Urban75 Album of the Year 2022 - The Results

[nogojones]

Normally I have at least a couple that make the top 20. This year none of mine even made the top 35.

This never happened when belboid was organizing it.

 

[Knotted]

Feels like there's more pop music in the list this year than there has been for a while - the contrast between wild avant-rock and radio 6 faves in the top five is particularly dramatic, but it's reflected all the way down the list.

Cheers Knotted! If I'd have put chat pile in my top few would it have been enough, or were Fontaines too far ahead?

If you had put Chat Pile as No.1 it would have squeaked it.

 

[Rebelda]

Is 36th place all exclusively lonely number ones, or did anyone maths their way to 36 as well?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

You've probably heard one or two of the Wet Leg songs without realising it. Bloody everywhere.

There’s odd tracks I’ve heard, but none of the albums.

The one I’d have put at number one (Björk) hasn’t even made the list

 

[Knotted]

Is 36th place all exclusively lonely number ones, or did anyone maths their way to 36 as well?

36 is only lonely no.1's. The Unthanks are next at 48.

 

[marty21]

Excellent work Knotted were there less submissions this year? (Speak to that fellah) .

4 of mine made the top 20 (Had Fontaines DC but not at no.1) and one more scraped into the top 35 .

 

[Knotted]

There’s odd tracks I’ve heard, but none of the albums.

The one I’d have put at number one (Björk) hasn’t even made the list

Björk came at a shocking joint 180th position!

 

[marty21]

36 is only lonely no.1's. The Unthanks are next at 48.

A disgrace that The Unthanks are at 48 #shakesfist

 

[killer b]

36 is only lonely no.1's. The Unthanks are next at 48.

take us to 50 babe

 

[Rebelda]

36 is only lonely no.1's. The Unthanks are next at 48.

I'm glad you listed them on the other thread. I dunno why but it has really charmed me

 

[killer b]

I thought the Bjork album had some incredible stuff going on that I'd like to hear expanded on, but it didn't really work as an album, 180th is about right

 

[marty21]

My submission, a disgrace that they all didn't feature , etc #shakesfist etc

 

[Knotted]

take us to 50 babe

50 takes us to the lonely no.2's.

1) Fontaines DC - Skinty FIA
2) Chat Pile - God's Country
3) Horse Lords - Comradely Objects
4) Beach House - Once Twice Melody
5) Wet Leg - Wet Leg
6) Black Midi - hellfire
7) The Delines - The Sea Drift
8) Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth
9) Oren Ambarchi - Shebang
10) Special Interest - Endure
11) Half Man Half Biscuit - The Voltarol Years
12) Kae Tempest - The line is a curve
13) Caroline - Caroline
14) Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture
15) Katy J Pearson - Sound of the Morning
16) Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker
17) Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing
18) Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
19) Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
20) The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
21) Kokoroko - Could We Be More
22)= Hatchie - Giving the World Away
22)= Danger Mouse and Black Thought - Cheat Codes
22)= Bill Orcutt - Music for Four Guitars
25) Sharon Von Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong
26) Horace Andy - Midnight Scorcher
27) Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
28) Jessica Moss - Galaxy Heart
29) Aldous Harding - Warm Chris
30) Warpaint - Radiate Like This
31) Bonobo - Fragments
32) Gilla Band - Most Normal
33) Loop - Sonancy
34) Bitchin' Bajas - Bajascillators
35) Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky
36)=Imanu - Unfold
36)= Hinako Omori - a journey
36)= Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
36)= Oreilles - Tableau
36)= Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen
36)= Samurai Breaks - XTC Generation
36)= The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
36)= µ-Ziq - Magic Pony Ride
36)= The Mary Wallopers - The Mary Wallopers
36)= Nina Nastasia - Riderless Horse
36)= Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker - Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore
36)= Real Lies - Lad Ash
48) The Unthanks - Sorrows Away
49) Daphni - Cherry
50)= Steve O’Sullivan - Dimensions
50)= Dopplereffekt - Neurotelepathy
50)= Brighde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainslie and Stephen Byrne - LAS
50)= Billy Woods - Aethiopes
50)= Soundcarrier - ilds
50)= Suck Puck Recordz - FROZEN ASS COLLECTION vol.2
50)= Yard Act - The Overload
50)= Lí Ban - Rud Nach Léir
50)= Mildlife - Live from South Channel Island

 

[nogojones]

All those 50's are peoples second choices that no one else cared for

 

[Knotted]

All those 50's are peoples second choices that no one else cared for

Yep. Probably better to think of it haven't heard yet and appreciated.

 

[killer b]

Yep. Probably better to think of it haven't heard yet and appreciated.

for sure, the Billy Woods album is amazing

 

[Knotted]

Stats for geeks

25 lists submitted
418 entries
326 individual albums

I don't know about previous years but I think 326:418 is a particularly high ratio. Lots and lots of albums got one vote. As I say we're approaching musical utopia - no obvious canon except for Fontaines DC.

 

[May Kasahara]

Interesting! Surprised by the no.1, but then Fontaines have always been a dog whistle type of band for me (ie I can't hear whatever it is that gets people so excited about their music).

 

[Rebelda]

More lonely 1s than 2s

 

[Knotted]

Belboid's scoring system would have:

1) Fontaines DC - Skinty FIA
2) Chat Pile - God's Country
3) Horse Lords - Comradely Objects
4) Wet Leg - Wet Leg
5) Beach House - Once Twice Melody
6) The Delines - The Sea Drift
7) Black Midi - hellfire
8) Oren Ambarchi - Shebang
9) Caroline - Caroline
10) Katy J Pearson - Sound of the Morning
11)= Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth
11)= Special Interest - Endure
11)= Kae Tempest - The line is a curve
14) Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
15) Half Man Half Biscuit - The Voltarol Years
16) Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker
17) Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture
18) Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing
19) Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
20) The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field

Much the same but slightly different order.

 

[Knotted]

More lonely 1s than 2s

Yeah it is cool. I like the lonely 1s. Somebody loves them.

 

[nogojones]

Poor Bill Callahan didn't even get a sniff.

 

[Knotted]

Poor Bill Callahan didn't even get a sniff.

No! Amazingly despite everyone going on about him, not one person voted for him.

 

[Knotted]

TBH I thought that was a very rock oriented list. Good stuff on there but what happened to all the hip hop?

 

[killer b]

No! Amazingly despite everyone going on about him, not one person voted for him.

Oh! I misremembered and thought they were all into Bill Orcutt, who did pretty good considering...

Post your lists please people.

Mine:

Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture
Billy Woods - Aethiopes
Sam Prekop and John McEntire - Sons Of
Bitchin' Bajas - Bajascillators
Oren Ambarchi - Shebang
Maylee Todd - Maloo
Horse Lords - Comradely Objects
Time Wharp - Spiro World
Scarcity – Aveilut
Dylan Henner - Flues of Forgotten Sands
Shinicho Atobe - Love of Plastic
Maxime Denuc - Nachthorn
Nick Keeling & Kaily M Schenker - Marker
Midori Takada - Cutting Branches For a Temporary Shelter
Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance
Blanche Blanche Blanche - Fiscal, Remote, Distilled
Kali Malone - Living Torch
Chat Pile - God's Country
ellen arkbro & johan graden - I get along without you very well
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good & Green Again
Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan - A Better Ghost

 

[neonwilderness]

So was Skinty FIA the most universal vote then? Did anyone have it at number one? Was my 8.

It alternated in my top two while I did my list. Radiohead The Smile just edged it in the end though

8 from my hastily put together list in the top 50. Plus a couple I’d forgotten about and plenty more to listen to over the holidays.

I did start doing a list on my phone notes at the start of the year which was quickly forgotten about. Need to keep on top of that next year.

Good work Knotted

 

[Knotted]

Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker - Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore
Horse Lords - Comradely Objects
Shovel Dance Collective - The Water is the Shovel of the Shore
Moor Mother - Jazz Codes
Bill Orcutt - Music for Four Guitars
Éliane Radigue - Occam XXV
Jake Blount - The New Faith
Alvin Curran - Drumming Up Trouble
Sun Ra Arkestra - Living Sky
Stick in the Wheel - Perspectives on Tradition
Horace Andy - Midnight Scorcher

Forgot that great Derek Bailey thing. Proper old people on my list. Loads more I would have voted for if I had got round to listening to them.

 

[Rebelda]

The Mary Wallopers - The Mary Wallopers
Lí Ban - Rud Nach Léir
The Deadlians - Watch out! Here Come The Deadlians
Lizzo - Special
Junior Brother - The Great Irish Famine
Sam Shackleton - Scottish Folk Ballads of Freedom
CMAT - If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
Fontains D.C. - Skinty Fia
Ispíní Na Héireann - The Hard Working Men
Björk - Fossora

I got bored at 10. Not been a massive music year for me, been too sad, then had a big grime retrospective, but I will fight you for my top 3. Very Eire heavy this year

Björk is only really there out of loyalty Bey and KL both meh (happy to accept that was me and not them, but as they're not popping on the list I don't think so).

 

[neonwilderness]

My list:

The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
Danger Mouse/Black Thought - Cheat Codes
Broken Bells - Into The Blue
Kae Tempest - The Line Is A Curve
Los Bitchos - Let the Festivities Begin!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
Leftfield - This Is What We Do
Sandy Denny - Early Home Recordings
Osees - A Four Form
Sea Power - Everything Was Forever
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Stick In The Wheel presents Perspectives on Tradition
Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord
Jamie T - The Theory Of Whatever
Bonobo - Fragments
The Unthanks - Sorrows Away
Pixies - Doggeral
Gabriels - Angels & Queens - Part I
Oh My God! It's the Church - Revelations
Warpaint - Radiate Like This

 

[Rebelda]

Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker - Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore
Horse Lords - Comradely Objects
Shovel Dance Collective - The Water is the Shovel of the Shore
Moor Mother - Jazz Codes
Bill Orcutt - Music for Four Guitars
Éliane Radigue - Occam XXV
Jake Blount - The New Faith
Alvin Curran - Drumming Up Trouble
Sun Ra Arkestra - Living Sky
Stick in the Wheel - Perspectives on Tradition
Horace Andy - Midnight Scorcher

Forgot that great Derek Bailey thing. Proper old people on my list. Loads more I would have voted for if I had got round to listening to them.

I want so badly to love the new Stick in the Wheel and have tried, but I can't.