Though some of Lamentations' pieces could have used some fleshing out, it remains one of the year's most emotionally potent ambient efforts.
Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide
ReviewsCommentSpirit World Field Guide's purposeful meandering and not-so-sticky hooks are occasional turnoffs, but the album still delivers the conceptuality and adept rapping it's safe to expect from Aesop Rock.
Undeath - Lesions of a Different Kind
ReviewsCommentUndeath's full-length debut is a solid death metal album whose greatest sin is sometimes succumbing to the genre's basic tropes.
Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
ReviewsCommentChris Stapleton returns with a clean slate of sorts and the year's best country album.
Future & Lil Uzi Vert - Pluto x Baby Pluto
ReviewsCommentUzi and Future cancel each other out on Pluto x Baby Pluto.
Dope Body - Crack a Light
ReviewsCommentDespite its solid first half and finale, Crack a Light is Dope Body's most predictable batch of tracks thus far.
Nav - Emergency Tsunami
ReviewsComment2020 needed a third NAV album.
Kylie Minogue - Disco
ReviewsCommentBy the standards of both old and new disco, Kylie's latest album is mostly middling.