Best Music 🎵 of 2023!

Bennnnn said:
(n)(n)(n) to their number 1 pick. I like the SZA album, but it's not a 2023 album, and it's not even a number 1 of either year album. Kind of a random list overall in terms of placement, but it hits all the big ones that are on basically on the other lists. billy woods being up high is nice, but I guess I'm one of the few who prefer Armand Hammer's album this year over that one.
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I have a hard time picking between them but I am a little puzzled that many lists have Maps really high and WBDTS much lower or not even on it at all. Maybe the latter was trying to avoid putting two woods albums on there? Seems strange to rate one so much lower that it doesn't even place. They are very different albums but it is surprising from my extremely biased viewpoint 😂.
 
wokeupnew said:
Yeah this is my final list I think. I'll have to finally buy the new Tennis album on LP because I need to have all my top 10 on vinyl for my annual 'gram post.

* = own on LP

Best of 2023:
  1. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony*
  2. Cut Worms - Cut Worms*
  3. Sigur Rós - Átta*
  4. Wild Nothing - Hold*
  5. The National - Laugh Track*
  6. Molly Burch - Daydreamer*
  7. Tennis - Pollen
  8. Beirut - Hadsel*
  9. Bodywash - I Held The Shape While I Could*
  10. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin*
  11. Beach Fossils - Bunny*
  12. The Tallest Man on Earth - Henry St.*
  13. Slowdive - Everything is Alive*
  14. Wednesday - Rat Saw God*
  15. Anna St. Louis - In The Air*
  16. Kacey Johansing - Year Away*
  17. Narrow Head - Moments of Clarity
  18. Hotline TNT - Cartwheel
  19. Cathedral Bells - Everything at Once
  20. Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental*
  21. Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings*
  22. Eluvium - (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality*
  23. The National - The First Two Pages of Frankenstien*
  24. Explosions in the Sky - End
  25. The Mountain Goats - Jenny From Thebes
  26. boygenius - the record*
  27. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
  28. Slow Pulp - Yard
  29. The Muder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
  30. Jedu Heart - Derealised
  31. Bully - Lucky For You
  32. Tim Hecker - No Highs*
  33. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple
  34. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
  35. Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert*
  36. Pure Bathing Culture - Challice
  37. Ratboys - The Window
  38. Jenny Lewis - Joy'All*
  39. Sufjan Stevens - Reflections
  40. Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers
  41. Mitski - The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
  42. Daughter - Stereo Mind Game*
  43. Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is a Junkyard
  44. Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting
  45. The New Pornographers - Continue As Guest
  46. Blur - The Ballad of Darren
  47. bdrmm - I Don't Know
  48. Trillion - So Soon Now
  49. Parannoul - After the Magic
  50. Speedy Ortiz - Rabbit Rabbit
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Those top two are just fantastic records! Really love a lot of these.
 
Joe Mac said:
My favourite record store in Britain. Spent a lot of money on CDs in there when I lived in Manchester…
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Weirdly enough there was a time during the 2000’s when ordering from the UK was cheaper than the US and also less prone for me to get dinged with customs fees (Canada Post charged those a lot more then). Never would get dinged from the UK. So I ordered a ton from Piccadilly during those days.
 
dhodo said:
I have a hard time picking between them but I am a little puzzled that many lists have Maps really high and WBDTS much lower or not even on it at all. Maybe the latter was trying to avoid putting two woods albums on there? Seems strange to rate one so much lower that it doesn't even place. They are very different albums but it is surprising from my extremely biased viewpoint 😂.
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Exactly yes. They are both great albums. For me Armand Hammer edges out Maps a bit, but Maps is a great album. It's maybe just slightly more accessible I guess. But I do remember how much acclaim the last Armand Hammer album got and I was expecting the same or more for this one.
 
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