Wednesday, January 4, 2017

My Favorite Albums of 2016

I've decided to cut it off. I cannot listen to anymore new releases! Here is a list of my favorite albums from 2016 and a list of albums I considered. 


Carlos' Favorite albums of 2016 (it starts with my favorite and goes down. Imagine there are numbers):

Car Seat Headrest- Teens of Denial
A Tribe Called Quest- We got it from here
Noname- Telefone
Chance the Rapper- Coloring Book
Leonard Cohen- You Want it Darker
St. Lenox- Ten Hymns From My American Gothic
Hamilton Leithhauser- I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
Bon Iver- 22, A Million
Angel Olsen- My WOMAN
Kadhja Bonet- The Visiter
Trevor Sensor- Various eps
Y La Bamba- Ojos Del Sol
Weyes Blood- Front Row Seat to Earth
Kevin Morby- Singing Saw
Nick Cave- Skeleton Tree
Pup- The Dream is Over
Mendrugo- More Amor
Whitney- Light Upon the Lake
Sturgill Simpson- A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Pinegrove- Cardinal
Teen Suicide- It’s the Big Joyous Celebration, Lets Stir the Honeypot
Laura Gibson- Empire Building
PJ Harvey- The Hope Six Demolition Project
Run the Jewels- RTJ3
Kendrick Lamar- untitled unmastered
Kanye West- The Life of Pablo
Max Jury- Max Jury
Globelamp- The Orange Glow
Edward Sharpe- PersonA
Exploded View- Exploded View
Julia Jackson- Don’t Let the Kids Win
Goat- Requiem
Cloud Cult- The Seeker
Oshwa- I We You Me
Josephine Foster- No More Lamps in the Morning
Jeff Rosenstock- WORRY.
Conor Oberst- Ruminations
Chris Farren- Can’t Die
Childish Gambino- Awaken, My Love
Keaton Henson- Kindly Now
Guerilla Toss- Eraser Stargazer
Danny Brown- Atrocity Exhibition
Kikagaku Moyo- House in the Tall Grass
The Lavender Flu- Heavy Air
Big Smoke- Time is Golden
Solange- A Seat at the Table
Anderson. Paak- Malibu
Hodgy- Fireplace
Band of Horses- Why Are You Okay
Big Thief- Masterpiece
A-Wa- Habib Galbi
The Frightnrs- Nothing More to Say
Charles Bradley- Changes
Francis and the Lights- Farewell, Starlite
The Parrots- Los Ninos Sin Miedo
Danny and the Darleans- Bug Out


Here is the list of albums I listened to and considered (the bold are ones that are really great, just didn't impact me as much. The middle are albums I was just okay with. The italicized ones are albums I HATED)

Hinds- Leave Me Alone
Mothers- When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired
Esperanza Spalding- Emily’s D+Evolution
Thao and the Get Down Stay Downs- A Man Alive
Craig Finn- Newmyer’s Roof
Jessy Lanza- Oh No
The Avalanches
The Thermals- We Disappear
Chris Forsyth The Motel Band- The Rarity of Experience
Lucy Dacus- No Burden
M83- Junk
Malawi Mouse Boys- Forever is 4 You
Luh- Spiritual Songs For Lovers to Sing
Klaus Johann Grobe- Spagat Der Liebe
Modern Baseball- Holy Ghost
Xenia Rubinos- Black Terry Cat
Steve Gunn- Eyes on the Lines
Esme Patterson- We were Wild
Mitski- Puberty 2
Gordi- Clever Disguise
Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool
Spookyland- Beauty Already Beautiful
Holly Henry- King Paten
The Julie Ruin- Hit Reset
Schoolboy Q- Blank Face
Shura- Nothing’s Real
Joanna Brouk- Hearing Music
Ugly Brothers- 16 Tiny Mountains
Nico Yaryan- What a Tease
Ezra Furman- Big Fugitive Life
Soul Low- Nosebleeds
Frank Ocean- Blonde
David Bowie- Blackstar
Will Cookson- Ghosts of The Morning Sun
The Cactus Blossoms- You’re Dreaming
Japanese Breakfast- Psychopomp
Pretenders- Alone
NxWorries- Yes Lawd!
Joseph Allred- Fire and Earth
Eleanor Friedberger- New View


Best Friends- Hot. Reckless. Totally Insane
Money- Suicide Songs
Emily Wells- Promise
Walter Martin- Arts & Leisure
Sunflower Bean- Human Ceremony
The Prettiots- Funs Cool
Mavis Staples- Livin’ On a High Note
Quilt- Plaza
School of Seven Bells- SVIIB
M. Ward- More Rain
Ras G The Koreatown Oddity
Wussy- Forever Sound
The Frights- You Are Going to Hate This
Flatbush Zombies- 3001: A Laced Odyssey
Brian Fallon- Painkillers
Lucius- Good Grief
Aurora- All My Demons Greet Me as a Friend
Damien Jurado- Visions of Us on the Land
Frankie Cosmo- Next Thing
Operators- Blue Wave
Frightened Rabbit- Painting of a Panic Attack
The Lumineers- Cleopatra
Andrew Bird- Are You Serious
Twin Peaks- Down in Heaven
Star Parks- Don’t Dwell
The Hotelier- Goodness
Beth Orton- Kidsticks
Chairlift- Moth
The Last Shadow Puppets- Everything You’ve Come to Expect
Trapper Schoepp- Rangers and Valentines
Parker Millsap- The Very Last Day
Bj The Chicago Kid- In my Mind
Black Mountain- IV
Death Grips- Bottomless Pit
Fruit Bats- Absolute Loser
Kristin Kontrol- X-Communicate
No/no- Sound and Light
Amber Arcade- Fading Lines
Maren Morris- Hero
William Tyler- Modern Country
Pale Dian- Narrow Birth
Trapo- She
The Coathangers- Nosebleed Weekend
Margaret Glaspy- Emotions and Math
YG- Still Brazy
Lisa Prank- Adult Teen
Weaves- Weaves
Darren Hayman- Thankful Villages
Xiu Xiu- Plays the Music of Twin Peaks
Goggs- Goggs
Bat for Lashes- The Bride
Roisin Murphy- Take Her up to Monto
Martha- Blisters in the Pit of my Heart
Blind Pilot- And Then Like Lions
Kemba- Negus
Ryley Walker- Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
Alex Cameron- Jumping the shark
Morgan Delt- Phase Zero
Cass McCombs- Mangy Love
Vince Staples- Prima Donna
Banks & Steelz- Anything But Words
Joseph- I’m Alone, No You’re Not
BRONCHO- Double Vanity
Isaiah Rashad- The Sun’s Tirade
Teenage Fanclub- Here
Wilco- Schmilco
Clipping- Splendor & Misery
Adam Torres- Pearls to Swine
Okkervil River- Away
Beach Slang- A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
Mick Jenkins- The Healing Component
Devendra Banhart- Ape in Pink Marble
Flock of Dimes- If You See Me, Say Yes
Kyle Morton- What Will Destory You
Billie Marten- Writing of Blues and Yellows
Oh Pep- Stadium Cake
Apollo Brown- The Easy Truth
Itasca- Open to Change
The Conquerors- Wyld Time
Survive- RR7349
Ultimate Painting- Dusk
Lizzo- Coconut Oil
Kate Tempest- Let Them Eat Chaos
Chook Race- Around the House
IshDARR- Broken Hearts & Bankrolls
D.D Dumbo- Utopia Defeated
Sam Evian- Premium
Swet Shop Boys- Cashmere
The Lemon Twigs- Do Hollywood
The Real Numbers- Wordless Wonder
J-Dilla- The Diary
American Football- LP2
Agnes Obel- Citizen of Glass
The Felice Brothers- Life in the Dark
Los Nastys- Cannibal Business
Slothrust- Everyone Else
Ricky Eat Acid- Talk to You Soon
King Gizzard- Nonagon Infinity
Let’s Eat Grandma- I, Gemini
Hope Sandoval- Until the Hunter
Nouvelle Vague- I Could Be Happy
Dan Bern- Adderall Holiday
Andy Shauf- The Party
Todd Slant-Going By
Lampchop- Flotus
Jim James- Eternally Even
Common- Black America again
Yussef Kamaal- Black Focus
Empire of the Sun- Two Vines
Gobbinjr- vom night
Sad13- Slugger
Pink Martini- Je Dis Oui!
Chester Watson- Past Cloaks
Smoke Dza- Don’t Smoke Rock
Gaye Su Akyol- Hologram Imparatorluge
Gazebos- Die Alone
The Intended- Time Will Tell
Peter Doherty- Hamburg Demonstrations
Angelina- Vagabond Saint
Bleached- Welcome the Worms

Mind Spiders- Prosthesis
Parquet Courts- Human Performance
White Lung- Paradise
Colleen Green- Colleen Green
The So So Glos- Kamikaze
Diarrhea Planet- Turn to Gold
Nice as Fuck- Nice as Fuck
Glass Animals- How to Be a Human Being
Preoccupation- Preoccupation
LVL UP- Return to Love
Hiss Golden Messenger- Heart Like a Levee
Tyrannamen- S/T
Kaleo- A/B
AJJ- The Bible 2
The Shivas- Better Off Dead
The Blind Shake- Celebrate Your Worth