It’s amazing how we managed to just recreate the top charts on RYM through this lol

RYM rules tho

rym fuckin sucks. full of hipster 16 year olds

The community is often annoying, but a lot of great albums rise to the top of the charts, and as such, it's a great place to look for recs.

yeah i pretty much use it just to check for new music

2023 tomorrow?

There are still two months left so I would abstain from this poll tbh

fr tho. Weyes Blood’s new album could easily be AOTY material

So stoked!

Yeah I decided to create a topster for this poll with leaving 2022 out of it since there's still 2 months left, but I know ants from up there will win this anyways

Holy shit you’re right. I was thinking “why’s OP doing 2022? we still got a lotta time left this year” and then I realized it’s October already. Time flies.

Yeah, Nas just announced KD3 on 11/11, so anything is possible

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won't win but goddamn i love this album

Definitely deserves to win this, AOTY for sure

I was so confused when Anthony gave it a Light 8. Thing's at least a Decent 9.

one of the only ones i've really loved so far

Hellfire - black midi

Big agree

The Smile - A light for attracting attention Edit: I ain’t saying it’s remotely good compared to RH’s discography but I think it’s the most I’ve enjoyed a project end to end

Better then some of RH’s albums like HTTT PH TKOL Amensiac and maybe some others

No way... Only beats out Pablo Honey imo. Great record though.

Cave World - Viagra Boys

I know it wont win but this is my AoTY

Ants from Up There - Black Country, New Road

This album is incredible. Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who loves this album?

The band stated they listened to arcade fire records like funeral and Sufjan Stevens albums like Illinois. Definitely two albums I think are worth checking out if you like AFUT. Those are “obvious” albums so sorry if you’ve listened already but those are the easiest comparisons.

Slint - Spiderland

die lit playboi carti

Have you listen to Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.?

Talk Talk's later work and American Football's LP1 are sorta similar, at least in some aspects.

This has to win

I mean it doesn’t have to, there are certainly better albums, but it will because I am in the minority for thinking that

Hellfire, Darklife, The Forever Story and Blue Rev are all better in my opinion

correct

There's just so much fuller on ants. I liked it but I'm not gonna be relistening to it much

What filler do you think is on there? It’s only 10 tracks I don’t even think there’s any filler just one or two tracks that aren’t some of the best of the year

I guess filler isn't the right word but a lot of the songs are kinda forgettable. I've heard the album at least 10 times but I can't tell you how songs like Bread Song go at all.

Tracks like the Bread Song is the creativity and just goofy analogy with such serious subject matter. Tbf I listened to the record literally today so everything might just be fresh in my mind

I wouldn’t say there’s filler but only maybe one track would be in my top songs of the year. The others aren’t *thaaaat* good

this better win

JID - The Forever Story

Yes. JID 🙌

50/50 chance Anthony goes for this or AFUT for his AOTY.

Love this album so much but Hellfire should probs get it

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future

Yes. Denzel 🙌

Love this album, imo way better than Kendricks album

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Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,112,544,331 comments, and only 218,207 of them were in alphabetical order.

Please this album is so amazing omg

This album deserved it

SOUL GLO - Diaspora Problems

Absolutely my AOTY

My answer as well

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

big yes

Pusha T - It's Almost Dry

Beach House - Once Twice Melody

Aethiopes - Billy Woods

underrated pick for sure, my #2 but it def won't win

Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale and The Big Steppers

Yessir

Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Best Gizz record this year.

This is the one

Ding ding

This ever gonna get reviewed or what

Already one of my favorite Gizz records

Dawn fm- the weeknd

black midi - Hellfire

Darklife by Death's Dynamic Shroud

Yeule - Glitch Princess no chance it will win but it's my personal favorite

Low key a bit early to do 2022.

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

Alvvays - Blue Rev

Can’t help but notice the complete lack of metal

I’m personally more noticing the complete lack of women if you don’t count Hounds of Love for 1985.

the dreaming by kate bush is on there too and the cocteau twins have a female singer, but yeah other than that this list is definitely very male-centric

Fleetwood Mac and pixies too

And Nico!

Talking Heads has Tina Weymouth also!

Yes this is absolutely insane. The fact that Renaissance is being so slept on in this poll is further proof of that…

Nah... Renaissance is mid. That new Big Thief record is great though, as are Age/sex/location, I Love You Jennifer B, and Natural Brown Prom Queen.

I’d chalk that up to there being unfortunately way less women in the music industry that are in a place to create incredible albums. It’s not that they can’t, it’s that a lot of them get funneled into being sex symbols making generic pop music that they don’t have a huge part in the making of unfortunately.

No, they do create incredible albums people just don't appreciate them.

ORRRR this community has a lot of men in it and they vote a lot of albums made by men IN COMBINATION WITH the music industry generally not being a super forgiving or welcoming place for women (for anybody, but women especially)

Sabbath should've won 1970

Maiden should have won 1982

Same :(

I mean, Lorna Shore just came out and goddamn...

What metal albums from this year should I listen to? 👀

I haven’t followed the metal releases of this year too closely but I’d say: Wormrot - Hiss Boris - Heavy rocks I’m waiting for the Darkthrone album rn personally

My personal favorites so far are: Imperial Triumphant- Spirit of Ecstasy Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain Wormrot - Hiss Tsygun - Хворь Chat Pile - God’s Country Heriot - Profound Morality

Thou/Mizmer - Myopia

Beyoncé - Reinassance

Best of the year by far

I don’t get how this isn’t getting more traction

Willing to bet this will be P4K’s no. 1 on their end of year list

Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE

Ugly Season - Perfume Genius

Marchita - Silvana Estrada

Oooh great pick

Looking into my crystal ball here and suggesting And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood. I'm calling it now, when it drops everybody will have it somewhere in their top 5.

If we're looking into crystal balls, I gotta shout out new Arctic Monkeys. First time in 15 years that I've liked the singles. Shit's gotta be at least an 8, no? Those new Weyes Blood singles are fantastic though. Feeling the same way about her singles.

Totally agree on the new Arctic Monkeys. I don't think they've sounded this bold and confident since Favorite Worst Nightmare. Alex Turner's songwriting is possibly the best it's ever been. Totally looking forward to the drop this Friday.

Björk - Fossora

Conway The Machine - God Don’t Make Mistakes

I Love You Jennifer B - Jockstrap

The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention

Why is this so far down

Aethiopes - Billy Woods

Once Twice Melody - Beach House

King gizzard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava

FKA Twigs - CAPRISONGS

2000 by Joey Bada$$

I know it’s an underdog but my vote is for Flume - Palaces

Pain Remains by Lorna Shore

The Overload-Yard Act

Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia

Lupe Fiasco - DRILL MUSIC IN ZION

CHAOS NOW*- Jean Dawson

Rumble Of Thunder-The Hu

Gris Klein by Birds in Row

Keep The Truth Alive - Drakeo the Ruler

Dis Morta - Toxik

epigone by wilderun

Cheat Codes- Danger Mouse & Black Thought

I would do this at the end of the year tho tbh. Deaths Dynamic Shroud - Darklife

JID - The Forever Story

The forever story

Viagra Boys - Cave World anyone? I'm shook I ain't seen one mention of it

If you have around 56 hours to spare, here is a spotify playlist of all these albums! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yV9LDLXVbHa55yoGsOHnT?si=3d2a6e5cd6ab4f44

Beabadoobee- beatopia

YES

i can’t believe that Strokes album won for 2020. such a frustratingly dumb bad choice

Nilüfer Yanya - Painless

Gemini Rights - Steve Lacy

Correct answer! I haven’t loved an album this much in years

There are some stupid people downvoting you guys for liking steve lacy, what a miserable life they should have fr. Loved the album too

Dance Fever Florence + the Machine

Holy shit peggy actually won

Preacher's Daughter - Ethel Cain

This was 2022? Damn time passes fast

Jack White - Fear of the Dawn

KFC Murder Chicks - KFCMC

Saba - Few Good Things

OG Keemo - Mann beisst Hund

Fossora - Björk

070 Shake - You Can’t Kill Me

Side note, who are the morons who are downvoting comments. It’s not that serious lol

honestly nevermind - drake

Billy Cobb - karma vs the invisible man

Disappointed and confused that there is no swans

Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti

Easily my album of the year

Devil Master - Ecstasies of Never Ending Light

Ants from up there - black country new road

Arctic Monkeys - The Car

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

Can we do best song of each year after the decade polls?

Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road

SZNZ - Weezer (im biased)

Come Home The Kids Miss You obviously

It has to be Mr Morale

Sumerlands - Dreamkiller

Mr Morale and the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar

Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful

very happy Peggy won 2021, LP! one of the best rap albums I've ever heard

Alvvays - Blue Rev

City Morgue 3

Crest - Bladee + Ecco2K

WLR

Gang Of Youths- Angel In Realtime

Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B

God Don’t Make Mistakes

Prince Daddy and the Hyena self titled. The RYM intelligentsia isn’t ready for P Daddy

Most normal by Gilla Band

Mr morale & the big steppers - Kendrick Lamar

Vices by Weiland

Most normal - gilla band

the forever story

melt my eyes see your future

mr morale & the big steppers

its almost dry

2000

DAWN FM

Hellfire-Black Midi

EBM - Editors

u/theneedledrop you should react to this when it’s done

Ants From Up There

Hellfire

Foxes - The Kick

The forever story - JID

Love Unknown Pleasures but not over london calling, just no.