何度かにわたって紹介したアメリカ・メディアのベスト・アルバム・リストが、今週でほぼ出そろった。以下最近発表されたリストをご紹介。最初はバラバラに思えたリストだけど、これだけたくさん集まってくると、ぼんやりしていた2021年もどんな年だったか見えてきたような気がする。
―― エンターテイメント・ウィークリー誌
1. Jazmine Sullivan “Heaux Tales”
2. The War on Drugs “I Don’t Live Here Anymore”
3. Japanese Breakfast “Jubilee”
4. Tyler, the Creator, “Call Me If You Get Lost”
5. Adele “30”
6. Snail Mail “Valentine”
7. Lindsey Buckingham “Lindsey Buckingham”
8. Lil Nas X “Montero”
9. Maxo Kream “Weight of the World”
10. Olivia Rodrigo “Sour”
―― バラエティ誌
1. Allison Russell “Outside Child”
2. Brandi Carlile “In These Silent Days”
3. Billie Eilish “Happier Than Ever”
4. Liz Phair “Soberish”
5. Adele “30”
6. Little Simz “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert”
7. Olivia Rodrigo “Sour”
8. St. Vincent “Daddy’s Home”
9. Halsey “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power”
10. girl in red “if i could make it go quiet”
―― ピッチフォーク
1. Jazmine Sullivan “Heaux Tales”
2. L’Rain “Fatigue”
3. Tyler, the Creator, “Call Me If You Get Lost”
4. Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / The London Symphony Orchestra “Promises”
5. Low “Hey What”
6. Turnstile “Glow On”
7. The Weather Station “Ignorance”
8. Mdou Moctar “Afrique Victime”
9. Playboi Carti “Whole Lotta Red”
10. Dry Cleaning “New Long Leg”
11. Faye Webster “I know I’m Funny haha”
12. Arooj Afab “Vulture Prince”
13. Tirzah “Colourgrade”
14. Japanese Breakfast “Jubilee”
15. Snail Mail “Valentine”
16. MIKE “Disco!”
17. Cassandra Jenkins “An Overview on Phenomenal Nature”
18. Grouper “Shade”
19. Dean Blunt “Black Metal 2”
20. Mach-Hommy “Pray for Haiti”
21. Olivia Rodrigo “Sour”
22. Dawn Richard “Second Line: An Electro Revival”
23. black midi “Cavalcade”
24.Nala Sinephro “Space 1.8”
25. Indigo De Souza “Any Shape You Take”
ーアメリカのみならずイギリスも含めメジャー、インディ・メディア、計51メディアの年間ベストを集計したもの。ここにはそのうち上位25位までを紹介。全作アルバムのリンク付き。
1. Little Shimz “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert”
https://songwhip.com/little-simz/sometimes-i-might-be-introvert
2. Tyler, the Creator “Call Me If You Get Lost”
https://songwhip.com/tyler-the-creator/call-me-if-you-get-lost
3. Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra “Promises”
https://songwhip.com/floating-points/promises
4. Dry Cleaning “New Long Leg”
https://songwhip.com/dry-cleaning/new-long-leg
5. Low “Hey What”
https://songwhip.com/low/hey-what
6. Japanese Breakfast “Jubilee”
https://songwhip.com/japanese-breakfast/jubilee
7. The Weather Station “Ignorance”
https://songwhip.com/the-weather-station/ignorance
8. Olivia Rodrigo “Sour”
https://songwhip.com/olivia-rodrigosour
9. Turnstile “Glow On”
https://songwhip.com/turnstile/glow-on
10. Mdou Moctar “Afrique Victime”
https://songwhip.com/mdou-moctar/afriquevictime
11. Jazumine Sullivan “Heaux Tales”
https://songwhip.com/jazmine-sullivan/heaux-tales
12. Arlo Parks “Collapsed In Sunbeams”
https://songwhip.com/arlo-parks/collapsed-in-sunbeams
13. The War on Drugs “I Don’t Live Here Anymore”
https://songwhip.com/the-war-on-drugs/idontlivehereanymore
14. Adele “30”
https://songwhip.com/adele/30
15. Snail Mail “Valentine”’
https://songwhip.com/snail-mail/valentine2021
16. Billie Eilish “Happier Than Ever”
https://songwhip.com/billie-eilish/happier-than-ever
17. Squid “Bright Green Field”
https://songwhip.com/squid/bright-green-field
18. Black Country, New Road “For the first time”
https://songwhip.com/blackcountrynewroad/for-the-first-time
19. Cassandra Jenkins “An Overview On Phenomenal Nature”
https://songwhip.com/cassandrajenkins/an-overview-on-phenomenal-nature
20. PinkPantheress “to hell with it”
https://songwhip.com/pinkpantheress/to-hell-with-it
21. Wolf Alice “Blue Weekend”
https://songwhip.com/wolf-alice/blue-weekend
22. Lil Nas X “Montero”
https://songwhip.com/lil-nas-x/montero
23. Self Esteem “Prioritise Pleasure”
https://songwhip.com/self-esteem/prioritisepleasure
24. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis “Carnage”
https://songwhip.com/nick-cave/carnage
25. St. Vincent “Daddy’s Home”
https://songwhip.com/st-vincent/daddys-home
この25位までをざっくり見ると、目立つのは「女性アーティスト」、「ポップ・ミュージック」、「UKインディ」かなと思いますが、どうでしょう?
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