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MY TOP 50 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

Honourable Mentions:
  • Mayhem - Daemon
  • Thornhill - The Dark Pool
  • Tiny Moving Parts - breathe
  • Thy Art Is Murder - Human Target
  • Denzel Curry - ZUU
  • black midi - Schlagenheim
  • Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
Top 50:

50) Ariana Grande - thank u, next
49) Bring Me The Horizon - amo
48) Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence
47) Coldplay - Everyday Life
46) Clowns - Nature/Nurture
45) Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
44) Liturgy - H.A.Q.Q.
43) Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom, Pt. 2
42) Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding
41) Taylor Swift - Lover
40) Swans - leaving meaning.
39) BROCKHAMPTON - Ginger
38) Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops
37) JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
36) Sampa The Great - The Return
35) James Blake - Assume Form
34) Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy
33) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
32) Press Club - Wasted Energy
31) Angel Olson - All Mirrors
30) Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
29) Sun O))) - Life Metal
28) Knocked Loose - A Different Shade Of Blue
27) Thom Yorke - ANIMA
26) Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia
25) slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
24) Hobo Johnson - The Fall Of Hobo Johnson
23) Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
22) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest
21) Fallujah - Undying Light
20) Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
19) Norma Jean - All Hail
18) Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance
17) Whitechapel - The Valley
16) American Football - LP3
15) Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
14) Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
13) Bon Iver - i,i
12) Venom Prison - Samsara
11) 100 gecs - 1000 gecs
10) Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin?
9) clipping. - There Existed An Addiction To Blood
8) Ceres - We Are A Team
7) Gravemind - Conduit
6) Northlane - Alien
5) Copeland - Blushing
4) Pup - Morbid Stuff
3) Charli - Charli XCX
2) Kings Kaleidoscope - Zeal
1) La Dispute - Panorama

Happy holidays everyone!

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