We carefully crafted our list of top 50 albums of the year in the only way we know how: the most difficult and time-consuming way. With a giant white board, color-coded X's and ?'s, and a golf-score Google Doc system, we eventually got it together to bring you our favorite albums of the year. Often our lists include releases from the local scene, and we have denoted those below. There were some that just slipped under the cracks that we want to honorably mention, so you can check them out: Quarterbacks, Long Beard, Dick Diver, Fraternal Twin, Space Mountain, Burglary Years, Tomboy, Funeral Advantage, Dirty Dishes and Brittle Brian.
We're keeping it simple for the first half of our list, but stay tuned for the top 25 tomorrow which will feature opinion pieces from our staff. Hope you enjoy!
*=Local
50. Hair Salon - Ursula*
49. Imaginary Life - Worriers
48. Ratchet - Shamir
47. Elaenia - Floating Points
46. Harm - Infinity Girl
45. Downers - Jamaican Queens
44. The Agent Intellect - Protomartyr
43. Rose Mountain - Screaming Females
42. Teens of Style - Car Seat Headrest
41. Kicking Every Day - All Dogs
40. My Love is Cool - Wolf Alice
39. What a Weird Day - Michael Christmas*
38. I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside - Earl Sweatshirt
37. The Epic - Kamasi Washington
36. No Cities to Love - Sleater-Kinney
35. Abyss - Chelsea Wolfe
34. Beach Music - Alex G
33. Brattleboro is Flooding - The Lentils
32. Ivy Tripp - Waxahatchee
31. Ugly Cherries - PWR BTTM
30. Time to Go Home - Chastity Belt
29. If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake
28. Gawk - Vundabar*
27. Full Communism - Downtown Boys
26. New Bermuda - Deafheaven
