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Notes on EOY Lists: 2013Alternative Press (AP) (10) [link]: basically, hard rock with pop hooks. Only surprise is (1) Twenty One Pilots. Amazon (100) American Songwriter (50): top three: Jason Isbell, Patti Griffin, Phosphorescent. Black Rock Review (20): 12 not on list; number 2 is a 12-24-2012 release, Jack Berry: Heathen Heart. The Boombox: hip-hop (10), r&b (10). The Boot (10) Complex (10): mostly rap (+ Haim). Crave (20): they just show you a stack of album covers, not explicitly ordered. Culture Trip (10): Polish jazz records; I'm rather surprised that only 3 were not previously on the list. Drift (100): UK record store Drowned in Sound (21..100) Entertainment Weekly (10) Exclaim (20 pop & rock): Exclaim splits their review section up according to genre, so there is no common category -- the pop & rock list is assumed to be the main one because it is for most other publications Faster Louder [Australia] (50): 12 unlisted records, most likely local. Regular reviews have N/10 ratings, so we could follow them. Glide (20): alpha, + 20HM (why not? 3 unlisted). Gorilla vs Bear (40): 10 records not on file, many EPs, some on Bandcamp or DatPiff; Jai Paul's "leaked demos" (9) looks to be a description, not a title; little in common with other lists; top three: Autre Ne Veut, Danny Brown, Julianna Barwick. Intro [Germany] (50): 6 records not on file, mostly titles auf Deutsch. Jazz Journalists Association: individual top-ten (sometimes more) lists by members, most of whom vote in the Francis Davis poll. I decided the best way to track them is to expand code to three letters. Jazzwise (20) Juno Plus (25) [link]: 8 not on list, none higher than (8). Laut [Germany] (25): metal (mostly). Magnet (25): plus genre lists; jazz improv is aggressively avant. Norman Records (50): UK record store; decided not to do the reissues list, mostly vinyl reissues not previously on file. NPR (50): alpha sort, more or less; skipped a couple classical albums; 7 not in list (some may be classical, and the skips weren't in the list). Oor [Netherlands] (30): 2 records not on file. Piccadilly (100): UK record store. PopMatters: genre lists dribbling out. The thing that strikes me about the "75 Best" list is how many were panned during the year, and therefore promoted here; also how many of those are really lousy records. Pretty Much Amazing (40): top 10 alpha do all marked (10); after than they are numbered -- how hard is that?. Resident (100): UK record store, + comps & reissues list. Renowned for Sound (50): in alpha order. Rock Sound (50): Couldn't get parts 2-3 so I have a 21-40 gap; 6 records off list from 41-50, but only 1 from 1-20 (an EP at 20). Rough Trade (101): UK record store. Sasha Frere-Jones (42): listed by released date, 3 records not on list, including a 2-CD Swans album, "hand made and assembled," and "sold out" already. Sick Mouthy (20) Spin (50) + metal. Supajam (10) Ted Gioia (100): dropped some (not all) classical; even so, 33 records not in list, although he's the first one so far to have my top-rated Billy Martin album. Time (10) [link]: Douglas Wolk. Timeout London (40) Ultimate Classic Rock (10) Washington Post (10): Chris Richards, mostly Americana, find is Lonnie Holley. Wire (50): 9 not on list. |