Blogovision 2016/My top-20 albums of the year - no.01: David Bowie - Blackstar

Something happened on the day he died

Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside

Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried:

(I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar)

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How many times does an angel fall?

How many people lie instead of talking tall?

He trod on sacred ground, he cried aloud into the crowd

(I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar, I'm not a gangstar)

Lyrics from Blackstar by David Bowie from his album Blackstar

no.02: case/lang/veirs

no.03: Anohni - Hopelessness

no.04: Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

no.05: Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool

no.06: James Blake - The Colour In Anything

no.07: Nicolas Jaar - Sirens

no.08: The Hidden Cameras - Home On Native Land

no.09: Adrian Younge - Something About April II

no.10: Tindersticks - The Waiting Room

no.11: The Veils - Total Depravity

no.12: Flume - Skin

no.13: Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

no.14: Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

no.15: Daughter - Not To Disappear

no.16: Savages - Adore Life

no.17: Mayer Hawthorne - Man About Town

no.18: The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect

no.19:  Trentemøller - Fixion

no.20:  Jane Siberry - Angels Bend Closer

Blogovision 2016/My top-20 albums of the year - no.02: case/lang/veirs

Unaware

Of just how beautiful you are

From within

Uncontainable

Exquisite to the detail

It hypnotizes people

Robs them of their social graces

Swarming to your glow

Fanning with phrases

But I know

It’s all honey and smoke

They don’t really love you

Like I do

I watch as they sing to you

I watch as they dance with you

I watch as they pour

Honey in your ear

Lyrics from Honey And Smoke by case/lang/veirs from their album case/lang/veirs

no.03: Anohni - Hopelessness

no.04: Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

no.05: Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool

no.06: James Blake - The Colour In Anything

no.07: Nicolas Jaar - Sirens

no.08: The Hidden Cameras - Home On Native Land

no.09: Adrian Younge - Something About April II

no.10: Tindersticks - The Waiting Room

no.11: The Veils - Total Depravity

no.12: Flume - Skin

no.13: Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

no.14: Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

no.15: Daughter - Not To Disappear

no.16: Savages - Adore Life

no.17: Mayer Hawthorne - Man About Town

no.18: The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect

no.19:  Trentemøller - Fixion

no.20:  Jane Siberry - Angels Bend Closer

Blogovision 2016/My top-20 albums of the year - no.03: Anohni - Hopelessness

Crisis

If I killed your father

With a drone bomb

How would you feel?

Crisis

If I killed your mother

With a drone bomb

How would you feel?

Father

If I killed your children

With a drone bomb

How would you feel?

Crisis

If I tortured your brother

In Guantanamo

I’m sorry

Lyrics from Crisis by Anohni from her album Hopelessness

no.04: Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

no.05: Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool

no.06: James Blake - The Colour In Anything

no.07: Nicolas Jaar - Sirens

no.08: The Hidden Cameras - Home On Native Land

no.09: Adrian Younge - Something About April II

no.10: Tindersticks - The Waiting Room

no.11: The Veils - Total Depravity

no.12: Flume - Skin

no.13: Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

no.14: Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

no.15: Daughter - Not To Disappear

no.16: Savages - Adore Life

no.17: Mayer Hawthorne - Man About Town

no.18: The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect

no.19:  Trentemøller - Fixion

no.20:  Jane Siberry - Angels Bend Closer

Blogovision 2016/My top-20 albums of the year - no.04: Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game

If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame

If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame

You want it darker

We kill the flame

Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name

Vilified, crucified, in the human frame

A million candles burning for the help that never came

You want it darker

Hineni, hineni

I'm ready, my lord

Lyrics from You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen from his album You Want It Darker

no.05: Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool

no.06: James Blake - The Colour In Anything

no.07: Nicolas Jaar - Sirens

no.08: The Hidden Cameras - Home On Native Land

no.09: Adrian Younge - Something About April II

no.10: Tindersticks - The Waiting Room

no.11: The Veils - Total Depravity

no.12: Flume - Skin

no.13: Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

no.14: Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

no.15: Daughter - Not To Disappear

no.16: Savages - Adore Life

no.17: Mayer Hawthorne - Man About Town

no.18: The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect

no.19:  Trentemøller - Fixion

no.20:  Jane Siberry - Angels Bend Closer

Blogovision 2016/My top-20 albums of the year - no.05: Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool

Red crosses on wooden doors

And if you float you burn

Loose talk around tables

Abandon all reason

Avoid all eye contact

Do not react

Shoot the messengers

This is a low flying panic attack

Sing the song of sixpence that goes

Burn the witch

Lyrics from Burn The Witch by Radiohead from their album Moon Shaped Pool

no.06: James Blake - The Colour In Anything

no.07: Nicolas Jaar - Sirens

no.08: The Hidden Cameras - Home On Native Land

no.09: Adrian Younge - Something About April II

no.10: Tindersticks - The Waiting Room

no.11: The Veils - Total Depravity

no.12: Flume - Skin

no.13: Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

no.14: Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

no.15: Daughter - Not To Disappear

no.16: Savages - Adore Life

no.17: Mayer Hawthorne - Man About Town

no.18: The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect

no.19:  Trentemøller - Fixion

no.20:  Jane Siberry - Angels Bend Closer