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UNORIGINAL'S BEST OF 2017 

 

Hi everyone :gaycat2: 2017 was a really good year for me where it seemingly wasn't that good for everyone else. I'll be doing a couple of lists. Hopefully you'll like some of them :gaycat4:

 

Best Of Lists

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Best Singles of 2017 done!

Favourite EPs of the Year done!

Album Honourable Mentions done!

Best Albums of 2017 with top song picks done!

Some kind of longevity list?

Dishonourable Mentions

(maybe some more stuff in the new year but we'll see)

 

 

 

Update Schedule

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[date - list reveals]

 

Singles

11/12 – HMs

12/12 – 50-46

13/12 – 45-41

14/12 – 40-36

15/12 – 35-31

16/12 – 30-26

17/12 – 25-21

18/12 – 20-16

19/12 – 15-11

20/12 – 10-6

21/12 – 5-1

 

EPs

22/12 – mentions

 

Albums

23/12 – HMs

26/12 – 20-16

27/12 – 15-11

28/12 – 10-6

29/12 – 5-1

 

[cancelled out of laziness]

Extras

30/12 – longevity list

31/12 – dishonourable mentions

 

RECAPS

 

Singles

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  1. Third of May / Ōdaigahara - Fleet Foxes
  2. Undercover - Susanne Sundfør
  3. Green Light - Lorde
  4. Thinking of a Place - The War on Drugs
  5. Do It - Rae Morris
  6. Ballad of the Dying Man – FJM
  7. Los Ageless – St. Vincent
  8. Midnight – Jessie Ware
  9. Frontline – Kelela
  10. Underdog – BANKS
  11. Walking Away – HAIM
  12. Dangerous – The xx
  13. Love – Lana Del Rey
  14. Bad Liar – Selena Gomez
  15. Non Believer – London Grammar
  16. Give it to Me – Miya Folick
  17. Go Ahead – Perfume Genius
  18. 3WW – alt-J
  19. Say My Name – Tove Styrke
  20. Nostalgia – NAO
  21. Fake Happy – Paramore
  22. Top of the World – Kimbra
  23. …Ready for It? – Taylor Swift
  24. Velvet 4 Sale – U.S. Girls
  25. Sweet Dreams – BORNS
  26. Cyber Stockholm Syndrome – Rina Sawayama
  27. Disco **** – Tove Lo
  28. Sign of the Times – Harry Styles
  29. Wallowa Lake Monster – Sufjan Stevens
  30. Think About That – Jessie J
  31. Everything Now – Arcade Fire
  32. Boys – Charli XCX
  33. New Rules – Dua Lipa
  34. Systemagic – Goldfrapp
  35. The Weekend – SZA
  36. Bathwater – WESLEE
  37. Crybaby – Paloma Faith
  38. When You’re Gone – Verite
  39. When I Was Young – MO
  40. Wild Thoughts – DJ Khaled, Rihanna, Bryson Tiller
  41. Praying – Kesha
  42. Passionfruit – Drake
  43. Casanova – Allie X
  44. Bad Love – RY X
  45. Strangers - Sigrid
  46. Now or Never – Halsey
  47. Burn it Down – Daughter
  48. Dead – Madison Beer
  49. Rude Love – Becky Hill
  50. OMG – Camila Cabello

Tell Me You Love Me – Demi Lovato

Love on the Brain – Rihanna

Feel it Still – Portugal. The Man

G.O.A.T. – Princess Nokia

HUMBLE. – Kendrick Lamar

Slide – Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Migos

The Story of O.J. – Jay-Z

Tinashe – Flame

Lady Gaga – The Cure

Frank Ocean – Chanel

 

EPs

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When I Was Young - MØ

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Kingdom Coming - Emeli Sandé

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RINA - Rina Sawayama

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Give it to Me - Miya Folick

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EP2 - yaeji

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The Electric Lady Session - Fleet Foxes

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Albums

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  1. Music for People in Trouble - Susanne Sundfør
  2. Crack-Up - Fleet Foxes
  3. Pure Comedy - Father John Misty
  4. MASSEDUCTION - St. Vincent
  5. Melodrama - Lorde
  6. A Deeper Understanding - The War on Drugs
  7. No Shape - Perfume Genius
  8. reputation - Taylor Swift
  9. Lust for Life - Lana Del Rey
  10. Truth is a Beautiful Thing - London Grammar
  11. I See You - The xx
  12. Glasshouse - Jessie Ware
  13. Take Me Apart - Kelela
  14. Something to Tell You - HAIM
  15. RELAXER - alt-J
  16. Silver Eye - Goldfrapp
  17. hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey
  18. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
  19. Blue Lips - Tove Lo
  20. After Laughter - Paramore

 

The Architect - Paloma Faith

Rainbow - Kesha

Everything Now - Arcade Fire

Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato

4:44 - JAY Z

Semper Femina - Laura Marling

Somewhere in Between - VÉRITÉ

Is Everything Okay in Your World? - Yellow Days

CTRL - SZA

 

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Oh hi, i better see some originality here , babe.

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yes! :duca: 

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here for it :duca:

 

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This should be good~

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Looking forward to this :gaycat3:

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hi :gaycat3:

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please don't expect taste

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:gaycat4:

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8 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

please don't expect taste

:toofunny3: 

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Yasssss :duca:

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Just now, jpow said:

:toofunny3: 

I've limited the singles top 50 to one per artist and the way the quality takes a bit of a nosedive is... umm... noticeable 

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@Dom @theblackestday @ChapelHooker @Tom Vercetti @Pink Matter @AlexisNeiers @TheWayWeWere @jpow @Mr. Loco @volition

Singles Honourable Mentions today if you want? They won't have any crappy graphics or anything. It's just ten songs I wanted to mention that didn't make the top 50 for whatever reason. I don't have a 2016 recap because I wasn't around but I wanna do something to kick this off and to make sure I don't give up on it before I've started :fan: 

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Excited :heart2: 

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go ahead and post them :fan:

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Just now, Unoriginal said:

@Dom @theblackestday @ChapelHooker @Tom Vercetti @Pink Matter @AlexisNeiers @TheWayWeWere @jpow @Mr. Loco @volition

Singles Honourable Mentions today if you want? They won't have any crappy graphics or anything. It's just ten songs I wanted to mention that didn't make the top 50 for whatever reason. I don't have a 2016 recap because I wasn't around but I wanna do something to kick this off and to make sure I don't give up on it before I've started :fan: 

Do it! :alexz3:

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Perched :duca:

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excited for this :duca:

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Well then what are we waiting for? :keir:

 

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UNORIGINAL'S BEST OF 2017

SINGLES HONOURABLE MENTIONS

 

The songs that weren't quite good enough to make the Top 50 but deserved a lil mention anyway. These are mostly songs that I didn't get into as much as I should have in 2017 but that I enjoyed nonetheless. I won't delve too deeply into them because they're only HMs but hopefully I go over some songs that you guys enjoyed too. They're in no particular order

 

Slide - Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean & Migos

Disco/funk was absolutely NOT the route I was expecting Calvin to go down but it surprisingly worked incredibly well. The chorus is an insane earworm (and so are most of Frank's bits tbh) and Calvin's production is absolutely top-notch. This could've snatched the #50 spot tbh.

 

HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar

 

 

I mean... what is there to say about the song that hasn't been said countless times before? It was a fantastic way to reassert Kendrick as modern reigning rap royalty and Mike WiLL's piano riff is undeniably one of the most infectious things to come out of music in 2017.

 

The Story of O.J. - JAY-Z

 

Its status as a single is debatable (basically it's not really) but this absolutely undoubtedly a brilliant song and everything from the lyrics to the production to the sample to the music video is awesome in every way. Another contender for the #50 spot except for the line about Jews

 

G.O.A.T. - Princess Nokia

 

I'd never really looked into Princess Nokia before this so this was the first PN song I properly checked out (hence its placement on the list) and I was very pleasantly surprised. It's an excellent brag for Nokia as an underground rapper and I wanted to recognise her because she's just cool in general too.

 

Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man

 

2017's unexpected alternative hit. Something about it is infectiously catchy and it's just a fun slice of psych-pop with a great bassline

 

Flame - Tinashe

 

Tinashe isn't ever happening but she still makes quality music. Obviously this doesn't live up to anything on either Aquarius or Nightride but I was kind of hooked on it earlier this year and it's a nice bit of pure pop when the popscape is kind of devoid of it at the moment.

 

Chanel - Frank Ocean

 

Poor Frank got relegated twice. I do love this song though and the opening lyric works so well as a statement. I never properly got into Blonde so getting more into some of Frank's songs and features this year has been fun.

 

Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato

 

Demi's main problem with getting onto the main list this year was the actual single choices. SNS and TMYLM are probably two of my least favourite songs on the album if I'm honest but this was the better of the two and Demi deserved a mention for so confidently pulling off the soul-pop-R&B she was going for, particularly with this song.

 

The Cure - Lady Gaga

 

I'm more a fan of Joanne Gaga personally so that's probably why I felt iffy on this song initially. That doesn't negate the fact that it's a great slice of PopGa in a drought that saw many Little Monsters suffering. I was going to leave this off completely but coming back to it I realised I was probably a bit harsh on it when it's definitely a great synthpop song.

 

Love on the Brain - Rihanna

 

The only 2016 song I was genuinely considering putting on the list. Rih did this so wrong though. Easily one of the best songs on ANTi and an incredibly deserving single that deserved a music video more than anything. I won't ever forgive Rih for paying this absolute dust whilst it actually started the organic hit trend so the saltiness is probably why it was relegated over songs that were admittedly less deserving.

 

That's it for single honourable mentions! Honestly, some of these are probably better than songs that actually made my top fifty but I'm awkward and stubborn and had a genuinely tough time deciding what really deserved a place in the top fifty and what was left just outside of the ranking. This is the first time I've tried my hand at anything of this sort so any feedback at all would be very welcome and I'll try to take it on board for the Singles #50 - #46 which I'll probably do tomorrow. I'll attempt to do some graphics but don't be surprised if there's nothing :toofunny3: 

 

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sorry for the mention spam. if you want me to stop let me know. again, i've never done anything like this so idk if mentions are something we do before starting a list and whatnot :emofish: 

 

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lotb, slide, the curr, humble all failed to make it. whaaat

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Slide and Humble deserved better but at least they made it to HMs :emofish:

 

LOTB won't even make my list because it already charted last year nnn

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How did these not make the top 50? :rip:

 

"The Cure" is one of the year's best songs! Same with "Love on the Brain."

 

Slay at the "Flame" mention though - Tinashe snapped on that bop.

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Almost all of these deserved to make the list :'( still talent (minus the cure)!

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