2024-2005

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[ This top 3 albums list for each year doesn't reflect lists of best-selling albums of a particular year nor my acknowledgement of music critics' reviews, but are solely reflecting what albums I have heard the most. I intend to expand the list to a top 10 list, and to include other favourites of the year in sorted order, but that's a costly affair... time-wise. ]



2024 Women rule...
1. Adrienne Lenker Bright Future
2. Hurray for the Riff-Raff The Past Is Still Alive
3. Cassandra Jenkins My Light, My Destroyer

4. Jessica Pratt Here in the Pitch
5. Paul Weller 66
6. And Also the Trees Mother-of-pearl Moon
7. Brittany Howard What Now
8. The Smile Wall of Eyes
9. Black Grape Orange Head
10. Gossip Real Power


others, sorted after my rating (top-bottom):
Søren Huss Vi fik mere end vi kom for
Tindersticks Soft Tissue
Thåström Somliga av oss
Sleater-Kinney Little Rope
Kings of Leon Can We Please Have Fun
Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown
Bernard Butler Good Grief
Pearl Jam Dark Matter
St. Vincent All Born Screaming
Rangleklods Breathe In, Breathe Out
Last Dinosaurs KYORYO
Thom Yorke Confidenza (OST)
Kaiser Chiefs Kaiser Chief's Eigth Album
Chelsea Wolfe She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
Nouvelle Vague Should I Stay Or Should I Go



STILL NEED TO HEAR:
 Donny Benét Infinite Desires
John Cale POPtical Illusion
The Church Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars
Arocena Daymé Alkemi
Nils Frahm Day
Maricka Hackman Big Sigh
Ibibio Sound Machine Pull the Rope
The Jesus and Mary Chain Glasgow Eyes
Jesper Lindell Before the Sun
The Lovely Eggs Eggsistentialism
Lost Dog Street Band Survived
Marie Key På vej hjem
Mark Knopfler One Deep River
Laura Marling Patterns in Repeat
Gianna Nannini Sei nel l'anima
Dani Scheffels Hi
Astrid Sonne Great Doubt
Still House Plants If I Don't Make It, I Love U
Underworld Strawberry Hotel
The Vaccines Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations
Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony


Bottom (not recommended):
 Elias Rønnenfelt Heavy Glory [debut]
Katy Perry 143
ZZZ zzz



2023
1. Anohni and the Johnsons My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
2. Ukendt Kunstner Dansktop
3. Sigur Rós Átta

4. Protomartyr Formal Growth in the Desert
5. Everything But the Girl Fuse
6. John Cale Waste
7. Boygenius The Record
8. Gorillaz Cracker Island
9. Grrrl Gang Spunky!
10. The Streets The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light


others, sorted after my rating (top-bottom):
Lotte Kestner Radiohead Covers
The National First Two Pages of Frankenstein
Blanck Mass The Rig (Prime Video Original Series Soundtrack)
OMD Bauhaus Staircase
Kara Jackson Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
Blur The Ballad of Darren
The National Laugh Track
Jellyskin In Brine [debut]
John Frusciante : I I .
Water From Your Eyes Everyone’s Crushed
Raphael Rogiński Talàn
Robert Forster The Candle and the Flame
Love Shop Blues Europa
Sabrina Bellaouel Al Hadr
Laurel Halo Atlas
Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Jethro Tull RökFlöte


STILL NEED TO HEAR:
 Blondshell Blondshell
Hak Baker World’s End FM
James Blake Playing Robots Into Heaven
Josephine Foster Domestic Sphere
Home Is Where The Whaler
Knife Girl Cum
Sofia Kourtesis Madres
Laufey Bewitched
Lydia Loveless Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again
Madness Theatre of the Absurd Presents: C'est la vie
Paramore This Is Why
파란노을 (Parannoul) After the Magic
Raye My 21st Century Blues
Cécile McLorin Salvant Mélusine
Wednesday Rat Saw God
Young Fathers Heavy Heavy


Bottom (not recommended):
 U2 Songs of Surrender
André 3000 New Blue Sun [debut]
Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter SAVED! [debut]



2022
1. Hurray for the Riff Raff Life on Earth
2. Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
3. Band of Horses Things Are Great

4. Stromae Multitude
5. Hifi Sean & David McAlmont Happy Endings
6. Signe Svendsen Hvem vil ikke elskes igen
7. Editors EBM
8. Trentemøller Memoria
9. The Smile A Light for Attracting Attention [debut]
10. Marie Key Lys finale


others, sorted after my rating (top-bottom):
Brimheim Can’t Hate Myself Into a Different Shape [debut]
Eee Gee Winning [debut]
Lotte Kestner Lost Songs
Bloc Party Alpha Team
M.I.A. MATA
Weyes Blood And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Robin Guthrie Springtime (ep)
Papir 7
Eddie Vedder Earthling
Björk Fossora
Ibibio Sound Machine Electricity
Hyd Clearing
Joakim Berg Jag fortsätter glömma [debut]
Rammstein Zeit
Charlie Ballantine Falling Grace
Anadol Felicita
Elvis Costello & The Imposters The Boy Named If
And Also the Trees The Bone Carver
Rosalía Motomami
Red Hot Chili Peppers Return of the Dream Canteen
Dead People We Love
Alice Glass Prey // IV [debut]
Beach House Once Twice Melody - Chapter 1 / Pink Funeral
Van Morrison What's It Gonna Take?
Johnny Marr Fever Dreams Pts 1 - 4
Cat Power Covers
Red Hot Chili Peppers Unlimited Love
Arcade Fire WE
Kendra Morris Nine Lives


STILL NEED TO HEAR:
 Bill Frisell Four
Horace Andy Midnight Rocker
Sharon Van Etten We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
Katinka Band Ekstremsport
FKA twigs Caprisongs
Lightning in a Twilight Hour Overwintering
Jennylee Heart Tax
Benjamin Koppel Anna's Dollhouse
Mali Obomsawin Sweet Tooth
Charlie Ballantine Falling Grace
Alessandro Alessandroni Alessandroni Proibito (Music From Red Light Films)
Sona Jobarteh Badinyaa Kumoo
Hugh Cornwell Moments of Madness
Tegan and Sara Crybaby
Zella Day Sunday in Heaven
Lou Reed Words & Music, May 1965
House of Love A State of Grace
Tallies Patina
Barbeau, Anton Power Pop!!!
Elena Setién Unfamiliar Minds
Yeule Glitch Princess
Yard Act The Overload
Jack White Fear of the Dawn
Black Country, New Road Ants From Up There
Jethro Tull The Zealot Gene


Bottom (not recommended):
 Alanis Morissette The Storm Before the Calm
Perel Jesus Was an Alien



2021
1. Mogwai As the Love Continues
2. Thåström Dom som skiner
3. Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell Burn

4. Tindersticks Distractions
5. The The The Comeback Special (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
6. Cassandra Jenkins An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
7. Jon Hopkins Music for Psychedelic Therapy
8. Mellemblond En jordisk chance
9. Kings of Leon When You See Yourself
10. Shaun Ryder Visits From Future Technology

others, sorted after my rating (top-bottom):
Paul Weller Fat Pop (Volume 1)
Lightning Bug A Color of the Sky
Faye Webster I Know I'm Funny haha
Martha Wainwright Love Will Be Reborn
Little Simz Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Carnage
Modest Mouse The Golden Casket
Bremer / McCoy Natten
Lingua Ignota Sinner Get Ready
Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell Burn
Robin Guthrie Pearldiving
Soccer Mommy Color Theory
The Weather Station Ignorance
Blanck Mass In Ferneaux
FRITZ Pastel
Colin Hay I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Wolf Alice Blue Weekend
Buck Meek Two Saviors
Damon Albarn The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
Kele The Waves Pt. 1
Halsey If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
Iskwé The Stars (ep)
Nana Yamato 夜明け前 (Before Sunrise) [debut]
Dragongirl Tripomatic Fantasies EP
The Tremolo Beer Gut You Can't Handle...
Black Coffee Subconsciously
Disco Zombies South London Stinks
King Krule You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Barn
St. Vincent Daddy's Home
Sons of Kemet Black to the Future
Van Morrison Latest Record Project (Volume 1)
The Killers Pressure Machine
José Gonzales Local Valley
Harry Dean Stanton October 1993

STILL NEED TO HEAR:
 De Efterladte Skrevet i sand
Anna Tam Anchoress
MOAT Poison Stream
Thurston Moore Screen Time
P J Harvey Is This Desire? - Demos
P J Harvey Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea - Demos
Arushi Jain Under the Lilac Sky
Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth Utopian Ashes
Okonkolo Oru cantando
The Alarm War
Nahawa Doumbia Kanawa
4 Mars Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura
Deafheaven Infinite Granite
Fawns of Love Innocence of Protection
Sinnika Langeland Wolf Rune
Malcolm Pardon Hello Death

Bottom (not recommended):
 Sun Kil Moon Lunch in the Park
Fleshtones Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Efterklang Windflowers


2020
1. Gorillaz Song Machine, Season One - Strange Timez
2. Kesi BO4L
3. I Break Horses Warnings

4. Bob Mould Blue Hearts
5. Mellemblond Solregn
6. Anna von Hausswolff All Thoughts Fly
7. Phoebe Bridgers Punisher
8. Grant-Lee Phillips Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff
9. Paul Weller On Sunset
10. Adrianne Lenker Songs & Instrumentals
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Bottom (not recommended):
AC/DC Power Up
The Deftones Ohms


2019
1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Ghosteen
2. The Cranberries In the End
3. Rammstein Rammstein

4. Jessica Pratt Quiet Signs
5. Hans Philip Forevigt [debut]
6. Thom Yorke Anima
7. Tindersticks No Treasure but Hope
8. Daniel Norgren Wooh Dang
9. Love Shop Brænder boksen med smukke ting
10. Veronica Maggio Fiender är tråkigt
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Bottom (not recommended):
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? [debut]
FKA twigs Magdalene
Blink-181 Nine


2018
1. Robyn Honey
2. The Fratellis In Your Own Sweet Time
3. Nils Frahm All Melody

4. Jon Hopkins Singularity
5. Gorillaz The Now Now
6. Gregory Porter One Night Only - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
7. The Good, the Bad & the Queen Merrie Land
8. Bo Sundström Mitt dumma jag - svensk jazz
9. Grant-Lee Phillips Widdershins
10. Marie Key Giganter
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Bottom (not recommended):
Paul Simon In the Blue Light
Daughters You Won't Get What You Want
Kanye West Ye


2017
1. St. Vincent Masseduction
2. Paul Weller A Kind of Revolution
3. Love Shop Risiko

4. LCD Soundsystem American Dream
5. Thåström Centralmassivet
6. Protomartyr Relatives in Descent
7. OMD The Punishment of Luxury
8. The Cranberries Something Else
9. Björk Utopia
10. Blanck Mass World Eater
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Bottom (not recommended):
Roger Waters Is This the Life We Really Want?
Maroon 5 Red Pill Blues
Arca Arca


2016
1. Tindersticks The Waiting Room
2. Ukendt Kunstner Den anden side
3. Bob Mould Patch the Sky

4. Gregory Porter Take Me to the Alley
5. Veronica Maggio Den första är alltid gratis
6. Anohni Hopelessness [debut]
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
8. Grant-Lee Phillips The Narrows
9. Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool
10. Kent Då som nu för alltid
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Bottom (not recommended):
Esperanza Spalding Emily's D+Evolution
Drake Views
Benny Benassi Danceaholic


2015 Scandic again!
1. Mellemblond Fra et sted
2. Paul Weller Saturns Pattern
3. Alabama Shakes Sound & Color

4. The Chemical Brothers Born in the Echoes
5. Laura Marling Short Movie
6. Modest Mouse Strangers to Ourselves
7. Blaue Blume Syzygy [debut]
8. Sun Kil Moon Universal Themes
9. Richard Hawley Hollow Meadows
10. Marie Key Tænker du vi danser
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Bottom (not recommended):
Lindemann Skills in Pills
Jason Isbell Something More Than Free
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly


2014 Scandic!
1. Ukendt kunstner Forbandede ungdom [debut]
2. Kent Tigerdrottningen
3. Sharon Van Etten Are We There

4. Blaue Blume Beau & Lorette (ep)
5. Bob Mould Beauty & Ruin
6. Morrissey World Peace Is None of Your Business
7. Damon Albarn Everyday Robots
8. Lykke Li I Never Learn
9. Bryan Ferry Avonmore
10. Love Shop Kærlighed og straf
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2013
1. Arctic Monkeys AM
2. Tindersticks Across Six Leap Years
3. De Efterladte Alvorsord og etagevask

4. Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit
5. Stromae Racine Carrée
6. Mark Kozelek & Desertshore Mark Kozelek & Desertshore
7. Editors The Weight of Your Love
8. Grant Hart The Argument
9. Jon Hopkins Immunity
10. My Bloody Valentine m b v
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2012
1. Marie Key De her dage
2. Paul Banks Banks
3. Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls [debut]

4. Tindersticks The Something Rain
5. Søren Huss Oppefra & ned
6. Chemical Brothers Don't Think
7. Grant-Lee Phillips Walking in the Green Corn
8. Love Shop Skandinavisk lyst
9. Bloc Party Four
10. Turboweekend Fault Lines
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2011 Fine Scandinavian year
1. The Streets Computers and Blues
2. Tom Waits Bad as Me
3. Liz Green O, Devotion!

4. Veronica Maggio Satan i gatan
5. Sigur Rós Inni (live album)
6. Ane Brun It All Starts With One
7. St. Vincent Strange Mercy
8. The Vaccines What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? [debut]
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm With You
10. Marie Key I byen igen
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2010
1. Søren Huss Troen & ingen [debut]
2. The Chemical Brothers Further
3. Robyn Body Talk

4. Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown
5. The Radio Dept. Clinging to a Scheme
6. The National High Violet
7. Kent En plats i solen
8. Agnes Obel Philharmonics [debut]
9. The Divine Comedy Live at Somerset House
10. Sharon Van Etten Epic
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2009
1. Kent Röd
2. Gossip Music for Men
3. Dolores O'Riordan No Baggage

4. La Roux La Roux [debut]
5. Sofia Karlsson Söder om kärleken
6. Jens Unmack Dagene løber som heste
7. Fuck Buttons Tarot Sport
8. Antony and the Johnsons The Crying Light
9. Cornershop Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast
10. Mark Kozelek Lost Verses - Live
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2008
1. Sigur Rós Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
2. Bloc Party Intimacy
3. Alanis Morissette Flavors of Entanglement

4. Kings of Leon Only by the Night
5. Portishead Third
6. Sun Kil Moon April
7. Robert Forster The Evangelist
8. Toumani Diabaté The Mande Variations
9. Martha Wainwright I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
10. John Mayer Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles
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Bottom (not recommended):
Imelda May Love Tattoo - Special Edition
Baal Behind Your Echoes
Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (I)



2007
1. Bloc Party A Weekend in the City
2. Band of Horses Cease to Begin
3. Natasja I Danmark er jeg født [debut]

4. Richard Hawley Lady's Bridge
5. M.I.A. Kala
6. Robyn Robyn [international issue]
7. Editors An End Has a Start
8. Jens Lekman Night Falls Over Kortedala
9. Radiohead In Rainbows
10. Kent Tillbaka till samtiden
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2006
1. Amy Winehouse Back to Black
2. Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am... [debut]
3. Band of Horses Everything All the Time [debut]

4. Thom Yorke The Eraser
5. Lisa Gerrard The Silver Tree
6. Robyn The Rakamonie EP (ep)
7. John Mayer Continuum
8. Lisa Ekdahl Pärlor av glas
9. Teitur Stay Under the Stars
10. The Fratellis Costello Music
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2005
1. Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabeté In the Heart of the Moon [debut]
2. Kent Du & jag döden
3. Sigur Rós Takk...

4. Richard Hawley Coles Corner
5. Magtens Korridorer Friværdi [debut]
6. Kent The Hjärta & Smärta EP
7. Bloc Party Silent Alarm [debut]
8. Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now
9. David McAlmont Set One - You Go to My Head
10. Thåström Skebokvarnsv. 209
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