So all things consider, let's say someone has completely

>2013[pretty shit year honestly]
>AcidRap - Chance the Rapper
>Modern Vampire of the City - Vampire Weekend
>Sunbather - Deaf Heaven
>R Plus Seven - Oneothrix Point Never
>Reflektor - Arcade Fire
>2014
>Benji - Sun Kil Moon
>S/T/ - St. Vincent
>Oxymoron - Schoolboy Q
>Salad Days - Mac Demarco
>To Be Kind- Swans
1/2

>2013
HAIM - Days Are Gone
Last Sacrament - Enantiodromia
7 Days of Funk - 7 Days of Funk
Disclosure - Settle
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
>2014
Chromeo - White Woman
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Give The People What They Want
Natalie Cressman - Turn The Sea
The Jezabels - The Brink
Savant - πρῶτος (Protos)
>2015
Eliane Elias - Made in Brazil
Tuxedo - Tuxedo
Dam-Funk - Invite The Light
Kamasi Washington - The Epic
Stealing Sheep - ot Real
>2016
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
Bruno Mars - 24k Magic
LadyHawke - Wild Things
Ranger - Speed and Violence
case / lang / veirs - case / lang / veirs

>>70599246
>2013[pretty shit year honestly]

What?
It was one of the best years in recent times

Sunbather
Tim Hecker - Virgins
Julia Holter - Loud City Song
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
Run the Jewels
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
Danny Brown - Old
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
No Love Deep Web
Darkside - Psychic
R Plus Seven
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Yeezus
Modern Vampires of the City


Compared to 2016 is like 1967

>>70599512
> no TPAB

fucking faggot

>>70599512
Stealing Sheep - Not Real

>>70599246
>2015
>TPAB - Kendrick Lamar
>The Powers That B - Death Grips
> The Epic - Kasami Washington
>unironically can't remember shit else from this year because it was awful

>2016
> Bottomless Pit - Death Grips
> Atrocity Exhibit - Danny Brown
> Worry - Jeff Rosenstock
> Stage Four - Touche Amore
> The Glowing Man - Swans

honestly most of what I remember were bands I had like it the past failing to stay relevant, uninteresting up and coming artist that don't appeal to me, and a handful of mediocre popular music. wtf /mu/ have the last five years sucked or am I missing something

For critically acclaimed this is easy:

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2013/
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2014/
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2015/
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2016/

>>70599583
a lot of those are albums I enjoy, yes but I can honestly say each of those artist has made an album far superior either beforehand or after the fact when I look back upon them. Not to say they're bad, but definitely not complete stand outs in their discography.
>>70599512
this is a refreshing list, though I get the feeling you don't come here often

>>70599246
>>70599583
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>>70599834
>no Grimes

PLEBS!

>>70601260
Grimes was #4 on the link I posted retard
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2015/