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HAIM :clap3:

I will give Fiona another listen.  I'm not so sure she's an artist for me, but I feel like if this album connected so vividly with a lot of people I will give it another try!

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WIM3 is generally good, wasn't in love with all of it though. But as someone that never cared for them before & only likes a few tracks from the other 2 albums, it's certainly an improvement. Plus there's enough highlights to return to every now and then. Tried out some Fiona songs back when the Bolt Cutters hype was at its highest, she's just simply not for me. :celestial5:

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The Big Moon was interesting I really enjoy it tbh 

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HAIM and Fiona :jonny5:

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i know Haim :clap3:

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Early update today. Will comment on your YECDs in around twelve hours. Top 20 albums is coming up tomorrow!

18 hours ago, dweebz said:

Oop, Fiona not even making top 50. Its the way Shamika would have liked it.

 

We stan a diverse list!

Always :alexz:

18 hours ago, Madame X said:

FIONA not even top 50 :cries: 

 

it stings, cause the 2 albums surrounding it were relative disappointments for me.  caribou's forgettable and haim's had the shadow of summer girl/now im in it the whole time. 

I must confess that I haven't played Caribou's full album in a long time.

17 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

Fiona flopping :fan:

Caribou’s album is spectacular and shouldve been higher! 
Kelly Lee Owens has now been featured in 4 countdowns. Main Indie Girl :jonny:

Yes! I saw her in three other YECDs apart from mine yesterday. Well deserved. :clap3:

16 hours ago, Mark Rih said:

Oh wow at Fiona missing the top 50 :eek:

 

excited for the top 40!

It's coming! :eddie:

16 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Ethan Gruska YAAAAAAAS. HAIM, Fiona, and Caribou back to back. Fiona so low though! But it's okay.

 

Oh The Big Moon's album! That was one of the first albums I listened to this year as well, but not the first (I think the first was Field Music or w/e their name is). Take a Piece is my fave song too :-* I think that album is somewhere on my top 100.

I knew you were going to know Ethan! I if hadn't given that record a second try, it probably wouldn't even have made the Top 100. The Big Moon was among the first 5 records I listened to this year for sure.

15 hours ago, ARTPØP said:

HAIM :clap3::clap3:

 

14 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

Fiona :clap3:

HAIM almost top 50 :jonny5: 

 

14 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

Haim :clap3: 

Fiona not top 50 :eek: I remember listening to the Caribou album only once but I really liked it!

The love for HAIM and Fiona. :ohwow:

13 hours ago, TalkThatRihanna said:

More music i don’t know :monkey:

 

Let me wait for the next update

I think you'll know at least two albums this time.

13 hours ago, minho said:

HAIM :clap3:

I will give Fiona another listen.  I'm not so sure she's an artist for me, but I feel like if this album connected so vividly with a lot of people I will give it another try!

I think we're on the same page there, haha.

11 hours ago, Remmy said:

WIM3 is generally good, wasn't in love with all of it though. But as someone that never cared for them before & only likes a few tracks from the other 2 albums, it's certainly an improvement. Plus there's enough highlights to return to every now and then. Tried out some Fiona songs back when the Bolt Cutters hype was at its highest, she's just simply not for me. :celestial5:

Yep. I still don't understand why people gave her album such elevated ratings.

9 hours ago, Ghostlysnaker said:

The Big Moon was interesting I really enjoy it tbh 

Great album. Surprised to know that 2 people are familiar with them! :smile:

6 hours ago, Legend E said:

HAIM and Fiona :jonny5:

 

1 hour ago, M A R N ✮ said:

i know Haim :clap3:

The love for HAIM and Fiona intensifies. :katie2:

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Charlie's Top 100 LPs of 2020 | #040 - #021

 

#040. Choir Boy - Gathering Swans CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: May 8, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: New Romantic, Synthpop, Jangle Pop

Favorite tracks: Complainer, Sweet Candy, It's Over, Nites Like This

Rating: 83,00

Reseñamos 'Gathering Swans', el nuevo trabajo de Choir Boy | Mindies

#039. Rogério Skylab - COSMOS CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: October 2, 2020

Country: Brazil

Genres/Styles: Samba-Jazz, Experimental, Cool Jazz

Favorite tracks: O Corpo Real da Paola, Misterioso Trem, Corações Partidos, Marcha Fúnebre

Rating: 83,08

Cosmos (Rogério Skylab album) - Wikipedia

#038. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: June 26, 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Dance-Pop, Disco, House

Favorite tracks: What's Your Pleasure?, Ooh La La, Spotlight, Soul Control

Rating: 83,33

Crítica de 'What's Your Pleasure?' de Jessie Ware – Blog MiSTeR MuSiC

#037. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: February 14, 2020

Country: Australia

Genres/Styles: Psychedelic Pop, Synthpop, Neo-Psychedelia

Favorite tracks: One More Year, Lost In Yesterday, Borderline, Posthumous Forgiveness

Rating: 83,33

Tame Impala, crítica de su disco The Slow Rush (2020)

#036. Woods - Strange To Explain CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: May 22, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Psychedelic Pop, Indie Pop, Folk Rock

Favorite tracks: Next to You and the Sea, Where Do You Go When You Dream, Strange to Explain, Fell so Hard

Rating: 83,64

Woods: Strange to Explain Album Review | Pitchfork

#035. Wilsen - Ruiner CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: February 21, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Dream Pop, Indie Pop, Indie Folk

Favorite tracks: Down, Feeling Fancy, Align, Yntoo

Rating: 83,64

Ruiner | Wilsen
 

#034. Kurt Rosenwinkel - Angels Around CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: May 8, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Jazz, Post-Bop

Favorite tracks: Ease It, Simple #2, Passarim

Rating: 83,75

Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio – Angels Around (2019, CD) - Discogs

 

#033. Camilo - Por Primera Vez CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: April 17, 2020

Country: Colombia

Genres/Styles: Latin Pop, Ballad, Reggaeton

Favorite tracks: Si Estoy Contigo, Favorito, Por Primera Vez, Tutu

Rating: 84,00

Camilo ha lanzado el nuevo álbum 'Por Primera Vez'

 

#032. Le Couleur - Concorde CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: September 11, 2020

Country: Canada

Genres/Styles: French Pop, Synthpop, Disco

Favorite tracks: Silenzio, Concorde, Vol d'après-midi

Rating: 84,00

Le Couleur - Concorde (2020, Black, Vinyl) | Discogs

#031. Varsity - Fine Forever CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: May 29, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Jangle Pop, Indie Pop, Twee Pop

Favorite tracks: Runaway, Fine Forever, Surfin' Milwaukee, Heaven Sent

Rating: 84,00

Fine Forever | VARSITY

#030. The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: December 11, 2020

Country: Australia

Genres/Styles: Neo-Psychedelia, Nu-Disco, Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Soul, Plunderphonics

Favorite tracks: Reflecting Light, Overcome, Born To Lose

Rating: 84,00

The Avalanches: We Will Always Love You Album Review | Pitchfork

#029. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: February 28, 2020

Country: Switzerland/United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Dream Pop

Favorite tracks: circle the drain, yellow is the color of her eyes, lucy, night swimming

Rating: 84,00

Soccer Mommy: color theory Album Review | Pitchfork

#028. Beach Bunny - Honeymoon CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: February 14, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop

Favorite tracks: Ms. California, Colorblind, Promises, Cuffing Season, Cloud 9

Rating: 84,44

Honeymoon | Beach Bunny

#027. Caroline Rose - Superstar CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: March 6, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Synthpop, Electronica

Favorite tracks: Nothing's Impossible, Do You Think We'll Last Forever?, Freak Like Me, Feel The Way I Want

Rating: 84,55

Caroline Rose: Superstar Album Review | Pitchfork

#026. Mildlife - Automatic CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: September 18, 2020

Country: United States/United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Electronic, Kautrock, Jazz-Funk, Disco

Favorite tracks: Memory Palace, Rare Air

Rating: 85,00

Automatic | Mildlife

#025. Madeline Kenney - Sucker's Lunch CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: July 31, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Bedroom Pop, Dream Pop, Indie Rock

Favorite tracks: Sucker, Jenny, Tell You Everything, Cut the Real, Sweet Coffee

Rating: 85,00

Madeline Kenney - Sucker's Lunch - Amazon.com Music

#024. Marcoca - Silent Struggles CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: June 5, 2020

Country: Germany

Genres/Styles: Surf Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Shoegaze

Favorite tracks: Taragona, Road to Laguna, Strange Havana Nights, Waiting Patiently

Rating: 85,00

Marcoca - Silent Struggles by Nice Guys

#023. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia CWQympA.png  Listen

Release date: March 27, 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Dance-Pop, Nu-Disco, Synthpop, Funktronica

Favorite tracks: Pretty Please, Don't Start Now, Fever, Good In Bed, Boys Will Be Boys

Rating: 85,45

Future Nostalgia - Wikipedia

#022. HALA - Red Herring CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: May 1, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Bedroom Pop, Indie Rock, Lo-fi

Favorite tracks: Emotional R&B, Turn Out Right, Somehow, Camera, Red Herring

Rating: 85,83

Hala - Red Herring (Vinyl) | Discogs

#021. Anna Burch - If You're Dreaming CWQympA.png Listen

Release date: April 3, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock

Favorite tracks: Every Feeling, Ask Me To, Party's Over, Jacket, Go It Alone, Not So Bad

Rating: 85,83

Anna Burch: If You're Dreaming Album Review | Pitchfork

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Dua, Jessie and Tame Impala, love these :smitten2:

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Ohh great update!

What's Your Pleasure is a great record! But I'm not that crazy about it!

The Avalanches album being that high a few days after it's release, wow!

the soccer mommy album was cute, I enjoyed listening to it but it's quite forgettable.

Future Nostalgia is amazing!

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Dua :duca:

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Dua, Jessie, Tame :clap3:Had no idea Caroline Rose dropped an album :eek: 

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Future nostalgia! We love an album full of bops :flame:

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WYP is modern masterpiece, wish it was higher :' ( 

Future Nostalgia :clap3: 

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i TOTALLY forgot to listen to caroline rose this year :weeps: 

 

 and yeah soccer mommy is lower for me lol, glad to see jessie in the 2nd to last update!!!

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Oh wow i need to catch up :gaycat6:

 

After Hours, Feel Feelings, Petals For Armor, Fleur, Abracadabra, folklore, The Archer, Women In Music Pt. III and Fetch The Bolt Cutters made it into the list :jonny5: What's Your Pleasure?, The Slow Rush & Future Nostalgia are the trinity :clap3: (even though i kinda hate TSR though ddd)

 

Also kinda shocked that someone like that Camilo album, i've seen couple of people didn't like it. Even though i never heard of it yet, but the singles are bops nnn

 

i've seen a lot of people mentioning Caroline Rose these days, so i think i might try to listen to her

 

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Jessie Ware cracking the top 40! :clap3: Tame Impala & Woods right after too, nice.

 

The Avalanches album is still on my list to check out; I get bad at listening to albums released in December around Best Of season but I'll check it & my other records out before the year ends.

 

Only really liked the title track from Soccer Mommy's album. And Caroline Rose... I was honesty disappointed with that record! Some good songs on their but I really, really, REALLY loved her 2018 album, so maybe it's my fault for having high expectations.

 

Future Nostalgia also making it into the top 30 :clap3: Good In Bed tho... easily my least favorite from the album LOL soz

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Tame Impala and Beach Bunny above Jessie? This is a crime. 
The Avalanches stomping after only one week :eek:

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Future Nostalgia :clap3: And 100% agree about GIB being a standout :jonny6:

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WYP and FN are too low :'( 

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Future Nostalgia and What's Your Pleasure? are dance-pop excellence  :alexz:

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I believe Soccer Mommy is someone I looked at in the past, maybe not from that album though. What's Your Pleasure? + Future Nostalgia :worship: We love those ATRL and critic darlings! WYP?, Soul Control, Pretty Please, Don't Start Now in your favorites :smitten: Surprised that GIB + BWBB are there as well when a lot of people say those are their bottom 2 (only 1 of them is in mine.)

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What's Your Pleasure & Future Nostalgia :clap3:

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WYP is a slayage of course, and good to see TSR getting appreciation even if you didn't like it as much as their previous stuff :clap3:

The last 2 tracks on FN finally not getting dragged :clap3: they are fine especially BWBB

That's all I know this set :dies: although I had liked some songs by The Avalanches in the past

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So we finally reached the Top 20! We've got six albums reaching the 90 mark this time (compared to three last year). Just like last year, there was a tie in the first place, although between only two albums this time, not three. Winner was decided based on total scrobbles. If you have free time today, give yourself the chance to check at least one of my Top albums of the year. :katie2:

 

 

 

19 hours ago, Mark Rih said:

Dua, Jessie and Tame Impala, love these :smitten2:

Me too :eddie:

19 hours ago, Post Malone said:

FN and TSR :clap3:

Two fine choices

18 hours ago, ikiru said:

Ohh great update!

What's Your Pleasure is a great record! But I'm not that crazy about it!

The Avalanches album being that high a few days after it's release, wow!

the soccer mommy album was cute, I enjoyed listening to it but it's quite forgettable.

Future Nostalgia is amazing!

Alongside Concorde by Le Couleur, the last albums to be considered for this year's chart.

17 hours ago, M A R N ✮ said:

Dua :duca:

A great album :duca:

16 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

Dua, Jessie, Tame :clap3:Had no idea Caroline Rose dropped an album :eek: 

She did. I liked it as much as her previous record.

14 hours ago, Mr. Loco said:

Future nostalgia! We love an album full of bops :flame:

Yes! Dua was a great discovery this year. :alexz:

14 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

WYP is modern masterpiece, wish it was higher :' ( 

Future Nostalgia :clap3: 

 

13 hours ago, Madame X said:

i TOTALLY forgot to listen to caroline rose this year :weeps: 

 

 and yeah soccer mommy is lower for me lol, glad to see jessie in the 2nd to last update!!!

Spotlight and What's Your Pleasure? :worship2:

13 hours ago, Mr. Blue_Shirt said:

Oh wow i need to catch up :gaycat6:

 

After Hours, Feel Feelings, Petals For Armor, Fleur, Abracadabra, folklore, The Archer, Women In Music Pt. III and Fetch The Bolt Cutters made it into the list :jonny5: What's Your Pleasure?, The Slow Rush & Future Nostalgia are the trinity :clap3: (even though i kinda hate TSR though ddd)

 

Also kinda shocked that someone like that Camilo album, i've seen couple of people didn't like it. Even though i never heard of it yet, but the singles are bops nnn

 

i've seen a lot of people mentioning Caroline Rose these days, so i think i might try to listen to her

 

We seem to have a similar musical taste. Camilo album is such a guilty pleasure. :dies: I'd recommend you Caroline's first record if you want to check her music out. More Of The Same is my favorite song.

12 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Jessie Ware cracking the top 40! :clap3: Tame Impala & Woods right after too, nice.

 

The Avalanches album is still on my list to check out; I get bad at listening to albums released in December around Best Of season but I'll check it & my other records out before the year ends.

 

Only really liked the title track from Soccer Mommy's album. And Caroline Rose... I was honesty disappointed with that record! Some good songs on their but I really, really, REALLY loved her 2018 album, so maybe it's my fault for having high expectations.

 

Future Nostalgia also making it into the top 30 :clap3: Good In Bed tho... easily my least favorite from the album LOL soz

Yes! Woods getting some love.

 

Hmmm, I can understand that. Her debut record had lots of standout tracks. GIB getting dragged. :dies:

8 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

Tame Impala and Beach Bunny above Jessie? This is a crime. 
The Avalanches stomping after only one week :eek:

I wish I had given Beach Bunny more listens.

8 hours ago, TalkThatRihanna said:

Future Nostalgia :clap3: And 100% agree about GIB being a standout :jonny6:

Yes! :clap3:

6 hours ago, Legend E said:

WYP and FN are too low :'( 

Top 40 out of 100 is not that bad, though!

5 hours ago, Green said:

Future Nostalgia and What's Your Pleasure? are dance-pop excellence  :alexz:

There is one more dance-pop excellence record to come! :johnald:

5 hours ago, Remmy said:

I believe Soccer Mommy is someone I looked at in the past, maybe not from that album though. What's Your Pleasure? + Future Nostalgia :worship: We love those ATRL and critic darlings! WYP?, Soul Control, Pretty Please, Don't Start Now in your favorites :smitten: Surprised that GIB + BWBB are there as well when a lot of people say those are their bottom 2 (only 1 of them is in mine.)

Some of her songs will be on my Top 200!

4 hours ago, Ava Max said:

What's Your Pleasure & Future Nostalgia :clap3:

:clap3:

15 minutes ago, potent said:

WYP is a slayage of course, and good to see TSR getting appreciation even if you didn't like it as much as their previous stuff :clap3:

The last 2 tracks on FN finally not getting dragged :clap3: they are fine especially BWBB

That's all I know this set :dies: although I had liked some songs by The Avalanches in the past

I think the last tracks were really good actually. How surprising!

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