Here are the twenty albums released this year which I’ve enjoyed the most. They’re in no particular order. The albums I’ve listened to obsessively are those by Yo La Tengo, Nick Cave and Waxahatchee.
- Joy Formidable - Wolf’s Law
- Yo La Tengo - Fade
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter at the Feast
- The Besnard Lakes - Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO
- David Bowie - the Next Day
- Georgia Ruth - Week of Pines
- Joanna Gruesome - Weird Sister
- Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record
- Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
- Cian Ciaran - They are Nothing Without Us
- R. Seiliog - Doppel
- Anna Calvi - One Breath
- Islet - Released By the Movement
- Lanterns on the Lake - Until The Colours Run
- Sigur Ros - Kveikur
- Swearin’ - Surfing Strange
- Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum
- Android Angel - Lie Back and Think of England
- Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film
Nearly there:
- Burning Ferns - See Saw Seen (almost certainly top 20 but I’ve only just heard it)
- London Grammar - If you Wait
- Kate Nash - Girl Talk
- Chvrches - The Bones of What you Believe
- Tegan and Sarah - Heartthrob
- Suede - Blood Sports
- The History of Apple Pie - Out of View
