Another year's batch of overblown praise on albums that are not that great:
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Ghosteen:
yet another ghost record that the media just falls allover. METACRITIC 9.6/10
2. Tyler, the Creator Igor:
the base is there for a higher level of art but he’s done better before. METACRITIC 8.1/10
3. Lana del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell!!!:
as I tweeted a few months before, Lana will never get back to that peak 2011-2012 era but this was a return to something close but no dice. METACRITIC 8.7/10
4. Blood Incantation Hidden History of the Human Race:
the consensus metal pick being hyped to death. METACRITIC 9.1/10
5. Purple Mountains Purple Mountains:
ode from the dearly departed but let’s not kid ourselves. METACRITIC 8.7/10
6. Black Midi Schlagenheim:
well, it is noisy. METACRITIC 8.2/10
7. Angel Olsen All Mirrors:
I still can’t believe how dull this is. METACRITIC 8.9/10
8. Big Thief Two Hands:
ordinary at best. METACRITIC 8.5/10
9. (Sandy) Alex G House of Sugar:
not sure why everyone has caught on to this so positively. METACRITIC 8.6/10
10. Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep…:
it’s great that Billie is getting all the attention but she has much more left to give that will, surely, one day blow this album out of the water. METACRITIC 8.2/10
