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Thundercat tells Elizabeth Alker how it feels for his album 'Drunk' to be 6 Music's Album Of The Year

Thundercat's album 'Drunk' is 6 Music's Album Of The Year

The list of 6 Music’s albums of the year 2018 list has been revealed and the top 10 is as follows:

10 - Phoebe Bridges, Stranger In The Alps
9 - Tom Williams, All Change
8 - Big Thief, Capacity.
7 - Nadine Shah, Holiday Destination.
6 - Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice
5 - Idles, Brutalism.
4 - Father John Misty, Pure Comedy
3 - Sampha, Process.
2 - Alt J, Relaxer.

At number 1, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 6 Music's album of the year, is Drunk by Thundercat.

Drunk is Thundercat’s 3rd full studio album (although he also released 2015’s EP, The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam).

Drunk features guest appearances from Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Kenny Loggins, and Wiz Khlifa and has been a huge critical and commercial success for Thundercat. Reviews have often credited the album with bringing Jazz back into the mainstream.

Elizabeth Alker spoke to him at what has been the end of an incredible year, and he was about to go on stage at the Albert Hall in Manchester wearing a Gucci multi-coloured sequined jacket, red leopard-print sneakers, multi-coloured, silk tai-patterned boxer shorts and a red baseball cap.

He had also just found a video online of a cat eating a banana….

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Role Contributor
Unknown Stephen Bruner
Unknown Elizabeth Alker

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