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Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2016. Our next list is from DJ and Blog Manager Clarence Ewing. Lately I’ve been thinking about alternate realities. If the musings of some very smart people are to be believed, different outcomes from every event you or I or we experience get played out in an endless number of universes. At this moment in time there are other existences where Cubs fans once again have to Wait ‘TIll Next Year, where great artists I just assumed would always be around still grace us with their presence, if only for a little longer, where people across the world gleefully toast the coming new year as they shake their heads and chuckle “Can you believe the Americans almost voted that a__hole into office? What were they thinking?” The idea of what might have been ended up being the unconscious theme of my Top 10 albums list for this year. The 10 albums I chose are not just among the best 2016 had to offer but also, in their own way, they represent different worlds resulting from different decisions made individually and collectively… |
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#1 Saturday Night Fever by Gate (MIE Music) |
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#2 Awaawaa by Woo (Palto Flats) |
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#3 Wildflower by The Avalanches (Modular) |
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#4 I Wanna Go Back to Detroit City by Andre Williams (Bloodshot) |
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#5 IV by BADBADNOTGOOD (Beat) |
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#6 We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest (Epic) |
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#7 It's a World of Love and Hope by The Flat Five (Bloodshot) |
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#8 A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson (Atlantic) |
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#9 Dissociation by The Dillinger Escape Plan (Sumerian) |
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#10 Deluxe by Omni (Trouble in Mind) |
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Honorable Mentions
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