Strictly speaking there are a number of songs from either mixtapes, EPs or single releases on this playlist, and it isn’t really a conclusive ‘albums of the year’ list at all, but I digress. I have selected one or two tracks from my some of (well, a lot of) my very favourite releases of the year, not including a few that I foolishly slept on until recent weeks and other peoples’ AOTY lists, and not including Lemonade because it isn’t on Spotify. I also put The 1975’s ‘Somebody Else’ on there because, although I don’t particularly care for the rest of that album, it categorically rips. December’s monthly playlist is still incoming at the end of the month, I’m planning something more ‘party’ less ‘sitting in bed crying’, but no promises.
releases included:
Abra – Princess (EP)
Bleached – Welcome to the Worms
Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
Bon Iver – 22, A Million
Carly Rae Jepson – Emotion Side B (EP)
Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book (mixtape)
First Hate – The Mind of a Gemini (EP)
Frank Ocean – Blonde
Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Leonard Cohen – You Want it Darker
Liss – First (EP)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
Porches – Pool
PWR BTTM – New Hampshire (single)
Rihanna – ANTI
Savages – Adore Life
Skepta – Konnichiwa
Solange – A Seat at the Table
Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
Whitney – Light Upon the Lake
Young Thug – Jeffery (mixtape)
Yumi Zouma – Yoncalla
The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep…