Top 5 Albums of the Summer So Far?

I was just wondering if you guys have enjoyed any new releases this summer. My top 5 are:

1. Nas- Life is Good

2. Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

3. Rick Ross- God Forgives and I Don't

4. Dirty Projectors- Swing Lo Magellan

5. Frank Ocean- Channel Orange

1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

3. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

4. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

5. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

did you even listen to Killer Mike's album? sigh.....

Also, prediction time: Top album of the fall: Good Kid, Maad city- Kendrick Lamar (number 1 with a bullet)

@JYoung said:

1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

3. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

4. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

5. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Why is everyone all up on Frank Ocean?

Did I miss something?

1. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten

Apparently I couldnt read the title...

Thats all Ive gotten this summer

@NlGHTCRAWLER: For me personally, it's not a new thing. Frankie just makes good stuff.

Baroness - Yellow & Green

nuff said

Been listening to a lot of El-P's Cancer 4 Cure and Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music. Two awesome rap albums this year.

Fiona Apple and Baroness's albums are very good as well.

This is my top peeeeck.

@McGhee said:

Hello there new ringtone.

1. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
2. Aesop Rock - Skelethon
3. El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
4. Oddisee - People Hear What They See
5. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon

Also worth mentioning Liars - WIXIW, Azealia Banks - 1991 (EP), and Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music.

The fuck? 5 albums in a summer? I'd be lucky to find 2 albums in a year.

Thrilled so see so much love for Frank up in here.

Life Is Good over everything

I would have picked Swing Lo Magellan as my top, and Channel Orange would wind up on my list. I also have strong interest in PSY's new album, the Fiona Apple album, the Norah Jones album, and the NaS album. I'll check out Killer Mike and Baroness as well.

Gojira- L'enfant Sauvage

The Dark Knight Rises Soundtrack

Impending Doom-Baptized in Filth

@jlev880 said:

Baroness - Yellow & Green

nuff said

Yup, favourite album of the year not just summer so far.

@NlGHTCRAWLER said:

Why is everyone all up on Frank Ocean?

Did I miss something?

he came out of the closet

@arab_prince said:

@NlGHTCRAWLER said:

Why is everyone all up on Frank Ocean?

Did I miss something?

he came out of the closet

Oh. It all makes sense now. Thank you.

Killer Mike's R.A.P Music and Aesop Rock's Skelethon are all I've been listening to. Gaslight Anthem is great from what I've heard.

Japandroids' Celebration Rock five times.

It is the perfect album for summer times. And all other times.

But if I have to pick four more, it's Fiona Apple, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, and Dirty Projectors.

@JYoung said:

1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

3. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

4. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

5. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Also, El-P's new album is fantastic.

Been listening to a lot of El-P's Cancer 4 Cure and Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music. Two awesome rap albums this year.

@ThePickle said:

1. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
2. Aesop Rock - Skelethon
3. El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
4. Oddisee - People Hear What They See
5. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon

Also worth mentioning Liars - WIXIW, Azealia Banks - 1991 (EP), and Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music.

Goddammit I love you

Of the summer? So I guess Beach House and Cloud Nothings are off the table? Well, alright:

1. Hop Along -- Get Disowned
2. Japandroids -- Celebration Rock
3. Dirty Projectors -- Swing Lo Magellan
4. Foxygen -- Take the Kids off Broadway
5. Passion Pit -- Gossamer

EDIT: I guess Get Disowned was May 5th, which isn't quite summer yet. The album itself isn't especially suited to summer, either. Add Walkmen's Heaven, in there, then. It's actually kind of Summer-y, as weird as it is for the band with an album entitled "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone")

No seriously you guys, the new Passion Pit album is actually really good.

Wait, where's everyone going....

Fear Factory - The Industrialist

All I need

I'll go off topic a bit by asking if there's anything recent that's funky or soulful, energetic, or something that sounds like Mikey over there (<=) could've come up with.

I've only had a chance to pick up R.A.P. Music this year, but that was amazing.

The Idler Wheel... - Fiona Apple

Reign of Terror - Sleigh Bells

Oceania - Smashing Pumpkins

Blunderbuss - Jack White

Some Nights - Fun.

Haven't had a chance to check out the new Passion Pit, but I did enjoy their first one.

@Aegon said:

I'll go off topic a bit by asking if there's anything recent that's funky or soulful, energetic, or something that sounds like Mikey over there (<=) could've come up with.

Not lately, but if you like MJ and you're not already a fan, I HIGHLY suggest checking out some old Prince.

Dirty Mind, 1999, Purple Rain, Sign O the Times, Controversy, etc. Be warned that many of his other works are very hit or miss, IMO.

@Aegon said:

I'll go off topic a bit by asking if there's anything recent that's funky or soulful, energetic, or something that sounds like Mikey over there (<=) could've come up with.

Bad Rabbits. Check out their EP "Stick Up Kids".

@SpaceInsomniac: I remember listening to some Prince and thinking that his stuff was very tame compared to MJ's. Maybe some other songs would be better, but I dunno. He didn't do it for me.

1. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten

Apparently I couldnt read the title...

Thats all Ive gotten this summer

Swans the Seer. Absolutely immense album.

Gossamer - Passion Pit

Ughhhh, so good.

1. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
2. El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
3. Friends - Manifest!
4. Jesca Hoop - The House That Jack Built
5. Com Truise - In Decay

Seems like a decent list to me. I still haven't listened to some stuff like the latest from Passion Pit, so it's entirely possible there's music I'd like more that I just haven't heard.

1. Death Grips - The Money Store

2. Health - Max Payne 3 OST

3. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music

4. Baroness - Yellow & Green

5. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror

This pretty much just my best of the year so far.

Dark Roots of Earth by Testament

That is the only new CD I've bought this summer and it is pretty awesome.

I love peeking in on these music threads. I am so out of the loop on music and all these bands you're naming just sounds like you're all making shit up.

I would say Bloom by Beach House... Does May count as summer?

Yellow and Green-Baroness

The Idler Wheel...-Fiona Apple

Swing Lo Magellan-Dirty Projectors

Confess-Twin Shadow

Haven't listened to Channel Orange yet but it sounds like it's the real deal given the reviews and the comments on this thread

Fiona Apple - Idler Wheel (glad that's coming up so often)

Emilie Autumn - Fight Like A Girl

Serj Tankian - Harakiri

Hmmm... the rest of my favorite 2012 albums came out before summer.

The Offspring - Days Go By.  Just so happy that they went back to their old sound. 
 
Other then that, I usually a bit late on albums and such.

Elton John vs. Pnau - Good Morning to the Night

Azealia Banks - FANTASEA

Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...

TNGHT - TNGHT EP

I'll just list the albums I listened the most during the summer... cause I have no idea when music is released anymore.

1. Rush - Clockwork Angels

2. Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania

3. In This Moment - Blood

4. Slipknot - Antennas To Hell (Concert Bonus Disc)

5. Serj Tankian - Harakiri

Purity Ring- Shrines 
 
Look it up.

@Slay3r1583 said:

Dark Roots of Earth by Testament

That is the only new CD I've bought this summer and it is pretty awesome.

Wait, what? This came out already? The Formation Of Damnation was pretty shitty, so I'm not sure about this one.

You should check out Kreator's Phantom Antichrist, and Overkill's The Electric Age. Both are absolutely goddamn brilliant.

@NlGHTCRAWLER said:

@McGhee said:

Hello there new ringtone.

Just so much awesome happening

@captain_max707 said:

Purity Ring- Shrines Look it up.

This.