Some of 's zeitgeist-grabbing, conversation-driving pop music moments occurred completely outside the boundaries of the conventional album -- or even the song. Or the incurable excitement for snippets of Lady Gaga's now Grammy-winning " Shallow " first heard in the highly meme-able trailer for A Star is Born? Or the joy and terror of watching a guy on Instagram dance to Drake's "In My Feelings" in oncoming traffic? These ephemeral trends, digital events that linger in the mind, don't end up on lists like this. Still, the album is resilient. For musicians across genres, the format remains an effective, flexible, and absorbing way to capture a mood, a feeling, or an idea. Even in a year when many of music's biggest acts didn't release new collections -- or alienated fans by releasing weak projects -- there were still more good records than we knew what to do with.

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If that wasn't enough to be listening to, here's our list of the biggest album releases you can expect in the second half of Top 10 Sexiest Music Videos of So Far! Credit: Getty Images. High as Hope will be Florence and the Machine's fourth studio album. There are ten tracks on the album, including singles 'Sky Full of Song' and 'Hunger'. British virtual band Gorillaz are set to release their sixth studio album The Now Now , the follow-up to 's Humanz. Most of the album was recorded in London in February of this year.
Whatever your taste, has been a great year for music. Pop goddess Robyn returned from an eight year break with an instant classic in Honey and St Vincent flipped her excellent album to give each track a more melancholy sound. The German musician's ninth solo album mixes classical and electronic music in a way that is both arresting and soothing. Skip to: 'All Melody' - The title track unfolds around a throbbing central force which expands and shrinks away inviting in different instruments to slowly melt into one. Three years since their slightly disappointing second album and the London-based pop-rock-indie-psychedelic band are back. From the jazzy riffs and laid-back chords of 'Sundials' to the moody grunge-pop in 'Beam Me Up' to the extraterrestrial and bouncing 'Real Gone', Marble Skies straddles every genre within reach - and it works. Skip to: 'Futher' - The opening melody instantly draws you in and then delivers you to a euphoric and memorable chorus. The debut album from south-east London hailing Shame is a wild ride of grungy punk.