What are YOUR top 10 albums of 2016?

Karl Blau - Introducing
Bob Weir - Blue Mountain
Van Morrison - Keep Me Singing
Drive By Truckers - American Band
Jim James - Eternally Even
Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway
Mudcrutch - 2
Wilco - Schmilco
Dinosaur jr - Give a Glimpse of What Your Not

 

Sounds interesting, I take it they have a Hawkwind-type sound as they also back Nik Turner? Or is their own work different sounding? I'll have to listen to some samples later.

 

Definitely different sounding though there are certainly heavy guitars in moments. I actually find Hedersleben to be more overtly psychedelic than anything Hawkwind has done since the '70s.

 

Sounds cool, a lot of my listening (and this year's top 10) has roots in those Krautrock pioneers, but more in the Can and Neu! camp.

 

Cracking year.

1. Angel Olsen - My Woman
2. Melanie De Biasio - Blackened Cities
3. William Tyler - Modern Country
4. Wilco - Schmilco
5. Lambchop - FLOTUS
6. Tindersticks - The Waiting Room
7. David Bowie - Blackstar
8. Big Thief - Masterpiece
9. Steve Gunn - Eyes On The Lines
10. Richmond Fontaine - You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing To Go Back To

 

David Bowie, Blackstar
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop, Love Letter for Fire
Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Angel Olsen, My Woman
The James Hunter Six, Hold On!
Mogwai, Atomic
Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
Beth Orton, Kidsticks
Solange Knowles, A Seat at the Table
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree

 

OK.... I'm going to check out Angel Olsen.

 

My vinyl collection has doubled this year to nearly 300 including loads of new releases and it’s so hard to pick. I’m sure this will change over the coming years as I discover releases I didn’t even know about and Blackstar isn’t listed because I’ve never found myself in the right mood to listen to it, figured I’d save it for the anniversary with a large Whisky….


but here’s what got the most playtime for me…


Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool
Parquet Courts - Human Performance
Villagers - Where Have You Been All My Life
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
Camp Cope - Camp Cope
Hinds - Leave Me Alone
Frightened Rabbit - Painting Of A Panic Attack
Black Mountain - IV
Sneaks - Gymnastics
FEWS - MEANS

 

Two new releases in 2016 I have not purchased but seems I should consider

• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
• Leonard Cohen

 

If I have some time I may tally these so we can create our own best of 2016 for the forum. It would be tough since there's a lot of diversity here which I love. So far the publications are leaning to Beyonce's Lemonade. I don't have that one, but I see 4 or 5 people picked it for their top 10 here.

 

I hate getting old. I can feel my music tastes stiffening like the rest of my body.

Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial ...probably the only "new" band I got into this year. I love this kid's obvious joy in creating rock and roll.
Wilco - Schmilco
M Ward - More Rain ...his best ever I think
Guided By Voices - Please Be Honest ...won me over in spite of my doubts
Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exists ...solid as usual, need to get the other one that just came out
Parquet Courts - Human Performance ...not their best but still good
Hoops - Hoops EP
Martin Courtney - Many Moons ...came out late 2015 but it's my list, so there
(spot reserved for new Stones album pending hearing it... I liked the teased tracks)
(reissue spot) Taste - I'll Remember: A Box Of Taste ...also came out 2015 but I didn't know about it until a couple months ago

 

Would be really fascinated by that. Maybe a top 50 or top 100 ranked in order by most chosen?

 

I love the year end best threads because they give me a lot of ideas of things I may have missed. Here's mine:

1) David Bowie - Blackstar
2) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
3) Diiv - Is The Is Are
4) Deftones - Gore
5) Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
6) Weezer - The White Album
7) Metallica - Hard Wired... To Self Destruct
8) Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect
9) Kings of Leon - Walls
10) Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial

 

Not sure if I have 10 to list, but here are some so far:

Blue Rodeo - 1000 Arms
Fitz & The Tantrums - self-titled
David Bowie - Blackstar
Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are
Suede - Night Thoughts
Yello - Toy
White Lies - Friends

 

David Bowie: Blackstar
Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree
Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker
The Veils: Total Depravity
Nicholas Jaar: Sirens
Holy Sons: In The Garden
Suede: Night Thoughts
Primal Scream: Chaosmosis
Dinosaur Jr.: Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not

 

These are my top ten (or eight) of 2016 that I DID NOT select. This is a list of albums I purchased this year not included on my top ten list but posted by others in this thread. Everyone has amazing tastes!

• David Bowie - Blackstar
• David Crosby - The Lighthouse
• Margo Price Midwest Farmer's Daughter
• Norah Jones - Day Breaks
• Snarky Puppy - Culcha Vulcha
• Charles Bradley - Changes
• Madeleine Peyroux - Secular Hymns
• James Hunter Six - Hold On

 

So I have started tallying up the occurrences of albums but this will take some time because of the wide range of names. I'll also jot down when I started tallying so if there are more top tens added I could know that they are new.

 

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Jack White - Acoustic Recordings
Bob Weir - Blue Mountain
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway
David Bowie - Blackstar
Ray Lamontagne - Ouroboros
The Melvins - Basses Loaded
Dinosaur Jr - Give Me a Glimpse of What Yer Not
Pineapple Thief - Your Wilderness

 

Pretty sure Bowie will rank #1.

 

I saw her and the band in Adelaide last night. In all seriousness it's one of the best gigs I've ever seen. I'm still giddy from it.

 

Radiohead will run it pretty close I think.

 

David Bowie - Blackstar
David Crosby - Lighthouse
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Barry Gibb - In the Now
Van Morrison – Keep Me Singing
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
The Monkees – Good Times!
Jimi Hendrix: Machine Gun - The Fillmore East First Show
Bob Dylan- The 1966 Live Recordings

Decent year for the old Masters. Nothing in terms of newer artists, very weak there yet again. And the Grammys ugh.

 

Really got to get my ears wrapped around that one. I really liked what I heard. Love his production on the Laura Veirs records.