I agree with you, despite enjoying the Solange album I found the Beyoncé album to better. The Solange album did help to hype up whatever Dirty Projectors do next though. Some of the instrumentals sound dead on like she had been spending the last few years singing along to Amber Coffman.
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Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2016
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I agree with you, despite enjoying the Solange album I found the Beyoncé album to better. The Solange album did help to hype up whatever Dirty Projectors do next though. Some of the instrumentals sound dead on like she had been spending the last few years singing along to Amber Coffman.
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arts&crafts
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There are actually quite a few, but they are much more "Indie" than Pitchfork seems to cover. Same goes for Rap. I am sure there were some amazing Rap/R&B albums that are better than Rihanna/Kanye but they are too "indie" to be covered by Pitchfork.
Also not so much "Indie Rock" like the early 2000's but Indie-Pop / Indie-R&B albums. Genres really blend together now.
Deadly Cyclone
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How did I miss this Anderson .Paak album. Goddam.
KodeAndGame
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Don't forget to check the NxWorries album which is just more Paak goodness!
beato_angelico
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the end of the year lists is the time when music criticism becomes one big bandwagon and pitchfork is always leading it. Even if they publish their list fairly late, those who got a big pitchfork push during the year are those who scores high on the other sites' lists. The somewhat decent diversity during the year gets flooded by the seemingly irresistible necessity to be attuned with the times, meaning what pitchfork head writers think it's "important".
Not GAF apparently. But then again I'm sure 90% of this site's musical taste consists of mid-2000s indie rock, black metal, and anime OSTs.
beato_angelico
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go on...
Night Hunter
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Alright then
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Nothing wrong with black metal tho'
ViewtifulJC
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when did you first know you didnt like black people or their music
My opinion about their opinion
Solange was good but not #1
Move Tribe and Danny up the list, Kanye and Chance down the list.
Can't remember how P4K feels about metal, but I thought I'd see at least Terminal Redux on there. I have a few metal albums above it but people were pretty positive on it iirc.
Frank's album was boring
I've been waiting a while for a relisten though, so maybe I'll be of a different mind about it when I try it again.
Apparently I really need to listen to Lemonade. It's been consistently high on almost every list I've seen. Not a huge Bey fan though.
Solange was good but not #1
Move Tribe and Danny up the list, Kanye and Chance down the list.
Kanye way down.
Can't remember how P4K feels about metal, but I thought I'd see at least Terminal Redux on there. I have a few metal albums above it but people were pretty positive on it iirc.
Frank's album was boring
I've been waiting a while for a relisten though, so maybe I'll be of a different mind about it when I try it again.Apparently I really need to listen to Lemonade. It's been consistently high on almost every list I've seen. Not a huge Bey fan though.
Ros8105
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Yeah, yeah. I enjoy music that hasn't even been recorded yet.
Uno Venova
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So glad to see Anderson Paak getting recognition, he dropped two amazing albums this year.
WaffleTaco
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I can see where they are coming from with Kanye, I mean it's my third rated album this year.
5/5: Ultra Light Beam, Famous, Real Friends, Wolves
Bonus Tracks: No Parties in LA, Saint Pablo
4/5: Pt. 1, Pt. 2, FML, Waves
Bonus Tracks: Facts, Fade
3/5: Feedback, Highlights, Freestyle 4
Bonus Tracks: 30 Hours
45/55 = 81/100
& With Bonus Tracks: 66/80 = 82.5/100
5/5: Ultra Light Beam, Famous, Real Friends, Wolves
Bonus Tracks: No Parties in LA, Saint Pablo
4/5: Pt. 1, Pt. 2, FML, Waves
Bonus Tracks: Facts, Fade
3/5: Feedback, Highlights, Freestyle 4
Bonus Tracks: 30 Hours
45/55 = 81/100
& With Bonus Tracks: 66/80 = 82.5/100
Flying Toaster
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Shocked that Kanye got 5th. Not shocked that he is on the list though.
forgeforsaken
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No, it's great. It was NPR's #2 song for the year even
http://apps.npr.org/best-music-2016/list/top-songs/
Uhhhh....this is too clinical man. Just dig shit or don't imo
TheChuggernaut
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My top 10 albums of the year ended up in their top 16. Guess it's time to stop sleeping on that Solange album
WaffleTaco
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It was my second favorite album of this year, it's honestly amazing.
That doesn't make any sense at all. Reviews and ratings are based on feeling, subjectivity is the great part of it.
It can't possibly be objective.
Radiohead m8
Unless there's prior history with the poster you quoted you're really being a cunt here
Blueingreen
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So Rap, RnB, and records by 50+ year old rock stars....wheres the variety ?
Why is Untitled Unmastered on this list let alone the top 20? it's an inconsistent scrap collection of half baked TBAP B-Sides theres a reason why they were left out the album, these indie blogs seriously need to stop brown nosing Kendrick Lamar.
I thought Converge was on the verge as well but the last album was 2012
There was also a time I thought Animal Collective might be this but that didn't pan out
But yeah anyways, Kanye and Radiohead are on an extreme level of consistent quality in the music world that most artists don't even dream about reaching
Messofanego
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Umm ease up.
Camper Van Beethoven
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It's funny to me just how obvious pitchfork's pandering is. I mean they always have been a buzz site that just jumps on whatever is hot, but seriously.
Hipster Runoff tried to warn y'all
Hipster Runoff tried to warn y'all
DriftingSpirit
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No We Are King. A travesty.
A Seat at the Table at number 1 almost makes up for it.
A Seat at the Table at number 1 almost makes up for it.
uncelestial
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The Life of Pablo beating A Moon Shaped Pool is just hilarious FOMO nonsense, and at this point I don't even know what Frank Ocean has to do to get the recognition he deserves as an artist, because Blonde is fucking perfect. They are turning into a joke with their pop fetish at this point. With all the amazing work being done by independent artists, we don't need Pitchfork telling us to check out fucking Beyonce.
1. Pitchfork an indie blog in 2016? Okay
2. untitled.unmastered was a better album than a lot of albums this year and it was songs he didn't put on his masterpiece of an album. It's amazing from 1-8
WaffleTaco
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Again as objective as possible and you can rate an album highly, but still not like it. I dislike personally both Solange's and David Bowie's album, but I rated them high because they are both objectively good, as they fit certain criteria in my analysis.
Camper Van Beethoven
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There's no such thing as objectivity in art. It's an absurd game to try and play.
WaffleTaco
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A Moon Shaped Pool has great instrumentals and that's about it. The singer distracts from the entire album and brings it down because you barely understand him due to mumbling. And Pitchfork is not telling you to check out Beyoncé, they are saying what is considered to be one of their best albums. Also Frank Ocean is Pop and Pop is good music.
untitled.unmastered is not an even an album, but a collection of freestyles. It's not fun to listen to.
I believe there is. Does the music/instruments/production sound good or is it annoying/terrible? How is the singers voice? Do the verses and chorus go well together? Do the lyrics make any sense? Does it flow well, meaning there aren't weird pauses, do the transitions make sense? There are plenty of things you can rate an a song for and an album.
1. Blonde was their number 2 album. Not 12, not 20, not 42, TWO I'd say that's recognition.
2. Lemonade was a good album, they ain't saying check out Beyonce, they're saying "Hey this album was fucking good"
3. Frank is pop my guy yeezyshrug.jpg
That's your very false opinion.
I actually have a weird balance of this too, it's totally a gut thing, but there are a few albums on my list I only cared to listen to a couple times that I rated very highly, and a couple that I listened to a ton (including AMSP) that didn't rate as highly.
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