Philby Best Albums of 2016, Pt. 3!!!

I’ve been working on this year’s Philby list since Thanksgiving weekend. Truth be told, I’m always working on my year end lists. It just becomes more intense after Thanksgiving. I always have a list going for the year, and I add potential “nominees” as I hear them.

Most of the post Thanksgiving work centers around making sure I didn’t leave an album off the list that I felt should have been included. (It happens every year, and so far I have caught it.)

But I like to keep time frames “loose.” A lot of albums are released towards the end of the year –especially big name acts. Who even seriously has time to listen to them as the holidays get closer?

One of my requirements is that I have to play at least one track off of the album to be considered for eligibility. Since I do two shows a week now, that has become a lot easier to do. But I don’t feel that it’s fair to me or my listeners or to the artists themselves to bump someone I’ve been playing all year just to be replaced by something “new and shiny.”

This even works in the case of “should be big name acts.” Some of the artists on the list have had a more recent release. Although it would appear that I’m “off my game” by posting an older album, I would prefer to list the one I’ve been playing rather than the one I haven’t even touched. There’s always next year for the newer release.

I’m not trying to bore you with details. I’m just trying to explain a little more of my selection process. As I’ve said before, I work on this process year round. I would hate, at this moment, to have time specific parameters like “January 1—December 31.” Music doesn’t even arrive at the station from promoters and artists on that time frame.

Music should be fun and have a serendipitous sense of magical discovery for the listener, just like it does for the musicians making it. Adhering to a strict time limit would be the equivalent of punching a clock. In other words, actual work. And anyone who listens to my show or knows me, knows that “I ain’t into time, man!”

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61. Three Big Ones—The Secrets (DetroitSecrets)

62. Gravity—Arjun

63. I Was Told There Would Be Pie—Jen Houston

64. Aragon Mill—Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers

65. Reign of the West—The Grave Jinglers

66. Eventually—Super Heater

67. Naturally—Raina Randolph

68. Live at Roscoe’s—Detroit Johnny—O

69. Highly Irregular—Whistler’s Father

70. Little Vixen—Sigrid Christiansen

71. Leaving Boston—Christa Gniadek

72. The Madcat Midnight Blues Journey—Peter Madcat Ruth, Drew Howard, Mark Schrock, Michael Shimmin

73. Shadow Trails—Linda McRae

74. California Nights—Best Coast

75. Good Luck, Bad Karma—Best Behavior

76. Choose to Be Human—Xposed 4Heads

77. Dragonfly—Great Caesar’s Ghost

78. Outskirts of Love—Shemekia Copeland

79. 18th and Volstead—The Vaude Villains

80. Talk—Jon Pousette—Dart

81. Capricorn—Happy Fangs

82. Histories of Things—Calvin Becker

83. Stumbling Towards the Light—Eric Banaan

84. The Power, The Glory, and The Monkey Time—George Stephen Kelly

85. Surf Noir—The 427s

86. Get Well—Birth of Joy

87. Multitudes—James Houlahan

88. What I Did—Hey Mavis

89. Pole Barn Rebels—Pole Barn Rebels

90. New Mexico Dirt—G.S. Harper

91. World War Trio, Pts. 2 and 3—Consider the Source

92. Dr. Hyperstein—Redtenbacher’s Funkestra

93. The Black Sky Sequined—Colorway

94. Crazy Neighbors—Crazy Neighbors

95. A Valentine to the Future—Telamor

96. Up Close at Faraway Sound—The Brother Brothers

97. Dirt—Lucid

98. Weirdo Shrine—La Luz

99. Waves—Big Brother Smokes

100.Beat the Champ—The Mountain Goats

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