Music-Drop Magazine

Skelton Tree is an odd album. It isn’t dissimilar to much of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ discography, yet at the same time it just feels hollow, and not in a bad way, just in a atmospheric one. The reason for that is probably that Nick Cave’s son died in the middle of the recording of the album. He died after the lyrics were made however so there are no hidden autobiographical messages, but his death is important to the album because you can feel it in how Cave makes the album move and grind emotionally towards the end. The artwork of the sixteenth studio album by the group. Nick Cave is probably the only artist from the 1980s who is still expected to release a great record each time, there is no one who you can compare him to, he has had better albums than Skeleton Tree , but few people would call this album the weakest in his catalogue, but if I were to make a list of best albums made by 59 year olds, Skelton Tree would probably be at the top. There is a v...

As far as music goes I’m a pretty bias sort. I have my preferences and the music I listen to often is contained within those preferences. I like alternative rock with a lot of guitar, sometimes I try the new releases of artists I like (Typically critically acclaimed artists) but I am very dependent on publication’s tastes, and I do follow several reviewers who I know share my tastes. This sometimes means I don’t listen to some of the more obvious albums of a year so that’s why I’m doing this, to rectify my issue and listen to what could be considered representative of 2016’s sound. So I decided to look at 20 sources of the best album of the year, add them all up, do a little aggregate, and churn out a top 20. Then I want to listen to those 20 albums, give them my personal opinions while laying them out in a fashion that makes them easy for the reader/listener to access. Iggy Pop's best album since The Idiot just missed out on the top 20. The lists I chose wer...