octobeards 50 favorite albums of the moment

Fennesz, but if polls had been finished yet I might have thrown one to pet sounds depending if it was getting any votes or not. Others should pick up my slack

Should have been Aenima but couldn't ignore the Susumu Yokota. Nice list!

You've probably got the most overlap with my own 50 that I've seen so far, at least 6 or 7 (haven't actually made a 50, don't plan to). The Bjork album is in my top 5 of all time

Can't not vote for Larks Tongues... 154 + Exai tied in 2nd place

Went for Autechre because I know I really like Exai but it's so absurdly appealing how much mental hard-drive space being a fan of theirs takes up, like a whole brain partition, and right now said partition is still dealing with Elseq (nevermind NTS) and trying to parse the recently-released live stuff

I went with Tool for this one, a looooooooongtime favorite that I didn’t expect to see on any of these polls!

At least 22 albums I love, and as usual probably a bunch I would love if I was more familiar with them, or if someone put them on.

I feel some artists are untouchable, yet haven't put together a "perfect" album. There probably should be a Boards of Canada, Chic, and Sly Stone record on my list but I feel all of their albums, even the pinnacle ones, are flawed. I feel the ones listed are nearly flawless from beginning to end.

went for dj rashad, a true genre defining classic

Even though there are a couple I had on my list, going with Larks because it's really good

Great stuff. Today, it's the Avalanches for me.

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Number of albums heard: 18

Favourite: Mwandishi

Least-favourite: Moroder (though I like the Donna Summer records and "Life in Tokyo")

Nicest surprise: King Crimson

Unheard, but most want to hear: Deloused in the Comatorium

FWIW the Blackalicious record is my GOAT hip hop record. Just perfect from beginning to end (beats and raps). Perhaps I'm biased due to locality (Oakland), but for those who haven't heard it and like rap music, check that one out

RIP Gift of Gab

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pretty wild 4-way tie there

I think I voted for Herbie, but looking at the zeroes I wish I'd vote for ESG

Wow ... love that DJ Rashad is one of those 4! I'm pretty pumped how many others got a vote too. That Arvo Pärt record got a lot more attention than I expected and that makes me happy. Shaham's violin performance on Fratres is all time

Pretty sure I quietly gave DJ Rashad the nod early on. I still feel like a bit of an interloper in that genre but it's so attractively bonkers rhythmically.

Though now part of me is sad that I didn't spare The Cold Vein or Blazing Arrow from nul points!