Albums of 2023

[LetMeSleep]

All this hackney diamonds love is pissing me off

Doubt I could sit through it again.

[VinylGuy]

All this hackney diamonds love is pissing me off

Them covering Rolling Stone Blues at the end is the most full circle career Andrew Watt produced swan song moment since Earthling.

yeah, its a great moment. The song rules too.

[Strat]

All this hackney diamonds love is pissing me off

dislike

[Mickey]

exactly, I mean, Barbie: the album created some good memories for me and is notable for simply being BARBIE THE ALBUM; I think the fact it got made and did so well is amazing (same with TMNT MM)

Amazing.

[VinylGuy]

The Barbie album is the soundtrack right ? With all those pop stars?

[Ms Harmless]

yes

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[Ello Sailor]

An exhausting prospect. I'll await your review.

[tragabigzanda]

[VinylGuy]

New Peter Gabriel album out today. It includes two separate mixes, the “bright side” more pop-friendly mix by Mark “Spike” Stent, and the “dark side” more atmospheric mix by Tchad Blake. There’s also an Atmos “inside” mix.

Tchad

[tragabigzanda]

[Ello Sailor]

-Tony Levin's bass work is the clear consistent highlight

[Matters]

Echoing the admiration for New Blue Sun by Andre 3000. The sound and atmosphere have me hooked. I can’t remember any other album where at times it feels like I’m listening to someone learning how to play an instrument and it sounds so good.

[epilogue]

This is so fucking great

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Why is Tori so awesome at cross-genre/pop culture covers?

[Ello Sailor]

^ Wow, yeah that ruled.

[Teeeeeekay]

Top Hip Hop Albums:

billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
Phiik & Lungs - Another Planet 4
Blockhead - The Aux
MIKE - Burning Desire
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - VOIR DIRE
Mick Jenkins - The Patience
ICECOLDBISHOP - Generational Curse
Danny Brown - Quaranta
Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
YL - Don’t Feed The Pigeons

[Ello Sailor]

Blockhead - The Aux

Good lord, the beats on this thing are insane. Which is to be expected, but still.

[Teeeeeekay]

Yeah, no doubt. Amazing beats all the way through. Blockhead does some great hard hitting stuff. And this album just sounds nice when it’s loud. Pink Lemonade might be my favorite track on it. Every feature is great.

[Higgs]

Happened to stumble across Boise Idaho native Trevor Powers new album as Youth Lagoon, Heaven is a Junkyard, and its a really rewarding listen. Excellent songwriting, great home spun production. A late entry in my albums of the year list for sure. Here's "Prizefighter":

[Higgs]

Dan Auerbach curated a various artists blues release this year titled Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues from Easy Eye Sound) and it very well fits my "workday certified" playlist. Nothing unexpected or groundbreaking here, but I do enjoy the gravelly blues contained within.

Here's Glenn (I see your) Schwartz (is as big as mine) with Joe Walsh doing "Daughter of Zion":