Urban75 Album of the Year 2019 - the results!

[hiccup]

Ahh bollocks completely forgot to get my votes in this year.

Thanks for all the hard work belboid. Will enjoy plundering this thread in the coming months.

Surprised the Gang Starr and Eve albums weren't in there anywhere

 

[AverageJoe]

God. I'm old. I recognise only three artists in that list.

 

[crossthebreeze]

Mine:
1. Boy Harsher - Careful
2. FKA twigs - Magdalene
3. LINGUA IGNOTA – CALIGULA
4. Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
5. Rico Nasty + Kenny Beats – Anger Management
6. Carter Tutti Void – Triumvirate
7. E-Saggila – My World My Way
8. Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
9. Penance Stare – Solanaceae
10. Giant Swan – Giant Swan
11. Sault – 5
12. Filmmaker – The Love Market
13. Little Simz – GREY Area
14. Nkisi – 7 Directions
15. Jesca Hoop – Stonechild
16. Gabber Modus Operandi – HOXXXYA
17. Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters
18. Alcest – Spiritual Instinct
19. Octo Octa – Resonant Body
20. Nathalie Stern – Nerves and Skin

Thanks for the hard work belboid. I'm going to spend the next few evenings going through the top 30 and other people's lists as there's lots I haven't heard.

 

[billy_bob]

I think more of mine placed than in any previous year, so I'm happy with Urban's judgement right now.

In descending order:
Brighde Chaimbeul - The Reeling
Lingua Ignota - Caligula
Little Simz - Grey Area
Nathalie Stern - Nerves and Skin
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears
Teeth of the Sea - Wraith
Cross Record - Cross Record
Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel

Two questions for belboid:

- what does 'the "unsuccessful" number ones' mean?
- aren't you going to provide a list of the utter, utter shit? I'm sure everyone who, like me, is sure they're too cool for anything on their list to be included in that category would like the opportunity to point and laugh and the others.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

- what does 'the "unsuccessful" number ones' mean?

Albums that somebody put as their #1 but didn't receive enough other votes to even show up on the list.

belboid - no Spotify playlist this year?

 

[killer b]

whoops, missed this altogether.

Never mind, the only difference it would have likely made is moving the Sault album up a position or two...

 

[billy_bob]

Albums that somebody put as their #1 but didn't receive enough other votes to even show up on the list.

belboid - no Spotify playlist this year?

Ah, ok thanks

 

[marty21]

Have been listening to Purple Mountains this morning, depressing and uplifting at the same time I like it very much.

 

[redsquirrel]

whoops, missed this altogether.

Never mind, the only difference it would have likely made is moving the Sault album up a position or two...

You got a list ready kb? I'd be interested in seeing you choices.

 

[killer b]

You got a list ready kb? I'd be interested in seeing you choices.

I did my top ten cassette releases over on twitter, but I've not got round to doing a full list yet. Might do it this week.

 

[belboid]

belboid - no Spotify playlist this year?

good point!

 

[stavros]

Wow, only two of my 19 made it into the Urban top 20. I'm surprised by no mention at all, by anyone, of Charli XCX or Tropical Fuck Storm. The latter's effort this year wasn't as good as their debut, but still.

1. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel
2. Good Fuck - Good Fuck
3. Westkust - Westkust
4. Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild
5. Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers
6. John - Out Here on the Fringes
7. Charli XCX - Charli
8. Cherubs - Immaculada High
9. Matmos - Plastic Anniversary
10. Proem - Until Here for Years
11. Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops
12. Clinic - Wheeltappers and Shunters
13. Plaid - Polymer
14. Steve Mason - About the Light
15. The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears
16. DJ Muggs and Mach Homy - Kill Em All
17. Xiu Xiu - Girl with Basket of Fruit
18. The Stargazer Lilies - Occabot
19. Ezra Furman - Twelve Nudes

 

[BassJunkie]

Thanks for doing this, it's provided me with new stuff to discover.
How Self Esteem isn't the world's biggest pop star I can't fathom.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Just out of curiosity belboid did anyone vote for music media darling FKA Twigs, bc nobody who's revealed their lists here has done?

 

[crossthebreeze]

Just out of curiosity belboid did anyone vote for music media darling FKA Twigs, bc nobody who's revealed their lists here has done?

She's on my list on this very page

 

[May Kasahara]

Just out of curiosity belboid did anyone vote for music media darling FKA Twigs, bc nobody who's revealed their lists here has done?

Hers is on my list of "albums from 2019 that I want to hear but haven't got round to yet", along with Angel Olsen, Dave and tons of others.

 

[May Kasahara]

Thanks for doing this, it's provided me with new stuff to discover.
How Self Esteem isn't the world's biggest pop star I can't fathom.

IKR! She's amazing. My album of the year, and in my top three gigs of this year too.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Even by my own standards this is a golden year, not heard* a single thing in that list


*and I think I've only heard of about 3 of them

 

[belboid]

Just out of curiosity belboid did anyone vote for music media darling FKA Twigs, bc nobody who's revealed their lists here has done?

Surprisingly few. I thought that would do better. Black midi too

 

[BassJunkie]

IKR! She's amazing. My album of the year, and in my top three gigs of this year too.

Damn, I envy you, I've not been able to make any of her gigs yet, but they sure look fun on YouTube.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Surprisingly few. I thought that would do better. Black midi too

Yes I was surprised about Black Midi too. Not so much about FKA Twigs though.

 

[Knotted]

The only albums I've listened to and loved this year are the Little Simz, Billie Eilish and Anna Meredith ones. But that's more a matter of me not keeping up, so I didn't vote. In ten years time I'll have a better idea of 2019, but with a lot of help from this thread. Thanks everyone.

 

[Athos]

IKR! She's amazing. My album of the year, and in my top three gigs of this year too.

Both the album and the gig are certainly in my top five of the year. What were your other two, out of interest?

 

[Athos]

Still can't understand why no love for this year's Alex Cameron record, or Feet's debut.

 

[May Kasahara]

Both the album and the gig are certainly in my top five of the year. What were your other two, out of interest?

1 = Robyn @ Alexandra Palace
2 = Jesca Hoop @ the Barbican

Yours?

 

[hash tag]

Fantastic work belboid (shame its not for me).

 

[killer b]

1 = Robyn @ Alexandra Palace
2 = Jesca Hoop @ the Barbican

Yours?

I picked up Robyn's album from 2018 at the weekend and have had it on repeat in the car - so good.

 

[Athos]

1 = Robyn @ Alexandra Palace
2 = Jesca Hoop @ the Barbican

Yours?

Nice.

Tough one. Of the top of my head (knowing I'll instantly regret some I've missed out/ forgotten) probably Fontaines, Martha, Alex Cameron, Ezra Furman, Stella Donnelly, Feet, Wu Tang, Dave, The Murder Capital, and Janelle Monae (albeit the last three were at festivals).

 

[clandestino]

Argh, I totally missed the vote this year - probably the first I've missed for years and years.

My list probably would have contained these...in no particular order...

The Stroppies
Comet Gain
Fontaines DC
Michael Kiwanuka
Anna Meredith
Cate Le Bon
Haiku Salut
SVE
Oh Sees

...although I've spent most of this year listening to the Kikagaku Moyo album that came out last year, and a Masshysteri album from 2010, so don't ask me about 2019!

 

[rekil]

belboid Did anyone else have any of these?

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Miri
Luka Productions - Falaw
Rakta - Falha Comum