Best Pairs Of Albums 2020

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Several artists released albums in pairs in 2020. But who did it best?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
SAULT	20
other	17
Autechre	13
tricot	6

― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 25 December 2020 13:51 (four years ago)

One write-in for the Mountain Goats

― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Friday, 25 December 2020 13:54 (four years ago)

I'll add a write-in for CS + Kreme

― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Friday, 25 December 2020 14:01 (four years ago)

Patricia Taxxon's Gelb/Rosa/Schwartz trilogy ftw

― imago, Friday, 25 December 2020 14:09 (four years ago)

TMG did release two excellent albums but months apart

― imago, Friday, 25 December 2020 14:09 (four years ago)

lol well trolled

― rob, Friday, 25 December 2020 14:15 (four years ago)

also missing taylor swift

― ufo, Friday, 25 December 2020 14:25 (four years ago)

Swift's were months apart too. This is about albums released as pairs

― imago, Friday, 25 December 2020 14:30 (four years ago)

Sault’s weren’t iirc

― rob, Friday, 25 December 2020 14:32 (four years ago)

also missing taylor swift

Not familiar. What's her deal?

― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 25 December 2020 14:32 (four years ago)

Hence my assuming no Taylor was the joke

Xp!

― rob, Friday, 25 December 2020 14:33 (four years ago)

Earth Trax 1 & 2

― kites aren't fun (NickB), Friday, 25 December 2020 14:44 (four years ago)

Do the new Four Tets count as one?

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 25 December 2020 15:41 (four years ago)

The two Black Watch albums this year are both among their best

― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Friday, 25 December 2020 16:10 (four years ago)

Also missing Adrianne Lenker

― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Friday, 25 December 2020 16:23 (four years ago)

shout out boldy james

― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 December 2020 16:28 (four years ago)

I didn't even hear about the new Four Tets. Looks like one is new, and one is made from unreleased mid-90s material.

― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 25 December 2020 17:10 (four years ago)

This actually would have been a good poll if it were done for real, and not just as this week’s Taylor Swift Dudetroll #2.

― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Friday, 25 December 2020 17:40 (four years ago)

of the three choices autechre

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 December 2020 17:41 (four years ago)

Four Tet as of this morning

― octobeard, Friday, 25 December 2020 20:14 (four years ago)

never heard of these bands besides autechre, are they t swift side projects?

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 25 December 2020 20:19 (four years ago)

no silly, Taylor's side band is Minor Threat

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Friday, 25 December 2020 20:32 (four years ago)

Guilty of Being Taylor

― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Friday, 25 December 2020 20:39 (four years ago)

It's really hard to decide between Ae and SAULT I have to say

― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 25 December 2020 23:45 (four years ago)

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/45/53/174553608d7dd9f3fce6d3b7bdd5c56b.jpg

https://fakazahub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Kabza-De-Small-Pretty-Girls-Love-Amapiano-2020-Album-Zip-Download-scaled.jpg

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https://i1.wp.com/hiphopza.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ALBUM-Kabza-De-Small-I-Am-The-King-Of-Amapiano-Sweet-Dust.jpg?fit=1224%2C1226&ssl=1

going with the most recent one, I Am The King Of Amapiano: Sweet And Dust

― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Saturday, 26 December 2020 09:32 (four years ago)

South African amapiano is rife with this. these albums are all about luxuriating in the wonderful sameness, as a wise man once said.
some examples:

Daliwonga: Uyang’ Testa and Chameleon
Semi Tee: I’m Only Tweentyone and PianoWaveProject
Vico Da Sporo: Nomalizi, Bandlase, Ekhaya, and Thelane

― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Saturday, 26 December 2020 10:00 (four years ago)

Old Man Gloom

― Oor Neechy, Saturday, 26 December 2020 10:10 (four years ago)

Bad Bunny

― Babby's Yed Revisited (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 26 December 2020 10:54 (four years ago)

I wish you'd included Bad Bunny.

― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 26 December 2020 11:13 (four years ago)

Old Man Gloom

Fair enough but do you have any suggestions for the thread all the same

― Cheese flavoured Momus (wins), Saturday, 26 December 2020 11:21 (four years ago)

Master Boot Record – Floppy Disk Overdrive (Metal Blade)
Master Boot Record – Virtuaverse.OST (Blood Music)

The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol – Berserkir Volume One (Cardinal Fuzz)
The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol – Berserkir II (Cardinal Fuzz)

Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions (High Top Mountain)
Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin' Grass Vol. 2: Cowboy Arms Sessions (High Top Mountain)

Guided By Voices – Styles We Paid For (Rockathon)
Guided By Voices – Surrender Your Poppy Field (GBV Inc)
Guided By Voices – Mirrored Aztec (GBV Inc)

The Explorers Club – The Explorers Club (Goldstar)
The Explorers Club – To Sing And Be Born Again (Goldstar)

Four Tet – Parallel (Text)
Four Tet – 871 (Text)

The Mountain Goats – Getting Into Knives (Merge)
The Mountain Goats – Songs For Pierre Chuvin (Merge)

Drive-By Truckers – The New OK (Anti-)
Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling (Anti-)

― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 26 December 2020 14:40 (four years ago)

The Alex Butter Field – Psychedelipop (Hank Hoffman)
The Alex Butter Field – Popsychle (Hank Hoffman)

― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 28 December 2020 05:21 (four years ago)

The Soft Pink Truth — Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Continue?
The Soft Pink Truth — Am I Free To Go?

― Jedmond, Monday, 28 December 2020 10:12 (four years ago)

Osees - Protean Threat/Panther Rotate

― woman in the dunes, Monday, 28 December 2020 11:52 (four years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 00:01 (four years ago)

writing in Ohms and Black Stallion

― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 00:45 (four years ago)

Ya, I spaced the Oh Sees, also Metamorphosed, my fave of the three.

John Dwyer has been busy: https://johndwyer.bandcamp.com/

Yikes - Secrets to Super Flipping
Yikes - Whoa Comas Or Blood Bomb

― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 05:50 (four years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 31 December 2020 00:01 (four years ago)

Write in for Kaatarya

― Marconi plays the mamba (Sund4r), Thursday, 31 December 2020 02:49 (four years ago)

Daniel Romano released 4 or 5 pairs of albums this year

― alpine static, Thursday, 31 December 2020 07:56 (four years ago)

and they are all good or better

― alpine static, Thursday, 31 December 2020 07:57 (four years ago)

Just learned now that Princess Nokia released a pair of albums in 2020 (Everything Sucks / Everything is Beautiful), and so far they both sound great.

― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:11 (four years ago)

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