At the end of 2005 I was working in an office and most people had
finished for Xmas. I was pretty bored to be honest. So I decided to put
together some kind of metacritic list of the albums of the year.
I chose five publications and/or websites that had listed 50 (or more)
of their best albums of the year. Selecting the top 50 I awarded 50
points for 1st, 49 for 2nd, and so on down to 1 point for 50th. I then
crunched the numbers and made a list of the top 30 scoring.
This silly piece of time wasting proved to be quite popular so I
continued and have done every year since. I used to send the e-mails
round a few mates who've either expressed an interest or I'm trying to
impress in some way. Since leaving my old job I've lost all the lists
from 2005-2015. If anyone has them saved please get in touch.
Now I have a blog I'm gonna use this to
disseminate the data. So, here we are, no photos, just a list of 2022's
Top 30. Enjoy (or not)....
1.Kendrick Lamar - Mr.Morale And The Big Steppers
2.Wet Leg - Wet Leg
3.Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
4.The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
5.Suede - Autofiction
6.Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
7.Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
8.Michael Head And The Red Elastic Band - Dear Scott
9.Beth Orton - Weather Alive
10.Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
11.Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
12.Sea Power - Everything Was Forever
13.Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord
14.Wilco - Cruel Country
15.Bjork - Fossara
16.Arctic Monkeys - The Car
17.Joan Shelley - The Spur
18.Beyonce - Renaissance
19.Special Interest - Endure
20.Makaya McCraven - In These Times
21.Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
22.Jack White - Fear Of The Dawn
23.Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen
24.Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker
25.The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
26.Gwenno - Tresor
27.Bill Callahan - YTI⅃AƎЯ
28.Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
29.Elvis Costello And The Imposters - The Boy Named If
30.Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
sources:-
Pitchfork
Uncut
Mojo
Louder Than War
theQuietus
previous winners (click on to see full list):-
2021 The Weather Station - Ignorance
2020 Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways
2019 Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
2015 Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
2013 My Bloody Valentine - mbv
2012 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
2011 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
2010 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
2009 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2008 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2007 LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
2006 Joanna Newsom - Ys
2005 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
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