The Top 50 Best Albums of 2023
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The Top 50 Best Albums of 2023
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Pleasantly surprised to see Jessie Ware in the runner-up position! A massive fan of her work. Really enjoyed these Year-End lists from you, Mark! 😊
Once again, I want to tell you how much I appreciate your insight, your writing and your sincerity. You have given plenty of reccomendations that have expanded my music taste and this was still true this year. With that said, I'll be dropping my list. I'm Argentinian, so there's plenty of latin music (both mainstream and underground).
My list
1. El Diablo en el cuerpo - Alex Anwandter
2. Desire... - Caroline Polachek
3. Lahai - Sampha
4. Mañana será bonito - Karol G
5. Super Terror - Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado
6. That! Feels good! - Jessie Ware
7. Fountain Baby - Amaarae
8. Farsanta - Faraonika
9. In the end... - The Japanese House
10. Gag order - Kesha
11. Heavy Heavy - Young Fathers
12. Mini Mix vol. III - Magdalena Bay
13. FLAPS - Lucia Tacchetti
14. Un Dios nuevo - La Piba Berreta
15. Dogsbdy - Model/Actriz
16. Lo mas cercano a caer - Nenagenix
17. Feria - Club 20
18. Mirruña - Marte
19. Red moon in Venus - Kali Uchis
20. Vida real - FRANSIA
SpectrumPulse Top 50 Albums
50. Family Ties - Charles Wesley Godwin
49. The Beggar - Swans
48. HELLMODE - Jeff Rosenstock
47. Tear - Korine
46. Feel Good - Jaime Wyatt
45. The Devil I Know - Ashley McBryde
44. the whaler - Home Is Where
43. Dance You Monster To My Soft Song! - Victory Over the Sun
42. I Inside the Old Year Dying - PJ Harvey
41. Boys Of Faith - Zach Bryan
40. No Highs - Tim Hecker
39. Playground - House of Harm
38. The Restless - Karen Jonas
37. FOREGROUND MUSIC - Ron Gallo
36. Quaranta - Danny Brown
35. playing w/ fire - redveil
34. Hold My Beer, Vol. 3 - Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen
33. North Georgia Rounder - Pony Bradshaw
32. Formal Growth In The Desert - Protomartyr
31. The Age Of Pleasure - Janelle Monáe
30. Rolling Up The Welcome Mat - Kelsea Ballerini
29. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips - Armand Hammer
28. Feel Good Country - Sundy Best
27. Dogsbody - Model/Actriz
26. Arrival - Mesarthim
25. Fountain Baby - Amaarae
24. Mississippi - Jason Eady
23. First Two Pages of Frankenstein - The National
22. Madres - Sofia Kourtesis
21. 1988 - Lori McKenna
20. Wallsocket - underscores
19. I Thought It'd Be Different - Rory
18. Mid Air - Romy
17. Bury The Lede - Dessa
16. Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? - McKinley Dixon
15. Integrated Tech Solutions - Aesop Rock
14. Angel Numbers - Hamish Hawk
13. The Rise and Fall of A Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan
12. Maps - billy woods & Kenny Segal
11. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You - Caroline Polacheck
10. Shook - Algiers
09. The Weight of the Mask - Svalbard
08. Erotic Probiotic 2 - Nourished By Time
07. Gag Order - Kesha
06. No Joy - Spanish Love Songs
05. Scaring The Hoes - Danny Brown + JPEGMAFIA
04. The Weakness - Ruston Kelly
03. Drink The River - Gabe Lee
02. That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
01. Weathervanes - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Legend
Thanks ❤
My Top 10 Albums Of 2023:
#1: RAYE - My 21st Century Blues
#2: Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
#3: Maisie Peters - The Good Witch
#4: Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
#5: Joy Oladokun - Proof Of Life
#6: Laufey - Bewitched
#7: Ellie Goulding - Higher Than Heaven
#8: Annalisa - E Poi Siamo Finiti Nel Vortice
#9: Filey Frog - Gone Fishing
#10: Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
Pretty close to my list
I love seeing Joy so high!! I wish she was more recognized
@@kirstynloftus826 Agreed. She's incredibly underrated! 😊
@@tylerhackner9731 Glad to hear it!
Taylor is mid
Mark, when I saw your review of Weathervanes and noticed the 10/10 score in the description, I was reminded of when Todd In The Shadows named Meet Me At Our Spot by Willow Smith & Tyler Cole as his favorite hit song of 2021, despite neither landing in the 2021 YE Hot 100 nor peaking inside the top 20.
If you love something so much that you're willing to break your OWN rules, that love is as genuine as it can be.
My top ten albums of last year:
1. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek
2. This is Why - Paramore
3. Black Rainbows - Corinne Bailey Rae
4. Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard? - Lana Del Rey
5. The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski
6. That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
7. 3D Country - Geese
8. Pollen - Tennis
9. The Loveliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen
10. When We Were That What Wept for the Sea - Colin Stetson
Yaaaay more spectrum pulse lists 🥰
I've been watching you for years now, you've shown me some of my favorite artists and exposed me to music I'd never have seen otherwise. I just wanted to say that the work you've put out this year is top notch, especially your forays into video essaying. I appreciate you, and look forward to seeing what you do next year!
Great list, Mark! I have actually been getting into Zach Bryan, Ruston Kelly and Spanish Love Songs to start off 2024... which is a refreshing surprise for a metalhead like me! Speaking of metal, though...it's awesome to see Victory Over The Sun on this list!
Great list.
My favorite albums of 2023 are:
1. Paramore - This Is Why
2. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
3. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED!
4. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
5. Blondshell - Blondshell
6. Screaming Females - Desire Pathway
7. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
8. Danny Brown - Quaranta
9. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder
10. Squid - O Monolith
A lot of UA-cam critics didn’t love Mitski’s record but I think it was awesome.
My top 10 albums of 2023:
10. Emotion Sickness - Fefe Dobson
9. This is Why - Paramore
8. The Age of Pleasure - Janelle Monae
7. The Good Witch - Maisie Peters
6. Brandy Clark - Brandy Clark
5. Guts - Olivia Rodrigo
4. The record - Boygenius
3. Bewitched - Laufey
2. The World is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski
1. Weathervanes - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Shit, I forgot to listen to the Fefe Dobson album. I might do that soon.
I'm so glad you put Gag order on here!
Thnx heaps Mark.
The amount of great new music I always get from these videos is insane. Thank you for all the work you put in.
My top 10 albums of 2023 are:
1. Holding Absence - The Noble Art Of Self Destruction
2. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden
3. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy
4. Hot Mulligan - Why Would I Watch
5. Hot Milk - A Call To The Void
6. Trophy Eyes - Suicide and Sunshine
7. Beartooth - The Surface
8. The Maine - The Maine
9. NF - HOPE
10. You Me At Six- Truth Decay
SICK LIST MARK!!!!!
I found your selections more accessible than with other best of 2023 list selections. Rory and Nourished By Time blew me away and I'm not an R&B fan. Three of my 2023 best ofs are Bl4ck M4rket C4rt, Candelabro and Feeble Little Horse.
FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO CAN APPRECIATE JESSIE WARE! That Feels Good is my AOTY, and one of my favorite albums of the 2020s
My top 10 albums of 2023. As always, great list, gave me plenty of recommendations for me to check out!
1. Bully - Lucky for You
2. Destiny Bond - Be My Vengeance
3. feeble little horse - Girl With Fish
4. Sampha - Lahai
5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
6. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V
7. MSPaint - Post-American
8. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
9. TURQUOISEDEATH - Se Bueno
10. Snõõper - Super Snõõper
….very off-topic, but Mark, you’re getting so much better looking with age. ❤
That’s pretty much what I wanted to say. Happy New Year everyone.
So happy to see Aesop Rock this high on the list. Integrated Tech Solutions was absolutely amazing.
Great list! And thanks for the Dessa recommendation - I probably would have missed that album otherwise (also, I first heard about Chappell Roan on this channel). My Top 10 favorite albums of 2023 are:
1. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - City of Gold
2. Jeffrey Martin - Thank God We Left the Garden
3. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
4. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Weathervanes
5. Rachel Baiman - Common Nation of Sorrow
6. Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight
7. Jobi Riccio - Whiplash
8. Paramore - This Is Why
9. Dessa - Bury the Lede
10. Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
I wish you all the best in 2024!
i am so mad that nothing from chappell roan charted this year, super graphic ultra modern girl, naked in manhattan, hot to go and red wine supernova we’re all right there. i’d even take after midnight as a consultation prize.
My top 10:
10. Host - IX
9. Ocean Of Grief - Pale Existence
8. Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
7. Shores of Null - The Loss Of Beauty
6. Voyager - Prince of Fire
5. Ignea - Dreams Of Lands Unseen
4. Atlases - Between The Day & I
3. Kataklysm - Goliath
2. Hanging Garden - The Garden
1. Insomnium - Anno 1696
That Rory album is 🔥
That Kesha review... got me emotional, spot on!!! For me, Gag Order is def the album of the year.
Cool selection of music there! Always appreciate that you have a unique taste and you’re not afraid to stand out from other critics/listeners even if we disagree.
Here’s my top 10
1. Javelin - Sufjan Stevens
2. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski
3. PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
4. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
5. Multitudes - Feist
6. The Record - Boygenius
7. The Loveliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen
8. Blómi - Susanne Sundfør
9. This Is Why - Paramore
10. The Redshift Blues - Dispirited Spirits
Thanks for another great years of reviews Mark :) my Top Ten
10. Gag Order - Kesha
9. Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? - McKinley Dixon
8. the record - boygenius
7. A Cat in the Rain - Turnpike Troubadours
6. ONE MORE TIME… - Blink-182
5. GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo
4. Why Would I Watch - Hot Mulligan
3. Weathervanes - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
2. The Weakness - Ruston Kelly
1. No Joy - Spanish Love Songs
Here’s to 2024!
My Top 15:
1. Parannoul - After the Night
2. Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall
3. Lil Yachty - Let‘s Start Here
4. underscores - Wallsocket
5. yeule - softscars
6. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
7. Sampha - Lahai
8. Slowthai - UGLY
9. Jane Remover - Census Designated
10. JPEG MAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
11. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
12. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
13. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED!
14. Paramore - This Is Why
15. King Krule - Space Heavy
The extended live version of “Into The Endless Night” might just be my favourite song of all time. That Parannoul album slaps hard
The live version is fr on another level.
So happy you put Charles weasly Godwin on the list. Love that your enjoy him
Hey Spectrum Pulse, in case you missed it, can you please post a link to this video on your website? I understand that holiday & year-end list season is quite busy, so details like this can slip notice. Heading into the new year, keep up the superb work.
My TOP10 albums this year:
1. A Cat in the Rain - Turnpike Troubadours(As a new fan of Turnpike, this is very great)
2. Weathervanes - Jason Isbell & the 400 unit
3. Family Ties - Charles Wesley Godwin
4. The Weekness - Ruston Kelly
5. Drink the River - Gabe Lee
6. Javelin - Sufjan Stevens(yes, I still love this album)
7. Celerants - Nickel Creek
8. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
9. Super Natural - The Wilder Blue
10. maybe GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo? or Twenty on High - Drayton Farley?
Really enjoyed your list. Especially cool to hear about some country albums I'd never heard of. Did you hear the Ben de la Cour Sweet Anhedonia album? Superb. He writes really well. I also loved the Reverend Kristin Hayter Saved! album. Here's my Top 15:
Top 15 Albums of the year 2023
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I want to Turn Into You
Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - Saved!
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know there’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Mitski - The land is Inhospitable and So Are We
Paramore - This is Why
BoyGenius - The Record
Swans - The Beggar
Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert
Squid - O Monolith
Black County New Road - Live at Bush Hall
Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
Ben De La Cour - Sweet Anhedonia
Creation Rebel - Hostile Environment
Vince Clarke - Songs of Silence.
Here is My Top 50 Best Albums Of 2023:
50. Sam Smith- Gloria
49. Doja Cat- Scarlet
48. Kevin Abstract- Blanket
47. Scott Pilgrum Takes Off Soundtrack
46. boygenius- the record
45. Luke Combs- Gettin' Old
44. Lainey Wilson- Bell Bottom Country
43. Zack Bryan- Zack Bryan
42. Cody Johnson- Leather
41. Jung Kook- Golden
40. Andre 3000- New Blue Sun
39. Jelly Roll- Whitsitt Chapel
38. Disney's Wish Soundtrack
37. Blink-182- ONE MORE TIME...
36. Dolly Parton- Rockstar
35. Post Malone- AUSTIN
34. P!nk- Trustfall
33. Fall Out Boy- So Much (For) Stardust
32. Gorillaz- Cracker Island
31. Paramore- This Is Why
30. Poppy- Zig
29. Jenny Lewis- Joy'all
28. Nat and Alex Wolff- Table For Two
27. Troye Sivan- Something to give each other
26. Disclosure- Alchemy
25. Olivia Rodrigo- GUTS
24. Aly & AJ- With This Love
23. Laura Pausini- Almas Paralelas
22. Miraculous: Ladybug & Chat Noir- The Movie Soundtrack
21. Avatar The Last Airbender Book 1: Water Soundtrack
20. NIMONA Soundtrack
19. Everything but the girl- Fuse
18. Killer Mike- Michael
17. CircusP- Cmky
16. Aivi and Surasshu- Meanwhile
15. Rebecca Sugar- Spiral Bound
14. Adventure Time Fionna And Cake Soundtrack
13. Taylor Swift- Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
12. Dessa- Bury The Lead
11. Lil Yachty- Let's Start Here
10. Kyile Minogue- TENSION
9. Chris Stapleton- Higher
8. Ellie Goulding- Higher Than Heaven
7. Idina Menzel- Drama Queen
6. Dan Mason- I'll Be Alright
5. Miley Cyrus- Endless Summer Vacation
4. Celine Dion- Love Again Soundtrack
3. George Clanton- Ooo, I Rap Ya
2. Taylor Swift- 1989 (Taylor's Verison)
1. Kesha- Gag Order
To get personal for a second, 2023 wound up being just as turbulent of a year for me as 2022, arguably moreso. So the music that I got to hear this year was a balm for a lot of frustrating situations this year.
8. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
7. 2nd In Command - Live With Love Until You Can't Anymore
6. Many Tiny Boxes - S/T (the nightmare fuel record of the year for me)
5. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
4. Gabe Lee - Drink The River
3. Spanish Love Songs- No Joy
2. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit- Weathervanes (you have no idea how close this was to being my AOTY)
1. Underscores- Wallsocket
An honourable mention of music that stuck with me this year is the soundtrack to Studio Yurei's short film, Radar. I'm not sure if it's royalty free or not, but it's a very impactful score for an Analog horror film that really stuck with me, especially the track that plays at the end of the film.
I got introduced to Game Lee's 2023 album from watching Mark's channel, and it's one of my faves of the year, too! Also, wishing you a better 2024!
I bought Weathervanes as a gift for a coworker for Christmas and I wasn't sure if it was a good move. This was oddly reassuring, lol
Would you mind in the future saying the artist and album up front on these albums, I know it's a video but I like to listen on walks and don't always catch what the album was. Great list though. 😊
Me at the bottom 25: "omg there's only like two records I didn't listen to I wasn't that far behind!"
Me after the top 25: "....dang"
I feel like this year was generally good as someone more into the Hardcore/Metal/Emo side of things. 2021 was maybe a little more consistent, but both 2022 and 2023 had some great albums. (Didn’t get to Svalbard unfortunately, but the three songs I heard from it were great so I imagine getting to it will warrant high praise).
My top 10’s as follows:
10. Leprethere - Tarnished Passion
9. Holding Absence - The Noble Art of Self Destruction
8. Dispirited Spirits - The Redshift Blues
7. Invent Animate - Heavener
6. Jeromes Dream - The Gray In Between
5. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
4. Phoxjaw - notverynicecream
3. Death Goals - A Garden of Dead Flowers
2. Hail the Sun - Divine Inner Tension
1. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy
Man I'm surprised that Iravu didn't make the cut, but awesome list
Nourished by Time where do I know that nam- OH ITS THE PERSON FEATURED IN MY FAVORITE YAEJI SONG THIS YEAR. God everything makes sense now!
Here are some of favorites from this year :)
'The Weakness' - Ruston Kelly
'Seeking The Sources Of Streams' - Cicada
'Weathervanes' - Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
'A Fate Worse Than Home' - Iravu
'Rolling Up The Welcome Mat' - Kelsea Ballerini
'Dogsbody' - Model/Actriz
'GUTS' - Olivia Rodrigo
Man, that Ruston Kelly got more plays than I ever would’ve predicted. So good.
@@bharris108 Indeed it is, probably my favorite of the year.
Beloved Paradise Jazz is so underrated it's crazy
As a spanish viewer, here are some recommendations from my country :)
Lola Indigo - GRX (EP)
María José Llergo - Ultrabelleza
Mujeres - Desde Flores y Entrañas
Samuraï - Artillería (EP)
Belén Aguilera - Metanoia (EP)
Marilia Monzón - Prenderé Una Velita
Ana Mena - bellodrama
Chica Sobresalto - Oráculo
María Pelae - Al Baño María
My Top 10 Albums:
1) Lana Del Rey - Did you know there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
2) Squid - O Monolith
3) Sampha - Lahai
4) JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
5) Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
6) slowthai - UGLY
7) billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
8) Swans - The Beggar
9) Geese - 3D Country
10) underscores - Wallsocket
#1 Raising ravens- leaving with the halflight
Jess Finalayson does it all! She writes, plays guitar and sings on this beautifully done album!!
2 Any given sin- war
3 Gideon- more power more pain
4 Motive black- auburn
5 Cold stares- voices
6 Pop evil- skeletons
7 Phil Campbell- kings of the asylum
8 Saul -this is it..the end of everything
9 Buckcherry-10
10 Tyler Bryant- dirty work
11 Red- rated R
12 Lift the curse- suffer and survive
13 Throw the fight- strange world
14 Another day dawns- finding peace through all the noise
15 Blak29
16 Trashy Annie- sticks and stones
17 When rivers meet- aces are high
18 Post profit- self defeaterEP
19 War curse- confession
20 Texas hippie coalition- the name lives on
21 Saliva- revelation
22 Laura cox- head above water
23 Woyote- mother of the universe
24 Screaming eagles- high class rock n roll
25 Jesse James Dupree- breathing fire
26 Vera bloom- it’s meEP
27 King mountain- wrath of the gods
28 Duskwood- the last voyage
29 Fuzzrider- S/T
30 Fortune child- - ST ep
31 Deadly vices- dead inside ep
Weathervanes is easily my favorite as well
I REALLY wasn't expecting Svalbard
In no particular order:
Caroline Polachek - Desire, i want to turn into you
Jpegmafia, Danny Brown - Scaring the hoes
Travis Scott - Utopia
Danny Brown - Quaranta
Sampha - Lahai
Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
100 gecs - 10000 gecs
The best album here that you introduced me to is the one from Mesarthim
Enjoyed your reviews but its a bit heavy on American artists - What about the rest of the world and old artists - Mon Laferte, Everything But The girl, Paul Weller, The Zombies, Steven Wilson to name a few
that jason isbell album is way too good, also my number one but I think followed closely by zack bryan's self titled.
Amazing list, Mark! A couple of my favorites through the year:
1) Come Get Your Wife - Elle King
2) Let Her Burn - Rebecca Black
3) Rolling Up the Welcome Mat - Kelsea Ballerini
4) 10,000 gecs - 100 gecs
5) Fanfare - Dorian Electra
6) The Weakness - Ruston Kelly
7) Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
8) Weathervanes - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
9) Let’s Start Here - Lil Yachty
Hey, we have the same number 1!
Islands - "And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs" is my top album for 2023.
I feel so vindicated by the Home is Where inclusion
The Veils had the album of the year for me. Check it out. It's amazing.
I’m pulling for Ruston Kelly to get a high placement
he did!
Before making my own list, I wanna thank @smoov22 for recommending that KSHMR 2023 record, which I thought it was gonna be hard to go through when I saw the tracklist, but it truly went so easy with so many goddamn bangers and one genuinely well made melancholic song that for some reason reminded me of BTS 😅
Shout out to Rors
It's so weird to separate mainstream hip hop and underground hip hop. Why would it matter if an album is popular or not all what matter is how it make you feel. It's really not hard to dig for underground rap there is a ton of resources with top X lists. I saw a list of top 300 rap album. On hiphopheads subreddit there was over 30+ releases in the first week of the year yet people complains about the lack of mainstream releases and refuse to try some albums on the list
If you’re hurting for Svalbard to appear on more end of the year list…. Well we might have you covered this week…
i was delighted when i saw that strawberry woman was the highest song from weathervanes on the best songs list, since it’s also my favorite song and it reminds me of my partner, but i think i need to revisit it as a whole because besides strawberry woman and death wish, i haven’t gone back to it, and i really should.
No love for Lana Del Ray but enjoyed the list
Uh so i listened to weathervanes,,, and while i love your enthusiasm for it, i found it to be unbearable. cheers tho, decent list
great list but i’m extremely mad at you for calling Victory Over the Sun “Liturgy done right”
My personal list is pretty different from yours, but here goes...
30. JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes
29. Avatar - Dance Devil Dance
28. Polaris - Fatalism
27. Movements - Ruckus!
26. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
25. Drain - Living Proof
24. Meet Me @ The Altar - Past // Present // Future
23. Zulu - A New Tomorrow
22. Mutoid Man - Mutants
21. Panopticon - The Rime of Memory
20. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori
19. Babymetal - The Other One
18. Baroness - Stone
17. Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask
16. Shadows - Out for Blood
15. None - Inevitable
14. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse
13. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
12. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden
11. Reverend Kristin Michael Hater - Saved!
10. Code Orange - The Above
9. Twilight Force - At The Heart of Wintervale
8. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
7. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
6. 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs
5. Enforced - War Remains
4. Angel Electronics - Ultra Paradise
3. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
2. boygenius - the record
1. Creeper - Sanguivore
(If it isn't already obvious, I found you through Rock Coliseum lol)
Great list, here's my top 10:
1. The Rime of Memory by Panopticon
2. The Lamb as Effigy by Sprain
3. Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
4. Javelin by Sufjan Stevens
5. My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross by ANONHI and the Johnsons
6. Zach Bryan by Zach Bryan
7. Hellmode by Jeff Rosenstock
8. Gag Order by Kesha
9. Scaring the Hoes by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
10. Vertumnus Caesar by Malokarpatan
My Top 25 Albums of 2023:
25: Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
24: Cacola - Alive
23: KNOWER - KNOWER FOREVER
22: Jason Eady - Mississippi
21: Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
20: Kesha - Gag Order
19: Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
18: McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
17: home is where - the whaler
16: Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts
15: The HIRS Collective - We're Still Here
14: Spanish Love Songs - No Joy
13: jaimie branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
12: Grandbrothers - Late Reflections
11: Snooper - Super Snooper
10: Alfa Mist - Variables
9: Victory Over The Sun - Dance You Monster To My Soft Song!
8: underscores - Wallsocket
7: Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
6: Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel
5: Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 5
4: JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
3: Gabe Lee - Drink the River
2: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
1: 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
What the hell is Hypnagogic Pop?
It is commonly defined as pop or psychedelic music that draws influence from the 80s, through often hazy and low-fidelity production.
(Taken from Wikipedia)
That new Molybaron album Something Ominous gets closer to 5 stars each time I listen to it. It’s like the best parts of Pain of Salvation, System of a Down, and Rise Against all rolled into one. None of the immature or dreary parts.
i loved bury the lede when i first listened to it, and dessa officially been added to my list of women who i call mother. other women on that list are kesha and alex kingston if you were wondering. anyway chopper, twelve to one, and hurricane party are all excellent, and it’s a crime that none of them became hits.
wednesday rat saw god.
"Liturgy done right" lol
you talk about music you don't like as if its objective please fucking knock that shit off
Fantastic list of some of the most derivative and uninspiring recordings of the last few years (not all 2023 releases on this poorly researched list).
Alright, fun guy: show me your top 50, and tell me which aren't from 2023 - I'm curious ;)
(actually, wait, are you talking about the Pony Bradshaw album? Because in that case, while it is a compilation of EPs, not all the songs were released in 2022 on the project, which formally dropped in 2023 and is why I counted it, specifically checking before I even reviewed it - Tapir! did the same thing this year with its staggered EPs over 2022-23)
predictions for the top 10:
10. Shook
9. The Weight of the Mask
8. SCARING THE HOES
7. Erotic Probiotic 2
6. Gag Order
5. No Joy
4. The Weakness
3. That! Feels Good!
2. Drink The River
1. Weathervanes
I could see Mark going with either Angel Numbers by Hamish Hawk or Gag Order by Kesha at #2.
You predicted this so accurately: seriously impressive.
Lowkey impressed with how accurately you guessed the list
I feel like despite us living in the era of TikTok/viral songs, I see people listening to and delving into actual albums now more than I’ve seen in a while. Especially when the charts are a mess.
Mainstream albums were worse than ever, bloated gloopy pap, 20-30 songs usually and barely 3 worth listening to on each album. Everything that didn’t chart I had at least 3.5 stars and up.
Honestly we need to get rid of Taylor Swift and instead replace her with Caroline Polachek
Guts, scaring the hoes, desire, I want to turn into you, jaguar ii, bewitched, the record are my favorites
no uzi? pink tape
😂
probably forgot, it's obviously top ten
Lol...what?
I DON’T THINK YOU TRUUUUUUST
It’s to trash to be here