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Best Albums 2016–2021
Finally complete
With completion comes the internal sighs of accomplishment. Something else checked off a list that no one other than me even knows about. And the strange thing with these last few years is how quickly records have been released and have somehow aged six or seven years.
I also understand that here at Plethora Of Pop, we keep things on the lighter, non-political side, which I will honor with this one, hopefully acceptable, caveat:
The demarcation line/year of 2016 is one that will forever be etched into my battered psyche, and I think America’s collective understanding of itself.
With that said, here we go into the final years of my favorite albums thus far.
2016: A few true gems to consider include Run the Jewels 3, Solange’s A Seat at the Table, PJ Harvey’s The Hope Demolition Project, Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, and the return of A Tribe Called Quest with We Got It From Here…featuring “We The People.” As much as that one song still means to me, my favorite album is The Drive-By Truckers’ American Band, featuring one of my very favorite songs of theirs, “What It Means.”