80) Saba – Few Good Things
79) The Chats – Get Fucked
78) Suede – Autofiction
77) Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway – Crooked Tree
76) St. Paul & The Broken Bones – The Alien Coast
75) Guided by Voices – Crystal Nuns Cathedral
74) CMAT – If My Wife New I’d Be Dead
73) Fantastic Negrito – White Jesus Black Problems
72) Harry Styles – Harry’s House
71) Demi Lovato – Holy Fvck
70) Julian Lage – View With a Room
69) Confidence Man – Tilt
68) Ghost – Impera
67) Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Nightroamer
66) Black Lips – Apocalypse Love
65) Alvvays – Blue Rev
64) Burial – Antidawn/Streetlands
63) Danger Mouse / Black Thought – Cheat Codes
62) Hercules and Love Affair – In Amber
61) Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
60) S.G. Goodman – Teeth Marks
59) Jenny Hval – Classic Objects
58) Kevin Morby – This Is a Photograph
57) Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Ali
56) The Weeknd – Dawn FM
55) Tears for Fears – The Tipping Point
54) Charli XCX – Crash
53) Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity
52) Hatchie – Giving the World Away
51) Florence + the Machine – Dance Fever
50) Shamir – Heterosexuality
49) Dungen – En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog
48) Aldous Harding – Warm Chris
47) Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
46) Angelique Kidjo and Ibrahim Malouf – Queen of Sheba
45) Maggie Rogers – Surrender
44) Flohio – Out of Heart
43) Perfume Genius – Ugly Season
42) Greentea Peng – Greenzone 108
41) The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field
40) Open Mike Eagle – a tape called component system with the auto reverse
39) Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loneliest Time
38) Wu-Lu – LOGGERHEAD
37) Leyla McCalla – Breaking the Thermometer
36) Gang of Youths – Angel in Realtime
35) Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future
34) Jake Blount – The New Faith
33) Kojey Radical – Reason to Smile
32) Alex G. – God Save the Animals
31) Beth Orton – Weather Alive
30) The Orielles – Tableau
29) Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen
28) Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
27) Hurray for the Riff Raff – Life on Earth
26) Congotronics International – Where’s the One?
25) Black Midi – Hellfire
24) Emeli Sandé – Let’s Say for Instance
23) 700 Bliss – Nothing to Declare
22) Hot Chip – Freakout/Release
21) Amanda Shires – Take It Like a Man
20) Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers
19) Rosalía – MOTOMAMI
18) Yard Act – The Overload
17) Gabriels – Angels and Queens – Part 1
16) Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
15) Daniel Avery – Ultra Truth
14) Wet Leg – Wet Leg
13) Beach House – Once Twice Melody
12) Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
11) Bartees Strange – Farm to Table
10) Black Country, New Road – Ants from Up There
09) Röyksopp – Profound Mysteries
08) Rina Sawayama – Hold the Girl
07) ODESZA – The Last Goodbye
06) Poppy Ajudha – The Power in Us
05) Taylor Swift – Midnights
04) Sampa the Great – As Above, So Below
03) The Smile – A Light for Attracting Attention
02) Jack White – Fear of the Dawn / Entering Heaven Alive
01) Beyoncé – Renaissance
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