It’s that time of year already, when we start to run down another list of 100 albums of the year as suggested by our writers and deliberated upon by our editors. It is by no means definitive. This is an eclectic list, a testament to the quality of work produced over the last twelve months by artists from a diverse range of genres from across the world.
With all the challenges facing musicians and labels, now more than ever it is important that we support the artists we love, whose work brings light to our lives. So if you hear something you love then we hope you can buy a record or merch from the artist.
Here are the albums from 100-51. Next week we will deliver albums 50-1.
Thank YOU for reading and listening as always.
100. Afro Cluster – The Reach
99. Treetop Flyers – Old Habits
https://www.loosemusic.com/page/product-detail/old-habits
98. Haiku Salut – The Hill, The Light, The Ghost
97. Lou Hayter – Private Sunshine
https://louhayter.tmstor.es/product/78675
96. Gruff Rhys – Seeking new Gods
95. Squirrel Flower -Planet (i)
94. Matt Berry – The Blue Elephant
93. TV Priest – Uppers
92. The Coral – Coral Island
https://townsendmusic.store/product/75777
91. Rodeola – Arlene
90. Lambchop – Showtunes
89. Phobophobes – Modern Medicine
88. Nation Of Language – A Way Forward
87. MONO – Pilgrimage Of The Soul
86. Men I Trust – Untourable Album
85. L’Impératrice – Tako Tsubo
Buy at Rough Trade
84. Hello Cosmos – Dream Harder
83. Elori Saxl – The Blue Distance
82. Chai – Wink
81. Billie Marten – Flora Fauna
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/185493-billie-marten-flora-fauna
80. Bad Waitress – No Taste
79. Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend
https://store.wolfalice.co.uk/collections/blue-weekend/products/blue-weekend-vinyl
78. Silk Sonic – An Evening With Silk Sonic
77. Shannon and The Clams – Year Of The Spider
76. Sea Fever – Folding Lines
https://listen.seafeverband.com/FoldingLines
75. Postdata – Twin Flames
74. Maple Glider – To Enjoy Is The Only Thing
73. Manic Street Preachers – The Ultra Vivid Lament
https://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/cat-news/the-ultra-vivid-lament-out-now/
72. The Weather Station – Ignorance
https://theweatherstation.bandcamp.com/album/ignorance
71. Dorothea Paas – Anything Can’t Happen
70. Django Django – Glowing In The Dark
69. Divide And Dissolve – Gas Lit
68. In the Whale – Vanishing Point
https://www.inthewhalesucks.com/
67. Brodka – Brut
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/brodka-brut/820672-01/
66. Tristen – Aquatic Flowers
65. Lucy Spraggan – Choices
64. AdultBook – Grecian Urn
63. Spellling – The Turning Wheel
https://spellling.bandcamp.com/album/the-turning-wheel
62. Midwife – Luminol
https://midwifemusic.com/album/luminol
61. Marine Eyes – Idyll
https://marineeyes.bandcamp.com/album/idyll
60. Luwten – Draft
59. LUMP – Animal
https://lump.bandcamp.com/album/animal
58. Kid Kapichi – This Time Next Year
57. Modern Nature – Island of Noise
https://modernnature.band/islandofnoise
56. Pip Blom – Welcome Break
55. Clinic – Fantasy Island
https://clinicband.bandcamp.com/album/fantasy-island
54. Drinking Boys And Girls Choir – Marriage License
53. Greta Van Fleet – The Battle at Garden’s gate
https://thebattleatgardensgate.com/
52. Dlina Volny – Dazed
51. Celeste – Not Your Muse