EWB's Album of the Year 2017: Voting Thread

[Naitch]

1. Eternity, In Your Arms by Creeper - Hands down the most impressive album of the year for me and the best debut album since Pvris released White Noise.

2. The Knife by Goldfinger - John Feldmann is responsible for a lot of my favourite music but this is the first Goldfinger album since I became a massive ska fan in sixth form, to the extent that somehow Save Ferris managed to reform and release their new content for the first time since 1999 before them. That said, it was well worth the wait and walking away from an underwhelming Beartooth performance at Slam Dunk South to join the bouncing crowd just in time for a Feldmann-fronted superband to open with 'Spokesman' was the best decision I made that day.

3. The Peace And The Panic by Neck Deep - I'd argue that this album establishes Neck Deep as the best pop punk band of the 2010s. So glad I finally got to see them live this year, especially after the tension created by their Nottingham gig being cancelled one song in the day before.

4. Safe In Sound by Lower Than Atlantis - I didn't actually realise this album existed until the end of the year despite seeing them live in March AND knowing that they had some new great singles released throughout the year. Even after finally getting round to listening to it I wasn't expecting it to be as good as their previous album but somehow they managed it.

5. All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell by Pvris - Not quite as good as White Noise but still a good album in it's own right. Probably the only album I was looking forward to this year that didn't disappoint.

6. One More Light by Linkin Park - My favourite Linkin Park album since Minutes To Midnight. I wasn't too keen on the two albums which followed it but the singles from this album coincided with myself noticing my own musical tastes maturing a lot over the past year, possibly as a result of working at a live music venue (or even just starting full time work). I found out about Chester's passing just after moving the first batch of things into my new flat and sat on my sofa watching the tribute show live at the Hollywood Bowl from 3.30am until just before sunrise back in October. The addition of my new Chester canvas, courtesy of @Bobfoc, gives my place a very strong connection to the band in my eyes.

7. Modern Ruin by Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes - It took me until the end of the year to listen to it regularly but I've been a low key fan since they supported Sum 41 on the Kerrang Tour 2016, and Frank Carter is easily in my top five for stage presence.

8. After The Party by The Menzingers - I was only midly familiar with the Menzingers when I started my new job in February. The Menzingers were booked to play a few months later but I didn't really start my  tradition of listening to upcoming gigs that I was looking forward to until later in the year. That said, I'd probably say that they were my second most influential band to perform at work this year behind the Skints, as well as intensifying my existing interest in punk genres beyond pop and ska punk.

9. Makes Me Sick by New Found Glory - I was underwhelmed when I first listened to it but the addition of campy synth to NFG's regular pop punk sound has grown on me over the course of the year.

10. All These Countless Nights by Deaf Havana - It's got some good songs and nothing outright bad. Pretty mellow but that's the direction they've been going in since changing their style between their first and second albums.

11. Poison The Parish by Seether - I didn't know about this album until a friend of mine mentioned it was one of her favourite albums of the year. Once I listened to it I had to agree.

12. After Laughter by Paramore - Paramore's sound continues to mature in fascinating ways as they follow Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco in the transition from "emo" to mainstream pop rock. Hearing 'Hard Times' in an ASDA earlier this year signalled to me that they've been successful in doing so.

13. Trouble Maker by Rancid - In my opinion the best Rancid album since ...And Out Come The Wolves. 'Molly Make Up Your Mind' is fun because I often go to Subway with a colleague called Molly and she struggles to decide between healthy or tasty.

14. The Spark by Enter Shikari - This is the one I was most looking forward to, especially after 'Live Outside' was released as the lead single and it immediately became my favourite song of the year. Unfortunately the rest of the album was fairly underwhelming by starting off strong but tailing off into nothing special.

15. Wolves by Rise Against - Another solid album from Rise Against. Their last three have all been on an incredibly similar level of consistency, which I guess is a good thing, but all lack the standout songs which make their earlier albums more special.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Your list is my favourite purely because I know who half of those people are

Also, there's like a day and eight hours left to vote!

[Jimmy]

1. Kendrick Lemar - DAMN 
2. King Krule - The OOZ
3. SZA - Ctrl
4. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
5. Sløtface - Try Not To Freak Out
6. Zola Jesus - Okovi
7. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
8. ROAM - Great Heights and Nosedives
9. Girlpool - Powerplant
10. Tyler, The Creator - Scum Fuck Flower Boy
11. Girl Ray - Earl Grey
12. Alvvays - Antisocialites
13. Los Campesinos - Sick Scenes
14. Haim - Something To Tell You
15. The Horrors - V 

Probably missed some stuff, but made a pretty big effort to listen to way more albums this year. 

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

@Jimmy you've picked Vince Staples twice

But you get points for picking Roam's album, I always knew you were one of the good ones 

[Cymbols]

1. The Chain Gang of 1974 - FELT

2. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful

3. As It Is - Okay

4. Hunter and the Bear - Paper Heart

5. Paramore - After Laughter 

6. Zombies on Broadway - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness

7. Deaf Havana - All These Countless Nights

8. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely

9. Prides - A Mind Like the Tide pt. 1

10. Ed Sheeran - Divide 

(I ran out after 9)

[Benjamin]

Good lord, everything I listened seems to have been released last year. Coloring Book, Starboy,  Lost at Sea, Blonde, god knows what else I can't think of now.

1. SZA - Ctrl
2. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
3. Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
4. Phora - Yours Truly Forever
5. Pink - Beautiful Trauma
6. Khalid - American Teen
7. PnB Rock - Catch These Vibes
8. Eminem - Revival
9. 2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
10. Future - Hndrxx

[Jimmy]

Woo more SZA love.

[tristy]

1. A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs
2. Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho by Quavo & Travi$ Scott
3. Lotta Sea Lice by Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
4. Still Striving by A$AP Ferg
5. Hiss Spun by Chelsea Wolfe
6. Okovi by Zola Jesus
7. in•ter a•li•a by At the Drive-In
8. Droptopwop by Gucci Mane
9. Losing by Bully
10. Grateful by DJ Khaled
11. Add Violence EP by Nine Inch Nails
12. Weather Diaries by Ride
13. Issa Album by 21 Savage
14. Antisocialites by Alvvays
15. Slowdive by Slowdive

Literally the same list I posted in your other thread about the Best of 2017, @Jerichristmas. With one positioning change and an added album.

EDIT #1: Ohhhh, I can do 15? Well this just changed things. Hold on.

EDIT #2: There we go.

Edited December 31, 2017 by tristy

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Last call for votes, less than 3 hours!

[GoGo Yubari]

alright, there's 15. I wish I had started on fleshing this out a week before I did, because I got sick and didn't really have time/headspace to listen to more stuff and listen to some stuff mulitple times, which I think multiple albums needed. That also would have likely pushed Humanz, an album that has specific tracks that I absolutely love but doesn't really work as a full cohesive album, down.

Behind the cut, what a top ten songs of 2017 I've listened to and remember listening to looks like:

Spoiler

1. "Out of Body" by Gorillaz (feat. Kilo Kish)

2. "Masseduction" by St. Vincent

3. "Ascension" by Gorillaz (feat. Vince Staples)

4. "Lady Bird" by Jon Brion

5. "Can't Go Back" by Ted Leo

6. "Los Ageless" by St. Vincent

7. "Let Me Out" by Gorillaz (feat. Pusha T and Mavis Staples)

8. "Ballad of the Dying Man" by Father John Misty

9. "Forever and Then Some" by Lillie Mae

10. "Used to Believe" by Ted Leo

might try to figure out what a top ten of albums I got into in 2017 looks like. A lot of Camera Obscura and Heavenly, I think.

[lari]

5 hours ago, GoGo Yubari said:

alright, there's 15.

Where?

 

Oh, on page 1. I see.

Edited January 1, 2018 by lari

[Benjamin]

My list feels so weird looking back at it now. It has all this RnB and rap... and the Killers 

11 hours ago, Jimmy said:

Woo more SZA love.

Easily the artist I listened to the most in 2017.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Votes have all been tallied, will probably start the countdown on the weekend.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

This hasn't been forgotten about, a lot of stuff has gone in since New Year's and it's only just calming down, will have it started later this week.