best of Wondervisions' Best of 2017 | Top 5 Revealed

[theblackestday]

Great honorable mentions

Priests and Kelly made my list on my last update but I get your “main problem”s for them

Thundercat was an HM for me too

[Glassmouth]

those EPs! I STAN! 

[Lazuli]

Thundercat  

[Heidi's Chair]

On 13.12.2017 at 6:50 AM, Wondervisions said:

1.  Xiu Xiu / Get Up

 

TASTE

being in the front fow and hearing this live is one of personal highlights of this year

[Bubble Tea]

Kesha's "Learn to Let Go" really did that. I live!

[Kim Kardashian]

43. HAIM / Want You Back
31. Kesha / Learn to Let Go
17. Kelela / Frontline
4. Kelela / LMK

 

[Wondervisions]

On 12/18/2017 at 8:13 PM, theblackestday said:

Great honorable mentions

Priests and Kelly made my list on my last update but I get your “main problem”s for them

Thundercat was an HM for me too

Thank you guapa 

 

On 12/18/2017 at 8:52 PM, Glassmouth said:

those EPs! I STAN! 

Yas taste King 

 

On 12/18/2017 at 9:43 PM, Lazuli said:

Thundercat  

Tbh I would had made my list if it didn't have all those half assed "interludes" 

 

On 12/19/2017 at 0:56 AM, Heidi's Chair said:

TASTE

being in the front fow and hearing this live is one of personal highlights of this year

The payoff at the end jesus lord https://youtu.be/b28_P8hImzE?t=223 I SHAKE every time. I saw them live this year too and lawd I was left bald I even got to meet Jamie for the third time <3

 

On 12/19/2017 at 4:31 PM, Reinvention said:

Kesha's "Learn to Let Go" really did that. I live!

It really did, the album was super b too.

 

On 12/19/2017 at 4:54 PM, Kim Kardashian said:

43. HAIM / Want You Back
31. Kesha / Learn to Let Go
17. Kelela / Frontline
4. Kelela / LMK

 

You girl have pop taste at its finest. 

[Wondervisions]

Also I have been super busy these past days, so I hadn't had the time to post the other lists, so I thought I would post my favorite album of each year of this decade in the meantime.

 

2010: Joanna Newsom's super ambitious and diverse project; "Have One One Me"

2011: The energy / rage charged debut album by Iceage "New Brigade"

2012: Fiona Apple's "The Idler Wheel..."  a more than worthy comeback.

2013: Arcade Fire's so called dance record "Reflektor", super fun, super quirky, I live. (Afterlife remains to be a highlight of this decade for me)

2014: Swans 2 hours long album is everything you love / loved by them, Post-Rock at its best.

2015: A heartbreak album, Björk's vocals, orchestra and Arca; nothing could go wrong with this one.

2016: ANOHNI's vision of the present and the future is as sad as it is hopeful.

 

Do you stan / Do you hate ? 

 

Edited December 24, 2017 by Wondervisions

[Lazuli]

I recently listened to The Idler Wheel and it was good  

Reflektor being your favourite 2013 album  As much hate as it gets, it is still a great album  

Vulnicura and Hopelessness  

[World Eater]

I should have bookmarked this or w/e because I missed a lot  But whew, I see nothing but TASTE  Love the majority of the song list and basically everything from the EP list  And your previous AOTYs

[Wondervisions]

On 12/22/2017 at 10:48 PM, Lazuli said:

I recently listened to The Idler Wheel and it was good  

Reflektor being your favourite 2013 album  As much hate as it gets, it is still a great album  

Vulnicura and Hopelessness  

- The Idler Wheel is perhaps my fave out of that list, I could just listen to it all day long. Hot Knife is that career highlight 

- People were mad they were going more and more "pop" each time, but is a really ambitious album and even David Bowie himself approved!

- Indie experimental queens  

 

5 hours ago, AlexisNeiers said:

I should have bookmarked this or w/e because I missed a lot  But whew, I see nothing but TASTE  Love the majority of the song list and basically everything from the EP list  And your previous AOTYs

just kidding, but seriously I just saw your list and twin-taste  

 

Judging by your avatar I can guess Hopelessness was your #1 last year too? 

 

[TheWayWeWere]

Hopelessness and Vulnicura whew

[Glassmouth]

On 22/12/2017 at 5:42 PM, Wondervisions said:

Also I have been super busy these past days, so I hadn't had the time to post the other lists, so I thought I would post my favorite album of each year of this decade in the meantime.

 

2010: Joanna Newsom's super ambitious and diverse project; "Have One One Me"

2011: The energy / rage charged debut album by Iceage "New Brigade"

2012: Fiona Apple's "The Idler Wheel..."  a more than worthy comeback.

2013: Arcade Fire's so called dance record "Reflektor", super fun, super quirky, I live. (Afterlife remains to be a highlight of this decade for me)

2014: Swans 2 hours long album is everything you love / loved by them, Post-Rock at its best.

2015: A heartbreak album, Björk's vocals, orchestra and Arca; nothing could go wrong with this one.

2016: ANOHNI's vision of the present and the future is as sad as it is hopeful.

 

Do you stan / Do you hate ? 

 

like every single album except for ANOHNI, I couldn't get into it   

[World Eater]

8 hours ago, Wondervisions said:

 

just kidding, but seriously I just saw your list and twin-taste  

 

Judging by your avatar I can guess Hopelessness was your #1 last year too? 

 

Have One on Me is my second favorite alberm from 2010 and The Idler Wheel... and Vulnicura are on my top 10s from respectively 2012 and 2015

[TRF.]

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50. Moses Sumney / Doomed

49. Fever Ray / To the Moon and Back

48. Ibibio Sound Machine / Give Me a Reason

47. Lorde / Hard Feelings / Loveless

46. Slowdive / Star Roving

45. Charlotte Gainsbourg / Ring-a-Ring O' Roses

44. Porches / Find Me

43. HAIM / Want You Back

42. Sampha / No One Knows Me Like the Piano

40. Slowdive / No Longer Making Time

39. Priests / JJ

38. BROCKHAMPTON / Gummy

37. Aldous Harding / What If Birds Aren't Singing They're Screaming

36. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith / To Follow & Lead

35. Frank Ocean / Chanel

33. Jessie Ware / Stay Awake, Wait for Me

31. Kesha / Learn to Let Go

28. Alex G / Bobby

27. Harry Styles / Sign of the Times

24. Mount Eerie / Real Death

22. Björk / The Gate

21. Nilüfer Yanya / Baby Luv

19. Kimbra / Top of the World

18. Perfume Genius / Slip Away

17. Kelela / Frontline

16. Arca / Fugaces

15. Rina Sawayama / Alterlife

14. BROCKHAMPTON / Milk

13. Zola Jesus / Soak

12. Idles / Mother

11. Vince Staples / Homage

10. The xx / Replica

9. Perfume Genius / Wreath

8. Alvvays / Lollipop (Ode to Jim)

7. King Krule / Dum Surfer

6. Fleet Foxes / Third of May / Ōdaigahara

5. Guerrilla Toss / Betty Dreams of Green Men

4. Kelela / LMK

2. Björk / Arisen My Senses

1.  Xiu Xiu / Get Up

like/love all of these songs  can't wait for the albums list! even though I would've loved to see Priests and KLO in it

[Wondervisions]

On 12/23/2017 at 11:14 PM, TheWayWeWere said:

Hopelessness and Vulnicura whew

slay girl 

 

On 12/24/2017 at 0:48 AM, Glassmouth said:

like every single album except for ANOHNI, I couldn't get into it   

 sis omg have you given it more than one listen? I remember not liking it at first but it grew in me and eventually became my #1

 

On 12/24/2017 at 7:37 AM, AlexisNeiers said:

 

Have One on Me is my second favorite alberm from 2010 and The Idler Wheel... and Vulnicura are on my top 10s from respectively 2012 and 2015

Is Teen Dream your #1??? I'm always divided between those 2 lmao, and yass 

 

41 minutes ago, TRF. said:

like/love all of these songs  can't wait for the albums list! even though I would've loved to see Priests and KLO in it

So would I  But I felt stronger album came out this year, still astonishing debut(s) for both 

 

Thank you for the feedback guys <3

Edited December 26, 2017 by Wondervisions

[Wondervisions]

btw I'll be finally posting my top 30 today so stay tuned gurls 

[Wondervisions]

So we're finally here! Took me long enough to organize this and be happy with the order... but here it is the TOP 30-21 albums of this year. All of these are fantastic, stunning, shocking albums that are DEFINITELY worth every minute of your time. 

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30. Forest Swords / Compassion
ELECTRONIC
This album is brilliant, it's pretty much a homage to the first music on earth, mixing primal beats with ambient dub, just fantastic.
▲ The Highest Flood
▼ Raw Language

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29. Moses Sumney / Aromanticism
ART POP
A dreamy album with tons of references to love and the inability to do so, brilliant vocal performances and lush arrangements. Only wish more of the material was new.
▲ Doomed
▼ Man on the Moon (Reprise)

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28. SZA / CTRL
R&B
One of the best R&B albums that came out this year, and definitely an improvement for SZA, many highlights and glorious vocal deliveries.
▲ Love Galore
▼ Go Gina

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27. Princess Nokia / 1992 Deluxe
HIP-HOP
I was really indifferent towards this as an EP but now as an extended version this showcases one of the best underground rap releases of the past years.
▲ Brujas
▼ Flava

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26. Zola Jesus / Okovi
ART POP
While I don't think this is Zola's best albums I do think is her boldest material yet, the arrangements and production are highlights of this album rather than her vocals, sadly.
▲ Soak
▼ NMO

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25. Protomartyr / Relatives In Descent
POST-PUNK
Disjointed at some points but when it hits GOD it does, this album has some of the best performances Protomartyr has ever done.
▲ Don't Go to Anacita
▼ The Chuckler 

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24. Father John Misty / Pure Comedy
FOLK
I know many people hate this album, but the lyricism on this thing goddamn Josh was pissed and he shows it with really clever lines and the orchestra behind this is dope too. The length tho however is a bit too much sometimes.
▲ Pure Comedy
▼ So I'm Growing Old On Magic Mountain

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23. Oh Sees / Orc
GARAGE ROCK
This album is filled with energy and rage, John's vocals are striking and the guitars are NUTS on this thing, absolutely one of their best albums. One of the most exciting records I listened to this year.
▲ Animated Violence
▼ Cooling Tower

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22. Kendrick Lamar / DAMN.
HIP-HOP
The first Kendrick album that isn't in my top 10! After the slay and half that TPAB was; I was kinda worried to see what Kendrick was going to do next, while this isn't as exciting or as innovative as K's previous records it's a pretty solid record still, and we all love a successful K. Dot.
▲ ELEMENT. 
▼ FEAR.

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21. Slowdive / Slowdive
DREAM POP
This album is pure gold, from the arrangements to the production to the vocals, lord I just love this album. Obviously, this isn't the average Slowdive from the 90's "everybody" loves so much but this record is sold as hell, and shows the power and ability this band still has, I just adore to see how this group has aged and to see it was for good.
▲ No Longer Making Time 
▼ Falling Ashes

 

Edited December 27, 2017 by Wondervisions

[Tom Vercetti]

Nice stack of previous AOTYs. I stan. 

 

Compassion, Relative, Slowdive & Damn  

[theblackestday]

Excellent albums but sorry but I can’t deal at those best and worst song choices, they’re all backwards 

[Lazuli]

Aromanticism, Ctrl, DAMN.  

Pure Comedy is too much for me

Slowdive is magnificent  And you got the same ups and downs for the album as me  

 

[TRF.]

I really do hate FJM  but whatever, at least it isn't higher

 

Slowdive, Kung Fu Kenny, SZA, Forest Swords, Moses Sumney, Zola  also I still need to listen to Protomartyr lol

[Uncatena]

yeah, Father John Misty is unbearble but wow, what a first update

 

Faves are Compassion, 1992 , Okovi, Damn and Slowdive 

[TheWayWeWere]

finally update

 

CTRL is obviously slays love it so much, should've been higher

DAMN has some really highlights, but I didn't really like it as whole

[World Eater]

18 hours ago, Wondervisions said:

Is Teen Dream your #1??? I'm always divided between those 2 lmao, and yass 

It's at #5, I LOVE it tho, it's just that so many insanely good albums were released in 2010

 

Love the update  Kendrick, Protomartyr, Moses, Slowdive, Zola and Forest Swords

Orc was pretty forgettable iirc  Far from being bad, though, in fact all of their releases are solid at worst. FJM tho...