Guest List: The Best Albums of 2017 – John Macintosh

1. Arca – Arca

2. Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up

3. Mt. Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me

4. Moses Sumney – Aromanticism

5. Big Thief – Capacity

6. Bell Witch – Mirror Reaper

7. Fever RayPlunge

8. Blanck Mass – World Eater

9. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.

10. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens

11. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream

12. Yaeji – EP/EP2

13. Four Tet – New Energy

14. Sampha – Process

15. Priests – Nothing Feels Natural

16. Power Trip – Nightmare Logic

17. Charli XCX – Pop 2

18. KelelaTake Me Apart

19. Slowdive – Slowdive

20. Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory

21. King Krule – The Ooz

22. Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds From Another Planet

23. Perfume Genius – No Shape

24. Ryuichi Sakamoto – async

25. Karen Gwyer – Rembo

The Best Albums of 2017


1. Ryuichi Sakamotoasync


2. Progenie Terrestre PuraoltreLuna


3. Power TripNightmare Logic


4. ThundercatDrunk


5. Mike OldfieldReturn to Ommadawn


6. Ketha0 Hours Starlight


7. CorneliusMellow Waves


8. PyrrhonWhat Passes for Survival


9. Roedelius / KasarEinfluss


10. OxbowThin Black Duke


11. Four TetNew Energy


12. AmenraMass VI


13. Fleet FoxesCrack-Up


14. Tyler, the CreatorFlower Boy


15. Fever RayPlunge


16. King KruleThe Ooz


17. KralliceGo Be Forgotten


18. BrockhamptonSaturation Trilogy


19. Dawn Ray’dThe Unlawful Assembly


20. ClericRetrocausal


21. Craig TabornDaylight Ghosts


22. Spectral VoiceEroded Corridors of Unbeing


23. Lingua IgnotaAll Bitches Die


24. The Heads Are ZerosThe Heads Are Zeros


25. EndonThrough the Mirror

Guest List: The Best Albums of 2016 – John Macintosh

1. David Bowie – ★

2. Bon Iver – 22, A Million

3. Solange – A Seat at the Table

4. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service

5. Nicolas JaarSirens

6. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool

7. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Ears

8. Anohni – Hopelessness

9. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker

10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree

11. Tim Hecker – Love Streams

12. Noname – Telofone

13. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch

14. Mitski – Puberty 2

15. Anderson .Paak – Malibu

16. Frank OceanBlonde

17. NxWorries – Yes Lawd!

18. Cantique Lépreux – Cendres Célestes

19. Angel Olsen – MY WOMAN

20. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 3

21. Beyonce – Lemonade

22. Oathbreaker – Rheia

23. Jamila Woods – HEAVN

24. Eluvium – False Readings On

25. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo

The Best Albums of 2016


1. David Bowie★


2. Blood IncantationStarspawn


3. Mélanie de BiasioBlackened Cities


4. KaHonor Killed the Samurai


5. NailsYou Will Never Be One of Us


6. Autechreelseq


7. William TylerModern Country


8. Agoraphobic NosebleedArc


9. Oranssi PazuzuVärähtelijä


10. Nicolas JaarSirens


11. Shabaka and the AncestorsWisdom of Elders


12. Cass McCombsMangy Love


13. The Dillinger Escape PlanDissociation


14. Danny BrownAtrocity Exhibition


15. TeramobilMagnitude of Thoughts


16. The Gerogerigegege燃えない灰


17. Bon Iver22, a Million


18. SumerlandsSumerlands


19. Kaitlyn Aurelia SmithEars


20. King Gizzard and the Lizard WizardNonagon Infinity


21. UlcerateShrines of Paralysis


22. KingWe Are King


23. ZhrineUnortheta


24. Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsSkeleton Tree


25. SumacWhat One Becomes

The Best Albums of 1972


1. David BowieThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars


2. Roxy MusicRoxy Music


3. Novos BaianosAcabou chorare


4. Grateful DeadEurope ’72


5. Curtis MayfieldSuperfly


6. Arthur VerocaiArthur Verocai


7. Big Star#1 Record


8. Klaus SchulzeIrrlicht


9. Miles DavisOn the Corner


10. Neil YoungHarvest


11. Aphrodite’s Child666


12. Stevie WonderTalking Book


13. The Allman Brothers BandEat a Peach


14. Lou ReedTransformer


15. Pharoah SandersBlack Unity


16. Jackson BrowneJackson Browne


17. Terry CallierWhat Color Is Love


18. Wishbone AshArgus


19. Nitty Gritty Dirt BandWill the Circle Be Unbroken


20. CanEge Bamyasi


21. Fela KutiRoforofo Fight


22. Popol VuhHoisanna Mantra


23. The Rolling StonesExile on Main Street


24. NEU!NEU!


25. Little FeatSailin’ Shoes