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Texas Sun! :clap3: I know you'll have Mordechai higher, but glad to see Texas Sun also getting some love.

 

After Laughter being top 20 YAAAAAAAAAS. Definitely my favorite album of 2017 and probably top 5 ever? And I wasn't even a huge Paramore fan before minus Ain't It Fun. Whew the way Hayley slapped me around and said YOU'RE DEPRESSED, NOW DANCE and I said YES MA'AM

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Took a peek at some of the songs from a few of these EPs but nothing really jumped out at me. The artist that appealed to me the most was Mopac so good choice for your #1!

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I don't know any of them :jonny5: a lot of the genres do sound interesting though

Some of the covers are interesting too :eli:

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2 hours ago, potent said:

I don't know any of them :jonny5: a lot of the genres do sound interesting though

Some of the covers are interesting too :eli:

Which one do you like the most? I've seen some people ranking covers, but that'd be so tough for me to do.

5 hours ago, Remmy said:

Took a peek at some of the songs from a few of these EPs but nothing really jumped out at me. The artist that appealed to me the most was Mopac so good choice for your #1!

Well, at least I'm glad you checked out something! :party:

7 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Texas Sun! :clap3: I know you'll have Mordechai higher, but glad to see Texas Sun also getting some love.

 

After Laughter being top 20 YAAAAAAAAAS. Definitely my favorite album of 2017 and probably top 5 ever? And I wasn't even a huge Paramore fan before minus Ain't It Fun. Whew the way Hayley slapped me around and said YOU'RE DEPRESSED, NOW DANCE and I said YES MA'AM

Way higher.  :eddie: Paramore's record was amazing. Pool is my favorite track.

9 hours ago, Madame X said:

ahhhh,, now im excited for the 2020s stuff.

 

id prob like wwoman most based on the genre.  lemme listen to one of them!  remind me and pester me xoxo 

So am I. The LPs list is coming up next!

11 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

James Blake’s Before EP was snubbed 

Didn't even hear it. Sorry. :jonny2:

11 hours ago, ikiru said:

don't know any of the EPs but I decided to check out Nature TV, because I absolutely love the cover art, I listened to Hometown because it was the most played song on Spotify and I really like it! I will definitely check out the rest of the EP later! Glad I discovered them through your list!

It's probably my favorite cover too. Glad to know my Spotify links are not getting snubbed!

11 hours ago, Valtersen said:

your list is so huge :deadbanana2: I definitely want to dive deeper into new music next year, so I wanna ask how do you find all these albums / eps :deadbanana2: 

Get ready for the list of 140 LPs! Mostly rateyourmusic, albumoftheyear and Spotify indie playlist recommendations.

12 hours ago, K$Ellie said:

omg Bonito Generation so high, love to see it :jonny5: their EP last year was AMAZING as well so I'm excited for new music :duca:

After Laughter was a bit of a miss for me but I like a handful of songs, especially Hard Times :smitten:

I liked their EP too. Hard Times is one of my favorite tracks too!

14 hours ago, Lazuli said:

sadly i don’t know any of these :dancehall: 

Next set you most likely will!

16 hours ago, Chamoy said:

Gr*mmy award winner Natalia Lafourcade at #21. :siptea:

Finally some recognition to Ms. Lafourcade :clap3:

23 hours ago, Ghostlysnaker said:

Indie is not my favorite genre definitely :dies:  however there are some that caught my attention

Such as... :coffee:

On 12/13/2020 at 7:41 PM, TalkThatRihanna said:

Love seeing After Laughter recognition :heart:

Superb record. It's got it well deserved.

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Charlie's Top 100 LPs of 2020 | #140 - #121

 

Finally! It's time to start with this year's lists. Around 300 albums from 2020 were listened to (a few from 2019), out of which only 155 managed to get a score. I considered albums with at least 30 scrobbles (around 2 to 3 plays) throughout the year.

 

How do I rate them?

Each track gets a score from 1 to 10. Then the sum gets divided by the number of tracks and finally that number is multiplied by ten.

 

Example:

John Smith - The Original Album

Track 1: 8

Track 2: 10

Track 3: 8

Track 4: 9

Track 5: 10

Track 6: 9

 

8+10+8+9+10+9 = (54/6)10 = 90/100

 

What does the final score mean?

It goes like this:

 

71-75: Listenable, but not really replayable

76-80: Decent

81:85: Good

86-90: Very good

91-95: Outstanding

96-100 Masterpiece

 

#140. Real Estate - The Main Thing

Release date: February 28, 2020

Country: United States

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

Rating: 73,08

Real Estate: The Main Thing Album Review | Pitchfork

#139. Vilde - Atopia

Release date: June 25, 2020

Country: Sweden

Genres/Styles: Electronic, Indie Pop

Rating: 73,33

Atopia | Vilde

#138. Yohuna - Mirroring

Release date: June 7, 2019

Country: United States

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

Rating: 74,00

Mirroring | Yohuna

#137. Ice Cream Boy - Changes

Release date: February 20, 2020

Country: Mexico / US (?)

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Dream Pop

Rating: 74,17

Ice Cream Boy – Changing Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

#136. Public Practice - Gentle Grip

Release date: May 15, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Post-Punk, New Wave, Dance-Punk

Rating: 75,00

Gentle Grip | Public Practice

#135. Jupiter - Hey There

Release date: April 30, 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Electro-Disco

Rating: 75,00

Hey There" | Jupiter

#134. The Bilinda Butchers - Night And Blur

Release date: May 8, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indietronica, Dream Pop, Breakbeat

Rating: 75,00

The Bilinda Butchers - Night And Blur (2020, Neon Green, Vinyl) | Discogs

#133. Surf Rock Is Dead - Existential Playboy

Release date: May 1, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Post-Punk

Rating: 75,00

Surf Rock Is Dead - Existential Playboy (2020, Basketball Orange, Vinyl) |  Discogs

#132. SLIFT - Ummon

Release date: February 28, 2020

Country: France

Genres/Styles: Space Rock, Heavy Psych, Stoner Rock

Rating: 75,45

UMMON | SLIFT

#131. The Weeknd - After Hours

Release date: March 20, 2020

Country: Canada/United States

Genres/Styles: Alternative R&B, Synthpop, Synthwave

Rating: 75,71

Track by Track: The Weeknd, "After Hours"

#130. The Vapour Trails - Golden Sunshine

Release date: June 19, 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Jangle Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Power Pop

Rating: 75,83

Golden Sunshine | The Vapour Trails | Futureman Records

#129. Destroyer - Have We Met

Release date: January 31, 2020

Country: Canada

Genres/Styles: Art Pop, Synthpop, Sophisti-Pop, Ambient Pop

Rating: 76,00

Destroyer: Have We Met Album Review | Pitchfork

#128. CMON - Confusing Mix Of Nations

Release date: April 3, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Alternative Dance, Synthpop, AOR

Rating: 76,00

Confusing Mix Of Nations | CMON

#127. Poolside - Low Season

Release date: February 7, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Chillwave, Synthpop, Downtempo

Rating: 76,25

Low Season | Poolside

#126. Superposition - Superposition

Release date: March 20, 2020

Country: Finland

Genres/Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz

Rating: 76,25

Bilawal | Superposition | We Jazz Records

#125. Habibi - Anywhere But Here

Release date: February 14, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Garage Rock, Surf Rock

Rating: 76,36

Anywhere But Here | Habibi

#124. Torii - Return To Form

Release date: February 21, 2020

Country: Netherlands

Genres/Styles: Dream Pop, Indie Rock

Rating: 76,36

Torii - Return To Form (12'' vinyl) - Mink Records

#123. SoKo - Feel Feelings

Release date: July 10, 2020

Country: France

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Hypnagogic Pop

Rating: 76,67

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#122. Mk.gee - A Museum Of Contradiction

Release date: May 22, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Neopsychedelia, Indietronica, Alternative R&B

Rating: 76,67

Mk.gee - A Museum of Contradiction Lyrics and Tracklist | Genius

#121. Frances Quinlan - Likewise

Release date: January 31, 2020

Country: United States

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

Rating: 76,67

Frances Quinlan: Likewise Album Review | Pitchfork

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#131. The Weeknd - After Hours

 

after hours is amazing!!!

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I only know After Hours from these ones. It has a few great songs, but overall I don't like it that much.

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the real estate’s album was fine but i didn’t find any standouts like i did for their previous one :katie: 

after hours :clap3: 

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After Hours is a bit too low? But I'm ok with that, since it's worse than his previous albums :fan:

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Poolside’s album was ok but it bored me. The featured vocalist, Panama, sounded so much like Sampha but a cheap version :skull: 

The album had a lot of potential tho. 

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I honestly only know After Hours from this set but I will look into some of these artists :jonny: I have very mainstream pop/basic gay taste tho 

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After Hours is a great album! I thought the SoKo record was cute as well, but a bit forgettable.

I've decided to check out songs from Yohuna (Mirroring) and The Bilinda Butchers (Night and Blur) because these cover arts were the most appealing to me. I really liked the Yohuna song, immediately saved it to my Spotify library! The Bilinda Butchers song was alright, didn't really enjoy it at first but the song got better towards the end. Great instrumentation!

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After Hours :clap3:

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14 minutes ago, ARTPØP said:

After Hours :clap3:

One of the last records I heard this year. Just made the list

2 hours ago, ikiru said:

After Hours is a great album! I thought the SoKo record was cute as well, but a bit forgettable.

I've decided to check out songs from Yohuna (Mirroring) and The Bilinda Butchers (Night and Blur) because these cover arts were the most appealing to me. I really liked the Yohuna song, immediately saved it to my Spotify library! The Bilinda Butchers song was alright, didn't really enjoy it at first but the song got better towards the end. Great instrumentation!

Yes, there are just a few good songs. The rest is just okay. Thanks for checking out the albums! I've checked new artists in your YECD too.

2 hours ago, Staryu said:

I honestly only know After Hours from this set but I will look into some of these artists :jonny: I have very mainstream pop/basic gay taste tho 

Give it a try. Maybe the genre/style description can help you choose one you may like.

2 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

Poolside’s album was ok but it bored me. The featured vocalist, Panama, sounded so much like Sampha but a cheap version :skull: 

The album had a lot of potential tho. 

I didn't know that about Poolside. I agree in the sense that it bored me quickly. Kind of forgot that the abum existed tbh. :dies:

2 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

After Hours is a bit too low? But I'm ok with that, since it's worse than his previous albums :fan:

It could have not even been there if it hadn't been for the fact that it was on so many lists. I gave it a listen and it was alright.

6 hours ago, Lazuli said:

the real estate’s album was fine but i didn’t find any standouts like i did for their previous one :katie: 

after hours :clap3: 

Sadly, 2014 was their last really good record. Then they sort of went downhill.

9 hours ago, geodancefreak said:

I only know After Hours from these ones. It has a few great songs, but overall I don't like it that much.

Me neither. That's why it's so low. I think that the singles were the best tracks. :dies:

10 hours ago, PrinceMichaelFan said:

#131. The Weeknd - After Hours

 

after hours is amazing!!!

Uh oh. Don't read my reply to geodancefreak :chick2:

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Charlie's Top 100 LPs of 2020 | #120 - #101

 

#120. Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor

Release date: May 8, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Art Pop, Alternative Dance, Synthpop

Rating: 76,67

Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor (2020, Vinyl) | Discogs

#119. Drive-by Truckers - The Unraveling

Release date: January 31, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Americana, Alt-Country, Southern Rock

Rating: 77,00

Drive-By Truckers: The Unraveling Album Review | Pitchfork

#118. Brent Cobb - Keep 'Em On They Toes

Release date: October 2, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Americana, Singer/Songwriter

Rating: 77,00

Brent Cobb, ccrítica de su disco Keep'Em On They Toes (2020)

#117. George Clanton and Nick Hexum - George Clanton and Nick Hexum

Release date: July 24, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Chillwave, Trip Hop, Synthpop, Neo-Psychedelia

Rating: 77,00

George Clanton & Nick Hexum | George Clanton & Nick Hexum | George Clanton

#116. Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers

Release date: July 24, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Americana, Contemporary Folk

Rating: 77,00

Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers (2020, File) | Discogs

#115. Jaunt - All In One

Release date: April 16, 2020

Country: Canada

Genres/Styles: Chillout, Experimental Pop, Indie Pop

Rating: 77,00

All In One | Jaunt

#114. Trace Mountains - Lost In The Country

Release date: April 10, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Heartland Rock, Indie Pop

Rating: 77,00

Lost in the Country | Trace Mountains

#113. Herbario - Después De Las Palabras

Release date: January 25, 2020

Country: Chile

Genres/Styles: Indie Pop, Post-Punk, Jangle Pop

Rating: 77,14

Después de las palabras | Herbario

#112. Cavetown - Sleepyhead

Release date: March 27, 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Genres/Styles: Bedroom Pop, Indie Folk, Twee Pop

Rating: 77,27

Sleepyhead : Cavetown: Amazon.es: Música

#111. Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse

Release date: October 16, 2020

Country: Norway

Genres/Styles: Contemporary Country

Rating: 77,27

Wildhorse | Malin Pettersen

#110. Thundercat - It Is What It Is

Release date: April 3, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Psychedelic Soul, Neo-Soul, Jazz Soul

Rating: 77,33

It Is What It Is (Thundercat album) - Wikipedia

#109. Fleet Foxes - Shore

Release date: September 22, 2020

Country: United States

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

Rating: 77,33

Shore (album) - Wikipedia

#108. Foreign/National - The Garden

Release date: May 29, 2020

Country: Australia

Genres/Styles: Psychedelic Folk, Jazz, Synthpop

Rating: 77,50

The Garden | Foreign/National

#107. Fleur - Fleur

Release date: September 24, 2020

Country: Netherlands

Genres/Styles: Yé-yé

Rating: 77,50

Fleur LP/CD/Cassette | Fleur

#106. John Scofield - Swallow Tales

Release date: June 12, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: ECM Style Jazz

Rating: 78,00

Swallow Tales : John Scofield, Steve Swallow: Amazon.es: Música

#105. Katie Prutt - Expectations

Release date: February 21, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Country, Americana

Rating: 78,00

Expectations (Katie Pruitt album) - Wikipedia

#104. Hazel English - Wake Up!

Release date: April 24, 2020

Country: Australia/United States

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

Rating: 78,00

Wake Up! (Hazel English album) - Wikipedia

#103. Cory Wong - Elevator Music For Elevated People

Release date: January 10, 2020

Country: United States

Genres/Styles: Jazz-Funk, Smooth Jazz, Jazz Pop

Rating: 78,18

Elevator Music for an Elevated Mood | Cory Wong

#102. Emil Miszk - Artificial Stupidity

Release date: March 15, 2020

Country: Poland

Genres/Styles: European Free Jazz

Rating: 78,33

Artificial Stupidity | Emil Miszk And The Sonic Syndicate | Alpaka Records

#101. Helena Deland - Someone New

Release date: October 16, 2020

Country: Canada

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

Rating: 78,46

Someone New | Helena Deland

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14 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said:

#131. The Weeknd - After Hours

:deadbanana2:

 

btw how do you listen top 300 albums in a year :deadbanana2: how do you find them

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After Hours :eddie: Petals for Armor :smitten: I don't know why so many people underappreciate it. I feel like I had Mk.gee on a list of artists to check out but for some reason I took them off? :mandown: Let me peek at a few of these later

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Petals for Armor :clap3: I hope bitch going back to Paramore sewn :eli: 

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after hours + petals for armor :clap3: 

 

5 hours ago, Valtersen said:

:deadbanana2:

 

btw how do you listen top 300 albums in a year :deadbanana2: how do you find them

he doesn't listen to **** songs like halo :heart:

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Let me check out some of these Dream Pop albums. :gaycat6:

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Real Estate, The Weeknd, Destroyer, Hayley Williams, Drive-By Truckers, George Clanton, Fleet Foxes, Hazel English are the LPs I also listened to. Most I quite enjoyed!

 

Hayley so low! I see you have After Laughter so high though; you must have wanted a POP pop album not an art pop album from her :priceless: 

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love to see Hayley panning :clap3: Fleet Foxes was just okay for me :mandown: After Hour quite low tho :shakeno:

Posted

ℍ????? :worship:

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Petals For Amor is kinda cute hehehe

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petals for armor and shore :alexz: they should’ve been higher tbh! i especially love shore more than their previous album 

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