It's that time of year. We did one last year, and I know I found a lot of great stuff I missed courtesy of this board.
The Rules:
- To correct for late releases and lack of longevity, eligible albums will have been released between 12/1/2012 and 11/30/2013
- Try to limit your list to three albums, but no more than five. If you list more than five, I'll take the first five listed and omit the rest.
- For the sake of making editing easier, try and list your picks as Artist - Album
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FINAL RESULTS
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The records are listed "Artist - Album (Votes)".
I've broken the ties in the top 10 (unless I hadn't heard the record, in which case I just listed it as tied and marked it with italics). All others are listed alphabetically.
1. Arcade Fire - Reflecktor (15)
2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (9)
3. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (6)
4. Kanye West - Yeezus (6)
5. Jason Isbell - Southeastern (5)
6. Drake - Nothing Was the Same (4)
7. Local Natives - Hummingbird (4)
8. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Part 1 (4)
9. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP (3)
10. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name (3)
10. Dead Letter Circus - The Catalyst Fire (3)
10. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (3)
Receiving 2 Votes
Alter Bridge - Fortress
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Bastille - Bad Blood
Birds Of Tokyo - March Fires
Capital Cities - Tidal Waves of Mystery
City & Colour - The Hurry and the Harm
Danny Brown - Old
Disclosure - Settle
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
HAIM - Days Are Gone
My Blood Valentine - MBV
Protest The Hero - Volition
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
The Avett Brothers - Magpie And the Dandelion
The Boxer Rebellion - Promises
Receiving 1 Vote
Amos Lee - Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
Atlas Genius - When It Was Now
August Burns Red - Rescue & Restore
Band of Heathens - Sunday Morning Record
Beyonce - Beyonce (released December 13, 2013)**
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter at the Feast
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (mixtape)
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Civil Wars - s/t
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
Daughn Gibson - Me Moan
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer
Dr. Dog - B Room
Dream Theater - s/t
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Ed Sheeran - +
Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeroes - s/t
Elvis Costello and The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
Foals - Holy Fire
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
Gov't Mule - Shout!
How to Destroy Angels_ - Welcome Oblivion
Ishi - Digital Wounds
JayZ - Magna Carta Holy Grail
Jolly - The Audio Guide to Happiness, Vol. 2
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Karnivool - Asymmetry
Lee Ranaldo & the Dust - Last Night on Earth
Lorde - Pure Heroine
M.I.A. - Matangi
Midlake - Antiphon
Nothing More - Nothing More
Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium
Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends
Quaker City Nighthawks - Honcho
Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love
Savages - Silence Yourself
Secret Colours - Peach
Sevendust - Black Out the Sun
Sigur Ros - Kveikur
Skillet - Rise
Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
Stone Sour - House of Gold & Bones part 2
Stryper - No More Hell to Pay
Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain
The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
The Ocean - Pelegial
The Polyphonic Spree - Yes, It's True
Volbeat- Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies
Volcano Choir - Repave
Washed Out - Paracosm
[This message has been edited by MW03 (edited 3/31/2014 11:21a).]
The Rules:
- To correct for late releases and lack of longevity, eligible albums will have been released between 12/1/2012 and 11/30/2013
- Try to limit your list to three albums, but no more than five. If you list more than five, I'll take the first five listed and omit the rest.
- For the sake of making editing easier, try and list your picks as Artist - Album
--------------------
FINAL RESULTS
--------------------
The records are listed "Artist - Album (Votes)".
I've broken the ties in the top 10 (unless I hadn't heard the record, in which case I just listed it as tied and marked it with italics). All others are listed alphabetically.
1. Arcade Fire - Reflecktor (15)
2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (9)
3. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (6)
4. Kanye West - Yeezus (6)
5. Jason Isbell - Southeastern (5)
6. Drake - Nothing Was the Same (4)
7. Local Natives - Hummingbird (4)
8. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Part 1 (4)
9. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP (3)
10. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name (3)
10. Dead Letter Circus - The Catalyst Fire (3)
10. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (3)
Receiving 2 Votes
Alter Bridge - Fortress
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Bastille - Bad Blood
Birds Of Tokyo - March Fires
Capital Cities - Tidal Waves of Mystery
City & Colour - The Hurry and the Harm
Danny Brown - Old
Disclosure - Settle
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
HAIM - Days Are Gone
My Blood Valentine - MBV
Protest The Hero - Volition
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
The Avett Brothers - Magpie And the Dandelion
The Boxer Rebellion - Promises
Receiving 1 Vote
Amos Lee - Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
Atlas Genius - When It Was Now
August Burns Red - Rescue & Restore
Band of Heathens - Sunday Morning Record
Beyonce - Beyonce (released December 13, 2013)**
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter at the Feast
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (mixtape)
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Civil Wars - s/t
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
Daughn Gibson - Me Moan
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer
Dr. Dog - B Room
Dream Theater - s/t
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Ed Sheeran - +
Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeroes - s/t
Elvis Costello and The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
Foals - Holy Fire
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
Gov't Mule - Shout!
How to Destroy Angels_ - Welcome Oblivion
Ishi - Digital Wounds
JayZ - Magna Carta Holy Grail
Jolly - The Audio Guide to Happiness, Vol. 2
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Karnivool - Asymmetry
Lee Ranaldo & the Dust - Last Night on Earth
Lorde - Pure Heroine
M.I.A. - Matangi
Midlake - Antiphon
Nothing More - Nothing More
Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium
Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends
Quaker City Nighthawks - Honcho
Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love
Savages - Silence Yourself
Secret Colours - Peach
Sevendust - Black Out the Sun
Sigur Ros - Kveikur
Skillet - Rise
Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
Stone Sour - House of Gold & Bones part 2
Stryper - No More Hell to Pay
Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain
The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
The Ocean - Pelegial
The Polyphonic Spree - Yes, It's True
Volbeat- Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies
Volcano Choir - Repave
Washed Out - Paracosm
[This message has been edited by MW03 (edited 3/31/2014 11:21a).]