Albums of the year
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Albums Of The YearAlbums of 2017 (#8): Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
Vince Staples' Big Fish Theory is one of the most unique and colourful additions to the hip-hop canon in years Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
Albums Of The YearAlbums of 2017 (#9): Thundercat – Drunk
Stephen Bruner's third studio album as Thundercat, Drunk invites us down a genre-bending rabbit hole full of humour, politics, anime, video games and more Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
Albums Of The YearAlbums of 2017 (#10): Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent
Timelessly urgent but bitingly current, Relatives in Descent attacks with rigour and ruthlessness – but leaves a little space for redemption, too Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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The Skinny's Albums of 2017 so far
As we pass the midpoint of 2017, our music team select their favourite albums of the year to date, from the efforts of returning indie icons to dark and powerful collections from the brightest voices in modern rap Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
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Shield Patterns' Top 5 Albums of 2016
Richard Knox tells us about the sounds that dominated his stereo this year Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
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The Skinny's Top 5 Northern Albums in 2016
Bowie? Solange? Frank Ocean? Of course they all produced fine albums this year, but some fine music emerged from Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and their surrounding areas too. As voted by our writers, here's the five best Northern albums of 2016... Read more »| 09 Dec 2016
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Albums Of The YearFrightened Rabbit & Song, By Toad's Albums of 2016
As the year draws to a close, a look at the best music of 2016 according to two of the leading lights of the Scottish music scene – Frightened Rabbit g... Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
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The Skinny's Top 5 Scottish Albums of 2016
Sterling efforts from Frank, Bey et al aside, there were some truly wonderful records made by the fair hearts of Scotland this year. As voted by our Music te... Read more »| 01 Dec 2016 -
Albums Of The YearThe Skinny Top 50 Albums of 2016
After a tumultuous 2016, The Skinny celebrates fifty of the year's very best records... Read more »| 01 Dec 2016 -
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Albums of 2016 (#1): Frank Ocean – Blonde
The Skinny's album of 2016, Frank Ocean's second full-length record prods fearlessly at the reality of modern life Read more »| 01 Dec 2016 -
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Albums of 2016 (#2): Solange – A Seat at the Table
A Seat at the Table is an enormously historical, deeply political record – if you’ve heard it you’ll know that, but it demands repeating a thousand times over Read more »| 30 Nov 2016 -
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Albums of 2016 (#3): Bon Iver – 22, A Million
On Bon Iver’s engrossing third album 22, A Million, the band’s first album in five years, we hear Justin Vernon triumphantly overcoming his crisis of faith and confidence by asserting himself through technological clutter and finding peace in chaos Read more »| 30 Nov 2016 -
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Albums of 2016 (#4): Anderson .Paak – Malibu
Malibu well and truly plunged Anderson .Paak into the consciousness of the music industry and music fans all over the world. He's been riding that wave ever ... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
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Albums of 2016 (#5): Angel Olsen – My Woman
A reflection on the year's most ferociously diverse pop record, Angel Olsen's 'My Woman' Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
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Albums of 2016 (#6): Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree
Death is a familiar character in Nick Cave’s songbook, but Skeleton Tree, his 16th studio album with The Bad Seeds, carries a particularly tragic spect... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016