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