Halfway Through the 20's - 80 Favorite Albums
We're officially past the midpoint of the decade. Here is some of my favorite music so far, loosely ranked. Honestly, anything after 10-15 is a shot in the dark at best. |
| 80 |  | Julie Christmas
Ridiculous and Full of Blood |
| 79 |  | Chat Pile
Cool World |
| 78 |  | Geese
Getting Killed |
| 77 |  | Convulsing
Perdurance |
| 76 |  | Ancient Death
Ego Dissolution |
| 75 |  | Aesop Rock
Black Hole Superette |
| 74 |  | Atmosphere
WORD? |
| 73 |  | PUP
Who Will Look After the Dogs? |
| 72 |  | Emma Ruth Rundle
Engine of Hell |
| 71 |  | The Cure
Songs of a Lost World |
| 70 |  | Dua Lipa
Future Nostalgia |
| 69 |  | Ariana Grande
Positions |
| 68 |  | Deftones
Ohms |
| 67 |  | Deftones
private music |
| 66 |  | Tomb Mold
The Enduring Spirit |
| 65 |  | Faetooth
Labyrinthine |
| 64 |  | Faetooth
Remnants of the Vessel |
| 63 |  | Knoll
As Spoken |
| 62 |  | Spectral Wound
Songs of Blood and Mire |
| 61 |  | Cult of Luna
The Raging River |
| 60 |  | Cult of Luna
The Long Road North |
| 59 |  | Pyrrhon
Exhaust |
| 58 |  | Knocked Loose
You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To |
| 57 |  | Bummer (USA-MO)
Dead Horse |
| 56 |  | Maruja
Connla's Well |
| 55 |  | Night Verses
Every Sound Has a Color... |
| 54 |  | svalbard
When I Die, Will I Get Better? |
| 53 |  | Cave Sermon
Divine Laughter |
| 52 |  | Hell (USA)
Submersus |
| 51 |  | sleepmakeswaves
It's Here, But I Have No Names For It |
| 50 |  | norma jean
Deathrattle Sing for Me |
| 49 |  | Perfumed Saturnine Angels
Saccharine Curses Exhaled in the Wind |
| 48 |  | Birds in Row
Gris Klein |
| 47 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! |
| 46 |  | Bon Iver
SABLE, fABLE |
| 45 |  | Loathe (UK)
I Let It In And It Took Everything |
| 44 |  | Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou
May Our Chambers Be Full |
| 43 |  | Psychonaut
World Maker |
| 42 |  | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God |
| 41 |  | Ulcerate
Stare Into Death and Be Still |
| 40 |  | Black Curse
Burning in Celestial Poison |
| 39 |  | Touche Amore
Spiral in a Straight Line |
| 38 |  | Chevelle
Bright as Blasphemy |
| 37 |  | Agriculture
The Spiritual Sound |
| 36 |  | High on Fire
Cometh The Storm |
| 35 |  | Cold Steel
Discipline & Punish |
| 34 |  | Denzel Curry
Melt My Eyez See Your Future |
| 33 |  | Motherless
Do You Feel Safe? |
| 32 |  | Foxing
Foxing |
| 31 |  | The Weeknd
Dawn FM |
| 30 |  | Martrod
Draumsýnir Eldsins |
| 29 |  | Morbid Saint
Swallowed By Hell |
| 28 |  | Labyrinthus Stellarum
Vortex of the Worlds |
| 27 |  | Vauruva
Mar da Deriva |
| 26 |  | Counterparts
A Eulogy for Those Still Here |
| 25 |  | Ethel Cain
Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You |
| 24 |  | Scorching Tomb
Ossuary |
| 23 |  | Full of Hell and Nothing
When No Birds Sang |
| 22 |  | Upon Stone
Dead Mother Moon |
| 21 |  | The Callous Daoboys
Celebrity Therapist |
| 20 |  | JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown
Scaring the Hoes |
| 19 |  | clipping.
Visions of Bodies Being Burned |
| 18 |  | Panopticon
The Rime of Memory |
| 17 |  | JID
The Forever Story |
| 16 |  | Burner
It All Returns To Nothing |
| 15 |  | Thou
Umbilical |
| 14 |  | Orgone (USA-PA)
Pleroma |
| 13 |  | Demonic Death Judge
Absolutely Launched |
| 12 |  | Knocked Loose
A Tear in the Fabric of Life |
| 11 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She |
| 10 |  | 200 Stab Wounds
Slave To The Scalpel
I can't tell you why I love this album so much. They aren't reinventing anything. Their gimmick isn't even clever. But I'll be damned if they don't write the catchiest riffs I've ever fucking heard. It is impossible for me to put this down once I start it. Don't ask me to justify it in any measurable way. It's just pure unbridled fun. |
| 9 |  | The Weeknd
After Hours
Love him or hate him, you have to respect the hustle. The Weeknd is one of our generation's most successful pop/r&b artists. I don't think it's a mistake that this album took the world over the way it did. It is undoubtedly his best since the original "trilogy" and in my estimation, just straight up his best work. |
| 8 |  | Danger Mouse and Black Thought
Cheat Codes
I contend that this is not only an underrated album, but one that will be considered a classic when we look back on it. In typical fashion, Black Thought releases top-tier quality music that is criminally overlooked and underappreciated by the general populace. |
| 7 |  | Johnny Booth
Moments Elsewhere
Johnny Booth are the reigning MVPs in metalcore right now. Every track here feels fresh and energetic while paying homage to much of the melodic metalcore I grew up listening to. This definitely felt like a "made for me" album. |
| 6 |  | Blood Incantation
Absolute Elsewhere
What can I say about this that everybody else already hasn't? It is a massive achievement in progressive death metal, and it is impossible to put down once you start it. |
| 5 |  | State Faults
Children of the Moon
This is the best screamo album I've heard since Gospel's "The Moon Is a Dead World" - and I'm pretty sure it's taking a lot of influence from it. Bodega Head is one of the best closers on any album I've ever heard. That song had me in a chokehold for about 6 months straight. |
| 4 |  | Deafheaven
Lonely People With Power
It's been over a decade since Sunbather, and it's a safe assumption that no one ever expected them to top it. I think that LPWP at the very least achieves parity with Sunbather, and honestly this might creep into being my favorite Deafheaven album. |
| 3 |  | Every Time I Die
Radical
Honestly this might as well be tied for #2. I don't think there's ever been a better "final" album. Admittedly no one, not even ETiD, knew it would be their last, but this really does show them at the peak of their game. This has some of their angriest and also some of their most melodic work. Every track is a banger and the pacing is perfect. |
| 2 |  | Alexisonfire
Otherness
This caught me by surprise. Crisis was a hard album to top, but this grew on me more with every listen. Eventually I couldn't stop listening. I think this is their magnum opus. Dripping with texture and emotion, the production and songwriting are immaculate. |
| 1 |  | Panopticon
...And Again into the Light
It's hard not to have this as #1. This has become my favorite album from my favorite Black Metal artist. Dead Loons, Rope Burn Exit, and Know Hope are all-timers. |
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