The Chorus.Fm Users Definitive Albums List • Page 33

I should make a metal only one next

 

I lit a candle or two and sat in a quiet room and tried not to look at my phone and that record hit the spot for real

 

I don’t entirely know what to make of Ani DiFranco’s Little Plastic Castle tbh. She’s wildly unique and that’s really appealing. But her quirks are right on that line between appealing and annoying. I’ll have to run through it a second time and get a real sense of how I feel

 

i was gonna share my list... but it's basically your list lol

 

Haha help boost our faves up the final list then!

What albums have you enjoyed from 2020?

 

Mentioned it in another thread, but I've found 2020 pretty underwhelming tbh – I love this thread cause it's giving me a bunch of older stuff to check out!

But ya not many surprises here:

Albums

Notes on a Conditional Form - The 1975 ++
Folklore - Taylor Swift ++
Chewing Cotton Wool - The Japanese House ++
Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers ++
Imploding the Mirage - the Killers ++

Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee +
Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa +
After Hours - the Weeknd +
how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway// - KennyHoopla +
The Avalanche - Owen +
Women in Music, Pt. III - HAIM +
color theory - soccer mommy +
Manic - Halsey +

Chromatica - Lady Gaga *
Petals for Armor - Hayley Williams *

Singles:

We Paid - Lil Baby
The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby
Laugh Now, Cry Later - Drake
Care - beabadoobee
Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus
AUATC - Bon Iver
Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyonce

 

Have you tried the Ruston Kelly album yet? Feels like something you’d be into based on the other stuff on your list.

I’ll check out that KennyHoopla EP. Never heard of him!

 

here is a list much love friends. tried to keep artist repeats to a minimum and failed several times

1. jack’s mannequin - everything in transit
2. counting crows -august and everything after
3. the gaslight anthem - the '59 sound
4. the dangerous summer - war paint
5. death cab for cutie - transatlanticism
6. tyler lyle - the native genius of desert plants (deluxe)
7. tom petty - wildflowers
8. jack’s mannequin - the glass passenger
9. the wallflowers - bringing down the horse
10. motion city soundtrack - commit this to memory
11. mojave 3 - excuses for travelers
12. the dangerous summer - reach for the sun
13. modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west
14. neil young - harvest
15. andrew mcmahon in the wilderness - s/t
16. the format - interventions and lullabies
17. the gaslight anthem - american slang
18. butch walker - letters
19. counting crows - recovering the satellites
20. paul simon - hearts and bones
21. death cab for cutie - plans
22. tyler lyle - the floating years
23. copeland - ixora
24. U2 - all that you can’t leave behind
25. green day - american idiot
26. lydia - illuminate
27. jimmy eat world - futures
28. the stranger - billy joel
29. butch walker - stay gold
30. microwave - much love
31. noah gundersen- ledges
32. taylor swift - red
33. arcade fire - the suburbs
34. field report - marigolden
35. say anything - s/t
36. bruce springsteen - born to run
37. mat kearney - nothing left to lose
38. explosions in the sky - the earth is not a cold dead place
39. the hold steady - boys and girls in america
40. jason isbell - southeastern
41. the shins - chutes too narrow
42. bon iver - for emma, forever ago
43. andrew osenga - the painted desert
44. charlie simpson - young pilgrim
45. the front bottoms - s/t
46. valleyheart - everyone I’ve ever loved
47. the antlers - familiars
48. bear’s den - so that you might hear me
49. kacey musgraves - golden hour
50. sufjan stevens - carrie & lowell

 

I have my 50, but now it's time to rank them ugh

 

I think I've heard a couple of his Dirt Emo covers but haven't given him a fair listen! Will spin that today.

Kenny's EP reminds me a lot of the first 1975 EP - a little shaggy, and probably not for everyone, but the songs have hooks. Plastic Door or the title track are good places to start.

 

Gotta be the most overlap with my list. That Kearney album would probably have been in my next 10.

 

totally, I've said the wheelhouse overlap is strong with us. although you’re likely more in the country part these days, I feel like we came of age on similar musical journeys.

and nice on Kearney. I go back and forth with City of Black & White, but that one impacted me most and just sounds like my childhood. “in the middle” “can’t break her fall” and “what’s a boy to do” is one of the great three song runs from where I’m listening

 

ruston kelly record is fantastic and I liked his debut a lot but didn't love it. new one is much much more my vibe.

 

Your list intrigues me in that of the 10 I haven't heard, for 7 of them I've straight up never heard of the artist.

That's...relatively rare for me?

 

Kearney kind of lost me on his last record, which I just think is really awful, but the Nothing Left to Lost - City of Black and White - Young Love stretch really meant a lot to me. Just Kids has some great stuff too, I just think he drifted a little to far toward insubstantial radio pop.

I'm legitimately surprised you haven't heard that Mat Kearney album.

 

Yeah if you haven't checked out Mat Kearney I would recommend. He just missed my list also.

 

I’ve only heard Young Love, which I liked, and Crazy Love, which I thought was pretty terrible.

 

Some artists of colour you might like:
Vagabon
FKA Twigs
Haley Heynderickx
Cautious Clay
Black Belt Eagle Scout
Lianne La Havas
SASAMI
Kelela

 

Vagabon and Haley are great! I Need to Start a Garden would probably be in my top 100. I’m excited to listen to the others! I can’t believe I’ve never checked out FKA Twigs.

 

There's probably a few albums I'm forgetting, plus there is quite a bit of recency bias, but here's my list:

1. Green Day - Nimrod
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
4. Jeff Rosenstock - Worry
5. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
6. mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
7. R.A.P. Ferreira - Pruple Moonlight Pages
8. BROCKHAMPTON - iridescence
9. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
10. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
11. Joyce Manor - S/T
12. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
13. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
14. Paramore - After Laughter
15. Lorde - Melodrama
16. Twenty One Pilots - Trench
17. the Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
18. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface
19. PUP - Morbid Stuff
20. Cala Vento - Balanceo
21. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
22. The Front Bottoms - Back On Top
23. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
24. My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
25. Modern Baseball - You're Gonna Miss It All
26. blink-182 - Untitled
27. Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux
28. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
29. Los Punsetes - LPIV
30. The Menzingers - After the Party
31. Taylor Swift - Red
32. Nana Grizol - Ursa Minor
33. Yawners - Just Calm Down
34. Foxing - Nearer My God
35. Thrice - Beggars
36. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
37. glass beach - the first glass beach album
38. 100 gecs - 1000 gecs
39. Muse - Absolution
40. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3
41. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
42. Bleachers - Gone Now
43. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
44. The Hotelier - Goodness
45. Björk - Homogenic
46. The Sidekicks - Happiness Hours
47. Weezer - White Album
48. Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
49. Frank Ocean - Blonde
50. Wild Animals - The Hoax

 

well I can only hope it leads to the discovery of something you really love. you’re obviously a prolific and diverse listener & have a ton of stuff I love on yours. I’m glad to make some introductions and looking forward to exploring gaps in your list. I’ve been digging through time lately, and it’ll definitely help with that. I started the first Dan Fogelberg record a bit back but got distracted and never returned to him even though I really liked his voice. so this is a good reminder and incentive to listen deeper. I’ve also never heard Mary Chapin Carpenter so I'll be starting there

 

@ImAMetaphor @mad I can second Black Belt Eagle Scout, really loved At The Party With My Brown Friends. I keep meaning to sit down with Mother of My Children so this is a nice reminder

 

since my list was too ahead of its time, just want to pop back in and say this is one of the best albums ever and the one thing off my list that people prolly haven't heard that i wish they would! incredibly discerning project returning from a long hiatus and furthering an adored 90s reputation. exclusively poetic/cryptic lyrics, packed full of lil riffs and syncopation, godly guitar tones, overall just a natural playing-out of a 'less is more' approach to songwriting. quite unlike most things that are technically the same genre and under 40 minutes so just do it.

 

yea my feelings on his discog are similar, but I'm still holding out hope for a comeback on the next one.

and did you ever listen to those Tyler Lyle records? I remember mentioning them to you. seems like you would love his stuff, so many of your wheelhouse qualities there

 

Almost at the 50 I want. Should be posting about mine in the next day or two