On the last day of the year, EM launches the list of the best albums of the year. No order of preference, because music is too important to reduce to numerical rankings.

Still Corners – Slow Air
Cat Power – Wanderer
U.S. Girls – In a Poem Unlimited
Lykke Li – So Sad So Sexy
Jorja Smith – Lost & Found
Beach House – 7
Tash Sultana – Flow State
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Julia Holter – Aviary
Snail Mail – Lush
The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
Blood Orange – Negro Swan
Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
Kamasi Washington – Heaven And Earth
Mitski – Be The Cowboy
Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
Low – Double Negative
Idles – Joy as na Act Of Resistance
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
serpentwithfeet – soil
Phosphorescent – C’est La Vie
Anna Calvi – Hunter
Kurt Vile – Bottle It In
Interpol – Marauder
Nils Frahm – All Melody
Half Waif – Lavender
Florence + The Machine – High as Hope
John Grant – Love Is Magic
Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3)
Villagers – The Art of Pretending to Swim
CHVRCHES – Love is Dead
M O O N S – Thinking Out Loud
Leon Bridges – Good Thing
Novo Amor – Birthplace
The Smashing Pumpkins – Solara
Eels – The Deconstruction
Jain – Souldier
Adrianne Lenker – abysskiss