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I was young and kingdom coming :clap3: 

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RINA :clap3:

Kingdom Coming :heart2:

M0 is a great artist :alexz:

see you in my bestofs hun :date2:

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I've listened RINA few days ago and it's flawless :alexz: future pop indeed :fan:

I like some tracks from Kingdom Coming, but all that collabs messed it up tbh

I loved WIWY from first listen :jonny: and live versions, that she uplodaded yesterday SLAYS :jonny5: I'm excited about her album again :alexz:

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17 hours ago, AlexisNeiers said:

RINA and EP2 :clap3: Need to check out Fleet Foxes' EP, just watched their KEXP session today and loved it :smitten:

mess @ Emeli tho

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afaik The Electric Lady Session was a Black Friday vinyl exclusive. I listen to it through the vinyl rips I made unless I'm missing something.

Why does everyone hate Kingdom Coming :ahh: Starlight was atrocious but it's not representative of the EP whatsoever

 

10 hours ago, Lazuli said:

Mess @ Fleet Foxes having some random ass EP and you including it :skull: 

Wasn't into When I Was Young tbh

Rina :clap3: 

i unashamedly stan FF this year they deserved it :-*

I wasn't anticipating being into WIWY but it exceeded my expectations

I can't wait to see what Rina's got for us next year :jonny:

 

10 hours ago, SoSickOfThatSOL said:

I was young and kingdom coming :clap3: 

someone who doesn't hate KC :clap3:

 

4 hours ago, TayRianaPH said:

RINA :clap3:

Kingdom Coming :heart2:

M0 is a great artist :alexz:

see you in my bestofs hun :date2:

whew glad you stan :clap3:

 

4 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

I've listened RINA few days ago and it's flawless :alexz: future pop indeed :fan:

I like some tracks from Kingdom Coming, but all that collabs messed it up tbh

I loved WIWY from first listen :jonny: and live versions, that she uplodaded yesterday SLAYS :jonny5: I'm excited about her album again :alexz:

Rina can't stop winning on ATRL huh?

Mess. the collabs on KC are my favourites :rip:

Mte :jonny: the singles kind of made me feel a bit iffy towards new MO but WIWY has restored some hope

 

18 hours ago, theblackestday said:

:ahh:

M3LL155X is twigs' best body of work I have reason to be excited :-* 

 

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This Rina gurl is everywhere  when I didn't even hear about her before this section.

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23 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:
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afaik The Electric Lady Session was a Black Friday vinyl exclusive. I listen to it through the vinyl rips I made unless I'm missing something.

Why does everyone hate Kingdom Coming :ahh: Starlight was atrocious but it's not representative of the EP whatsoever

 

i unashamedly stan FF this year they deserved it :-*

I wasn't anticipating being into WIWY but it exceeded my expectations

I can't wait to see what Rina's got for us next year :jonny:

 

someone who doesn't hate KC :clap3:

 

whew glad you stan :clap3:

 

Rina can't stop winning on ATRL huh?

Mess. the collabs on KC are my favourites :rip:

Mte :jonny: the singles kind of made me feel a bit iffy towards new MO but WIWY has restored some hope

 

M3LL155X is twigs' best body of work I have reason to be excited :-* 

 

EP2 and LP1 stay unbothered xo

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Trouble Adjusting from the Miya EP is great. EP 2 and RINA are excellent :alexz:

 

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I've got ten album HMs so I'll do 5 now and 5 in a bit. Unranked.

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yaeji came through with that EP, MØs was just okay. Roots is fantastic tho

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UNORIGINAL'S BEST OF 2017

2017's Best Albums

Honourable Mentions Part One

 

Yellow Days

Is Everything Okay in Your World?

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Reminded me of an edgy George Ezra in a good way. I liked the psychedelic feel that came through sometimes and the guitar work was pretty nice too. Shame I didn't listen to it as much as I wanted to otherwise it probably could've snatched a low top twenty position on my actual list.

Highlights - A Bag of Dutch, Lately I

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SZA

CTRL

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The future of neo-soul/R&B did that with CTRL. This is such a damn good album and it was the first mixtape/album release from SZA that really grabbed me and for very good reason. There's a fantastic mix of slower, smoother cuts and the more upbeat stuff like Doves in the Wind and The Weekend. If I hadn't let myself get addicted to a few songs and actually played the whole album more it could've been on my list but alas. The best song on here by a mile is the opener, Supermodel.

Highlights - Supermodel, The P*ssy Song, Prom, Go Gina, Broken Clocks

listen here

 

VÉRITÉ

Somewhere In Between

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A really nice indie/alt-pop debut from VÉRITÉ. Deals with some darkish themes on some darkish production. Nice singing and nice lyrics and not really much to fault here. A decent listen if you're into the tumblrina girls.

Highlights - When You're Gone, Floor, Somewhere In Between, Freedom of Falling

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Laura Marling

Semper Femina

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A really nice folk-rock album from Laura Marling. I was hooked on it for like the first two weeks after it came out but then I let it get behind me unfortunately (and wrongfully because it's really damn good). A lot of my HMs are albums that I listened to but didn't really pay enough attention to to justify a place on my actual top twenty and this is probably the greatest injustice to come of this.

Highlights - Soothing, Wild Fire, Nothing, Not Nearly

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Arcade Fire

Everything Now

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I'd like to pretend this is in the wrong section and I actually meant to put it in the dishonourable mentions but I did genuinely enjoy this for a while after it came out. I forced myself to buy into the failed FJM-lite image they were attempting to go for and apart from the first part of Infinite Content I didn't consider anything to be atrocious on the album. The more I listened to it though the more I realised it wasn't all that. Apart from a couple decent songs on Everything Now, it's a pretty middling album but I couldn't just pretend I didn't ever enjoy it so that's why it's here.

Highlights - Everything Now, Electric Blue, Put Your Money on Me, We Don't Deserve Love

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I mean... do you really want to?

 

I'll do the other five in a bit. I actually quite liked the next five so the writeups might be a bit longer but they just about didn't make it into the top twenty.

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4 hours ago, prézli said:

This Rina gurl is everywhere  when I didn't even hear about her before this section.

you should give her EP a go. I think you might like it.

 

4 hours ago, theblackestday said:

EP2 and LP1 stay unbothered xo

all three are a 5/5 so there might be an argument to be had there

 

3 hours ago, Zay said:

Trouble Adjusting from the Miya EP is great. EP 2 and RINA are excellent :alexz:

 

agreed

agreed :alexz:

 

24 minutes ago, ChapelHooker said:

yaeji came through with that EP, MØs was just okay. Roots is fantastic tho

Roots and Run Away are so damn good

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When I was young is kinda catchy

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SZA, laura, also screaming @ “the p*ssy song”

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1 hour ago, Unoriginal said:

I mean... do you really want to?

:ahh:

 

What can I say, glad those didn't make the main list :oh:

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7 minutes ago, AlexisNeiers said:

:ahh:

 

What can I say, glad those didn't make the main list :oh:

about a week after it was released I had it at like #11 :deadbanana: the more I listened to it though the more I was a bit like 'hang on...' and then the fidget spinner

and the employee welcome kit

and the fact that I'd bought the All Day All Night bundle for £55

and the whole Everything Now Corp. bull****

kinda did it for me. that was them taking the FJM shtick (except for the ADAN bundle. that was just me being silly) too far and failing at it

still kinda wanna get the coloured vinyl for PYMoM and WDDL tho

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Poor Laura :'( but a reasonable case
Surprised SZA didn't make it :eek:

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1 minute ago, theblackestday said:

Poor Laura :'( but a reasonable case
Surprised SZA didn't make it :eek:

i told you i'd almost forgotten about it until i saw it on your countdown (speaking of :gaycat3:)

really? I barely posted in the album thread for CTRL and I haven't been vocally stanning it too much i don't think

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Just now, Unoriginal said:

i told you i'd almost forgotten about it until i saw it on your countdown (speaking of :gaycat3:)

really? I barely posted in the album thread for CTRL and I haven't been vocally stanning it too much i don't think

I mean I didn't visit the Ctrl thread but for some reason I thought you really love it or w/e :rip:

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1 minute ago, Unoriginal said:

about a week after it was released I had it at like #11 :deadbanana: the more I listened to it though the more I was a bit like 'hang on...' and then the fidget spinner

and the employee welcome kit

and the fact that I'd bought the All Day All Night bundle for £55

and the whole Everything Now Corp. bull****

kinda did it for me. that was them taking the FJM shtick (except for the ADAN bundle. that was just me being silly) too far and failing at it

still kinda wanna get the coloured vinyl for PYMoM and WDDL tho

Mess :deadbanana: I'd listened to the album like 3 times but then I completely gave up. And the campaign only made me dislike it even more :deadbanana:

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CTRL :clap3: 

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I can't believe I'm starting to have doubts about my top 2 albums now of all times :skull: 

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15 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

I can't believe I'm starting to have doubts about my top 2 albums now of all times :skull: 

:rip::rip: like about them being in the top 2? or about their positions compared to each other 

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UNORIGINAL'S BEST OF 2017

2017's Best Albums

Honourable Mentions Part Two

 

Paloma Faith

The Architect

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Good woke pop with some atrocious mastering. A nice mix of 'retro'-sounding songs and more modern productions that work relatively well together. Katy Perry could never.

Highlights - The Architect, Guilty, WW3 Price of Fame

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Kesha

Rainbow

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I wasn't expecting Kesha music this year and I also wasn't expecting very good Kesha music. Rainbow is really really good and sounds like a mature, authentic evolution (can I even call it that? it's so drastic it's not really subtle enough to be an evolution) that works commendably well. Miley Cyrus could never. It was hanging around at the bottom of my top twenty but it got shunted out towards the end of the year.

Highlights - Bastards, Hunt You Down, Boogie Feet, Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You), Spaceship

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Daughter

Music from Before the Storm

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Only Daughter could release a primarily instrumental album and end up on my Honourable Mentions list. Not to Disappear was one of my favourite albums of 2016 and Music from Before the Storm felt like a(n only slightly) watered down, still very Daughter-esque album. Glass is a gorgeous instrumental piece and A Hole in the Earth is stunning.

Highlights - Glass, Burn it Down, I Can't Live Here Anymore, Voices, A Hole in the Earth

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Demi Lovato

Tell Me You Love Me

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Excellent GRAMMY-chasing music from Demi and probably her most confident, assured album. It's R&B-y, soulful and poppy and it all (mostly) works. Some of the fan favourites (Only Forever, Daddy Issues) I'd consider duds but they work well on the album and make sense so I can appreciate them still. Lil Wayne lays down an actually good verse that works on the song and some of the songs towards the back end of the album are really really good. If only Concentrate didn't have the slave line. Demi's closers are usually very emotionally powerful (Father (my favourite Demi song), Warrior and For the Love of a Daughter, and whilst Hitchhiker isn't powerful in the same way, it's still an excellent end to the album.

Highlights - Sexy Dirty Love, Lonely, Games, Hitchhiker

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JAY Z

4:44

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My personal favourite woke rap/ conscious hip-hop album of the year. Kendrick could never. If Jay wasn't trying to make TIDAL happen this would definitely have been on my top twenty. @theblackestday convinced me to listen to it without really doing much except putting it on his Best Of (and not even that high) and it's really really really good. No ID's production is brilliant, the samples work amazingly well, Jay's lyrics are conscious and relevant to himself, his situation and society today and it all just works amazingly together. Stop trying to make TIDAL happen. Please. Still haven't heard the deluxe tracks because TIDAL but eh.

Highlights - Kill Jay Z, The Story of O.J., 4:44, Family Feud, Legacy

listen to most of it here

yeah I said it man, **** TIDAL

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aaaaaaand that's me done until the 26th :cm: going on some kind of Christmas break but I'll still reply and stuff. I think my top twenty'll be pretty predictable but you can still guess if you want :flower: 

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