Since her glorious debut album, Goddess, I know that she wasn’t an ordinary singer. Enchanting, hypnotic are the best words to describe The Altar. It’s like you have been taken to another place – Banks’s world. And who thought that the Knowles’s girl will shake the entire industry this year. A Seat at the Table surely has its own place on my playlists. Well done, Solange #BlackExcellence did it once again. Now, I finally see the truth on why Taylor acknowledged 1975 few years ago. With their second studio album, they successfully exploited all the potential, serving 80s adult contemporary sound resulted a fantastic records. And of course, the most unexpected yet the best comeback of this year, Lady Gaga has really impressed me with Joanne. I’m proud that she tried to be herself and did everything she wanted at first place. Don’t care the charts or sales, she was brilliantly manipulated all her talented skills just to produce the best for her dedicated listeners. I’m not gonna lie that I got that chills when listening to Million Reasons. No words can describe Bowie except ‘legend’. His finest work yet his last one too. Hopefully it wins Grammy for Album of the Year. Rest in peace, David Legend Bowie.
Blackstar is one of my favorite albums this year. I'm so happy his final album was one of his best works. The 1975's album was pretty good too. Solange and Gaga's albums were nice.
I Like It When You Sleep... was a very solid album, Somebody Else is just
Joanna was good, a bit of a let down at first but its grown on me
Somebody Else easily my favorite track. Love it at first listen
Joanne was excellent as whole, maybe Perfect Illusion as lead single ruined it but like you said we will never knew it unless we listen the whole album
The Altar's been getting a lot of hate recently but I still think it's tolerable. Mother Earth is great.
ASATT is some easy listening. I like the highlights of it. The 1975 album and Joanne were duds to me aside from a few tracks. Somebody Else and Sinner's Prayer praise
I'll be starting my Top 10 countdown of the best albums of 2016 in few hours
Anyway, here's the recaps of the list so far
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25. Bastille - "Wild World"
24. Coldplay - "A Head Full of Dreams"
23. Ariana Grande - "Dangerous Woman"
22. Drake - "Views"
21. Frankie Cosmos - "Next Thing"
20. Tegan and Sara - "Love You to Death"
19. Rihann - "ANTi"
18. Tove Lo - "Lady Wood"
17. Frank Ocean - "Blonde"
16. Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions - "Until the Hunter"
15. Banks - "The Altar"
14. Solange - "A Seat at the Table"
13. 1975 - "I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it"
12. Lady Gaga - "Joanne"
11. David Bowie - "Blackstar"