YEAR END MEGALIST 2023!!!!

[McGlam]

I loved getting to watch you on this journey after having had a similar one myself last year!

My favorite discovery of the year was Manic Street Preachers

My favorite vinyl purchase Neil Young Official Release Series Disc 22, 23+, 24 & 25

I need to catch up on this! The Manics are my favorite band of all-time.

 

[RowBearToe]

@Rip_City Here's my list. Thanks for compiling everything and running the thread!

1. Alanna Royale - Trouble Is - 10 Points
2. Kaytramine’ - Kaytramine’ - 10 Points
3. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS - 10 Points
4. Jonas Brothers - The Album - 8 Points
5. El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game - 8 Points
6. Sabrina Carpenter - Emails I Can't Send Fwd: - 8 Points
7. Kelly Finnigan - From Me To You (Mixtape) - 8 Points
8. Barbie - The Album - 4 Points
9. Butcher Brown - Solar Music - 4 Points
10. The Sextones - Love Can’t Be Borrowed - 4 Points
11. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond - 4 Points
12. Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus - 4 Points
13. Okonski - Magnolia - 4 Points
14. Tate McRae - THINK LATER - 2 Points
15. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us - 2 Points
16. Killer Mike - Michael - 2 Points
17. The Arcs - ELECTROPHONIC CHRONIC - 2 Points
18. Travis Scott - Utopia - 2 Points
19. Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over - 2 Points
20. Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure - 2 Points

 

[DreDay]

@Rip_City thanks for compiling these! I always look forward to this.

Genesis Owusu	STRUGGLER	10​
King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizard	PetroDragonic Apocalypse	8​
AHOHNI, Antony and the Johnsons	My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross	8​
Sampha	Lahai	7​
Yves Tumor	Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume	6​
Jesus Piece	…So Unknown	6​
Young Fathers	Heavy Heavy	6​
Horrendous	Ontological Mysterium	6​
Wednesday	Rat Saw God	5​
Fever Ray	Radical Romantics	5​
Sleep Token	Take Me Back To Eden	5​
JPEFMAFIA, Danny Brown	SCARING THE HOES	5​
Aesop Rock	Infinity Fill Goose Down	4​
Caroline Polachek	Desire, I Want To Turn Into You	4​
Geese	3D Country	4​
Mitski	The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We	3​
billy woods	Maps	3​
El Michels Affair, Black Thought	Glorious Game	2​
Bully	Lucky For You	2​
Tyler Childers	Rustin' In The Rain	1​

 

[Colonel_Angus]

Swapped out ABR for HIRS, I swear this will be the only change.

I lied. Swapped out P.TM for Nick Shoulders and completely understand if that won't be reflected in the final tally.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I lied. Swapped out P.TM for Nick Shoulders and completely understand if that won't be reflected in the final tally.

better chance of it happening if, you know, you tag @Rip_City

 

[Nee Lewman]

I need to catch up on this! The Manics are my favorite band of all-time.

It's not really that interesting, but find The Holy Bible in the generator thread...

 

[Nee Lewman]

@Rip_City Here's my list. Thanks for compiling everything and running the thread!

1. Alanna Royale - Trouble Is - 10 Points
2. Kaytramine’ - Kaytramine’ - 10 Points
3. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS - 10 Points
4. Jonas Brothers - The Album - 8 Points
5. El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game - 8 Points
6. Sabrina Carpenter - Emails I Can't Send Fwd: - 8 Points
7. Kelly Finnigan - From Me To You (Mixtape) - 8 Points
8. Barbie - The Album - 4 Points
9. Butcher Brown - Solar Music - 4 Points
10. The Sextones - Love Can’t Be Borrowed - 4 Points
11. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond - 4 Points
12. Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus - 4 Points
13. Okonski - Magnolia - 4 Points
14. Tate McRae - THINK LATER - 2 Points
15. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us - 2 Points
16. Killer Mike - Michael - 2 Points
17. The Arcs - ELECTROPHONIC CHRONIC - 2 Points
18. Travis Scott - Utopia - 2 Points
19. Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over - 2 Points
20. Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure - 2 Points

Sextones and Royale were near misses on my list. Also, you should check out Les Imprimes.

 

[Colonel_Angus]

better chance of it happening if, you know, you tag @Rip_City

Enjoy this Newman, it’ll be a long damn time before you make me look a fool again.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Enjoy this Newman, it’ll be a long damn time before you make me look a fool again.

 

[hamicle]

Here we go, this prompted me to do a ten in rough order.

Young Fathers - ‘Heavy Heavy’ [20pts]
Billy Nomates - ‘Cacti’ [20pts]
The Van Pelt - ‘Artisans + Merchants’ [15pts]
Bastien Keb - ‘The Only Angel I Ever Saw Wore Black’ [15 pts]
Yo La Tengo - ‘This Stupid World’ [5pts]
Drop Nineteens - ‘Hard Light’ [5pts]
King Creosote - ‘I DES’ [5pts]
Everything But The Girl - ‘Fuse’ [5pts]
The Declining Winter - ‘Really Early, Really Late’ [5pts]
The Clientele - ‘I Am Not There Anymore’ [5pts]

A few things just missed out and would have been in there on a different day, for instance the CASISDEAD album.

@Rip_City

 

[TCell]

My Favourite Albums from 2023:

No super standout albums for me this year, but lots of good music.

Tier 1:
José Lobo – In All Good Hope (15)
Tyshawn Sorey – Continuing (feat. Aaron Diehl & Matt Brewer) (15)
Slowdive – everything is alive (15)

Tier 2:
Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS (10)
Mitski – The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We (10)

Tier 3:
James Brandon Lewis – Eye of I (5)
billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (5)
Jason Isbell – Weathervanes (5)

Tier 4:
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (2)
Fenne Lily – Big Picture (2)
The Clientele – I Am Not There Anymore (2)
Corrine Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows (2)
Joshua Redman – where are we (2)
Zach Bryan – Boys of Faith EP (2)
The Gaslight Anthem – History Books (2)

Tier 5:
Paranoul – After the Magic (1)
Palehound – Eye on the Bat (1)
Boygenius – the record (1)
The War and Treaty – Lover’s Game (1)
Wednesday – Rat Saw God (1)
Superviolet – Inifinite Spring (1)

@Rip_City

 

[Rip_City]

All caught up now, including changes to lists due to ineligible entries and point distribution discrepancies.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I’m

All caught up now, including changes to lists due to ineligible entries and point distribution discrepancies.

is this censorship?

 

[musicjunkiegreg]

All caught up now, including changes to lists due to ineligible entries and point distribution discrepancies.

Thanks for all the dedication and hard work again this year, @Rip_City

Also, c'mon people, with everything @Rip_City has going on, let's make this Megalist as easy as possible for him. The rules for the Megalist are clearly spelled out and doing simple maths should be... simple

 

[Nee Lewman]

Thanks for all the dedication and hard work again this year, @Rip_City

Also, c'mon people, with everything @Rip_City has going on, let's make this Megalist as easy as possible for him. The rules for the Megalist are clearly spelled out and doing simple maths should be... simple

There’s math? Shit! I’m out.

 

[Whiteout75]

@Rip_City

It’s been a throwback year for me. Nearly all my top albums are either from slightly older acts or are based in/inspired by the 90’s in some way. Don’t really know if that says something about me and my midlife crisis or the current era of popular culture and its nostalgia. Not that much great hip hop this year either, but a year pretty much dominated by great guitar based rock and folksy americana. Lucero are the great unsung heroes of 2023 in my book, setting the tone for the entire year with the poignant opening track “One Last F.U” from their great “return to form album” from way back in January. And Jason Isbell released his best album to date and cemented himself as one of the greatest songwriters if his generation. And also, this is a year were I’ve found myself listening to individual songs more than full albums. I’ve got a handful of great playlists packed with excellent songs, but often picked from albums that didn’t quite live up to my expectations.

So, anyway:

Tier 1 (15 points each):
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: ”Weathervanes”
Lucero: ”Should’ve Learned By Now”

Tier 2 (10 points each)
The National “First Two Pages of Frankenstein”
Slowdive: ”everything is alive”
Wednesday: ”Rat Saw God”

Tier 3 (4 points each)
Feist: “Multitudes”
Zach Bryan “Zach Bryan”
Margo Price: ”Strays”
Arlo Parks: “My Soft Machine”
Margo Cilker: Valley of Hearts Delight”
Blur: “The Ballad of Darren”
boygenius: “The Record”
Everything But The Girl “Fuse”
Depeche Mode: “Memento Mori”
Lil Yachty “Let’s Start Here”

 

[gcowgill]

1- Sufjan Stevens Javelin -10
2- Gorillaz Cracker Island -8
3- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Weathervanes -8
4- King Tuff Smalltown Stardust -7
5- Clientele I Am Not There Anymore -7
6- Blur The Ballad of Darren -6
7- Raye My 21st Century Blues - 6
8- London Brew London Brew -5
9- PJ Harvey I Inside The Old Year Dying -5
10- Wilco Cousin -4
11- Aesop Rock Integrated Tech Solutions -4
12- Genesis Owusu Struggler -3
13- New Pornographers Continue As A Guest-3
14- Free Range Practice -3
15- Paul Simon Seven Psalms-3
16- Guided by Voices Welshpool Frillies-3
17- This is The Kit Careful Of Your Keepers-2
18- The Hold Steady The Price of Progress-2
19- David Brewis The Soft Struggles -2
20- Albert Hammond Jr. Melodies on Hiatus -2
21- Ron Sexsmith The Vivian Line-2
22- Jamila Woods Water Made Us - 2
23- Blonde Redhead Sit Down For Dinner -1
24- Janelle Monae The Age of Pleasure -1
25- Mitski The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We -1




@Rip_City

 

[Ericj32]

@Rip_City thanks for organizing this!

1. Sufan Stevens “Javelin” - 15 pts
2. The Revivalists “Pour It Out Into The Night” - 15 pts
3. Cat Power “Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert” - 12 pts
4. Gregory Alan Isakov “Appaloosa Blues Bones” - 12 pts
5. Daughter “Stereo Mind Game” - 10 pts
6. Julie Byrne “The Greater Wings” - 10 pts
7. Feist “Multitudes” - 10 pts
8. Jessie Ware - “That! Feels Good!” - 5 pts
9. Sigur Rós - “Átta” - 5 pts
10. Kim Petras - “Feed the Beast” - 3pts
11. Lucinda Chua - “Yian” - 2 pts
12. Youth Lagoon - “Heaven is a Junkyard” - 1pt

EDIT: oops, sorry it’s “bones” not “blues”

 

[scotthilk]

I wish I listened to enough new music to participate here.. but just wanted to chime in and say these lists are appreciated and I go thorough most of the top 15/20 albums!

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Almost ready to finalize mine. Over the past couple weeks I've gone through and listened to every album I had in my top 60. (I had covid so there wasn't much else to do for awhile).