As the years progress, it gets tougher and tougher to rank these lists. Sure, I can come up with my favorite 25 albums of a given year easily enough. But ranking them is like asking me which of my sons is my favorite (it’s currently Holden). So Here’s my list in no particular order. Except for the part where I particularly set apart my favorite 10 of the year. And order them. OK, I guess it isn’t that tough to do.
1. Spoon – They Want My Soul
2. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
3. St. Vincent – St. Vincent
4. Beck – Morning Phase
5. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
6. The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers
7. Grouper – Ruins
8. Jenny Lewis – The Voyager
9. Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
10. Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
FKA Twigs – LP1
SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land
Luluc – Passerby
Wye Oak – Shriek
The Rosebuds – Sand + Silence
Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Perfume Genius – Too Bright
Tweedy – Sukierae
Woods – With Light and Love
Caribou – Our Love
Lykke Li – I Never Learn
Sun Kil Moon – Benji
Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
BADBADNOTGOOD – BBNG III
Ty Segall – Manipulator
East India Youth – Culture of Volume
Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
Future Islands – Singles
Run the Jewels – RTJ2
Warpaint – Warpaint
