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The Huntsman's Favorite Records 2016

January 05, 2017

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There is a love/hate relationship I’ve grown about year-end lists. I used to look forward to them, and lately I am finding myself dreading them, but at the same time deep down I really feel obligated and enjoy putting them together. For time’s sake, and so I can continue on discovering more great albums I am going to list them in order through 50. These are all vinyl records (minus a couple that are coming soon to vinyl and I will have) While compiling the list not only did the rankings change daily and lots of swapping back and forth, I tallied damn near 100 records I bought that were released in 2016 not counting the ones I forgot because I know they’re hiding in my shelf. Here it is:

1 GOZU - REVIVAL

2 TIEBREAKER - DEATH TUNES

3 YOUNGBLOOD SUPERCULT - HIGH PLAINS

4 ASTEROID - III

5 BUS - THE UNKNOWN SECRETARY

6 GIN LADY - CALL THE NATION

7 LIMESTONE WHALE - LIMESTONE WHALE

8 BRIGHT CURSE - BEFORE THE SHORE

9 LORD VAPOUR - MILL STREET BLUES

10 KING BUFFALO - ORION

11 SWAN VALLEY HEIGHTS - SWAN VALLEY HEIGHTS

12 LA CHINGA - FREEWHEELIN'

13 BRIMSTONE COVEN - BLACK MAGIC

14 LANGFINGER - CROSSYEARS

15 SVVAMP - SVVAMP

16 1000MODS - REPEATED EXPOSURE TO…

17 WORSHIPPER - SHADOW HYMNS

18 HORSEBURNER - DEAD SEEDS, BARREN SOIL

19 DUNSMUIR - DUNSMUIR

20 MUDCRUTCH - 2

21 CODY JINKS - I’M NOT THE DEVIL

22 STURGILL SIMPSON - A SAILORS GUIDE TO EARTH

23 VOKONIS - OLDE ONE ASCENDING

24 WITCHCRAFT - NUCLEUS

25 BRANT BJORK - TAO OF THE DEVIL

26 GEEZER - GEEZER

27 THE GREAT ELECTRIC QUEST - THE GREAT ELECTRIC QUEST

28 VALLEY OF THE SUN - VOLUME ROCK

29 MOTHERSHIP - LIVE OVER FREAK VALLEY

30 QUAKER CITY NIGHTHAWKS - EL ASTRONAUTA

31 SLOW SEASON - WESTING

32 ZED - TROUBLE IN EDAN

33 CAPTAIN CRIMSON - REMIND

34 MERLIN - ELECTRIC CHILDREN

35 RED WIZARD - COSMOSIS

36 THE WATCHERS - SABBATH HIGHWAY EP

37 DEVIL TO PAY - A BEND THROUGH SPACE AND TIME

38 HIGH SPIRITS - MOTIVATOR

39 THE SECOND COMING OF HEAVY CHAPTER 2 - SUPERVOID / RED DESERT

40 NAEVUS - HEAVY BURDEN

41 WIGHT - LOVE IS NOT ONLY WHAT YOU KNOW

42 SHE TAMES CHAOS - OH FAIR FATHER WHERE ART THOU

43 YEAR OF THE COBRA - IN THE SHADOWS BELOW…

44 GYGAX - CRITICAL HITS

45 DRUIDS - CYCLES OF MOBEUM

46 WITCHWOOD - HANDFUL OF STARS

47 ZQKMGDZ - ORBIT DUALKRAUT

48 TRUCKFIGHTERS - V

49 BOUDAIN - WAY OF THE HOOF

50 SADLER VADEN - SADLER VADEN

-The Huntsman

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