I'm still working on being more timely with these end of the year lists... I'll get there someday. Before 2018 rolls to the end, I'd like to at least get my 2017 lists posted so I don't enter another year two behind.
I don't have any kind of overarching narrative to bring you about the year, it's moved too far in the rearview mirror already, but I can say that it found me continuing to chase down the various nooks and crannies of my favorite genres and surfacing new (to me) artists and paths. But the lists I plan to publish over the next few days should shed better light on what I was hearing.
I'll be counting down my favorite EPs, reissues/compilations, live albums, tracks and albums of 2017. First, though, a recap of years past...
Albums of the Year:
2003: Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
2004: Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
2005: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2006: Mastodon - Blood Mountain
2007: Battles - Mirrored
2008: Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
2009: The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
2010: Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
2011: Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
2012: Goat - World Music
2013: Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (and Other Stories)
2014: D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
2015: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
2016: David Bowie - Blackstar
Tracks of the Year:
2003: "Hey Ya" - Outkast
2004: "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
2005: "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
2006: "When You Were Young" - The Killers
2007: "Stronger" - Kanye West
2008: "Time To Pretend" - MGMT
2009: "My Girls" - Animal Collective
2010: "Fuck You" - Cee-Lo Green
2011: "Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj
2012: "Bad Religion" - Frank Ocean
2013: "The Wire" - Haim
2014: "i" - Kendrick Lamar
2015: "Alright" - Kendrick Lamar
2016: "Formation" - Beyonce
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