![]() ![]() The fundamental idea of this year’s albums? Something Van’s dabbled in numerous times earlier in his career, but has never made this much of a point in interpreting Vocal Jazz/Pop Standards his own way, like you do when you release two albums consisting of nothing but. This does not include 2008’s Keep It Simple by the way that album was fantastic. ![]() Pretty much each of them has had a couple or a few songs I fucking love and must have on my phone for when my life calls for me to hear it, but consistency has been a complaint. Van’s albums every since 2002’s Down the Road have been, to me, kind of fancier packagings for missions with objectives to find new favorite Van songs. I didn’t step into October’s Roll With the Punches, or December’s Versatile with a heaping pile of expectations. ”Is it gonna be good? What’s it all about? Can you focus on making two albums fantastic in such a short time span? Furthermore, why two albums and not a double-disc? When I heard the new, later on in 2017, of two albums by my favorite artist seeing their releases only a month or two apart from each other, naturally questions started to arise. The Clientele - Music for the Age of Miracles Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - Blade Runner 2049 These albums I thought were great - great enough to be a part of this list without a dizzoubt - but I just couldn’t squeeze them in because of the limitation that, setting out to make a top fifty, brings. Looking at this list as I was assembling it, before making the writeups, all I remember thinking was, I don’t remember there being this much variety in the last 12 months.įirst off, honorable mentions. It was nice not having a favorite artist die, but I’m talking more about the music here. ![]() This year was wildly different from 2016 in terms of music that was actually being released. Music’s always been something that’s had a special, big place in my heart, I’m happy I now listen to all of its’ genres and like most of them. In the opening words of The Top 50 Albums of 2016, I spent a little time talking about how much I’ve progressed as a music-listener. Life is good and it is bad, just as I’ve always hoped it would be. And more to the point, people who like to talk about music like to talk about shows they saw, and this category is probably more about conversation than ranking.Here’re my picks for what were the 50 best albums to be released between the time midnight set on the 31st of December, and my birthday, which is the day I’m releasing this. The more you post, the more there is for us to argue about.Īs for live shows, I doubt many of us went to the same shows, but probably some of us saw the same acts on tour in different locations this year. Post every damn 2017 album/song/live show you consumed. You should still post a long list, though.The winners of ‘The Pits’ will therefore be the objectively and incontrovertibly best albums/songs/live shows of 2017. If you don’t rank them, your top ten all get five points and the rest get zero (though their mention will count toward tie-breakers). Only the top ten entries get points for the ‘The Pits’ awards. To restate: If you rank your list, the No.For instance, Run the Jewels 3 was released digitally last December but had an in-store street date of this year. If there is any question as to whether something counts as a 2017 release, be prepared to provide a compelling reason.Also, go ahead and celebrate and/or criticize and discuss each other’s selections, as if I needed to tell you that. For the sake of reason and order, please make a separate comment for your top albums, one for your top songs, and one for your top live shows. You post your top whatever for each of these categories. The “Weird Al” Yankovic Memorial Award for Best Live Show.The Laurel Canyon Sound Award for Best Album.Today is the day for us to consider MUSIC of 2017. If you wish to change your ballot later feel free to, but please indicate clearly that you are recasting your vote to make things easier to count. Voting will be cut off some time on 12/20 so make sure to cast your ballot before then. with 5 per awarded for unranked Top 10 lists). The winners will be announced alongside the other winners of The Pits on 12/20 and will be calculated by adding up your lists (10 points for first, 9 for second, etc. Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as long or short a list as you would like below, but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT with them. ![]()
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