Frownland

The Epic is a solid jazz album but it's not the second coming.

Currents is just plain dull.

Haven't heard In Colour in full but I'm not the biggest Jamie xx guy, the two songs I did hear weren't above a meh.

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Ninetales

i really like In Colou but yea you probably wouldnt haha

definitely agree with Currents tho i only listened to half and am likely not going back

Plainview

Currents wasn't that stand out but I can't stop listening to it so I shoehorned it in. Also I've just started liking Drake and so I imagine my view of that album will be dampened somewhat. I do however love The Epic, really can't get enough of it. And yeah Carrie and Lowell isn't quite as amazing as others make it out to be, but I think it's still excellent. Honestly I haven't kept up to date particularly this year so it'll probably look pretty different at the end of the year. Also I thought Shadows in the Night was just brill.

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Goofle

Still boggles my mind how TPAB is so highly rated.

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LoathsomePete

Why? 3 years ago it was the same deal with good kid, mad city.

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Frownland

I don't love it as much as everyone else either, but I can definitely understand why it's had mass appeal.

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Goofle

I didn't like that album much (probably less) but I think it has more direct appeal to certain hip hop fans. More mainstream beats and songs with him rapping. Conversely, TPAB is littered with completely boring songs that don't even contain much rapping.

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Josef K

I think the Drake album is fine, and yeah Shadows in the Night is perfectly okay - I'm a huge Dylan fan but I'm probably not going to listen to it again in the foreseeable future.

TPAB > Section.80 > GKMC - but none of them have ever been close to being my AOTY, although I completely enjoy all three.

I think Currents is... not good. I've never liked Tame Impala but I almost wish he would just go back to ripping off Lennon.

The Epic bores me a lot - the middle part is pretty good, but as a whole I think it's way too smooth and pretty safe. I see what he's going for but, as I think I've said before, there's no reason for me to ever listen to it instead of Pharoah Sanders or Alice Coltrane.

The singles from In Colour are fine. I've heard some people saying "Loud Places" is the best song of the year and I think that's kind of ridiculous, but like it's catchy and the backing vocals are pretty cool, plus I'm into the songs it samples.

Plainview

Fair analysis, they're all pretty tame picks and I gotta catch up this year. However The Epic really did it for me, I think it was the Spiritual Jazz style reminiscent of Coltrane etc. that drew me in, and the long length feels like a plus point with this kind of music, very transcendent, a great musical journey if that isn't too pretentious. I just really enjoy it basically.

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Frownland

I just want to remind everyone what the real best jazz record of 2015 is

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