Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best Comments

Hello Gummers!

What an incredible year for music of all shapes and sizes it has been. After spending no small amount of time in the depths of the comment section this week, Dansolo and I are proud to bring you the results of this year’s Comment Section Album of the Year results. As usual, there was no shortage of differences, with both up and comers (Sudan Archives, BCNR, Jockstrap, Gang of Youths) and established vets (Spoon, Beach House, AnCo, The Smile (The Smile is a veteran act. We’ve been listening to Thom and Jonny for decades. Don’t @ me.) showing up much higher in our results than in the official Gum list. That said, there was plenty of consensus as well with Alvvays, Beyonce, Big Thief, and Rosalia placing in the Top 10 in both. Hopefully between their list and ours, we can all find some new things to geek out about and keep this comment section thriving and one of the best places on the internet. Now without further ado, here we go!

50. Oso Oso – Sore Thumb (9, 4)

49. Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork (9, 4)

48. Saba – Few Good Things (9, 4)

47. Conway the Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes (9, 4)

46. MUNA – MUNA (9, 6)

45. Everything Everything – Raw Data Feel (10, 4)

44. Yard Act – The Overload (10, 4)

43. Kevin Morby -This is a Photograph (10, 5)

42. Rachika Nayar – Heaven Come Crashing (10, 5)

41. Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter (10, 7)

40. Titus Andronicus – The Will to Live (11, 4)

39. Angel Olsen – Big Time (11, 8)

38. Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer (12, 5)

37. JID – The Forever Story (12, 7)

36. Destroyer – LABYRINTHITIS (12, 9)

35. Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About this All Wrong (13, 4)

34. Florence + the Machine – Dance Fever (13, 5)

33. Earl Sweatshirt – SICK! (13, 7) ‘

32. The Weeknd – Dawn FM (13, 7)

31. Pusha T – It’s Almost Dry (13, 8)

30. Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future (14, 7)

29. Taylor Swift – Midnights (15, 5)

28. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset (16, 9)

27. The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field (16, 10)

26. Black Thought & Danger Mouse – Cheat Codes (16, 6)

25. Björk – Fossora (16, 8)

24. Weyes Blood – And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (17, 11)

23. The 1975 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language (19, 10)

22. Animal Collective – Time Skiffs (20, 11)

21. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (23, 11)

20. MJ Lenderman – Boat Songs (24, 9)

19. Cate le Bon – Pompeii (24, 9)

18. Fontaines DC – Skinty Fia (25, 10)

17. Gang of Youths – Angel in Realtime (27, 9)

16. Wet Leg – Wet Leg (29, 17)

15. Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (31, 14)

14. Alex G – God Save the Animals (31, 13)

13. Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems (34, 13)

12. Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B (36, 17)

11. Billy Woods – Aethiopes – 36 (11.5)

10. Chat Pile – God’s Country (37, 16)

09. Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa (48, 18)

08. Rosalía – MOTOMAMI (49, 20)

07. Nilüfer Yanya – PAINLESS (50, 19)

06. The Smile – A Light for Attracting Attention (52, 26)

05. Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There (56.5, 15.5)

04. Beyoncé – Renaissance (71, 25)

03. Beach House – Once Twice Melody (78, 27)

02. Alvvays – Blue Rev (81, 34)

01. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (115.5, 38.5)