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ManPerson wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2025 7:08 pm Some albums I'd add for 2017-2018
Saturation - Solid acclaim and popularity
All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ - Ditto
TA13OO - Ditto
Playboi Carti - Strong popularity and some acclaim as well
Freudian - I was thinking this could move up actually, strong popularity and some acclaim as well.
17 - A bit less popular than ? but pretty similar credentials otherwise
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Highly popular with decent reviews as well

I could see Cigarettes for Sex higher as well, maybe in the 40-50 range, considering it has solid reviews and very strong lasting popularity (over 5 million daily streams).

Made all these changes, and 2019 is also now up.

I'd keep Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent on the 2019 list due to its very strong popularity and I'd add Hot Pink for the same reason.

ManPerson wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2025 7:57 pm I'd keep Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent on the 2019 list due to its very strong popularity and I'd add Hot Pink for the same reason.

Also I'd add Playboi Carti's self titled mixtape to the 2017 list, probably a bit lower than where I have Die Lit on the 2018 list.

Done and done.

How does everything look now? What are your thoughts about the additions to the lists?

On first glance all the additions seem to make sense, though I think Cheek to Cheek seems a bit high as, while it has some acclaim and popularity, it doesn't have particularly overwhelming credentials in either category.

I like the revisions. Good job guys!

ManPerson wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2025 9:37 pm On first glance all the additions seem to make sense, though I think Cheek to Cheek seems a bit high as, while it has some acclaim and popularity, it doesn't have particularly overwhelming credentials in either category.

I brought it down to #42.

The Uproxx Critics Poll for 2024 just came out.
https://uproxx.com/critic-polls/uproxx- ... 24-albums/

I'll have a first draft of our own 2024 list later this week.

Here's my first draft of the 2024 list. What should be higher? lower? what did I miss?

1. Brat - Charli XCX
2. Hit Me Hard and Soft - Billie Eilish
3. GNX - Kendrick Lamar
4. Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé
5. Chromakopia - Tyler the Creator
6. Short 'n' Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter
7. Songs of a Lost World - The Cure
8. The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift
9. Eternal Sunshine - Ariana Grande
10. Alligator Bites Never Heal - Doechii
11. Diamond Jubilee - Cindy Lee
12. F-1 Trillion - Post Malone
13. Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay
14. Manning Fireworks - MJ Lindeman
15. No Name - Jack White
16. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend
17. Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee
18. Wild God - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
19. Blue Lips - Schoolboy Q
20. We Don't Trust You - Future and Metro Boomin
21. Romance - Fontaines D.C.
22. Bright Future - Adrienne Lenker
23. Prelude to Ecstasy - The Last Dinner Party
24. Two Star & The Dream Police - mk gee
25. Charm - Clairo
26. Mahashmashana - Father John Misty
27. What Now - Brittany Howard
28. Patterns in Repeat - Laura Marling
29. Here in the Pitch - Jessica Pratt
30. In Waves - Jamie xx
31. Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves
32. Dark Times - Vince Staples
33. Glorious - GloRilla
34. All Hell - Los Campesinos!
35. My Method Actor - Nilüfer Yanya
36. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent
37. The Great American Bar Scene - Zach Bryan
38. This Could Be Texas - English Teacher
39. Orquídeas - Kali Uchis
40. Night Palace - Mount Eerie
41. Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going - Shaboozey
42. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To - Knocked Loose
43. I Got Heaven - Mannequin Pussy
44. Clancy - Twenty One Pilots
45. American Dream - 21 Savage
46. Endlessness - Nina Sinephro
47. Absolute Elsewhere - Blood Incantation
48. My Light, My Destroyer - Cassandra Jenkins
49. The Collective - Kim Gordon
50. The New Sound - Geordie Greep
51. Undressed at the Symphony - Faye Webster
52. various artists - I Saw the TV Glow soundtrack
53. The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) - Eminem
54. Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons
55. Funeral for Justice - Mdou Moctar
56. Letter to Self - Sprints
57. The Secret of Us - Gracie Abrams
58. Passage du Desir - Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson)
59. Invincible Shield - Judas Priest
60. Britpop - A.G. Cook
61. The Past is Still Alive - Hurray for the Riff Raff
62. Tangk - Idles
63. #RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach-Hommy
64. Luck and Strange - David Gilmour
65. Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here - Friko
66. Night Reign - Arooj Aftab
67. Great Doubt - Astrid Sonne
68. Saviors - Green Day
69. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran - Shakira
70. Milton + Esperanza - Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding
71. Bite Down - Rosali
72. Timeless - Kaytranada
73. Cold Visions - Bladee
74. Highway Prayers - Billy Strings
75. Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington
76. Daniel - Real Estate
77. Tyla - Tyla
78. Woodland - Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
79. Rosie - Rosé
80. What A Devastating Turn of Events - Rachel Chinouriri
81. The Last Leaf on the Tree - Willie Nelson
82. Wall of Eyes - The Smile
83. Cartoon Darkness - Amyl & The Sniffers
84. Cool World - Chat Pile
85. A Dream is All We Know - The Lemon Twigs
86. The Thief Next to Jesus - Ka
87. The Force - LL Cool J
88. Hyperdrama - Justice
89. Dark Matter - Pearl Jam
90. Ten Fold - Yaya Bey
91. Crash - Kehlani
92. Triple Seven - Wishy
93. I Lay Down My Life for You - JPEGMAFIA
94. Quantum Baby - Tinashe
95. The Last Will and Testament - Opeth
96. Small Changes - Michael Kiwanuka
97. Moon Music - Coldplay
98. Something in the Room She Moves - Julia Holter
99. White Roses, My God - Alan Sparhawk
100. Radical Optimism - Dua Lipa

Out:
Acadia - Yasmin Williams
Happiness Bastards - The Black Crowes
No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
$10 Cowboy - Charley Crockett
Visions - Norah Jones
Rayo - J Balvin
Don't Forget Me - Maggie Rogers
Flight b741 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Rong Weicknes - Fievel Is Glauque
Éxodo - Peso Pluma
Box for Buddy, Box for Star - This is Lorelei
The Border - Willie Nelson

You might want to include GNX.
Edit: Also, I think you may have accidentally mixed the titles of The Tortured Poets Department and Dead Poets Society

Some other suggestions:

I'd probably have Hit Me Hard and Soft at #2 since it has similar acclaim to Cowboy Carter/Chromakopia/GNX while clearly being more popular.

I'd move up We Don't Trust You, since it more or less kickstarted the Kendrick Lamar/Drake beef.

F-1 Trillion seems a bit high, Tortured Poets Department and Eternal Sunshine are both more popular and acclaimed, for example.

Days Before Rodeo should probably be on the 2014 list rather than this one

Some albums I'd add
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Fireworks & Rollerblades
The Secret of Us
Radical Optimism
Rosie
Clancy
I Lay Down My Life for You

ManPerson wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:34 pm Some other suggestions:

I'd probably have Hit Me Hard and Soft at #2 since it has similar acclaim to Cowboy Carter/Chromakopia/GNX while clearly being more popular.

I'd move up We Don't Trust You, since it more or less kickstarted the Kendrick Lamar/Drake beef.

F-1 Trillion seems a bit high, Tortured Poets Department and Eternal Sunshine are both more popular and acclaimed, for example.

Days Before Rodeo should probably be on the 2014 list rather than this one

Some albums I'd add
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Fireworks & Rollerblades
The Secret of Us
Radical Optimism
Rosie
Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going
Clancy
I Lay Down My Life for You

Added most of these. Shaboozey and Shakira were already on the list. I also added Undressed at the Symphony by Faye Webster in the 50s range and a few more new titles in the bottom of the list.

Dua Lipa got added at #100. That album underperformed.

I don't know what happened with GNX. I added it at #3 where it should've been the whole time. Fixed the Taylor album title too.

Anyway, my editor's pick is Samurai - Lupe Fiasco.