The Beatles - Beatles for Sale

8.0

in shrouds, dejected, arms joined, day's fade, outpour

Standouts:

"I'll Follow the Sun"

"Baby's in Black"

"Eight Days a Week"

Drake - Views

8.0

blow to ego, mental health break, different level, carry-on baggage, high price tag

Standouts:

"One Dance"

"U With Me?"

"Weston Road Flows"

Fiona Apple - Tidal

8.9

shades, stormy weather, wet behind the ears, encircling, losing the battle

Standouts:

"The Child Is Gone"

"Never Is a Promise"

"Shadowboxer"

Crocodiles - Summer of Hate

8.2

creation, sweltering, embattled, degeneration, raising hell

Standouts:

"Sleeping with the Lord"

"Flash of Light"

"I Wanna Kill"

John Lennon - Walls and Bridges

8.0

a world of hurt, hair raised, free from the clutches, closed eyes, cordons

Standouts:

"What You Got"

"Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"

"Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)"

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

8.0

ionic, cyphered, leave of senses, fine material, blip

Standouts:

"Knights"

"Vanished"

"Tell Me What to Swallow"

The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir

8.3

dust clearing, canticle, panache, mixed bag, made lemonade, cozy and warm

Standouts:

"'14: I Wish I Had Pictures"

"'86: How I Failed Ethics"

"'71: I Think I'll Make Another World"

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

8.5

my sunshine, kept in, a go-go, crusade, jump ship

Standouts:

"Intervention"

"No Cars Go"

"(Antichrist Television Blues)"