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Yeah, it you didn't realise, I'm also including one #Prince album a year in my year end lists, and we're up to 1985's #AroundTheWorldInADay at #5 this year

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#5 Prince: Around the World in a Day
My annual Prince journey takes me to 1985’s bizarre, confusing, but often magic ‘Around the World in a Day’ at #5 #NE2024
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December 23, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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OK, before we get to number one (which I'm sure a lot of you smarty pants have figured out) here's the full Necessary Evil 2024 top 40 albums:

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December 31, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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#37 is #CutOuts, most definitely the OTHER album that
#TheSmile released in 2024, but still full of great moments

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#37 The Smile: Cutouts
#37 is The Smile’s OTHER album released in 2024…
necessaryevil.blog
December 1, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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And Away... We... Go...
The 16th annual Necessary Evil list kicks off tomorrow, but some elephants need shooting first
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Necessary Evil 24: The Biggest List Under the Sun
It’s time… #NE2024 begins tomorrow, and here’s your introduction. Including a few… erm… elephants in the room…?
necessaryevil.blog
November 29, 2024 at 9:20 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
#40 is the deliriously singular artpunk of Manchester's own
#Mumbles, making me realise the MAYBE I don't hate this fucking city

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Necessary Evil
7.4 on Pitchfork
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November 30, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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#3 is #Petrichor by the always outstanding #070Shake. But let's talk about #ToufanAl-Aqsa, yeah?

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#3 070 Shake: Petrichor
#3 is 070 Shake, their first album that didn’t finish top. And by the way: 5, 6, 7, 8, Israel is a terrorist state #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 31, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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We back! #3 is #Petrichor by the always outstanding #070Shake. But let's talk about #ToufanAl-Aqsa, yeah?

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#3 070 Shake: Petrichor
#3 is 070 Shake, their first album that didn’t finish top. And by the way: 5, 6, 7, 8, Israel is a terrorist state #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 31, 2024 at 5:04 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #12 with #BadCameo, #JamesBlake and #LilYachty manage to create a partnership that feels so weird and yet sounds so RIGHT

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#12 James Blake & Lil Yachty: Bad Cameo
At #12 is the unexpected cameo between James Blake at Lil Yachty that, it turns out, makes perfect sense #NE2024
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December 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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At #29 we go a bit Meta, as I somehow use #FutureIsland's first entry for a decade as an excuse to talk about #Bluesky

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#29 Future Islands: People Who Aren’t There Anymore
#29 is a re-entry from Future Islands, a decade after they last made the list, and all I can talk about is Bluesky #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 6, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Yeah, it you didn't realise, I'm also including one #Prince album a year in my year end lists, and we're up to 1985's #AroundTheWorldInADay at #5 this year

#NE2024
#5 Prince: Around the World in a Day
My annual Prince journey takes me to 1985's bizarre, confusing, but often magic 'Around the World in a Day' at #5 #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 22, 2024 at 4:31 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #11 it's the motherfucking #ManicStreetPreachers, son!! Their #Lifeblood20 reissue - which I wrote about at length when it was released - lands just outside the top 10

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#11 Manic Street Preachers: Lifeblood 20
#11 is the Manics' 'Lifeblood 20' reissue. I wrote THOUSANDS of words on this when it was released, go and read that instead #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 17, 2024 at 5:34 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
#37 is #CutOuts, most definitely the OTHER album that #TheSmile released in 2024, but still full of great moments

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#37 The Smile: Cutouts
#37 is The Smile's OTHER album released in 2024...
necessaryevil.blog
November 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
Yeah, it you didn't realise, I'm also including one #Prince album a year in my year end lists, and we're up to 1985's #AroundTheWorldInADay at #5 this year

#NE2024

necessaryevil.blog/2024/12/22/5...
#5 Prince: Around the World in a Day
My annual Prince journey takes me to 1985’s bizarre, confusing, but often magic ‘Around the World in a Day’ at #5 #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 31, 2024 at 8:27 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
#35 is the always incredible #AndSoIWatchYouFromAfar with #Megafauna. Seriously, just listen to this album, I can't imagine anyone not liking it

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#35 And So I Watch You From Afar: Megafauna
#34 is And So I Watch You From Afar. Listen, don’t be scared of any ‘noise rock’ or ‘math rock’ descriptions, everyone who listens to this album will love it #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 1, 2024 at 6:08 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #25, I basically explain how #JohnGrant shits all over David Bowie on his new album #TheArtOfTheLie

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#25 John Grant: The Art of the Lie
At #25, while other artists may think experimentation is their ally, but they merely adopt experimentation, but John Grant was born in this, they were moulded by it. Grant didn't see a power chord or a 4/4 beat until they were a man, and by then it was nothing to them but boring. #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 8, 2024 at 1:53 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
#40 is the deliriously singular artpunk of Manchester's own #Mumbles, making me realise the MAYBE I don't hate this fucking city
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40 Mumbles: In the Pocket of Big Sad
At #40, the debut album by Mumbles, a band that reminded me that I shouldn't hate Manchester so much
necessaryevil.blog
November 30, 2024 at 1:17 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #34... Listen, I KNOW, the world doesn't need more #TaylorSwift content, but there are good songs hidden under that Jack Antonoff production, I promise!

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#34 Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department
At #34, it's Taylor Swift. Listen, I know, the world doesn't need a single more word written about her
necessaryevil.blog
December 1, 2024 at 6:09 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #36. can we have a moment, please, for #CarolineShaw and #SōPercussion? There are few better at making avant garde music sound so beautiful

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#36 Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion: Rectangles and Circumstance
At #36, Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion continue to push the artform of music further than almost all of their contemporaries
necessaryevil.blog
December 1, 2024 at 2:54 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #11 it's the motherfucking #ManicStreetPreachers, son!! Their #Lifeblood20 reissue - which I wrote about at length when it was released - lands just outside the top 10

#NE2023

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#11 Manic Street Preachers: Lifeblood 20
#11 is the Manics’ ‘Lifeblood 20’ reissue. I wrote THOUSANDS of words on this when it was released, go and read that instead #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 18, 2024 at 3:12 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #1 is #Brat because #Brat is #Brat and it simply HAD to be #Brat. I really wanted to be different, but #CharliXCX is undeniable

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#1 Charli XCX: BRAT (Best Album of 2024)
At #1, I’m sorry, so obvious, but it simply HAS to be ‘Brat’ by Charli XCX #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
January 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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At #1 is #Bratef="/hashtag/Brat" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Bratef="/hashtag/Brat" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Bratef="/hashtag/Brat" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Brat because #Brat is #Brat and it simply HAD to be #Brat. I really wanted to be different, but #CharliXCX is undeniable

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#1 Charli XCX: BRAT (Best Album of 2024)
At #1, I'm sorry, so obvious, but it simply HAS to be 'Brat' by Charli XCX #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 31, 2024 at 8:32 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
Aw man, ALMOST being the best album of year but ending up at #2 is the astonishing #CHROMAKOPIA by #TylerTheCreator

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#2 Tyler, The Creator: CHROMAKOPIA
The #2 best album of 2024 -and BOY was it close! – is the incredible latest from Tyler, The Creator #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 31, 2024 at 8:30 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #4 is #RavynLenae with their exquisite second album #BirdsEye, because sometimes you just have to Appreciate. Motherfucking. CRAFT

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#4 Ravyn Lenae: Bird’s Eye
At #4 is the simply glorious second album by Rayyn Lenae, because sometimes a high placing on this list is just about talent, quality and motherfucking CRAFT #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 31, 2024 at 8:28 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
At #6 is #GodspeedYouBlackEmperor with #NOTITLEASOF21DECEMBER202445206DEAD. I updated the title for them. Not many jokes on this post

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#6 Godspeed You! Black Emperor: “NO TITLE AS OF 21 DECEMBER 2024 45,206 DEAD”
At the ACTUAL #6 is Godspeed You! Black Emporer, and I hope you’ll forgive me for this entry having a lot less jokes #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 31, 2024 at 8:26 PM
lexleeson.bsky.social
OK, OK, I'm the bigger man. #TheFool by #YoungJesus might include a bigger diss track than Not Like Us against ME specifically, but I still name it at #7

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#7 Young Jesus: The Fool
#7 is Young Jesus’s ‘The Fool’, which I’m big enough of a person to include so high despite it including a blatant diss track of me #NE2024
necessaryevil.blog
December 31, 2024 at 8:25 PM