25/12/18

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2018



01. KANYE WEST, "Ye" 
01. KIDS SEE GHOSTS, "Kids See Ghosts" 
01. NAS, "Nasir" 
01. PUSHA T, "Daytona"
01. TEYANA TAYLOR, "K.T.S.E."
05. GAZ COOMBES, "World's Strongest Man" 
06. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS, "Look Now" 
07. JAMIE ISAAC, "(04:30) Idler" 
08. SPIRITUALIZED, "And Nothing Hurt" 
09. ARCTIC MONKEYS, "Tranquility Baste Hotel & Casino" 
10. JORJA SMITH, "Lost & Found"
11. MGMT, "Little Dark Age" 
12. DEAD CAN DANCE, "Dionysus" 
13. TIRZAH, "Devotion" 
14. KADHJA BONET, "Childqueen" 
15. ACHILLE LAURO, "Pour l'amour"
16. BEN HOWARD, "Noonday Dream" 
17. OKZHARP & MANTHE RIBANE, "Closer Apart"
18. NATALIE PRASS, "The Future and the Past" 
19. RICHARD RUSSEL, "Everything is Recorded" 
20. AMEN DUNES, "Freedom" 
21. THE 1975, "A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships"
22. VILLAGERS, "The Art of Pretending to Swim"
23. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, "Age Of" 
24. YOUNG FATHERS, "Cocoa Sugar" 
25. RICHARD SWIFT, "The Hex"
26. BLOOD ORANGE, "Negro Swan"
27. GABRIEL KAHANE, "Book of Travelers" 
28. TOM MISCH, "Geography" 
29. MUMFORD & SONS, "Delta"
30. COSMO, "Cosmotronic"
31. SONS OF KEMET, "Your Queen Is A Reptile" 
32. JONATHAN WILSON, "Rare Birds" 
33. MITSKI, "Be the Cowboy"
34. THE INTERNET, "Hive Mind" 
35. DIRTY PROJECTORS, "Lamp Lit Prose" 
36. DJ KHALAB, "Black Noise 2084"
37. RYLEY WALKER, "Deafman Glance"
38. FATHER JOHN MISTY, "God's Favorite Customer"
39. UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, "Sex & Food"
40. THE CARTERS, "Everything is Love" 
41. NU GUINEA, "Nuova Napoli" 
42. ALLYSHA JOY, "Acadie:Raw" 
43. JANELLE MONÁE, "Dirty Computer" 
44. JUNGLE, "For Ever" 
45. JACK WHITE, "Boarding House Reach" 
46. JOHN PARISH, "Bird Dog Dante" 
47. U.S. GIRLS, "In A Poem Unlimited" 
48. CAOILFHIONN ROSE, "Awaken"
49. LUMP, "Lump"
50. UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, "Sex & Food"







01/01/18

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2017




  1. KING KRULE, The Ooz 
  2. MOSES SUMNEY, Aromanticism 
  3. NICK MULVEY, Wake Up Now
  4. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, American Dream 
  5. GRIZZLY BEAR, Painted Ruins
  6. JESSIE WARE, Glasshouse
  7. ARCADE FIRE, Everything Now 
  8. KENDRICK LAMAR, Damn. 
  9. ST. VINCENT, Masseduction 
  10. MARC DE MARCO, This Old Dog
  11. MILEY CYRUS, Younger Now
  12. MARK EITZEL, Hey Mr. Ferryman 
  13. EPHEMERALS, Egg Tooth 
  14. MOUNT KIMBIE, Love What Surivives
  15. SZA, Ctrl
  16. ELBOW, Little Fictions 
  17. LAURA MARLING, Semper Femina 
  18. CORNELIUS, Mellow Waves
  19. PHOENIX, Ti Amo
  20. THE WAR ON DRUGS, A Deeper Understading
  21. UNKLE, The Road pt. 1
  22. LOYLE CARNER, Yesterday's Gone 
  23. BRAXTON COOK, Somewhere in Between 
  24. BRUNORI SAS, A Casa Tutto Bene 
  25. JORDAN RAKEI, Wallflower
  26. THE NATIONAL, Sleep Well Beast
  27. THE XX, I See You
  28. BECK, Colors 
  29. U2, Songs of Experience
  30. POPULOUS, Azulejos
  31. LORDE, Melodrama
  32. CALVIN HARRIS, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
  33. CHOKER, Peak 
  34. BECCA STEVENS, Regina 
  35. BRUNO MAJOR, A Song For Every Moon
  36. SAMPHA, Process 
  37. RYAN ADAMS, Prisoner
  38. ARCA, Arca
  39. GABRIEL GARZON-MONTANO, Jardin
  40. FATHER JOHN MISTY, Pure Comedy
  41. GHOSTPOET, Dark Days + canapés
  42. KAMASI WASHINGTON, Harmony Of Difference
  43. CLAP! CLAP!, A Thousand Skies 
  44. BLACK GRAPE, Pop Voodoo
  45. SONDRE LERCHE, Pleasure 
  46. FRANCES, Things I've Never Said 
  47. NICK HAKIM, Green Twins
  48. FUTURE ISLANDS, The Far Islands
  49. MELANIE DE BIASIO, Lilies
  50. CARL BRAVE x FRANCO 126, Polaroid 

24/12/16

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2016



01.    BJ THE CHICAGO KID, In My Mind
02.    ANDERSON PAAK, Malibu
03.    DAVID BOWIE,
04.    NICK CAVE, Skeleton Tree
05.    RADIOHEAD, A Moon Shaped Pool
06.    BLOOD ORANGE, Freetown Sound
07.    LADY GAGA, Joanne
08.    BON IVER, 22 A Million
09.    FRANK OCEAN, Blonde
10.    JORDAN RAKEI, Cloak
11.    MASSIVE ATTACK, Ritual Spirit EP + The Spoils EP
12.    TINDERSTICKS, The Waiting Room
13.    MACKLEMORE, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made
14.    MICHAEL KIWANUKA, Love & Hate
15.    BILLIE MARTEN, Writing Of Blues And Yellow
16.    SALMO, Hellvisback
17.    COSMO, L’Ultima Festa
18.    PRIMAL SCREAM, Chaosmosis
19.    SOLANGE, A Seat At The Table
20.    LEONARD COHEN, You Want It Darker
21.    NICOLAS JAAR, Sirens
22.    LAURA MVULA, The Dreaming Room
23.    CORINNE BAILEY RAE, The Heart Speaks In The Whispers
24.    RIHANNA, Anti
25.    ANOHNI, Hopelessness
26.    I CANI, Aurora
27.    ANGEL OLSEN, My Woman
28.    GREGORY PORTER, Take Me To The Alley
29.    JAMES BLAKE, The Colour In Anything
30.    BIBIO, A Mineral Love
31.    ROSIE LOWE, Control
32.    KENDRICK LAMAR, untiled unmastered.
33.    JMSN, It is
34.    ANDREW BIRD, Are You Serious?
35.    KAYTRANDA, 99.9%
36.    GOLD PANDA, Good Luck And Do Your Best
37.    GALLANT, Ology
38.    VINCE STAPLES, Prima Donna
39.    MAXWELL, blackSUMMERS’night
40.    MAC MILLER, The Divine Feminine
41.    YUSSEF KAMAL, Black Focus
42.    RYLEY WALKER, Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
43.    UNDERWORLD, Barbara Barbara We Face A Shining Future
44.    FRANCESCO DI BELLA, Nuova Gianturco
45.    MODERAT, III
46.    LIMA,  ìì
47.    SHURA, Nothing’s Real
48.    MATT CORBY, Telluric
49.    MIIKE SNOW, iii
50.    MOTTA, La Fine Dei Vent’anni 

24/12/15

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2015






1.      KENDRICK LAMAR - To pimp a butterfly
2.        BJORK - Vulnicura
3.        JAMIE WOON - Making time
4.        IOSONOUNCANE - Die
5.        RYAN ADAMS - 1989
6.        DISCLOSURE - Caracal
7.        LAURA MARLING - Short movie
8.        BENJAMINE CLEMENTINE - At least for now
9.        DESTROYER - Poison Season
10.     BLUR - The Magic Whip
11.     BILAL - In another life
12.     IBEYI - Ibeyi
13.     ALABAMA SHAKES - Sound & Color
14.     MATTHEW E. WHITE - Fresh blood
15.     HOT CHIP - Why make sense?
16.     LUPE FIASCO - Testuo & Youth
17.     THE INTERNET - Ego Death
18.     TAME IMPALA - Currents
19.     LIANNE LE HAVAS - Blood
20.     MUMFORD & SONS - Wilder mind
21.     DORNIK - Dornik
22.     DRAKE - If you're reading this it's too late
23.     CHASSOL - Big Sun
24.     COURTNEY BARNETT - Sometimes I sit and think, and Sometimes I just sit
25.     SUFJAN STEVENS - Carrie & Lowell
26.     GHOSTPOET - Shedding skin
27.     KAMASI WASHINGTON - The epic
28.     MARK RONSON - Uptown special
29.     DAVE GAHAN - Angels & Ghosts
30.     JAMIE XX - In colour
31.     THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Born in the echoes
32.     KURT VILE - b'lieve I'm going down
33.     MARIKA HACKMAN - We slept at last 
34.     GHOSTFACE KILLAH - Sour soul
35.     A$AP ROCKY - At.long.last.a$ap
36.     TOM MISCH - Beat tape 2
37.     TYLER, THE CREATOR - Cherry bomb
38.     NEW ORDER - Music complete
39.     DAYMÉ ARCOCENA - Nueva Era
40.     HIATUS KAIYOTE - Choose your weapon
41.     SHAMIR - Ratchet
42.     FATIMA YAMAHA - A girl between two words
43.     SNOOP DOGG - Bush
44.     THUNDERCUT - The beyond/Where the giants roam
45.     ODDISEE - The good fight
46.     PATRICK WATSON - Love songs for robots
47.     BOB MOSES - Days gone by
48.     CHRISTIAN RICH - FW14
49.     LEFTFIELD - Alternative light source
50.     REAL LIES - Real life

23/12/14

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2014



  1. DAMON ALBARN, Everyday Robots 
  2. BEN HOWARD, I Forgot Where We Were 
  3. FUTURE ISLANDS, Singles 
  4. PAOLO NUTINI, Caustic Love 
  5. CHET FAKER, Built On Glass 
  6. SUN KIL MOON, Benji 
  7. SINKANE, Mean Love
  8. SBTRKT, Wonder Where We Land 
  9. LEONARD COHEN, Popular Problems 
  10. JESSE BOYKINS III, Love Apparatus 
  11. CARIBOU, Our Love
  12. JUNGLE, Jungle 
  13. OWEN PALLET, In Conflict 
  14. LEWIS BALOUE, L'Amour 
  15. GRUFF RHYS, American Interior 
  16. APHEX TWIN, Syro 
  17. ENO ° HYDE, High Life 
  18. SOMI, The Lagos Music Salon 
  19. BECK, Morning Phase 
  20. THE WAR ON DRUGS, Lost In The Dream 
  21. HER NAME IS CALLA, Navigator 
  22. SHABAZZ PALACES, Lese Majesty 
  23. SAM SMITH, In The Lonely Hour 
  24. METRONOMY, Love Letters
  25. SHARON VAN ETTEN, Are We There 
  26. ANUSHKA, Broken Circuit 
  27. PERFUME GENIUS, Too Bright 
  28. alt-J, This Is All Your 
  29. St. VINCENT, St. Vincent 
  30. PAOLO CONTE, Snob
  31. DAMIEN RICE, My Favourite Faded Fantasy 
  32. FLYING LOTUS, You're Dead 
  33. HISS GOLDEN MESSANGER, Lateness Of Dancers
  34. RUSTIE, Green Language 
  35. JOSÉ JAMES, While You Were Sleeping 
  36. COMMON, Nobody's Smiling 
  37. TAYLOR McFERRIN, Early Riser
  38. TRENT REZNOR, Gone Girl OST 
  39. ED SHEERAN, X
  40. MACHINEFABRIEK, Stillness Soundtracks 
  41. U2, Songs Of Innocence 
  42. MERCHANDISE, After The End
  43. JACK WHITE, Lazaretto 
  44. HOSPITALITY, Trouble 
  45. DARK SKY, Imagin 
  46. WILD BEASTS, Present Tense
  47. RATKING, So It Goes
  48. LITTLE DRAGON, Nabuma Rubberband 

27/12/13

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2013




MY BEST 40 ALBUMS OF THE 2013

01. Jay-z, "Magna Carta Holy Grail"
02. Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories"
03. David Bowie, "The Next Day"
04. Laura Marling, "Once I Was an Eagle"
05. Drake, "Nothing Was The Same"
06. Quadron, "Avalanche"
07. Rhye, "Woman"
08. Arctic Monkeys, "AM"
09. Gregory Porter, "Liquid Spirit"
10. James Black, "Overgrown"
11. Kanye West, "Yeezus"
12. King Krule, "Feet Beneath The Moon"
13. Arcade Fire, "Reflektor"
14. Justin Timberlake, "The 20/20 Experience"
15. Julia Holter, "Loud City Song"
16. Disclosure, "Settle"
17. The National, "Trouble Will Find Me"
18. Vampire Weekend, "Modern Vampires of the City"
19. Hiatus Kaiyote, "Tawk Tomahawk"
20. Prefab Sprout, "Crimson/Red"
21. Goldfrapp, "Tales of Us"
22. My Bloody Valentine, "m b v"
23. John Legend, "Love in the Future"
24. Phoenix, "Bankrupt!"
25. Earl Sweatshirt, "Doris"
26. Jonathan Wilson, "Fanfare"
27. Mulatu Astatke, "Sketches of Ethiopia"
28. Bilal, "A Love Surreal"
29. Elton John, "The Diving Board"
30. The Strokes, "Comedown Machine"
31. Janelle Monae, "The Electric Lady"
32. Ghostpoet, "Some Say I So I Say Light"
33. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Mosquito"
34. Austra, "Olympia"
35. Junip, "Junip"
36. Paul McCartney, "New"
37. Kwes, "Ilp."
38. Eminem, "Marshall Mathers LP 2"
39. Various Artists, "Red Hot + Fela"
40. Darkside, "Psychic"


25/12/12

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2012




  1. Paul Buchanan - "Mid Air"
  2. Frank Ocean - "Channel Orange"
  3. Jack White – “Blunderbuss”
  4. Kendrick Lamar - "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City"
  5. Flying Lotus - "Until The Quiet Comes"
  6. Robert Glasper Experiment - "Black Radio"
  7. Kanye West G.O.O.D Music - "Cruel Summer"
  8. Lana del Rey - "Born To Die"
  9. The XX – “Coexist”
  10. Donald Fagen – “Sunken Condos”
  11. Scissor Sisters - "Magic Hour"
  12. Para One - "Passion"
  13. Bobby Womack - "The Bravest Man In The Universe"
  14. Laetitia Sadier - "Silencio"
  15. Santigold - "Master Of My Make-Believe"
  16. Jesse Ware - "Devotion"
  17. Paul Weller - "Sonik Kicks"
  18. Muse – “The 2nd Law”
  19. Fiona Apple - "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser . . ."
  20. Hot Chip - "In Our Heads"
  21. Green Day - "¡Uno!" "Dos" "Tres"
  22. Bob Dylan -  "Tempest"
  23. Azealia Banks - ”1991”
  24. The Weeknd - "Trilogy"
  25. Bat For Lashes - "The Haunted Man"
  26. Miguel - "Kaleidoscope Dream"
  27. Richard Hawley - "Standing at the Sky’s Edge"
  28. Breakbot - "By Your Side"
  29. Lindstrøm - "Smalhans"
  30. Lucas Santtana - "O Deus que devasta mas também cura"