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[@juliandaniel8632]

Thank you Mr. The Snare I can finally listen to music from this year

[@joost0133]

I can finally get Old Town Road off repeat and find some track without a Maserati sportscar

[@n10r13]

theneedle who??

[@joemolnar3]

12:20 Mr. Snare will not stand for an album where they no longer mic'd the snare I love it

[@sunnybloom7272]

UNDERRATED COMMENT it took me a second to get it. Then I had a good belly laugh

[@Michael-rw6xk]

This series is genuinely one of my favorites on KZbin. Idk what it is but just having a concise highlight reel celebrating the year in music is so fun to go through. Happy to see you're keeping it going!!

[@myrtleantioquia5838]

Thank you Mr. The Snare for acknowledging our Eurovision 1993 reps, Ms. Electronica and Mr. Timez

[@societycrumbles]

YEAH, as a 90s baby I was literally raised on DJ Crazy Times!

[@jadz1a]

My favorite opening track of this year was absolutely De Selby Part 1 - Hozier. That transition into Part 2 makes me start floating the second I hear it Edit: I also wanted to say I really love First Light as a closing track. I highly recommend the album Unreal Unearth to anyone who reads this and hasn’t listened to it!

[@georgeandfriendsadventures5073]

I love Part 2 so much, it was my most played song this year

[@alouise]

Unreal Unearth was my most listened to album this year. The transition from De Selby Part 1 to De Selby Part 2 is something I wish I could hear for the first time. Also, I really love the Irish singing in Part 1.

[@georgeandfriendsadventures5073]

@@alouise The transition from Unknown/Nth to First Light is really good too

[@fel8308]

Legit that album deserves more love, so many bangers on it

[@kaitie210]

That album is incredible. De Selby (Part 2) and Francesca are my favourites but the whole album was just a incredible

[@lyzetteg]

The Black Rainbows appreciation is SO good, thanks for that! More people need to listen to that one, it rules.

[@bruckheck6529]

all i know from her is put your records on. these snippets made my jaw drop

[@edwardchen9619]

that album was god tier

[@whizzardblizzard5696]

Yep, not much noise about it ironically.

[@TaylorsVersio13]

Chappell Roan is soo good thank you for spreading the gospel! I think she'll really blow up after Olivia Rodrigos GUTS tour

[@tylerharaf5901]

Casual is a banger, one of my closest friends is actually from a neighboring town in missouri to where she’s from

[@jessica23claire]

My Kink is Karma is genuinely such a banger, it never gets old for me

[@tedros6917]

She is SO good live. Saw her for $35 (for pit tickets) and she had a few drag queens opening for her. Probably the best $35 I've ever spent

[@Emma-ix7dw]

I saw her live she was inscredible

[@unwantedscrub]

lol Kayleigh was in my 4th grade class

[@alanrobertson4081]

I listened to the Corinne Bailey Rae album after watching this video and it was DEFINITELY a highlight from this year I almost missed. Thank you very much for your service Mr. The Snare 🙏

[@AndrewBehm]

Can’t believe A&W won the prestigious “Best ???” award, so happy for Lana 🥲

[@goldengrapes7180]

The Yukika, Chappell Roan, DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ, and Yves Tumor shoutouts! I cannot overstate just how much I look forward to these lists every year. It's not just the snappy editing and clever quips, I always walk away with a wealth of new music to check out. Can't wait for the top 10 list to drop!

[@ephy9590]

Glad to see some Paramore love! This Is Why might be my album of the year. It's definitely in the top 5. What a great year it's been for them too!

[@jeanarousi]

It's also one of the best "remix" albums I've ever heard, since Reanimation by Linkin Park

[@phelanii4444]

Best opening track for me was De Selby part 1 + part 2 by Hozier, absolutely my jam. I feel like no one talked about that album except for me and my friends...

[@releasio9921]

HELLMODE by Jeff Rosenstock is my personal AOTY. The best I’ve heard from any pop punk artist in a long time.

[@henmister39]

I haven’t listened to much pop punk since my Green Day phase in high school but that album absolutely floored me, it has everything I want from an album and is my aoty fs. Highly recommend!

[@daishoryujin95]

I was also going to comment this. I love that album so much.

[@chappellgroan]

YES to Caroline Polachek, Chappell Roan and The Japanese House! You have good taste.

[@boopington]

I look forward to this video every year, time to see what amazing music i missed this year, thank so much for doing this Michael t snare :)

[@TheCheesyNachos]

5:37 transition from bad idea right to usd20 was incredibly smooth

[@gamerl2]

I LOVE YOU FOR OPENING AND CLOSING THIS VIDEO WITH KNOWER!!! I just discovered them this year and I love everything Louis Cole and his merry band of musicians touch!

[@marsouinrirou]

My absolute favorite song (I think you would classify it as a "banger") is Begin again by Jessie Ware. The last two minutes on the album version are a level of pay off that was unmatched for me in music this year

[@serenabi8050]

SAME

[@calidabrisadeverano]

SAME

[@amadeusbaracho8144]

the perfect definition for A&W i'm dying

[@elesh.n]

This is one of my favorite videos every year, because like MAN, I thought I kept up pretty well this year but Mr. Snare is always here to let me know I actually have no idea where to find good music and catches me up on all the kino I missed. Thank you Mr. the Snare 🙏

[@gammarays3683]

I don't know what it is but lately mic has peppered in more homestead runner references in to his videos. It's like he rewatched some archival footage or something.

[@TheOddMindofSamBo]

The Connie Bailey Rae record has me wanting to check out more of her stuff cause this is some wild music for someone with a coffeehouse hit from the 2000’s

[@Holdyehorses]

Im so glad someone finally appreciates the got me started sample. Ive been obsessed all year

[@theslaytoendyourfaves]

i just know working on those clean asf transitions was fun as hell

[@bruhgaming15meleeisSOCOOL]

THANK YOU MR. THE SNARE you're like the only music youtuber whose opinions I genuinely care abt and listen to, your year end lists are always super well thought out u inspire me to think about music more deeply thank you again from the bottom of my heart for everything you make

[@Vdrum1010]

A list including YUKIKA, MSPAINT and McKinley Dixon is for sure a goated one!

[@marymagdalenemusic]

Mr. The Snare you have the best underrating of what a bop and a banger is

[@BrockN]

i just vocally yelled 'oh shit' at the top of my lungs when i saw this notification. good job mr. snare

[@thenightranger987]

It’s wild to me how well the mentions of Chappell Roan aged in just the next year

[@escdansevise]

Can't lie Mr. Snare the bangers felt more like bops and the bops felt more like bangers on this one.

[@taipeijoey101]

RAM Drumless us a record I like mainly because I knew what I was getting into; it's a neat little bonus, nothing more, nothing less. As a DJ it's also nice just to have official decent stems.

[@beccivoyante]

Fair point about the stems 😂

[@happy_endings15]

As always, a lovely mix of familiar faves and a big bag of fresh tracks I can't wait to dive into! Tbh, this is better than Christmas for me. Thank you for introducing me to so many favorite artists I'd never know otherwise! (I know this sounds like a chatbot but I promise I'm a real human Mr. Mic 🥺 just trying to spread some joy!) Also speaking of Tears of the Wild, did you know the Zelda games are apparently considered retro now? Yeah, I'm crying too.

[@aglassoflimeade6539]

You really did become the trendsetter for all of the Chappel Roan hype this year Michael t. Snare

[@SASTSimon]

9:45 SO THATS WHERE THAT SAMPLE IN OMG CRUSH DESIRE IS FROM (omg crush desire is one of my fav tracks from 2023)

[@MonotremeFilms]

Justice for Chappell Roan! Been on that train for years. She should be more famous.

[@VillageDigby]

Wish granted✨

[@18becbec]

Can I just say how happy I am to see NewJeans and Yukika on here? I always come to your channel for music I've missed or not paid enough attention to, and for explanations of why exactly I love some songs or artists as much as I do, and I've always felt the lack of kpop. Not that everyone has to like it or anything, but it's such an eclectic and varied industry and I've always wondered which aspects of it you'd enjoy. So yeah, super happy to see some tracks on here, and I hope after your learning to like kpop video you've found even more to enjoy 😊

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Glad you included Ciao Papa it’s amazing from GDT Pinocchio! Wish you included some King Gizzard stuff.

[@Amascut]

God that National album (Laugh Track) was really fantastic wasn’t it? Alphabet City is one of my favorite tracks of the year. Also delighted to see Cold Reactor from Everything Everything on there, but you NEED to go listen to the follow up single, The Mad Stone. It’s a masterpiece.

[@bitticlan]

So glad you shouted out Remi Wolf’s cover/remix of Paramore’s “You First”

[@joost0133]

Fly to you is one of those tracks that I’m physically unable to skip when it comes on

[@spencerk.mp3]

I look forward to this video every year. Fantastic awards and picks, can’t wait for the top 10!

[@surgodt]

I FEEL SO VINDICATED ABOUT COLD REACTOR

[@woah729]

GROUPTHERAPY MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅

[@coflropter]

Re: You First HITS. Such a good reimagining of the original.

[@yadmoreno3677]

That transition from The BLACK seminole. to A Spell, A Prayer in 8:47 Wow, that couldn't have been accidental

[@kevinvandevelde285]

I did this last year, but even though I know you make a playlist, getting through the video still takes me like 5x the runtime while I pause and go listen to songs from the video XD

[@CloudyYote]

the perfect video to watch while in the waiting room at the dentist 🔥🔥🔥

[@bronzewolf6464]

Galaxy-brain hot take: The Drumless edition is Daft Punk's parting gift to remixers, allowing us to make the Alive 2017 that never was

[@onemilliongecs]

editing goated as always. thank u mr. the snare

[@matthewmenendez6981]

I was always aware of the Prince Batman album but didn’t listen to it in full until this year and it’s amazing!

[@hazzabang17]

So glad to see Geese here. Fave album this year was 3D Country Same goes with Model/Actriz

[@gogogagagugu2134]

I really liked 3D Country and My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, glad you featured them

[@dippedfeathers]

I really like these videos as a companion to your album of the year lists. Top tens are fun and a good place to talk about the things you really liked, but videos like this are a way to show off more of your music taste. I think that’s healthy for anyone to do. Most years I haven’t listened to any of your top ten albums, but I accept that we have different tastes, and I think that’s a much easier viewpoint for people to have when you step back (i.e. make this video) and show that you have a much wider taste in music than just what is represented by the top ten. I see where our tastes overlap, I see the stuff that I might have missed; the stuff you didn’t put in your top ten but maybe I would have put it in mine had I heard it earlier. There’s a lot of good reasons for these videos to exist.

[@sethrogen1787]

Thank you for the MSPAINT inclusion they've seriously got one of the most underrrated punk/post-hardcore/rock in general albums of the year

[@beccivoyante]

NOOO NOT DRUMLESS RAM 😭😭😭 also one of my favorite albums of the last 15 years. I missed this release. And… god why??? Least necessary is a perfect way of putting it 😭

[@pugzilla330]

My AOTY is undoubtedly STRUGGLER by Genesis Owusu, no clue what genre it is (Funk? Rock? Indie?), but it is magnificent, from bangers like "Leaving the Light" to jams like "What Comes Will Come", magnificent album, 9/10

[@JAEVideogroup]

Wasn't expecting to see anything from What Matters Most on here and I was pleasantly surprised.

[@toadchurch]

your lack of videos summing up your thoughts on recently-released albums is still a bummer just cause your thoughts are always entertaining to hear about, but i totally get it. and hey, we still get these. love these. end-of-year list season rules and in terms of music, you do it the best IMO. been waiting to hear you praise the caroline polachek album all year

[@emilybeauvais4164]

I wait for these videos every year!

[@reed1869]

This video was so much fun, I always look forward to these. I just wanted to listen to every song/album on your list as soon as it came up, and I had heard very few before now. Thank you!

[@nickmoss2046]

Only place I can go for some good Spoon representation. Opening with Knower was a nice decision as well.

[@FlavioNoNavio]

My favorite part of these videos is finding out about stuff that I didn't even know had been released. Thank you once again, Mic!

[@laggy3099]

Thank you so so much for giving Bomb Rush Cyberfunk a shout, legit my game of the year and the soundtrack is phenomenal

[@emerge3396]

I am finally going to listen to music from this year thanks to this video

[@elucified]

Geez that ToTK boss chord progression popped the fuck off!!

[@shydoesstuff5534]

IVE BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR FOR THIS, HELL YEAH!

[@meximan282]

My favorite album of 2023 - "Remember" by Weval Headphone music with the trippy warmth and crispy textures and bass

[@LiiiiiiMa]

i appreciate so much that you very accurately identify bops, bangers and jams apart from each other

[@KremBotop]

9:45 I've kept hearing pieces of that song on radio ads through this year but bever the full thing and without mentioning its name or artist, so thanks for showing the latter here. Now I can look it up.

[@emmabeveridge6702]

YAAAAYY i look forward to this video every year :)

[@carl-emilnedergaardjensen9702]

LAUFEY MENTIONED!!!! Also curious on whether you checked out any of the King Gizz records from this year?

[@sushimaster29]

Only discovered your channel a month ago, this music reel was such a delight to listen to :)

[@aeaeae7]

The 1989 / Random Access Memories bait and switch was great

[@FanofChowder]

Great video as always, always good to see your choices. Here's a list of some of the highlights of music for me this year, some are additions to categories from your list, sorry if it seems a bit long: Albums that weren't released in 2023 that I fell in love with this year: Bossa Nova 2001 - Pizzicato Five Long Season - Fishmans Stereo Type A - Cibo Matto AMERICAN GURL - Kilo Kish Best Tracks off an album/EP reissue: "Workin' Hard" - Mariah Carey "Flavour of the Month" - Rina Sawayama "Alice Through The Looking Glass" - Prince "007 (Jersey Mix)" - Duckwrth Best Bops/Jams/Bangers: "PARA PARA" - CHAI "EAR CANDY" - Towa Tei "On My Mama" - Victoria Monét "No More Lies" - Thundercat & Tame Impala "sever the blight" - hemlocke springs "Pearls" - Jessie Ware "Gold ~Mata Au Hi Made~ " - Hikaru Utada "4EVA" - KAYTRAMINÉ "Discoproof" - La Roux & Chromeo "Vertigo" - Duckwrth "Lipstick Lover" - Janelle Monáe "Spinning Globe" - Kenshi Yonezu Best Anime soundtrack that isn't The Boy and The Heron: Blue Giant - Hiromi Best Experience with a first listen: "O.P.A." - Towa Tei "The Sacrifice of Victor" (Live at Glam Slam) - Prince & The New Power Generation Best soundtrack to a KZbin Documentary: A Dream Calls - Defunctland The 0 to 100 Award for unexpected opening lyrics: "Alright" - Victoria Monét Best Album Opener: "Float" - Janelle Monáe "That! Feels Good!" - Jessie Ware Best Album Closer: "KARAOKE" - CHAI "Good Bye" - Victoria Monét Albums/EPs of note for me from the year: going...going...GONE! - hemlocke springs That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware JAGUAR II - Victoria Monét CHAI - CHAI Touch / Zoundtracks - Towa Tei Best Live Album: Live at Glam Slam - Prince & The New Power Generation

[@gordonfreeman3208]

Favorites of mine I didn’t see mentioned KGLW: PetroDragonic Apocalypse Jessie Ware: That! Feels! Good! Susanne Sundfør - Blomí PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying Ana Frango Elétrico - Me chama de gato que eu sou sua Odd Eye Circle - VERSION UP

[@EzioMonty117]

I was so waiting for something from That! Feels! Good! and Me chama de gato que eu sou sua to show up. A bit bummed out about the outcome but iz alright.

[@gordonfreeman3208]

⁠@@EzioMonty117i don’t remember if he gave thoughts on TFG, but i have a feeling the other one he might just have not gotten around to it, especially considering I didn’t catch anything released from mid october on?

[@evan5966]

so happy to see the consistent love for bomb rush cyberfunk in this video. jet set radios next title better live up to that games OST

[@DavidRiceInfinityNova]

6:06 what a transition

[@TrillyThough]

Some great picks here, so much music I never heard and need to get onto.

[@waitressboy]

Seeing "Psychedelic switch" on this list is just so right. What a song.

[@pillbugm8914]

I like how the award titles become more and more unhinged

[@AJeziorski1967]

Holy wow, that riff from 'Do Hot Girls Like Chords?' is amazing! Would've completely missed that if you hadn't included it here. Thanks, Mic!

[@mayhemlikeme9339]

This was awesome. Great video idea!

[@okami9222]

Ooh I was not expecting to see Christine and the queens here that's nice ❤

[@missmusicalsrock]

All the love for Chappell Roan is awesome! Love the new album! Also Boygenius, Paramore, and Caroline mention 🎉

[@MushroomHat]

8:04 truly one of the “Jimmy Jimmy Cocoa Puff Jimmy Jimmy ride Jimmy Jimmy cocoa puff Jimmy get me high” of all time

[@landonfleury]

Those BRC shoutouts are reminding me how based your music taste is

[@VillageDigby]

“Most Underrated Albums: Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” 2024 has entered the chat…

[@joshhale9355]

Oh boy a new Michael The-Snare video!

[@badgalpandamanda]

Thank you cause I needed new music!

[@18becbec]

Getting into Yukika in 2023, the timing 😭 Still, an impeccable city pop discography to enjoy for years to come!

[@atiya._]

This video opening with Knower is so iconic,also one of the most underrated albums from this year

[@stuartcampbell2107]

this introduced me to model/actriz so thank you!

[@jolksjumbojemi]

he's so real for this

[@tswizzle2020]

grouptherapy's "i was mature for my age, but i was still a child!!!" is probably AOTY for me. also your music taste is elite mr. snare :)

[@elmjay]

Thank u Mr The Snare! Always blown away by the quality of your videos and the work that you put into them. You’ve become one of my absolute favorite creators. I hope you’ve had an amazing 2023! P.S. LOVE THAT YOU MENTIONED BAYONNE

[@okandemirci164]

Im completely drunk (work Christmas party) but this list actually saved me from throwing up. Thank u for your work, I actually love this list to discover new music. And thank u for recognising troye, as a gay guy this album was a relief this year

[@chloudberries]

i’m late but i love your music taste and can’t wait for next year’s. thank you for all your hard work this year! you’re one of my favorite people on this platform

[@Ic-gv2eo]

Is there list anywhere of all the music you listened to this year? I feel like underscores deserves a spot if you heard her album this year

[@queenwednesdayart]

I know I'm not an album listener, but it's really wild that I've listened to 31,000 minutes of music, and my top song was 23 plays; I actually have no idea what I was listening to.

[@parkesyreviewsstuff7587]

I fully expected the dark side of the moon redux to be the one that got the award that RAM drumless