Before QRO lists our own top albums of the most awful year ever, we give our contributors a chance to cast their votes:
Ted Chase
1 Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2 Rufus Wainwright, Unfollow the Rules
3 Wolf Parade, Thin Mind
4 Phoebe Bridgers, Punisher
5 Nicole Atkins, Italian Ice
6 Delta Spirit, What Is There
7 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Reunions
8 Gorillaz, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
9 Larkin Poe, Self Made Man
10 Protomartyr, Ultimate Success Today
11 Laura Marling, Song For Our Daughter
12 Old 97’s, Twelfth
13 Bruce Springsteen, Letter To You
14 Doves, The Universal Want
15 Matt Berry, Phantom Birds
16 Anya Marina, Queen of the Night
17 Sylvan Esso, Free Love
18 HAIM, Women In Music Pt. III
19 Bob Mould, Blue Hearts
20 The Strokes, The New Abnormal
Will Fenwick
1 Tame Impala, Slow Rush
2 Mac Miller, Circles
3 Glass Animals, Dreamland
4 Fleet Foxes, Shore
5 Church Friends, Deer Park
Gail Fountain
1. Old 97’s, Twelfth
2. Jon Anderson, 1000 Hands
3. Delta Spirit, What Is There
4. The Pretenders, Hate For Sale
5. of Montreal, UR Fun
6. Joywave, Possession
7. Glass Animals, Dreamland
8. Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters
9. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, K.G.
10. Midnight Oil, The Makarrata Project
11. Psychedelic Furs, Made of Rain
Darren Hodgkinson
1 Fontaines D.C., A Hero’s Death
2 Protomartyr, Ultimate Success Today
3 Wire, Mind Hive
4 Porridge Radio, Every Bad
5 Bill Callahan, Gold Record
Mike Infanger
Cloquet, New Drugs
The Savants of Soul, The Savants of Soul
The Kills, Little Bastards
Nadia Marie, Weekend Weekend EP
Morrissey, I Am Not a Dog On a China
PedalJets, Twist the Lens
Yolkdrop, Yolkdrop
Guided by Voices, Surrender Your Poppy Field
Brian Fallon, Local Honey
Matmos, The Consuming Flame EP
Land of Talk, Indistinct Conversations
!!!, Certified Heavy Kats EP
Allison Mosshart, CAR MA
Chandeen, Mercury Retrograde
Andrew Weiss & Friends, The Golden Age of Love & Chemistry
Ghost of Vroom, Ghost of Vroom 2
Fuzz, III
Wax Machine, Earthsong of Silence
Rick Kern
1 Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2 Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Temple
3 Taylor Swift, folklore
4 Phoebe Bridgers, Punisher
5 Run the Jewels, RTJ4
6 Sylvan Esso, Free Love
Geoff Leung
1 Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2 Moses Sumney, Græ
3 Caribou, Suddenly
4 The Strokes, The New Abnormal
5 Grimes, Miss Anthropocene
6 Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
Dana Miller
1 Cub Sport, Like Nirvana
2 Inhaler, Falling In EP
3 Egoism, On Our Minds EP
4 IDLES, Ultra Moon
5 Fontaines D.C., A Hero’s Death
6 Ocean Alley, Lonely Diamond
7 Travis, 10 Songs
8 Tom Petty, Wildflowers and All the Rest
9 Soul Asylum, Hurry Up and Wait
10 Blossoms, Fooling Loving Spaces
11 Erasure, The Neon
12 Tame Impala, Slow Rush
13 BENEE, Hey U X
14 Bruce Hornsby, Non-Secure Connection
15 Beabadoobee, Fake It Flowers
16 Butch Walker, American Love Story
17 Lime Cordiale, 14 Steps To a Better You
18 Lady Gaga, Chromatica
Sterling Munksgard
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges, Texas Sun
My Morning Jacket, The Waterfall II
Run the Jewels, RTJ4
The Avett Brothers, The Third Gleam
The Wood Brothers, Kingdom In My Mind
Peter Noble
1 Men of Moon, Dark Sea
2 Working Mens Club, Working Mens Club
3 Chubby and the Gang, Speed Kills
4 The Lovely Eggs, I am Moron
5 The Waterboys, Good Luck, Seeker
6 BDRMM, Bedroom
7 Fontaines D.C., A Hero’s Death
8 Doves, The Universal Want
9 Sports Team, Deep Down Happy
10 The Blinders, Fantasies of a Stay Home Psychopath
11 The Lottery Winners, The Lottery Winners
12 Songhoy Blues, Optimise
13 Ela Minus, Acts of Rebellion
14 The Orielles, Disco Volador
15 The Cleaners from Venus, Dolly Birds and Spies
