Top Ten Albums 2016 with Simone
Our list of the top ten albums of 2016 is finally here. Simone was shocked by some of my selections as I was by hers and so we needed to expand the top albums once again to satisfy both of us. This time we thought we would list the top 30. So here they are…
- David Bowie Blackstar
- Polica United Crushers
- RY X Dawn
- Blood Orange Freetown Sound
- Tindersticks The Waiting Room
- Ben Watt Fever Dream
- M.Craft Blood Moon
- Bon Iver 22, A Million
- Andy Shauf The Party
- Jim James Eternally Even
- Michael Kiwanuka Love & Hate
- Dylan Leblanc Cautionary Tale
- Hope Sandoval Until The Hunter
- Ray Lamontagne Ouroboros
- Aiden Knight Each Other
- Woodpigeon Trouble
- Jamie Isaac Couch Baby
- Maxwell blackSUMMERS’night
- Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool
- Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
- Norah Jones Day Breaks
- Lambchop Flotus
- Porches Pool
- Young Hysteria Young Hysteria
- River Tiber Indigo
- James Vincent McMorrow We Move
- Lumineers Cleopatra
- Dan San Shelter
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich After The Rain
- Matt Holubowski Solitudes
Top Ten Albums 2015 with Simone
Another great year in new music (I know…I say this every year) and once again Simone and I wanted to share our favourite albums. Selecting our top ten in 2015 was a bit harder so we decided to grow the list to our top 20. Here they are…
- Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell
- Villagers Darling Arithmetic
- Aero Flynn Aero Flynn
- Tobias Jesso Jr. Goon
- Seoul I Become A Shade
- Jose Gonzalez Vestiges & Claws
- Bob Moses Days Gone By
- Tame Impala Currents
- Lana Del Rey Honeymoon
- Beirut No No No
- Laura Marling Short Movie
- The Amazing Picture You
- Richard Hawley Hollow Meadows
- Kurt Vile B’lieve I’m Goin Down
- Maribou State Portraits
- Twin Danger Twin Danger
- Destroyer Poison Season
- Etiquette Reminisce
- Majical Cloudz Are You Alone?
- Half Moon Run Sun Leads Me On
Tons of great albums in 2014 and this year Simone and I had a hard time selecting the top ten. After days of bickering (bad idea to give her an iPod for Christmas) and playing our favourites over and over again we finally decided on these albums.
1. Chet Faker Built on Glass
2. Fink Hard Believer
3. Sharon Van Etten Are We There
4. Alt-J This Is All Yours
5. Ben Howard I Forgot Where We Were
6. Damien Rice My Favourite Faded Fantasy
7. Owls Of The Swamp Atlas
8. War On Drugs Lost In The Dream
9. Antlers Familiars
10. Lana Del Rey Ultraviolence
Another great year in music and once again I thought I would share my top 10 albums of 2013. Simone helped out once again, giving the paws up or down for the 100 plus albums I bought this year as she narrowed her own top picks for the year. Without further ado…
1. Junip Junip
2. Volcano Choir Repave
3. Arcade Fire Reflektor
4. Mark Kozelek Perils From The Sea
5. Bill Callahan Dream River
6. Andrew Belle Black Bear
7. Laura Marling Once I Was An Eagle
8. Nick Cave Push The Sky Away
9. James Blake Overgrown
10. Tricky False Idols
Top Ten Albums 2012 with Simone
I picked up lots of great music this year and thought I would share my favourite 10 new albums from 2012. Like selecting your top ten photographs for a portfolio, you know how difficult this can be. Regardless, I had Simone help me out with the selections. Without further ado…
1. Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls
2. Lambchop Mr. M
3. Tindersticks The Something Rain
4. Sharon Van Etten Tramp
5. Grizzly Bear Shields
6. Cat Power Sun
7. Damien Jurado Maraqopa
8. Calexico Algiers
9. Chromatics Kill For Love
10. Of Monsters And Men My Head Is An Animal