C.J.’s Top 100 Albums of the Year Honorable Mentions (No Particular Order): Ed Sheeran - X Slow Club - Complete Surrender The Notwist - Close To The Glass Glass Animals - ZABA Statik Selektah - What Goes Around Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata White Lung - Deep Fantasy D.K. – Drop Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line Lydia Loveless - Somewhere Else Electric Youth - Innerworld YG - My Krazy Life Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers Reigning Sound - Shattered Shellac - Dude Incredible Painted Palms - Forever Young Fathers - Dead Warpaint - Warpaint Half Japanese - Overjoyed Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty Dntel - Human Voice The Black Keys - Turn Blue Cymbals - The Age of Fracture Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence Kelis - Food Electric Wizard - Time to Die Alt-J - This Is All Yours The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast Katy B - Little Red Duck Sauce - Quack HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club Zola Jesus - Taiga Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Tyranny JJ - V The 2 Bears - The Night Is Young Simian Mobile Disco - Whorl OOIOO - Gamel Old 97's - Most Messed Up Chet Faker - Built On Glass Future - Monster Wampire - Bazaar East India Youth - Total Strife Forever Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Give the People What They Want Lydia Ainsworth - Right from Real Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo I Break Horses - Chiaroscuro Beck - Morning Phase Foxygen - ...And Star Power TOP 100 Albums 100. Jamie T - Carry On The Grudge 99. Alvvays - Alvvays 98. Rustie - Green Language 97. Jack White - Lazaretto 96. Tycho - Awake 95. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Only Run 94. Fucked Up - Glass Boys 93. Interpol - El Pintor 92. Twin Peaks - Wild Onion 91. T e l e p a t h - Don’t know the Japanese symbols 90. Tennis - Ritual in Repeat 89. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos 88. Actress - Ghettoville 87. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else 86. Hercules and Love Affair - The Feast of the Broken Heart 85. She & Him - Classics 84. CVLTVR∑ - Upscale Loft 83. Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun 82. Eternal Summers - The Drop Beneath 81. Cymbals Eat Guitars - LOSE 80. Jessie Ware - Tough Love 79. Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World 78. Parkay Quarts - Content Nausea 77. Fatima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch 76. Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans 75. Neneh Cherry - Blank Project 74. Fear of Men - Loom 73. Grouper - Ruins 72. Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke 71. VHS Logos - Mantra 70. Ty Segall - Manipulator 69. Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End 68. The Juan MacLean - In a Dream 67. Prince - Art Official Age 66. SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land 65. The Horrors - Luminous 64. The Bug - Angels and Devils 63. Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun 62. Mark McGuire - Along the Way 61. Hozier - Hozier 60. Clipping - CLPPNG 59. Lemonade - Minus Tide 58. Mndsgn - Yawn Zen 57. Ben Frost - A U R O R A 56. Miranda Lambert - Platinum 55. Trust - Joyland 54. Summer of Haze - Jessica 53. Ab-Soul - These Days... 52. Kishi Bashi - Lighght 51. Charli XCX - Sucker 50. Objekt - Flatland 49. Taylor Swift - 1989 48. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness 47. Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron 46. luxury elite – 101.7 Wave II 45. The Twilight Sad - Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave 44. Wild Beasts - Present Tense 43. DJ Dodger Stadium - Friend of Mine 42. Childish Gambino - STN MTN 41. Hiss Golden Messenger - Lateness of Dancers 40. EMA - The Future's Void 39. Future Islands - Singles 38. Hundred Waters - The Moon Rang Like A Bell 37. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers 36. Ex Hex - Rips 35. Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste 34. TV on the Radio - Seeds 33. Real Estate - Atlas 32. DJ Mustard - 10 Summers 31. ECO Virtual – Atmosphere 2 30. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There 29. Lewis - Romantic Times 28. Perfume Genius - Too Bright 27. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream 26. tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack 25. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love 24. Hurray For The Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes 23. Sun Kil Moon - Benji 22. Spoon - They Want My Soul 21. Les Sins - Michael 20. How to Dress Well - What Is This Heart? 19. Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers 18. Moodymann - Moodymann 17. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal 16. Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love 15. Arca - Xen 14. Flying Lotus - You're Dead! 13. Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister 12. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days 11. Chromeo - White Women 10. Todd Terje - It's Album Time 9. Eric Church - The Outsiders 8. Aphex Twin - Syro 7. Swans - To Be Kind 6. Caribou - Our Love 5. bl00dwave – hotel vibes 4. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music 3. FKA Twigs - LP1 2. (tied) Ariel Pink - pom pom 2. (tied) Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: St. Vincent - St. Vincent