Featuring Adele, Maxo Kream, Snail Mail, and more.
We’ve tried to reflect the best of those full-length releases here.
After a hearty debate, we selected 10 greats (and a few duds).
Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, ‘Sour’.Geffen Records
Read ahead to find out who made the cut.
The Year’s Best Albums…
10.
Revenge may not fix the hurt, but as dish servedSour, it’s delicious.
RCA Records
Leah Greenblatt(Full review)
9.
What follows instead is a pivotal listen that conveys trauma in an assured yet disarming way.
Marcus Jones
8.
Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero’ album cover.Lil Nas X/Twitter
M.J.(Full review)
7.
Speaking of, is Buckingham not thecoolest, most dashing zad-rocker in the biz?
(Sorry, Sting.
Rhino Records
)Jason Lamphier
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6.
Snail Mail Valentine
Pulling herself from the wreckage of addiction and a breakup, 22-year-oldindie phenomLindsey Jordan (a.k.a.
Snail Mail) offers up her triumphant sophomore album like a bleeding heart.
Matador
Her wounds are still fresh (“So why’d you wanna erase me?”
Her catharsis is ours.J.L.
And in every note of course is That Voice, still shining like the Hope diamond.
(Full review)
4.
If you still think this is just rap, you’re not listening.
“How’s it feel to be at the center of magic/To linger in tones and words?”
Columbia
Alex Suskind
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2.
The rearview mirror looms large; reprieve comes like the occasional rest stop.
Luckily, the band refuses to drift into cruise control.
Peter Ash Lee
READ MORE:The War on Drugs talk making their most collaborative album yet
1.
It’s a powerful listen, and its half-hour length results in its stories hitting even harder.
For Ed, bad habits = bad music.
‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore,’ by the War on Drugs.Atlantic Records
were, sadly, more interesting than the new Lorde album (sleepy, undercooked).
RCA Records
Atlantic
Victor Victor Worldwide
Republic Records
