKA twigs - "sad day" 43. Mannequin ***** - "High Horse" 42. Frank Ocean - "In My Room" 41. Big Thief - "Jenni" 40. Girlpool - "Roses" 39. Billie Eilish - "i love you" 38. Jessica Pratt - "Crossing" 37. Moses Sumney - "Virile" 36. Aldous Harding - "Fixture Picture" 35. Bat for Lashes - "The Hunger" 34. Cate le Bon - "Home to You" 33. Mac DeMarco - "All of Our Yesterdays" 32. Cherry Glazerr - "Stupid Fish" 31. Chromatics - "On the Wall" 30. Men I Trust - "Porcelain" 29. Black Belt Eagle Scout - "Run It to Ya" 28. Tame Impala - "Posthumous Forgiveness" 27. Lana Del Rey - "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it" 26. (Sandy) Alex G - "Hope" 25. Julia Jacklin - "Don't Know How to Keep Loving You" 24. Tyler, the Creator - "NEW MAGIC WAND" 23. Sky Ferreira - "Downhill Lullaby" 22. Weyes Blood - "Movies" 21. DIIV - "Taker" 20. Clairo - "Bags" 19. Vivian Girls - "Something to Do" 18. Nilüfer Yanya - "In Your Head" 17. Jay Som - "Peace Out" 16. Hatchie - "Without a Blush" 15. Sasami - "Free" 14. Grimes - "So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth" 13. Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens - "Gone" 12. Caroline Polachek - "Parachute" 11. Jenny Hval - "Accident" 10. Big Thief - "Cattails" 9. Angel Olsen - "All Mirrors" 8. Orville Peck - "Turn to Hate" 7. FKA twigs - "cellophane" 6. Sharon Van Etten - "Seventeen" 5. Big Thief - "Not" 4. (Sandy) Alex G - "Gretel" 3. Lana Del Rey - "The greatest" 2. Weyes Blood - "Andromeda" 1. Angel Olsen - "Lark" Edited December 17, 2019 by Body Electrician
Eeveelution Posted December 17, 2019 Posted December 17, 2019 the top 5 all 10/10 songs. Lark is incredible and such a deserved soty.
Remmy Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 The greatest + Andromeda are decent, although neither are album highlights for me. All Mirrors and Lark YUP YUP YUP, both have great progression and instrumentation, with some incredible explosive moments as well. Lark is a very solid choice for your SOTY.
Pink Matter Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 Glad to see Ms. twigs here but I'd take almost any other song on Magdalene over iT The greatest And nice to see Orville here. I enjoyed his album a lot even though it's certainly not what I expected. Gonna save Angel since I've been seeing her everywhere
Ewan Chaos Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 The double Angel in top 10 is great. Even tho neither are Tonight, they are both great picks! Cattails is AMAZINGGGGGG. Turn to Hate, Gretel, The Greatest, and Andromeda are also such talent. GREAT PICKS!
K$Ellie Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 Cute choice for #1 it's not my absolute favorite of the year but it's among my faves on the album 2 Angel songs in the top 10 Andromeda is an amazing runner up too they both stomped this year cellophane so high I would have preferred home with you but I'm fine with this Seventeen is cute but I don't use the album x 17 hours ago, Body Electrician said: The Insomnia shade.. both are ambient classics absolutely x
TheWayWeWere Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 great write-up for Angel I'm not even a fan of her, but All Mirrors album was flawless The Greatest making another top 3 Cellophane should've end in top 3, but still nice to see it
BlackoutZone Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 Angel and Weyes really came hard this year So choices are great and expected
Lazuli Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 the #1 higher than the title track too so that's correct andromeda wish it was another weyes song tho i only dont use the orville peck song. the rest of this top 10 is literal perfection!!!
Sbbmsve Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 Wheew a top 10 Cellophane should've been the soty but Lark is a masterpiece as well.
ATRL Moderator Tsareena Posted December 20, 2019 ATRL Moderator Posted December 20, 2019 the way I really only don't use gretel in your top 10 and it's still a good song. lark is a deserving no. 1 andromeda, the greatest whew, seventeen, turn to hate. taste taste taste
Body Electrician Posted December 20, 2019 Author Posted December 20, 2019 r e p l i e s Spoiler On 12/17/2019 at 7:02 PM, Eeveelution said: the top 5 all 10/10 songs. Lark is incredible and such a deserved soty. thanks king Lark perfection On 12/18/2019 at 1:12 AM, Remmy said: The greatest + Andromeda are decent, although neither are album highlights for me. All Mirrors and Lark YUP YUP YUP, both have great progression and instrumentation, with some incredible explosive moments as well. Lark is a very solid choice for your SOTY. Not album highlights?! please tell me what are... Lark stanning On 12/18/2019 at 2:32 AM, Pink Matter said: Glad to see Ms. twigs here but I'd take almost any other song on Magdalene over iT The greatest And nice to see Orville here. I enjoyed his album a lot even though it's certainly not what I expected. Gonna save Angel since I've been seeing her everywhere cellophane, sad day and home with you are my trinity but cellophane is the most effective and heartbreaking imo yes get into Angel On 12/18/2019 at 5:43 AM, Ewan Chaos said: The double Angel in top 10 is great. Even tho neither are Tonight, they are both great picks! Cattails is AMAZINGGGGGG. Turn to Hate, Gretel, The Greatest, and Andromeda are also such talent. GREAT PICKS! Tonight top 5 but Lark and All Mirrors just give me that buzz... Thank you a lot of talent On 12/18/2019 at 5:53 AM, JGibson said: Seventeen + The Greatest On 12/18/2019 at 11:27 AM, K$Ellie said: Cute choice for #1 it's not my absolute favorite of the year but it's among my faves on the album 2 Angel songs in the top 10 Andromeda is an amazing runner up too they both stomped this year cellophane so high I would have preferred home with you but I'm fine with this Seventeen is cute but I don't use the album x absolutely x taste Lana, Angel and Natalie sorta won 2019 huh? home with you a 10/10 also On 12/18/2019 at 2:36 PM, TheWayWeWere said: great write-up for Angel I'm not even a fan of her, but All Mirrors album was flawless The Greatest making another top 3 Cellophane should've end in top 3, but still nice to see it Doing my best Pitchfork impression On 12/18/2019 at 2:50 PM, BlackoutZone said: Angel and Weyes really came hard this year So choices are great and expected thank you they WON 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 6:15 PM, Chamoy said: Orville Peck Top 10. Yuuup. Lowkey didn't like Pony but TTH is just TOO good On 12/19/2019 at 1:20 PM, Lazuli said: the #1 higher than the title track too so that's correct andromeda wish it was another weyes song tho i only dont use the orville peck song. the rest of this top 10 is literal perfection!!! I didn't like Lark as much as AM at first but then one morning it just clicked.. and now it's in her top 3 songs ever x I included Movies as well! But Andromeda is the stand out for me, even tho the entire album is 10/10 ty 20 hours ago, Sbbmsve said: Wheew a top 10 Cellophane should've been the soty but Lark is a masterpiece as well. cellophane is amazing but the top 5 has those guitars and dreamy elements that I CRAVE in songs 15 hours ago, Tsareena said: the way I really only don't use gretel in your top 10 and it's still a good song. lark is a deserving no. 1 andromeda, the greatest whew, seventeen, turn to hate. taste taste taste Gretel a masterpiece 13 hours ago, Sempiternal said: interesting list thank you
Body Electrician Posted December 20, 2019 Author Posted December 20, 2019 so I decided I hated my previous graphics so I tried to do knock offs of NMEs 2019 albums list instead and they still look kind of horrible.... anyway, here's albums #30-21 Very patchy album overall but includes some of her all time best (Gone, Silver Cross, 2099) but some tracks are horrible (Blame It On Lizzo, White Mercedes, Official). A for effort Charlotte. Kind of corny and not as good as Guppy but still a pretty great album with some different soundscapes and an overall poppier feeling than their debut. Ms Paul coming through with her second album less than a year since her debut... and we like it. She uses very interesting chord progressions and there are some great guitar moments. Another body of work that overall lacks something Oshin and Is the Is Are had but I still enjoy, especially tracks like Horsehead, Skin Game and Taker. A bit heavier than their last two albums and I miss the hazy shoegaze vibes sometimes. Never heard of them before this year but I dig this album so much. The moody, grunge like sound that drowns out the vocals really appeals to me. Need to get into their discography. An album that I remembered liking when it first came out but never really returned to until later in the year then regretted I hadn't spent much time with it... her vocals are interesting and the chamber pop influences come through here. I think her best is yet to come though. Emily finally put down the modular synth and picked up a guitar, although alone this time. A very cute if simple acoustic album where her songwriting and fingerpicking shines through. Natasha comes through with an album vastly superior to 2016s The Bride. The vampire, Lord of the Flies concept or whatever is hard to decipher but the album has some great songs and remains pretty consistent throughout. Another album that I binged on a lot in early 2019 but didn't serve longevity, but I still think it's a great album with some of their best ever songs (Ohio, Daddi, Stupid Fish) and I like the overall angry yet silly vibe. So this isn't Dear Tommy but at least it's something! Again, Chromatics best songs are always their covers which is sort of worrying but this is another really consistent release from them and the synths sound soooo good on some songs. Feels like a tight little package of everything Chromatics have conquered in their career thus far.
Remmy Posted December 20, 2019 Posted December 20, 2019 Yeah Charli (album) is definitely a bit messy, but luckily it includes some album & discography highlights so it's not a complete waste of time or anything. I actually have an entirely different bottom 3 Quote Not album highlights?! please tell me what are... TR~ A Lot's Gonna Change, Everyday, Picture Me Better | NFR~ NFR, MAC, Love song
bestfiction Posted December 20, 2019 Posted December 20, 2019 The graphics for the album are v cute Songs: The Greatest + Andromeda I tried to give Angel Olsen a try but kinda stopped on the 4th song, guess I'll give her another shot Charli is a cute album, you def made points about White Mercedes though I had no choice but to bop to it during her concert
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