Tom Vercetti Posted December 16, 2017 Posted December 16, 2017 Love your #1. That was my previous soty as well and your description is spot on.
ColdKeane Posted December 17, 2017 Posted December 17, 2017 17 | 25 Mountain At My Gates + The Less I Know The Better
JGibson Posted December 17, 2017 Posted December 17, 2017 17/25 Reapers + Square Hammer + Mountain At My Gates + Moth Into Flame + Free + Prayers/Triangles + Joyride (Omen) + Black Honey + Tearing Me Up + My Name Is Human + The Less I Know the Better + Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance) Now I'm ready for what's on your 2017 lists.
potent Posted December 17, 2017 Posted December 17, 2017 Epic number one Midnight City was the right choice too TLIKTB also grew on me over time it was just okay-ish last year but now I love it. Boyfriend is kinda meh... feels like a watered down version of Closer to me or maybe my expectations were too high
ATRL Administrator Lee!! Posted December 17, 2017 ATRL Administrator Posted December 17, 2017 Higher, Blood in the Cut, Clearest Blue, Kiss This, Waste A moment, Do it Try It, Flesh Without Blood, The less I Know The Better, Mountain At My Gates, Free, Tearing Me Up
Lazuli Posted December 17, 2017 Posted December 17, 2017 I Can't Give Everything Away Despite Junk being junk Do It, Try It issa BOP Flesh Without Blood Daydreaming is such a grower, I grow to love it more everytime I listen to it The Less I Know the Better and Mountain At My Gates Free was such a banger, and yas STAN for Boyfriend Burn the Witch Lazarus Definitely a song that left me shook for a long time. Worthy #1!
Topmaster 2 Posted December 17, 2017 Posted December 17, 2017 Incredible top 25. I almost love all the songs
Achilles. Posted December 17, 2017 Posted December 17, 2017 Glad to see Water Under the Bridge so many slots ahead of When We Were Young. Talent won. Something in the Way You Move was the only song that resembled something of a bright spot on a mediocre Ellie Goulding album. Excited to see Somebody Else in the 2017 list. Stop Desire was a nice Tegan & Sara song, although nothing from the album really had much staying power with me. I Can’t Give Anything Away Boyfriend is a cute song, but Closer is definitely Tegan & Sara’s perfect pop masterpiece. You Want It Darker is a phenomenal song. I never really returned to the album, though. And YAS LAZARUS YAS.
Red Posted December 18, 2017 Author Posted December 18, 2017 On 12/16/2017 at 6:22 PM, Dom said: tegan and sara still make music, color me surprised, I thought they were over after closer became semi hit. david bowie slaying. He would be proud of u. Well, since "Boyfriend" wasn't the hit it deserved to be, they might as well have been over. On 12/16/2017 at 6:23 PM, bluth said: flesh without blood <3 the less i know the better kinda sneaked up and might be my fave song on currents rn. lazarus def was an amazing statement - like, who else could pull a stunt like that - so it's definitely a good #1! I'm still amazed that he released the MV three days before he died. The timing was impeccable. On 12/16/2017 at 6:40 PM, madonnas said: Lazarus is a masterpiece (well not really but very good). So a good #1! Also love the Boyfriend placement. It's better than Closer "not really"...in opposite world, maybe. On 12/16/2017 at 6:47 PM, Tom Vercetti said: Love your #1. That was my previous soty as well and your description is spot on. #1 buddies. On 12/16/2017 at 8:22 PM, potent said: Epic number one Midnight City was the right choice too TLIKTB also grew on me over time it was just okay-ish last year but now I love it. Boyfriend is kinda meh... feels like a watered down version of Closer to me or maybe my expectations were too high Yeah, I love "Madness" more than any rational person should, but "Midnight City" is still on another level. It's a song so good that The Chainsmokers were able to make their only good song because they ripped it off! 21 hours ago, Achilles. said: Glad to see Water Under the Bridge so many slots ahead of When We Were Young. Talent won. Something in the Way You Move was the only song that resembled something of a bright spot on a mediocre Ellie Goulding album. Excited to see Somebody Else in the 2017 list. Stop Desire was a nice Tegan & Sara song, although nothing from the album really had much staying power with me. I Can’t Give Anything Away Boyfriend is a cute song, but Closer is definitely Tegan & Sara’s perfect pop masterpiece. You Want It Darker is a phenomenal song. I never really returned to the album, though. And YAS LAZARUS YAS. It's kind of a shame that you don't return to the Cohen album, because I return to that album all the time, especially "Treaty". There are days when I prefer "Treaty" to "Darker". And speaking of albums...I intend on having the first update up soon, but, as always, I'm making no promises. I'm working on graphics now, so...wish me luck.
prézli Posted December 18, 2017 Posted December 18, 2017 When I saw Bowie at #24, I ****ing knew it that it would happen. Shake hands with @Tom Vercetti. Awfully frontloaded. Ready for the 2017 list...
prézli Posted December 18, 2017 Posted December 18, 2017 On 2017. 12. 17. at 0:47 AM, Tom Vercetti said: Love your #1. That was my previous soty as well and your description is spot on. Oh, he already got in.
Tom Vercetti Posted December 18, 2017 Posted December 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, prézli said: Oh, he already got in. Of course. Real recognize real.
Red Posted December 19, 2017 Author Posted December 19, 2017 Alright, world...let's talk about the year in music 2017. 40-36 As someone who has always liked Joywave, I've never been able to get into either of their albums that much. There are songs on both albums that really stand out, like "Somebody New" and "Doubt", but Joywave just doesn't really strike me as an "albums artist", and that's the case on Content. Are there good songs on this album? Certainly, and, fittingly, my two favorite songs on the album are singles. "It's a Trip!" was the lead single, decidedly slower than some of the singles off of How Do You Feel Now?, but still quite effective. "Doubt" is great, and, honestly, would have fit better as the first single than "It's a Trip!". It just has that Joywave punch to it that "It's a Trip!" doesn't have. But while there are other songs that I enjoyed on this album ("Shutdown", "Rumors", "Content"), the second half of this album just isn't all that special at all, which brought this album down to the bottom of the top 40. You know, this album might actually be sticking with me more than I first thought it would. The best songs off of Portugal. The Man's latest album, Woodstock, are songs that I've been playing pretty regularly in recent weeks, especially the likes of "Rich Friends" and "Noise Pollution", both of which I hope end up being radio singles, though particularly "Rich Friends", which has *hit* written all over it. But that's not to say those are the only songs I enjoy on this album: I like the two main singles, "Live in the Moment" and the world-conquering hit "Feel It Still", as well as songs like "Number One". "Maybe I'm placing this album too low", I was thinking to myself...but then, I remembered that I don't even remotely remember what the other half of this album sounds like, it left that little of an impression on me. If you asked me at gunpoint to hum "Keep On", I would probably have a bullet in my head, because I could not do it. Woodstock would have been better served as an EP. Oh, how I wanted to like this one more than I did. I really like 10 Years, but, like Joywave, I can't really get into them beyond their singles. (how to live) AS GHOSTS is a solid album, don't get me wrong. If it wasn't, it wouldn't have made this list. The problem is that most of the songs, while decent-to-good songs, kind of just run together after a while. They're definitely capable of writing a strong song, which "Burnout" showcases quite well, but most of their songs tend to sound too similar to other songs that they have made or even other songs on their respective albums. Again, believe me, I wanted to like this one more, because I can tell that the quality is here...but there just isn't enough here to say that it's among the absolute best albums I've listened to this year. It's still worth a listen just for "Burnout", though. And speaking of albums where I can't really tell you how half the album sounds, Everything Everything's A Fever Dream! Admittedly, Everything Everything has slipped my radar, both purposefully and accidentally. Even the album that everyone and their mother told me to listen to and love, Get to Heaven, didn't grab my attention all that much. A Fever Dream grabbed my attention thanks to two monster songs: "Desire" and "Night of the Long Knives". "Desire" is basically Everything Everything doing their best Muse impression, but the key word there is "best". It's a pretty strong "Uprising" impersonation. "Night of the Long Knives", meanwhile, is breathtaking at times, the kind of song that has me questioning if I made the correct decision in largely ignoring them before now. But, like with Woodstock, I've forgotten about half of this album in remarkably short order. At least "Desire" and "Night of the Long Knives" exist. It's not possible for Spirit to be my most disappointing album this year, because a) it made this top 40 list, and b) it can't possibly be this year's most disappointing album when Arcade Fire's Everything Now exists. But Spirit might be the most disappointing album to actually make this list. I expected a LOT out of this album, especially after listening to songs like "Where's the Revolution", "So Much Love", and "You Move" before listening to the album proper. So you can only imagine my disappointment when those three songs are, pretty clearly, the standout songs on this album. Almost every album in my top ten has flaws that prevent them from being higher up on this list, but Spirit has the most damning flaws: Many of the songs on this album are just not very interesting, either in a good or bad way. My conundrum is that the songs that ARE interesting are really damn good and absolutely worth a listen, so I can't just not recommend listening to the album because those songs are on there. Sigh...where's the revolution for my top 40 albums list? Took me long enough, but the first Albums set is done and dusted. Join me...whenever the next update is (there you go, Red, keep it vague) for albums 35-31, featuring an album that is on a lot of year-end lists, a couple of albums that are not on a lot of year-end lists, and a couple of albums from bands who have made their fair share of year-end albums lists, though these albums have been getting less praise than some of their other efforts. See you then...whenever "then" is. Spoiler AUDIO LINKS FOR "Songs To Check Out" (not all links may work in all countries): Content: Doubt, It's a Trip!, Content, Shutdown Woodstock: Rich Friends, Noise Pollution, Live in the Moment, Feel It Still (how to live) AS GHOSTS: Burnout, The Messenger, Halos, Novacaine A Fever Dream: Desire, Night of the Long Knives, Run the Numbers, Ivory Tower Spirit: Where's the Revolution, You Move, So Much Love, Going Backwards
TRF. Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 I think I actually liked 'A Fever Dream' more than 'Get to Heaven', so I'm def with you on that one. Also Portugal. The Man are kind of decent but a bit too... inoffensive. I dunno.
Lazuli Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 A Fever Dream was cute for awhile but it didn't really capture my attention much
Remmy Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 Woodstock Noise Pollution is probably in my bottom 3 but the rest are great picks
Mr.Link Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Red said: t can't possibly be this year's most disappointing album when Arcade Fire's Everything Now exists But but but why? :( I didn't really like the follow ups to FIS sadly. I found them underproduced and boring.
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted December 19, 2017 ATRL Moderator Posted December 19, 2017 My goal is to get into Joywave and Everything Everything (just listened to their 2015 album) next year!! I feel like they're very on brand for me.
Changes Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 Highly Suspect just missing the top 10 for last year. The 10 Years album is pretty good. Kind of agree with you...after Catacombs and until Lucky You the songs just kind of string together.
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