List of lists
# Jump to heading 2024
- Favourite albums
- Honorable mentions:
- Mount Eerie: Night Palace
- Lupe Fiasco: Samurai
- Yasmin Williams: Acadia
- Erika de Casier: Still
- Arooj Aftab: Night Reign
- Bibio: PHANTOM BRICKWORKS (LP II)
- Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor
- Nala Sinephro: Endlessness
- Future Islands: People Who Aren't There Anymore
- Floating Points: Cascade
- Ranked:
- 10. Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown
- 9. Fontaines D.C.: Romance
- 8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Wild God
- 7. The Cure: Songs of a Lost World
- 6. Mount Eerie: Night Palace
- 5. The Lemon Twigs: A Dream Is All We Know
- 4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD
- 3. Geordie Greep: The New Sound
- 2. Charli xcx: BRAT
- 1. Xiu Xiu: 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
- Honorable mentions:
- Books:
- Adrian Tchaikovsky: Lords of Uncreation
- J.S. Dewes: Rubicon
- Gabrielle Zevin: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
- Cixin Liu: The Wandering Earth
- Ursula K. Le Guin: The Lathe of Heaven
- Philip K. Dick: Time Out of Joint
- Lavie Tidhar: The Circumference of the World
- Larry Niven: Ringworld
- William Gibson: Neuromancer
- Ursula K. Le Guin: The Word for World is Forest
- Gabrielle Zevin: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
- William Gibson: Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive
- H.G. Wells: The Time Machine
- Cixin Liu: Hold Up the Sky
- Jonny Sun: Goodbye Again
- J.D. Salinger: Nine Stories
- Coco Mellors: Blue Sisters
- Raymond Carver: Where I'm Calling From
- Samantha Harvey: Orbital
- Micaiah Johnson: The Space Between Worlds
- Games:
- LocalThunk: Balatro
- FromSoftware, Inc.: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- FromSoftware, Inc.: Dark Souls Remastered
# Jump to heading 2023
- Favourite albums
- Ranked:
- 10. Jonny Nash: Point of Entry
- 9. Kali Uchis: Red Moon in Venus
- 8. Laura Groves: Radio Red
- 7. Jessie Ware: That! Feels Good
- 6. Altin Gün: Aşk
- 5. Caroline Polacheck: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
- 4. ANOHNI: My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
- 3. Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
- 2. Sufjan Stevens: Javelin
- 1. SPELLLING: SPELLLING & The Myster School
- Ranked:
- Books:
- Cixin Liu: Death’s End
- Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary
- Arkady Martine: A Desolation Called Peace
- Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Time, and Children of Ruin
- Megan E. O’Keefe: Velocity Weapon, Chaos Vector, and Catalyst Gate
- Kazuo Ishiguro: Klara und die Sonne
- Becky Chambers: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
- Sarah J. Maas: A Court of Thorns and Roses, and A Court of Mist and Fury
- Adrian Tchaikovsky: Dogs of War, and Bear Head
- Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed
- Terry Pratchett: Guards! Guards!
- James S. A. Corey: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban’s War, Abaddon’s Gate, Cibola Burn, Nemesis Games, Babylon’s Ashes, Persepolis Rising, Tiamat’s Wrath, and Leviathan Falls
- Tara Westover: Educated
- Martha Wells: System Collapse
- Amal El-Mohtar/Max Gladstone: This Is How You Lose the Time War
- Games:
- Larian Studios: Baldur's Gate 3
- Mobius Digital: Outer Wilds
- FromSoftware, Inc.: Elden Ring
# Jump to heading 2022
- Favourite albums
- Honorable mentions:
- Ranked:
- 10. Sudan Archives: Natural Brown Prom Queen
- 9. Silvana Estrada: Marchita
- 8. Robohands: Violet
- 7. Hatchie: Giving the World Away
- 6. The Comet is Coming: Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
- 5. Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia
- 4. Charli XCX: Crash
- 3. Suede: Autofiction
- 2. Natalia Lafourcade: De Todas las Flores
- 1. Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There
- Books:
- Martha Wells: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Network Effect, and Fugitive Telemetry
- Johnjoe McFadden: Life is Simple: How Occam’s Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe
- Vladimir Nabokov: The Luzhin Defense
- Rebecca Roanhorse: Black Sun, and Fevered Star
- J.S. Dewes: The Last Watch, and The Exiled Fleet
- Adrian Tchaikovsky: Shards of Earth, and Eyes of the Void
- Martha Wells: Cloud Roads
- Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
- Roshani Chokshi: The Gilded Wolves
- Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice
- Philip K. Dick: Ubik
- Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire
- Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem, and The Dark Forest
- Games:
- The Chronicles Of Myrtana Team: The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos
# Jump to heading 2021
- Favourite albums
- Honorable mentions:
- Koreless: Agor
- Herbert: Musca
- Soccer96: Dopamine
- nat birchall: Ancient Africa
- Fatima Al Qadiri: Medieval Femme
- Błoto: Kwasy i zasady
- Nightmares On Wax: Shout Out! To Freedom...
- Vijay Iyer/Linda May Han Oh/Tyshawn Sorey: Uneasy
- BADBADNOTGOOD: Talk Memory
- Yasmin Williams: Urban Driftwood
- Altin Gün: Yol
- Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever
- Really From: Really From
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
- Jaubi: Nafs at Peace
- Ranked:
- 10. Arooj Aftab: Vulture Prince
- 9. Erika de Casier: Sensational
- 8. Richard Dawson/Circle: Henki
- 7. Arlo Parks: Collapsed in Sunbeams
- 6. Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee
- 5. Flying Lotus: Yasuke
- 4. Black Country, New Road: For the first time
- 3. SPELLLING: The Turning Wheel
- 2. Squid: Bright Green Field
- 1. Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises
- Honorable mentions:
# Jump to heading 2020
- Favourite albums
- Honorable mentions:
- SAULT: UNTITLED (Rise)
- the Microphones: Microphones in 2020
- Ariel Kalma: Corona Insola
- Ranked:
- 10. Kamaal Williams: Wu Hen
- 9. Ichiko Aoba: Windswept Adan
- 8. Initiate: Lavender
- 7. Dengue Dengue Dengue: Continentes Perdidos
- 6. Lianne La Havas: Lianne La Havas
- 5. Caribou: Suddenly
- 4. Gorillaz: Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
- 3. Rina Sawayama: SAWAYAMA
- 2. Jessie Ware: What’s Your Pleasure
- 1. Sevdaliza: Shabrang
- Honorable mentions:
# Jump to heading 2019
- Favourite albums
- Honorable mentions:
- Charly Bliss: Young Enough
- 地球: ジャングル
- Brijean: Walkie Talkie
- Shlohmo: The End
- Yugen Blakrok: ANIMA MYSTERIUM
- Hatchie: Keepsake
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Fishing for Fishies
- Toro y Moi: Outer Peace
- Julia Jacklin: Crushing
- Ranked:
- 10. Wilma Vritra: Burd
- 9. Marquis Hill: Love Tape
- 8. Angel Olsen: Mirrors
- 7. SPELLLING: Mazy Fly
- 6. The Comet is Coming: Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
- 5. Tyler, the Creator: IGOR
- 4. Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow
- 3. Unto Others: Mana
- 2. Charlie XCX: Charlie
- 1. Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- Honorable mentions:
# Jump to heading 2018
- Favourite albums
- Honorable mentions:
- Anderson .Paak: Oxnard
- Gorillaz: The Now Now
- Kendrick Lamar/SZA/The Weeknd: Black Panther: The Album
- Pttrns: Material Und Geschichte
- barnes blvd.: last summer
- Imarhan: Temet
- Hatchie: Sugar Spice
- Joanna Teters: Back To Brooklyn
- Garden City Movement: Apollonia
- La Luz: Floating Features
- Ranked:
- 10. Jon Hopkins: Singularity
- 9. Aïsha Devi: DNA Feelings
- 8. Hilary Woods: Colt
- 7. Fielded: Drip Drip
- 6. Rosalía: El Mal Querer
- 5. Screaming Females: All At Once
- 4. Fatima: And Yet It’s All Love
- 3. Melody’s Echo Chamber: Bon Voyage
- 2. MGMT: Little Dark Age
- 1. Kali Uchis: Isolation
- Honorable mentions:
- Favourite songs
- Honorable mentions:
- MUSE: Pressure
- Kero Kero Bonito: Make Believe
- Peggy Gou: It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
- Anderson .Paak: Bubblin
- Childish Gambino: Feels Like Summer
- Janelle Monáe: Make Me Feel
- Superorganism: Everybody Wants To Be Famous
- Rosalía: Malamente (Cap. 1: Augurio)
- Anderson .Paak/Kendrick Lamar: Tints
- Screaming Females: I’ll Make You Sorry
- Yadava: All The Fills
- Kali Uchis/Tyler, The Creator/Bootsy Collins: After The Storm
- Car Seat Headrest: Nervous Young Inhumans
- MGMT: When You Die
- Kendrick Lamar/SZA: All The Stars
- Ranked:
- 10. Childish Gambino: This Is America
- 9. Lizzo: Boys
- 8. Ariana Grande: God Is A Woman
- 7. U.S. Girls/James Baley: Pearly Gates
- 6. Charli XCX/Troye Sivan: 1999
- 5. Mitski: Nobody
- 4. MGMT: Me And Michael
- 3. Kokoroko: Abusey Junction
- 2. Melody’s Echo Chamber: Desert Horse
- 1. Kali Uchis: In My Dreams
- Honorable mentions:
# Jump to heading 2016
- Favourite albums
- Honorable mentions:
- Gold Panda: Good Luck And Do Your Best
- Bon Iver: 22, A Million
- Ranked:
- 10. BADBADNOTGOOD: IV
- 9. Various Artists: Furi Original Soundtrack
- 8. Grand Killa Con: La Barranca
- 7. Mammal Hands: Floa
- 6. Angel Olsen: My Woman
- 5. Fakear: Vegetal: Offshoots
- 4. Chris Remo: Firewatch Original Score
- 3. A Tribe Called Quest: We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
- 2. Olga Bell: Tempo
- 1. SubRosa: For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages
- Honorable mentions:
# Jump to heading 2015
- Favourite albums
- Ranked:
- 9. Elite Beat: Casual Rhythms Vol. 1
- 8. Adventures: Supersonic Home
- 7. Cloud: Zen Summer
- 6. Amin Payne: SAFFRON
- 5. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell
- 4. Polynation: Allogamy
- 3. The Raah Project: Take Me Elsewhere
- 2. Kamasi Washington: The Epic
- 1. Bachar Mar-Khalifé: Ya Balad
- Ranked:
- Favourite songs
- Honorable mentions:
- Vallis Alps: Young
- Death And Vanilla: California Owls
- Kuzco: Throwback
- Grossstadtgeflüster: Fickt-Euch-Allee
- Reptar: Ice Black Sand
- Hot Chip: Need You Now (Percussions Edit)
- Savant: Stationary Dance
- World Champion: Avocado Galaxy (Tornado Wallace’s Paradise Remix)
- Clarence Clarity: Those Who Can’t, Cheat
- Fresh Cut Orchestra: The Mothers’ Suite, Movement III – Ritual of Take
- Ranked:
- 10. 37 Adventures: Clanky Love (Jamie Lidell’s Klankenzeit Dub)
- 9. Vakula: Joywind
- 8. The Classical: Our Lady of Revenge
- 7. Ishinohana: Lucía (John Talabot’s Sunset Edit)
- 6. Melanie Biasio: I’m Gonna Leave You (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
- 5. Anderson Paak/ScHoolboy Q: Am I Wrong
- 4. Royce Wood Junio: Midnight (Special Request Remix)
- 3. Shlohmo: Buried
- 2. Beatsofreen: Slowly Rising
- 1. Cumeo Project: On the Surface of the Sea
- Honorable mentions:
# Jump to heading 2014
- Favourite albums
- Honorable mentions:
- Stumbleine: Infinite Overcast
- Auditive Escape: The Conundrum
- Auditive Escape: Holoscape
- Oskar Schuster: Sneeuwland
- Ranked:
- 10. Liars: Mess
- 9. WMD: Jenny Llewellyn
- 8. Darren Korb: Transistor OST
- 7. Hans Zimmer: Interstellar OST
- 6. Jim Guthrie: One Of These Days I’ll Get It Right
- 5. BADBADNOTGOOD: III
- 4. Hundred Waters: The Moon Rang Like a Bell
- 3. Interpol: El Pintor
- 2. Ghosts of Paraguay: Ember
- 1. Danny Baranowsky: Crypt of the NecroDancer OST
- Honorable mentions:
- Favourite songs
- Ranked:
- 10. Tua: Der Bettler und das Meer (Lambert Remix)
- 9. Tei Shi: Nevermind The End
- 8. Chet Faker: 1998
- 7. Beshken: Sutro’s Tower
- 6. St. Vincent: Digital Witness
- 5. Alchem: Ashore
- 4. Hundred Waters: Out Alee
- 3. Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots
- 2. BADBADNOTGOOD: Can’t Leave The Night
- 1. Metronomy: The Most Immaticulate Haircut
- Ranked:
# Jump to heading All time
- Favourite albums:
- Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia
- Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom
- Suede: Autofiction
- Swans: White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
- Placebo: Meds
- The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
- Richard Dawson/Circle: Henki
- Peter Gabriel: Up
- Nathalia Lafourcade: De Todas las Flores
- SPELLLING: The Turning Wheel
- Black Country, New Road: Ants from Up There
- Gorillaz: Demon Days
- Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Raise Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
# Jump to heading Record collection
- Black Country, New Road: For The First Time
- Xiu Xiu: 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
- Burial: Kindred
- Burial: Untrue
- Explosions In The Sky: The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
- Godspeed You Black Emperor!: No Title As Of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
- Jamie XX: In Waves
- Vangelis: Blade Runner
- Julia Jacklin: Crushing
- Godspeed You Black Emperor!: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
- Godspeed You Black Emperor!: G_d's Pee At State's End!
- Shlohmo: The End
- Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There
- Kamasi Washington: The Epic
- The Comet Is Coming: Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
- Tom Waits: Glitter And Doom Live
- Peter Gabriel: UP
- Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/London Symphony Orchestra: Promises
- Explosions In The Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
- Air: Air