MY TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2023

[@kevinmaruthananth9510]

Surprised to see Vultures at #1 even though it didn’t release! 😮 (also, btw Merry Christmas everyone!)

[@AdamB1_23]

Vultures defo album of the year next year (if it releases) ( I’m drunk rn merry Christmas lads + Jon)

[@barry4649]

@@AdamB1_23i think it’ll be great but I can’t look past Little Simz or Frank Ocean next year

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

@@barry4649Frank is never dropping

[@liamlindsay1458]

@@AdamB1_23its the end of the year🎉 your allowed to be. Merry new years from new zealand🎉🎉

[@catonipod]

happi Hanukkah

[@edgar9026]

Top 25 Albums! 25) Black Thought • Glorious Game 0:16 24) Zach Bryan • Zach Bryan (Self Titled) 0:32 23) The Weeknd • The Idol Soundtrack 0:57 22) Potter Payper • Real Back in Style 1:26 21) Squid • O Monolith 1:49 20) Nas • Magic 3 2:29 19) Black Country, New Road • Live at Bush Hall 3:00 18) Olivia Rodrigo • Guts 3:36 17) Mick Jenkins • The Patience 4:10 16) Larry June & The Alchemist • The Great Escape 4:38 15) Rome Streetz • Noise Kandy 5 5:03 14) Tyler, the Creator • CMIYGL; The Estate Sale 6:07 13) 100 Gecs • 10,000 Gecs 6:59 12) Daniel Caeser • Never Enough 7:45 11) Lil Yachty • Let’s Start Here 8:26 *Top Ten* 10) Billy Woods & Kenny Segal • Maps 9:53 9) Killer Mike • Michael 10:46 8) Crosses • Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete 11:27 7) Jessie Ware • That Feels Good! 12:19 6) Model/Actriz • Dogsbody 13:23 5) Travis Scott • Utopia 15:03 4) Danny Brown • Quaranta 15:50 3) Lana Del Rey • Did You know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 17:01 2) Jpegmafia & Danny Brown • Scaring the Hoes 18:14 *1) Sampha • Lahai* 19:35

[@livingcolorinc]

I’ve played the Sampha album about 10-15 times the last few days after hearing it for the first time last week! Even bought the album on vinyl and played that twice…what an incredible record! What a run those first six songs! Had to buy a ticket to see him live out here in Denver in April! Can’t wait! Merry Christmas Jon!

[@adrianr9454]

Sampha is an artist that no other artist can say anything bad about. A true creator at his core. Thank you Drake for putting him out for me!

[@RyanCaseyBooks]

So glad I could capture your attention with the NIN/LCD Soundsystem comment, sir. 😉 My album of the year for sure. Thank you for platforming it too, it’s such an incredible record and I hope it reaches even more people now. Feel like it has gone a little under the radar on the end of year lists otherwise. Great list, merry Christmas, and all the best for 2024!

[@prossart35]

23 BEST OF 2023 01. Lil Yachty • Let’s Start Here 02. boygenius • the record 03. Sufjan Stevens • Javelin 04. ANOHNI and the Johnsons • My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross 05. Sofia Kourtesis • Madres 06. Lana Del Rey • Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard 07. Caroline Polachek • Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 08. Kelela • Raven 09. Everything But The Girl • Fuse 10. ML Buch • Suntub 11. Lankum • False Lankum 12. Lauren Auder • the infinite space 13. Christine and the Queens • Paranoia, Angels, True Love 14. Corinne Bailey Rae • Black Rainbows 15. L’Rain • I Killed Your Dog 16. Amaarae • Fountain Baby 17. Travis Scott • UTOPIA 18. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard • The Silver Cord 19. Vanishing Twin • Afternoon X 20. Temples • Exotico 21. Slowdive • everything is alive 22. Eric Hilton • Corazon Kintsugi 23. World’s End Girlfriend • Resistance & the Blessing

[@TheBatosai]

The fact that my boy JPEG is getting on everyone's top 3 if not #1 hip hop/ rap album list this year is a testament to what a legendary run this man is having in my opinion I havent seen anything like it, sure Drake charts but that's by name. JPEG has given me banger after banger musically. I freaking ❤ it

[@TylerG13]

Another wonderful year of listening. Can’t wait for 2024! Jessie Ware got my AOTY this year. Sampha, King Krule, Carolina Polachek, Kali and Yachty were all close behind.

[@samuelrussell4733]

Lemon Twigs, Everything Harmony was my album of the year. Melodies so catchy they've been stuck in my head since release

[@thomasalexand]

I agree. Good music. People who can sing and actually play a musical instrument.

[@johnpangarakis396]

You and Fantano putting Lana at #3 makes me happy. My personal aoty despite not loving it the first time I heard it. I’ve just really grown to love how personal and understated it is

[@BD12]

don't get too excited, he's a fraud

[@johnpangarakis396]

@@BD12 …alright?

[@davidhowell5585]

@@BD12 lana is a fraud?

[@BD12]

@@davidhowell5585 oh no, sorry for the misunderstanding - I mean the guy in the video, fake as hell

[@hassanmansour9857]

​@@BD12how so?

[@danielwynter9519]

Great list Jon! I feel like some great and underrated albums that flew under the radar this year, and you managed to catch a lot of them. I feel like Slowthai's Ugly hasn't gotten the love it deserves from a lot of these AOTY conversations which is kinda understandable, given he dropped in early March

[@benc8556]

yeah, it is still my top album of the year which kinda sucks considering the terrible things he did

[@RaeLilCrack]

Alone at Prom Deluxe was my AOTY. Loved it so much ♥

[@Crose46]

Was absolute Heat

[@thiiranstudios]

surely top 10 if not top 5 this year 🫡

[@liamlindsay1458]

I liked it. Not as good as the original in my opinion. Falls in number 4 for me. Still a great album never the less

[@Dxnart]

Same here 😂🔥

[@milesreid6324]

so glad to see rome streetz on this list!!! to answer your question, though, about guys spitting on his level… ransom. he’s the guy, combines rhyme schemes, insane cadences, and some of the hardest punchlines i’ve ever heard. like rome streetz w harder punches. their collab tape is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@michaellampel996]

Absolutely awesome wrap up vid Jon and love the list top to bottom - could not agree more with Sampha- my god what an album and have already listened so many times - Jessica feeling that damn good is also on steady repeat in the rotation and love her in the top 10 at #7! Thanks so much for an amazing year of music in review and looking forward to 2024!!!

[@Iceking__21_]

my top 10: 1. Diamonds & Dancefloors - Ava Max 2. GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo 3. Silence Between Songs - Madison Beer 4. .mp3 - Emilia 5. My 21st Century Blues - RAYE 6. PORTALS - Melanie Martinez 7. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Lana Del Rey 8. MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO - Karol G 9. High Concept - salem ilese 10. Scarlet - Doja Cat

[@TzaTed]

Great vid Jon, want to point out that your script for these videos has improved drastically. Super smooth transitions & interesting angles to discussion. Love seeing the growth big man

[@thejimwellsv]

Desire, I want to turn into you by Caroline Polachek is my Album of the Year ☀️

[@thomasalexand]

Agree. Along with Sufjam Stevens - Javelin. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony. Slowdive - Everything Alive. Raye - My Century Blues. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We.

[@thejimwellsv]

@@thomasalexand TASTE!

[@LungteNangram]

Lana Del Rey will definitely win grammy this year!

[@TaffySongs]

Please put the list in the description, would love to go back to this video and speedily pick up an album to listen to.

[@petterolsen1]

Skrillex - Quest for Fire was an absolute banger for me. Beartooth's The Surface was my album of the year.

[@liamlindsay1458]

Late in the year selection: but chase and status 2 ruff was amazing too, you not think?

[@CaasPeer07]

I think my three most listened to albums of 2023 are: Travis Scott - Utopia Post Malone - Austin Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City

[@swagcactus3497]

NOTHING BUT THIEVESSSSSS UR SO REAL

[@Asarangosht]

Post malone's one is nice🤝👌

[@micperez819]

I’m so happy you have Sampha at number 1. That’s my AOTY too. I always respected your taste in music and this proves you have good taste

[@saulquispeaybar4530]

My top 10: * Anohni and the Johnsons, my back was a bridge for you to cross * McKinley Dixon,Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? * Jessie Ware, That's! Feels Good! * Geese, 3D Country * 100 gecs, 10 000 gecs * Sen SENRA, PO2054AZ vol.1 * Reverend Kristyn Michael Hayter, SAVED! * Model/actress, Dogsbody * Parannoul (파란노을) - After the Magic * Genesis Owusu, Struggler

[@KamiDaito]

Sampha is my number 1, too. His music is just pure bliss.

[@ElectrusBoom]

Lahai is also my #1, shit's just too beautiful

[@Crose46]

My Top 5: 5: UTOPIA - Travis scott 4: Beloved! Paradise Jazz! - McKinley Dixon 3: Unreal Unearth - Hozier 2: LAHAI - Sampha 1: Lets Start Here. - Lil Yachty

[@nutella_ondeeznuts]

Lets Start here deserves to be no. 1

[@ringer1324]

That McKinley Dixon album is absolutely amazing definitely top 5

[@Crose46]

@@nutella_ondeeznuts As a full experience it’s so unique I love it

[@CHEWD7]

Im so happy McKinley Dixon is getting recognition, personally beloved paradise jazz is one of my favorite albums ever

[@scottmoore7588]

"What's Your Pleasure?" isn't Jessie Ware's debut album lmao it's her 4th XD

[@mmmnuts5645]

5. 'Death Pill' by Death Pill 4. 'Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle' by Moonlight Sorcery 3. 'Yallah Beibe' by MC YALLAH 2. 'Sator Arepo' by Judgitzu 1. 'Seasons Dreaming Death' by GraveRipper thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@u.u.u9969]

My Top 3 1. Drake 2. Lil Yatchy 3. August Burns Red

[@murrayfranklin1934]

Drake bro 💀 hop off

[@Bennett67632]

I would’ve put Voir Dire by Earl Sweatshirt on the list.

[@Mark.mp3]

So so happy to see Sampha at #1 🥹🥹

[@jeremysette3657]

I'm not so much into hip hop... but may give some of these a spin! Thanks for breaking down your favorites! Here's mine: 1. The Lemon Twigs - "Everything Harmony" 2. Darlingside - "Everything is Alive" 3. Charles Wesley Godwin - "Family Ties" 4. Foo Fighters - "But Here We Are" 5. Sufjan Stevens - "Javelin" 6. Slowdive - "everything is alive" 7. Sleep Token - "Take Me Back To Eden" 8. Mondo Drag - "Through the Hourglass" 9. Boygenius - "the record" 10. No Signal - "Distorted Reality" 11. Balance and Composure - "Too Quick to Forgive" 12. Paul Simon - "Seven Psalms" 13. Green Lung - "This Heathen Land" 14. Feist - "Multitudes" 15. Wilder Woods - "FEVER / SKY" 16. Lana Del Rey - "Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd" 17. Chris Stapleton - "Higher" 18. The Wilder Blue - "Supernatural" 19. Moon Safari - "Himlabacken (Vol. 2)" 20. Cicada - "Seeking the Sources of Streams" 21. Ludwig Goransson - Oppenheimer Soundtrack 22. Nospün - "Opus" 23. Zach Bryan - "Zach Bryan" 24. Jon Guerra - "Ordinary Ways" 25. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - "Weathervanes"

[@lowelindberg3234]

My album of the year is King krule-space heavy. Every time i listen i discover a new detail. Archies ear for details is amazing and addictive

[@yemescudi]

So happy Utopia is in your top 5 bc i think travis scott is the one of the only artists that has been able to make an album that was so deserving of the hype from his 5 year hiatus

[@needtocomment]

Did you listen to Javelin by Sufjan Stevens? If not, I highly recommend you do so as it would easily make this list

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

Good shout on Potter Payper!

[@kerch8367]

merry christmas jon and everyone else that celebrates, much love yall

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year 2023 1. Paramore This Is Why 2. The National First Two Pages of Frankenstein 3. boygenius the record 4. Sufjan Stevens Javelin 5. Joanna Sternberg - I’ve Got Me 6. Mitski The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 7. laufey bewitched

[@hassanmansour9857]

Excellent list, only missing guts and ocean blvd

[@thomasalexand]

A good eclectic mix.

[@bensumerau]

Trash

[@jianwhite7179]

Model/Actriz has been getting snubbed from so many lists and I'm so glad you recognized it here!

[@bodhipeace]

SPOILERS ********** (top 10) 9:53 Maps - Billy Woods, Kenny Segal 10:46 Michael - Killer Mike 11:25 Goodnight... - Crosses 12:20 That Feels Good! - Jessie Ware 13:22 Dogsbody - Model/Actriz 15:03 Utopia - Travis Scott 15:49 Quaranta - Danny Brown 17:00 Did you know... - Lana del Rey 18:13 Scaring the Hoes - JPEGmafia, Danny Brown 19:40 Lahai - Sampha

[@reesehathaway2533]

Danny brown really was the 2023 MVP

[@ymkayumshah2497]

Lets start here 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Kasra-gi9nx]

xo pfp love to see that

[@jared8266]

1. Caroline Polachek- Desire, I want to Turn into You 2. Mitski- The Land is Inhospitable and So are We 3. Lana Del Rey- Did You Know that there’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard? 4. Kelela- Raven 5. Sufjan Stevens- Javelin 6. Nicole Dollanganger- Married in Mount Airy 7. Jessie Ware- That! Feels Good! 8. The Lemon Twigs- Everything Harmony 9. Young Fathers- Heavy Heavy 10. Yaeji-With a Hammer 11. Carly Rae Jepsen- The Loveliest Time 12. Dizzy- Dizzy 13. DM Stith- Fata Morgana 14. Eddie Chacon- Sundown 15. Troye Sivan- Something to Give each Other 16. Myst Milano- Beyond the Uncanny Valley 17. Alan Polomo- World of Hassle 18. Blondshell- Blondshell 19. Braids- Euphoric Recall 20. The Tallest Man on Earth- Henry St. 21. Joanna Samuels- Bystander 22. Angelo De Augustine- Toil and Trouble 23. Maija Sofia- True Love 24. Everything but the Girl- Fuse 25. Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band- Dancing on the Edge 26. Devours- Homecoming Queen 27. MF Tomlinson- We are Still Wild Horses 28. Cyclamen- Nuria Graham 29. Eloise- Drunk on a Flight 30. ML Buch- Suntub 31. Susanne Sundfor- Blomi 32. Yves Tumor- Praise a Lord who Chews but Which does not Consume 33. Sampha- Lahai 34. Begonia- Powder Blue 35. Jorja Smith- Falling or Flying 36. Jamila Woods- Water Made Us 37. Kylie Minogue- Tension 38. Thomas Azier- The Inventory of Our Desire 39. Sarah Morrison- Attachment Figure 40. Youth Lagoon- Heaven is a Junkyard 41. Co-pilot - Rotate 42. Salami Rose Joe Lewis- Akousmatikous 43. Kamille- LP1 44. HC McEntire- Every Acre 45. Pink Pantheress- Heaven Knows 46. Fran Lobo- Burning it Feels Like 47. Andy Shauf- Norm 48. Amaarae- Fountain Baby 49. CMAT- Crazy for Me 50. Helena Deland- Goodnight Summerland

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year 2023 1. Paramore This Is Why 2. The National First Two Pages of Frankenstein 3. boygenius the record 4. Sufjan Stevens Javelin 5. Joanna Sternberg - I’ve Got Me 6. Mitski The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 7. laufey bewitched

[@Over9000Broseph]

No Geese is crazy

[@cherryxs9]

THIS, caroline, kelela, yaeji and yves tumor were amazing this year.

[@hassanmansour9857]

The top 3 is IMMACULATE

[@hassanmansour9857]

How do you guys find the time to listen to FIFTY albums😭

[@StenKruiswijk]

Need to see more Atta by Sigur Ros on these best of 2023 lists man 😭

[@capybara2859]

good list, lotta great music came out this year. my favorite album was Nourished By Time - Erotic Probiotic 2. discovered the artist off that album and fell in love immediately

[@sjbang5764]

The tunnel did exist but was closed in 1967. You're top 10 is somewhat (a lot) different than most I've seen. Congrats on that account.

[@edwardcardenas92]

Salute Rome Streetz 👏👏👏

[@colebyerley5414]

i love your channel and personality dude

[@elijahmoon5057]

Glad to see Rome Streetz getting some love. Feels like out of Griselda he gets the less play maybe besides StoveGod

[@amberplease9537]

hell yea frog on the floor scaring the hoes is AOTY for me. it's been on my mind since it came out and never gets boring or repetitive

[@sycamore2656]

Fantano: Here are my top 3 Jon but don't make it obvious. Jon: Joking! Love your reactions, glad that you put Ocean Bld so high - it certainly deserves it.

[@hazaelvelazquez7645]

Sampha’s album has changed my life

[@UrAvgFan]

Finally a popular music reviewer actually giving Travis Scott his flowers with Utopia , amazing list Jon !!

[@ravena3839]

yesss finally seeing some crosses appreciation! goodnight, god bless, I love u, delete is in my top 5 ✨

[@NeutralMjolkHotel]

Hoped to see Key Glock up here! Good list tho

[@connorsaxton3360]

Glad you found Rome Streetz. One of the best in the game

[@thiiranstudios]

woah what about tory lanez’s alone at prom deluxe, chris brown’s 11: 11, teezo touchdown, don toliver’s lovesick deluxe ? tory is surely top 10 this year 🫡🗣

[@hassanmansour9857]

Oh you have a thing for abusers lol

[@georgitanev4667]

Chris Brown’s 11:11 was brilliant. You sleeping on it

[@traviscrawford6516]

Can’t tell if this is satire lmao

[@looiss__5012]

Lana ❤ #3

[@daan88930]

I was expecting Slowthai tbh

[@MaxPower162]

Probably left him off due to ongoing legal case with him

[@AdamB1_23]

Vultures defo aoty if it actually releases. Merry Christmas from Drby 🎉(I might be drunk) safe Jon

[@elijahmoon5057]

I was told it was moved to January 15th or something?

[@TheStick23]

my top 3 1. Take Me Back to Eden - Sleep Token 2. This is Why - Paramore 3. Utopia - Travis

[@tkjams2482]

Sleep Tokennnnnn

[@rovenn80]

My top five: 1. Jane Remover - Census Designated 2. Sampha - Lahai 3. underscores - Wallsocket 4. Ryan Hall - POSTTEENANGST 5. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

[@WatershipAlan]

McKinley Dixon and Oddisee occupy my top 2 for the year.

[@seanjjpaul]

Hell yeah man

[@Onyxiate]

It’s a shame you didn’t get around to listening to Javelin by Sufjan Stevens, I’m sure it would’ve nestled it’s way onto this list.

[@isaiahdewberry6924]

Ugly -Slowthai is still a great listen

[@bee-sk3il]

great list but no caroline polachek is crazy to me, probably my AOTY

[@fifaghg4725]

Everybody's gonna act like Slowthai's album don't exist. I mean i know he's been judged, but that album was pretty good

[@tylerhackner9731]

What a year it’s been!

[@DiffensiveE]

No Tory on here?

[@seanzhang479]

no paramore and caroline, what a list

[@thehater8389]

12:59 Jessie's Ware debut was Devotion not What's Your Pleasure 😛

[@boom9661]

Jon you need to listen to the new armand hammer record! But still, really solid list

[@zannegav]

Lana as the 3rd 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 She always nail it

[@spanduntm8615]

METRO BOOMIN SOUNDTRACK DESERVED A PLACE HERE JON!

[@irlydothis_p]

Jon, where is pink tape?

[@marvinthompson9010]

Sumptuous indie neo-soul - the album Masego by Masego is a delight. It's for those who think Frank Ocean is a GOAT and The Weekend is electrifying. Masego.

[@johnbennet9868]

Shouts Potter Payper !

[@rbkausik9700]

No fatd?

[@alexstevens6137]

The list I’ve been waiting for. From the KING. Loved it Mr. Prophet. Happy Holidays to you and your family

[@JJJR11]

Sampha is love, Sampha is life

[@mushy2208]

one of my favorites of the year is Unbecoming by Vyva Melinkolya

[@OfficialDarkSoulMusic]

Ocean Boulevard for me Jonnyboy

[@greenuranium2052]

Having Let’s Start Here at 11th is criminal 😅

[@fourseasons4105]

My top 10: 1. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown- Scaring the hoes 2. Young fathers- Heavy Heavy 3. Underscores- Wallsocket 4. Slowthai- UGLY 5. Dødheimsgard- Black medium current 6. Liturgy- 93696 7. 100 Gecs- 10,000 Gecs 8. Hemlock Springs- Going...going...gone! 9. Jeff Rosenstock- Hellmode 10. Sampha- Lahai

[@tomjarrett8290]

You might be the only person I’ve seen mention Heavy Heavy. Unreal album

[@fourseasons4105]

@@tomjarrett8290 Yep. Was my first Young fathers exposre as well so it really caught me off guard with how difficult to pinpoint and otherworldly it was, better late than never I guess.

[@justnoah9358]

jon have you heard the Album Melo by Kwollem definitely a must listen, and one of my favourite projects to come out this year. Lahai undoubtly no1 tho

[@BD12]

could he be a bigger fake? He hasn't listened to half of these albums and that's not even his real accent. Phony

[@PIaymkr]

Jon u gotta react to the new carti once again he finds a way to make gibberish sound like the hardest shi I’ve ever heard and Travis is on it as well

[@wrzs1525]

listen to the steiners by westside gunn, the elzhi feature is so fking fire. please listen to elzhi’s music

[@sonjarich6506]

Vultures is a Black Nobility based album and I’m sure you know that..

[@WaxWrecka]

wow Jon, Sleep Token not even mentioned?! tisk tisk

[@iyadhussein8517]

Also no Sufjan Stevens 😢

[@OGS2099]

BACK TEN HAG!

[@brian.n7998]

No Caroline polachek or Kara Jackson???

[@aymenmoumeni3252]

Nice ranking ❤️❤️

[@conradcoolerfiend]

no Sufjan Stevens is a crime!

[@JonDenton]

I’ve never got into him 🛡️

[@conradcoolerfiend]

@@JonDenton you gotta try javelin if you haven’t. I’d be shocked if you didn’t love it!

[@shivanshdubby]

the weeknd meat riding is crazy

[@adriancrt3796]

First top I see without Caroline Polachek on it. I'm proud.

[@barley2713]

what’s your favorite song off Lahai?

[@cherryxs9]

definitely the best album of the year is Desire I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polacheck

[@traviscrawford6516]

Personal taste is one thing, and I love that record, but there’s not a strong argument for it being “definitely the best”

[@thomasalexand]

​@traviscrawford6516 I buy between 7 to 10 albums a year. Before I do, I read newspaper's best of lists and also go to 21 KZbin music reviewers. Caroline Polachek runs away with it. No contest.