2018 – Was It All You Wished For?
As 2018 draws to a close I present to you my yearly round up. First and foremost we have been picking music for each other for over 6 years which is crazy; all of our lives have gone through changes but month after month we present each other with fantastic music. On that note I really struggled this year with albums on a whole; not only what we each brought to the table on a monthly basis but also finding end to end albums that I loved. There was some fantastic music in 2018 but more from a singles aspect than albums in my opinion. Amongst allot of drab albums there were some fantastic stand outs for me though. Here are my favourite albums and singles of 2018 in no particular order.
Albums
Royce 5’9 – Book of Ryan
Evidence – Weather Or Not
Leon Bridges – Good Thing
Sean Price – Imperious Rex
Dan Mangan – More Or Less
Maribou – Kingdoms In Colour
Tunng – Songs You Make At Night
Masta Ace & Marco Polo – A Breukelen Story
Jon Hopkins – Singularity
Nas – Nasir
Singles
Moses Sumney – Rank & File
Childish Gambino – This Is America
DJ Koze – Pick Up
MorMor – Waiting For The Warmth
Aesop Rock – klutz
Maribor State – Nervous Ticks
Little Dragon – Lover Chanting
Planningtorock – Beula Loves Dancing
Defari – It’s Like I’m You
Smif N Wesson – Let It Go
Marlow – Lost Arts
Eminem – Killshot
Over to you brothers…
I agree that I don’t think it was a classic year by any stretch. Having said that, I had no trouble picking 10 albums, and I could have chosen more. What I did struggle with was choosing a single favourite album of the year. I think there were a lot of very good, very solid albums, and maybe not enough works of total genius. Nolan, we have only 1 album in common!
My list:
TOP 10 ALBUMS of 2018:
Chris – CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS
Saturn – NAO
Honey – ROBYN
1, 2, Kung Fu! – BOY AZOOGA
Wide Awake! – PARQUET COURTS
Isolation – KALI UCHIS
Dear Annie – REJJIE SNOW
Singularity – JON HOPKINS
In A Poem Unlimited – U.S. GIRLS
Hive Mind – THE INTERNET
Nearly list:
WYE OAK, JANELLE MONAE, BICEP, MOSES SUMNEY, HOOKWORMS, THE BREEDERS
Most disappointing: the new Anderson .Paak. Too many guest artists, too full of itself, too same. Huge disappointment.
TOP SONGS of 2018:
Beginners Luck – KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARDS
Make Me Feel – JANELLE MONAE
Girlfriend – CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS
Nobody – MITSKI
Twentytwo – SUNFLOWER BEAN
Rollout – SELF-ESTEEM
Because The Music – ROBYN
Wait in The Car – THE BREEDERS
Stars Around My Heart – STEVE MASON
Boys – LIZZO
Make Me A Song – ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER
This Is America – CHILDISH GAMBINO
Tir Ha Mor – GWENNO
Interesting. I thought my list would be off the mark with many. Perhaps this year was tough as there were fewer albums that we all had in common?
Wow, I’m not sure I bought much more than the 12 albums you sent this year, but I’ll have a crack soon. Chris, Hookworms, LCD and are all up there, but I need some time to gather my thoughts.