B&C's 2015 Albums of the Year AKA The One Time A Year Peef Uses Math

[LemonMelon]

Urban Dictionary: Nut

This isn't even a remotely obscure piece of slang either, though it's probably just a US thing. I actually laughed out loud at Cobbler's post.

What's the wholesome metaphor for "nut?" That the brain is roughly shaped like a walnut, so using your brain is using your nut?

 

[lazarus]

excited to nut it out.

I'll bet you are.

 

[bono_212]

#dying

 

[PhilsFan]

None of you are free of sin.

 

[IWasBored]

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

tmi Cobbler

 

[prbiker15]

And there was me thinking we had seen the last of that.

 

[Mack_Again]

I'll bet you are.

why did i think of the same thing as you did?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

So as usual I realize now that I once again listened to very little new music this year somehow so I will be unable to add anything to this thread other than my charm and witty comments...

Anyhow, I thought I would give both of the Beach House albums another spin and I was impressed by both, I don't recall them making much of an impression on first listen but I'm glad I went back, especially Thank Your Lucky Stars. All Your Yeahs and One Thing are my favourite tracks right now.

 

[LemonMelon]

I think I have my list finalized, barring some insane last-second listen that flips everything around. Happened with Black Messiah last year.

Yes, I made room for Carly Rae Jepsen.

 

[the tourist]

I kinda wonder if I've even listened to 10 albums that were released this year yet.

Edit: Just did the math - I've heard 13 albums that have been released this year.

Spoiler

Avid Dancer - 1st Bath
Bad Suns - Language & Perspective
EL VY - Return to the Moon
Lord Huron - Strange Trails
Mute Math - Vitals
My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
Neon Indian - Vega International Night School
Passion Pit - Kindred
Penguin Prison - Lost In New York [I'm pissed off this was never released on CD or any lossless format other than vinyl, so I'm boycotting the album until it is]
Small Pools - Lovetap!
Strange Names - Use Your Time Wisely
Tame Impala - Currents
The Wombats - Glitterbug

 

[prbiker15]

B&C's 2015 Albums of the Year AKA The One Time A Year Peef Uses Math

I actually listened to around 30, double the amount of albums I listened to in 2014. Anyways, list is coming together. Might be another week or two before I post it.

 

[LemonMelon]

Not a full list, but Obama declares How Much a Dollar Cost SOTY:

Obama likes Kendrick Lamar, 'The Martian' | TheHill

 

[cobl04]

Preach. Might be mine too.

 

[bono_212]

Not a full list, but Obama declares How Much a Dollar Cost SOTY:

Obama likes Kendrick Lamar, 'The Martian' | TheHill

And I'm sure media outlets will find a way to make a huge story of that, like they did when the world found out that *SCANDAL!* George W. had "My Sharona" on his iPod .

 

[nielsgov]

Going through my votes on Musicmeter I've listened to 60 albums this year, compared to 73 last year. I have definitely forgotten to vote on quite a few albums though.

 

[iron yuppie]

I have somewhere between 50 and 60 as well. There's a few more I still need to get around to.

 

[gump]

Pitchfork songs-of-the-year list is out: The 100 Best Tracks of 2015 | Pitchfork

Hotline Bling at #2 is the most Pitchfork think. And as cobbler said elsewhere, I don't get the love over Good Times. But there's good stuff there.

Black Messiah songs should have been in last year's list, though.

 

[nielsgov]

I just posted some of my thoughts in RMT but it's probably better to have the discussion in here. So I'll just repeat:

How bad is the top three of Pitchfork's best songs? The worst song off the Jamie xx record, a decent but unspectacular single if you ignore the videoclip and one of the worst songs off To Pimp A Butterfly. Imagine those songs really being the best three released in 2015. I'd give up on new music I think.

 

[Mack_Again]

I sometimes don't know what Pitchfork's reviewers are thinking

 

[iron yuppie]

And as cobbler said elsewhere, I don't get the love over Good Times.

Good lord, whoever the rapper is on that song has the most obnoxious flow and tone in the history of hip-hop. Fucking unlistenable.

 

[PhilsFan]

Trap Queen being on there is a fucking joke, that song's almost two years old.

 

[cobl04]

I do not even remotely understand the like for Young Thug, and he's got another song in the top 10, too. That's an infuriatingly shit list.

 

[LemonMelon]

Thugger is trash to my ears, but a lot of people seem to dig him.

I love Good Times though, in spite of him.

 

[cobl04]

Carrie & Lowell got fucking dudded by the fork

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

The FORK!

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I need to hear that Grimes album.

 

[PhilsFan]

I had no expectations for the Grimes album because I didn't like her last one but it's really good.

 

[Salome]

I love the production on the Grimes album, but that's pretty much where its appeal stops for me.
Which is the same reaction I had to the Kendrick Lamar album.
Just not my cup of tea, I guess.

 

[gump]

Yeah, I'm having a hard time deciding whether Art Angels or Carrie & Lowell is my AOTY. It's close.