{"id":23217,"date":"2017-01-02T02:35:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T00:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=23217"},"modified":"2020-01-02T18:18:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:18:42","slug":"music-2016-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/music-2016-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Music: 2016 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"
MUSIC<\/div>\n

And just like that it’s 2017, and even more scarily,\u00a0my 10th last.fm anniversary.<\/a>\u00a0I honestly can’t believe I joined it a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Though I don’t spend much time on the site these days I still find the stats and graphs fascinating, athough I never judge my favourites of the year by the data alone, it really does come down to overall impression of the music over number of plays.<\/p>\n

So herewith is a roundup of my favourite music of 2016.<\/p>\n

\"Tiger\u00a0\u00a0\"Kent\"\u00a0\u00a0\"Wild
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A L B U M S<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m a bit torn picking my top 3 albums\u00a0– firstly over the top spot, because 2 of my favourites (Kent and Tiger Lou) released lovely albums this year. Objectively Tiger Lou’s is better, though Kent’s album is their last ever and so it definitely scores extra for sentimental value (plus it is a great album in its own right). Third place is\u00a0the real tough call though – it’s between\u00a0W<\/em>ild Beasts’ Boy King<\/em> and\u00a0Shearwater’s\u00a0Jet Plane and Oxbow…<\/em>for this one I’m going to go with the last.fm data and number of plays…<\/p>\n

Favourite albums:<\/strong><\/p>\n