The Top 50 Best Albums of 2023

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

SpectrumPulse Top 50 Albums 50. Family Ties - Charles Wesley Godwin 49. The Beggar - Swans 48. HELLMODE - Jeff Rosenstock 47. Tear - Korine 46. Feel Good - Jaime Wyatt 45. The Devil I Know - Ashley McBryde 44. the whaler - Home Is Where 43. Dance You Monster To My Soft Song! - Victory Over the Sun 42. I Inside the Old Year Dying - PJ Harvey 41. Boys Of Faith - Zach Bryan 40. No Highs - Tim Hecker 39. Playground - House of Harm 38. The Restless - Karen Jonas 37. FOREGROUND MUSIC - Ron Gallo 36. Quaranta - Danny Brown 35. playing w/ fire - redveil 34. Hold My Beer, Vol. 3 - Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 33. North Georgia Rounder - Pony Bradshaw 32. Formal Growth In The Desert - Protomartyr 31. The Age Of Pleasure - Janelle Monáe 30. Rolling Up The Welcome Mat - Kelsea Ballerini 29. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips - Armand Hammer 28. Feel Good Country - Sundy Best 27. Dogsbody - Model/Actriz 26. Arrival - Mesarthim 25. Fountain Baby - Amaarae 24. Mississippi - Jason Eady 23. First Two Pages of Frankenstein - The National 22. Madres - Sofia Kourtesis 21. 1988 - Lori McKenna 20. Wallsocket - underscores 19. I Thought It'd Be Different - Rory 18. Mid Air - Romy 17. Bury The Lede - Dessa 16. Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? - McKinley Dixon 15. Integrated Tech Solutions - Aesop Rock 14. Angel Numbers - Hamish Hawk 13. The Rise and Fall of A Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan 12. Maps - billy woods & Kenny Segal 11. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You - Caroline Polacheck 10. Shook - Algiers 09. The Weight of the Mask - Svalbard 08. Erotic Probiotic 2 - Nourished By Time 07. Gag Order - Kesha 06. No Joy - Spanish Love Songs 05. Scaring The Hoes - Danny Brown + JPEGMAFIA 04. The Weakness - Ruston Kelly 03. Drink The River - Gabe Lee 02. That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware 01. Weathervanes - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

[@jeremysette3657]

Legend

[@anarosol6133]

Thanks ❤

[@piran1807]

Pleasantly surprised to see Jessie Ware in the runner-up position! A massive fan of her work. Really enjoyed these Year-End lists from you, Mark! 😊

[@piran1807]

My Top 10 Albums Of 2023: #1: RAYE - My 21st Century Blues #2: Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS #3: Maisie Peters - The Good Witch #4: Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) #5: Joy Oladokun - Proof Of Life #6: Laufey - Bewitched #7: Ellie Goulding - Higher Than Heaven #8: Annalisa - E Poi Siamo Finiti Nel Vortice #9: Filey Frog - Gone Fishing #10: Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

[@tylerhackner9731]

Pretty close to my list

[@kirstynloftus826]

I love seeing Joy so high!! I wish she was more recognized

[@piran1807]

@@kirstynloftus826 Agreed. She's incredibly underrated! 😊

[@piran1807]

@@tylerhackner9731 Glad to hear it!

[@barrydabee6752]

Taylor is mid

[@eleanor_georgina]

My top 10 albums of 2023: 10. Emotion Sickness - Fefe Dobson 9. This is Why - Paramore 8. The Age of Pleasure - Janelle Monae 7. The Good Witch - Maisie Peters 6. Brandy Clark - Brandy Clark 5. Guts - Olivia Rodrigo 4. The record - Boygenius 3. Bewitched - Laufey 2. The World is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski 1. Weathervanes - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

[@simontalksmusic811]

Shit, I forgot to listen to the Fefe Dobson album. I might do that soon.

[@detectivecox]

My favorite albums of 2023 are: 1. Paramore - This Is Why 2. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 3. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED! 4. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 5. Blondshell - Blondshell 6. Screaming Females - Desire Pathway 7. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 8. Danny Brown - Quaranta 9. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder 10. Squid - O Monolith

[@SilentAssassin01234]

A lot of KZbin critics didn’t love Mitski’s record but I think it was awesome.

[@juhaniaho6698]

Mark, when I saw your review of Weathervanes and noticed the 10/10 score in the description, I was reminded of when Todd In The Shadows named Meet Me At Our Spot by Willow Smith & Tyler Cole as his favorite hit song of 2021, despite neither landing in the 2021 YE Hot 100 nor peaking inside the top 20. If you love something so much that you're willing to break your OWN rules, that love is as genuine as it can be.

[@sarkamichaljanicova32]

The amount of great new music I always get from these videos is insane. Thank you for all the work you put in. My top 10 albums of 2023 are: 1. Holding Absence - The Noble Art Of Self Destruction 2. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden 3. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy 4. Hot Mulligan - Why Would I Watch 5. Hot Milk - A Call To The Void 6. Trophy Eyes - Suicide and Sunshine 7. Beartooth - The Surface 8. The Maine - The Maine 9. NF - HOPE 10. You Me At Six- Truth Decay

[@abbyhatch4986]

I've been watching you for years now, you've shown me some of my favorite artists and exposed me to music I'd never have seen otherwise. I just wanted to say that the work you've put out this year is top notch, especially your forays into video essaying. I appreciate you, and look forward to seeing what you do next year!

[@joshplandowski4453]

My top 10 albums of 2023. As always, great list, gave me plenty of recommendations for me to check out! 1. Bully - Lucky for You 2. Destiny Bond - Be My Vengeance 3. feeble little horse - Girl With Fish 4. Sampha - Lahai 5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation 6. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V 7. MSPaint - Post-American 8. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 9. TURQUOISEDEATH - Se Bueno 10. Snõõper - Super Snõõper

[@CherryCheetah]

My top 10: 10. Host - IX 9. Ocean Of Grief - Pale Existence 8. Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars 7. Shores of Null - The Loss Of Beauty 6. Voyager - Prince of Fire 5. Ignea - Dreams Of Lands Unseen 4. Atlases - Between The Day & I 3. Kataklysm - Goliath 2. Hanging Garden - The Garden 1. Insomnium - Anno 1696

[@NickSevereMusic]

That Rory album is 🔥

[@msedievc7706]

Cool selection of music there! Always appreciate that you have a unique taste and you’re not afraid to stand out from other critics/listeners even if we disagree. Here’s my top 10 1. Javelin - Sufjan Stevens 2. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski 3. PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying 4. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You 5. Multitudes - Feist 6. The Record - Boygenius 7. The Loveliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen 8. Blómi - Susanne Sundfør 9. This Is Why - Paramore 10. The Redshift Blues - Dispirited Spirits

[@erimart63]

I found your selections more accessible than with other best of 2023 list selections. Rory and Nourished By Time blew me away and I'm not an R&B fan. Three of my 2023 best ofs are Bl4ck M4rket C4rt, Candelabro and Feeble Little Horse.

[@HyanStevens]

My TOP10 albums this year: 1. A Cat in the Rain - Turnpike Troubadours(As a new fan of Turnpike, this is very great) 2. Weathervanes - Jason Isbell & the 400 unit 3. Family Ties - Charles Wesley Godwin 4. The Weekness - Ruston Kelly 5. Drink the River - Gabe Lee 6. Javelin - Sufjan Stevens(yes, I still love this album) 7. Celerants - Nickel Creek 8. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 9. Super Natural - The Wilder Blue 10. maybe GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo? or Twenty on High - Drayton Farley?

[@wheelsofmercury]

Great list, Mark! I have actually been getting into Zach Bryan, Ruston Kelly and Spanish Love Songs to start off 2024... which is a refreshing surprise for a metalhead like me! Speaking of metal, though...it's awesome to see Victory Over The Sun on this list!

[@pauldessau6751]

Great list! And thanks for the Dessa recommendation - I probably would have missed that album otherwise (also, I first heard about Chappell Roan on this channel). My Top 10 favorite albums of 2023 are: 1. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - City of Gold 2. Jeffrey Martin - Thank God We Left the Garden 3. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 4. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Weathervanes 5. Rachel Baiman - Common Nation of Sorrow 6. Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight 7. Jobi Riccio - Whiplash 8. Paramore - This Is Why 9. Dessa - Bury the Lede 10. Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess I wish you all the best in 2024!

[@georgeandfriendsadventures5073]

FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO CAN APPRECIATE JESSIE WARE! That Feels Good is my AOTY, and one of my favorite albums of the 2020s

[@subconciousthoughts9612]

So happy to see Aesop Rock this high on the list. Integrated Tech Solutions was absolutely amazing.

[@ju4079]

My Top 15: 1. Parannoul - After the Night 2. Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall 3. Lil Yachty - Let‘s Start Here 4. underscores - Wallsocket 5. yeule - softscars 6. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody 7. Sampha - Lahai 8. Slowthai - UGLY 9. Jane Remover - Census Designated 10. JPEG MAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES 11. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 12. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 13. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED! 14. Paramore - This Is Why 15. King Krule - Space Heavy

[@joshvanz]

The extended live version of “Into The Endless Night” might just be my favourite song of all time. That Parannoul album slaps hard

[@ju4079]

The live version is fr on another level.

[@DubOnYouTube]

Thanks for another great years of reviews Mark :) my Top Ten 10. Gag Order - Kesha 9. Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? - McKinley Dixon 8. the record - boygenius 7. A Cat in the Rain - Turnpike Troubadours 6. ONE MORE TIME… - Blink-182 5. GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo 4. Why Would I Watch - Hot Mulligan 3. Weathervanes - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 2. The Weakness - Ruston Kelly 1. No Joy - Spanish Love Songs Here’s to 2024!

[@Chrismooar]

Really enjoyed your list. Especially cool to hear about some country albums I'd never heard of. Did you hear the Ben de la Cour Sweet Anhedonia album? Superb. He writes really well. I also loved the Reverend Kristin Hayter Saved! album. Here's my Top 15: Top 15 Albums of the year 2023 Caroline Polachek - Desire, I want to Turn Into You Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - Saved! Lana Del Rey - Did You Know there’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard Olivia Rodrigo - Guts Mitski - The land is Inhospitable and So Are We Paramore - This is Why BoyGenius - The Record Swans - The Beggar Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert Squid - O Monolith Black County New Road - Live at Bush Hall Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings Ben De La Cour - Sweet Anhedonia Creation Rebel - Hostile Environment Vince Clarke - Songs of Silence.

[@StaySnazzyStyle]

I'm so glad you put Gag order on here!

[@riverd5698]

….very off-topic, but Mark, you’re getting so much better looking with age. ❤ That’s pretty much what I wanted to say. Happy New Year everyone.

[@YouCanCallMeXoe]

To get personal for a second, 2023 wound up being just as turbulent of a year for me as 2022, arguably moreso. So the music that I got to hear this year was a balm for a lot of frustrating situations this year. 8. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 7. 2nd In Command - Live With Love Until You Can't Anymore 6. Many Tiny Boxes - S/T (the nightmare fuel record of the year for me) 5. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions 4. Gabe Lee - Drink The River 3. Spanish Love Songs- No Joy 2. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit- Weathervanes (you have no idea how close this was to being my AOTY) 1. Underscores- Wallsocket An honourable mention of music that stuck with me this year is the soundtrack to Studio Yurei's short film, Radar. I'm not sure if it's royalty free or not, but it's a very impactful score for an Analog horror film that really stuck with me, especially the track that plays at the end of the film.

[@simontalksmusic811]

I got introduced to Game Lee's 2023 album from watching Mark's channel, and it's one of my faves of the year, too! Also, wishing you a better 2024!

[@cal7957]

#1 Raising ravens- leaving with the halflight Jess Finalayson does it all! She writes, plays guitar and sings on this beautifully done album!! 2 Any given sin- war 3 Gideon- more power more pain 4 Motive black- auburn 5 Cold stares- voices 6 Pop evil- skeletons 7 Phil Campbell- kings of the asylum 8 Saul -this is it..the end of everything 9 Buckcherry-10 10 Tyler Bryant- dirty work 11 Red- rated R 12 Lift the curse- suffer and survive 13 Throw the fight- strange world 14 Another day dawns- finding peace through all the noise 15 Blak29 16 Trashy Annie- sticks and stones 17 When rivers meet- aces are high 18 Post profit- self defeaterEP 19 War curse- confession 20 Texas hippie coalition- the name lives on 21 Saliva- revelation 22 Laura cox- head above water 23 Woyote- mother of the universe 24 Screaming eagles- high class rock n roll 25 Jesse James Dupree- breathing fire 26 Vera bloom- it’s meEP 27 King mountain- wrath of the gods 28 Duskwood- the last voyage 29 Fuzzrider- S/T 30 Fortune child- - ST ep 31 Deadly vices- dead inside ep

[@lmsigorro]

That Kesha review... got me emotional, spot on!!! For me, Gag Order is def the album of the year.

[@colebelinsky881]

Here are some of favorites from this year :) 'The Weakness' - Ruston Kelly 'Seeking The Sources Of Streams' - Cicada 'Weathervanes' - Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit 'A Fate Worse Than Home' - Iravu 'Rolling Up The Welcome Mat' - Kelsea Ballerini 'Dogsbody' - Model/Actriz 'GUTS' - Olivia Rodrigo

[@bharris108]

Man, that Ruston Kelly got more plays than I ever would’ve predicted. So good.

[@colebelinsky881]

@@bharris108 Indeed it is, probably my favorite of the year.

[@ulemumpaso7175]

So happy you put Charles weasly Godwin on the list. Love that your enjoy him

[@squareroot9423]

Me at the bottom 25: "omg there's only like two records I didn't listen to I wasn't that far behind!" Me after the top 25: "....dang"

[@EntrEsprit]

In no particular order: Caroline Polachek - Desire, i want to turn into you Jpegmafia, Danny Brown - Scaring the hoes Travis Scott - Utopia Danny Brown - Quaranta Sampha - Lahai Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 100 gecs - 10000 gecs

[@sleepdeprivedpikachu7235]

i am so mad that nothing from chappell roan charted this year, super graphic ultra modern girl, naked in manhattan, hot to go and red wine supernova we’re all right there. i’d even take after midnight as a consultation prize.

[@RyanTheSharkie69]

bro… 😂 😂😂

[@ruliak]

Yaaaay more spectrum pulse lists 🥰

[@squareroot9423]

Nourished by Time where do I know that nam- OH ITS THE PERSON FEATURED IN MY FAVORITE YAEJI SONG THIS YEAR. God everything makes sense now!

[@theidealistic7030]

Hey Spectrum Pulse, in case you missed it, can you please post a link to this video on your website? I understand that holiday & year-end list season is quite busy, so details like this can slip notice. Heading into the new year, keep up the superb work.

[@Abby-xo1de]

I bought Weathervanes as a gift for a coworker for Christmas and I wasn't sure if it was a good move. This was oddly reassuring, lol

[@Soulkinthehuman]

Beloved Paradise Jazz is so underrated it's crazy

[@fennefox257]

I feel like this year was generally good as someone more into the Hardcore/Metal/Emo side of things. 2021 was maybe a little more consistent, but both 2022 and 2023 had some great albums. (Didn’t get to Svalbard unfortunately, but the three songs I heard from it were great so I imagine getting to it will warrant high praise). My top 10’s as follows: 10. Leprethere - Tarnished Passion 9. Holding Absence - The Noble Art of Self Destruction 8. Dispirited Spirits - The Redshift Blues 7. Invent Animate - Heavener 6. Jeromes Dream - The Gray In Between 5. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody 4. Phoxjaw - notverynicecream 3. Death Goals - A Garden of Dead Flowers 2. Hail the Sun - Divine Inner Tension 1. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy

[@across7992]

My Top 10 Albums: 1) Lana Del Rey - Did you know there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 2) Squid - O Monolith 3) Sampha - Lahai 4) JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES 5) Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? 6) slowthai - UGLY 7) billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps 8) Swans - The Beggar 9) Geese - 3D Country 10) underscores - Wallsocket

[@tonig02]

As a spanish viewer, here are some recommendations from my country :) Lola Indigo - GRX (EP) María José Llergo - Ultrabelleza Mujeres - Desde Flores y Entrañas Samuraï - Artillería (EP) Belén Aguilera - Metanoia (EP) Marilia Monzón - Prenderé Una Velita Ana Mena - bellodrama Chica Sobresalto - Oráculo María Pelae - Al Baño María

[@TheRareVideosXL]

Great list.

[@mrhipsterman]

Amazing list, Mark! A couple of my favorites through the year: 1) Come Get Your Wife - Elle King 2) Let Her Burn - Rebecca Black 3) Rolling Up the Welcome Mat - Kelsea Ballerini 4) 10,000 gecs - 100 gecs 5) Fanfare - Dorian Electra 6) The Weakness - Ruston Kelly 7) Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? 8) Weathervanes - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 9) Let’s Start Here - Lil Yachty

[@josephtafur]

Here is My Top 50 Best Albums Of 2023: 50. Sam Smith- Gloria 49. Doja Cat- Scarlet 48. Kevin Abstract- Blanket 47. Scott Pilgrum Takes Off Soundtrack 46. boygenius- the record 45. Luke Combs- Gettin' Old 44. Lainey Wilson- Bell Bottom Country 43. Zack Bryan- Zack Bryan 42. Cody Johnson- Leather 41. Jung Kook- Golden 40. Andre 3000- New Blue Sun 39. Jelly Roll- Whitsitt Chapel 38. Disney's Wish Soundtrack 37. Blink-182- ONE MORE TIME... 36. Dolly Parton- Rockstar 35. Post Malone- AUSTIN 34. P!nk- Trustfall 33. Fall Out Boy- So Much (For) Stardust 32. Gorillaz- Cracker Island 31. Paramore- This Is Why 30. Poppy- Zig 29. Jenny Lewis- Joy'all 28. Nat and Alex Wolff- Table For Two 27. Troye Sivan- Something to give each other 26. Disclosure- Alchemy 25. Olivia Rodrigo- GUTS 24. Aly & AJ- With This Love 23. Laura Pausini- Almas Paralelas 22. Miraculous: Ladybug & Chat Noir- The Movie Soundtrack 21. Avatar The Last Airbender Book 1: Water Soundtrack 20. NIMONA Soundtrack 19. Everything but the girl- Fuse 18. Killer Mike- Michael 17. CircusP- Cmky 16. Aivi and Surasshu- Meanwhile 15. Rebecca Sugar- Spiral Bound 14. Adventure Time Fionna And Cake Soundtrack 13. Taylor Swift- Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 12. Dessa- Bury The Lead 11. Lil Yachty- Let's Start Here 10. Kyile Minogue- TENSION 9. Chris Stapleton- Higher 8. Ellie Goulding- Higher Than Heaven 7. Idina Menzel- Drama Queen 6. Dan Mason- I'll Be Alright 5. Miley Cyrus- Endless Summer Vacation 4. Celine Dion- Love Again Soundtrack 3. George Clanton- Ooo, I Rap Ya 2. Taylor Swift- 1989 (Taylor's Verison) 1. Kesha- Gag Order

[@bedemcdouall7967]

SICK LIST MARK!!!!!

[@RockBandWiiPlayer1]

My Top 25 Albums of 2023: 25: Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE 24: Cacola - Alive 23: KNOWER - KNOWER FOREVER 22: Jason Eady - Mississippi 21: Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium 20: Kesha - Gag Order 19: Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 18: McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? 17: home is where - the whaler 16: Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts 15: The HIRS Collective - We're Still Here 14: Spanish Love Songs - No Joy 13: jaimie branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) 12: Grandbrothers - Late Reflections 11: Snooper - Super Snooper 10: Alfa Mist - Variables 9: Victory Over The Sun - Dance You Monster To My Soft Song! 8: underscores - Wallsocket 7: Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions 6: Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel 5: Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 5 4: JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES 3: Gabe Lee - Drink the River 2: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes 1: 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs

[@dhamburger810]

45:44 Now the mainstream is finally rewarding the album and her

[@griffinohara2794]

I feel so vindicated by the Home is Where inclusion

[@JamsandTea]

If you’re hurting for Svalbard to appear on more end of the year list…. Well we might have you covered this week…

[@czkarate]

Weathervanes is easily my favorite as well

[@GameJunkyard11]

Man I'm surprised that Iravu didn't make the cut, but awesome list

[@dethmetalhed9178]

Great list, here's my top 10: 1. The Rime of Memory by Panopticon 2. The Lamb as Effigy by Sprain 3. Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 4. Javelin by Sufjan Stevens 5. My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross by ANONHI and the Johnsons 6. Zach Bryan by Zach Bryan 7. Hellmode by Jeff Rosenstock 8. Gag Order by Kesha 9. Scaring the Hoes by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown 10. Vertumnus Caesar by Malokarpatan

[@jakebailey8031]

Islands - "And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs" is my top album for 2023.

[@doesitmatter13]

that jason isbell album is way too good, also my number one but I think followed closely by zack bryan's self titled.

[@johnsmusicpassions9740]

Enjoyed your reviews but its a bit heavy on American artists - What about the rest of the world and old artists - Mon Laferte, Everything But The girl, Paul Weller, The Zombies, Steven Wilson to name a few

[@SamuelMonsees]

Would you mind in the future saying the artist and album up front on these albums, I know it's a video but I like to listen on walks and don't always catch what the album was. Great list though. 😊

[@mutate34]

I REALLY wasn't expecting Svalbard

[@derekking9824]

Thnx heaps Mark.

[@washingmashine921]

Before making my own list, I wanna thank @smoov22 for recommending that KSHMR 2023 record, which I thought it was gonna be hard to go through when I saw the tracklist, but it truly went so easy with so many goddamn bangers and one genuinely well made melancholic song that for some reason reminded me of BTS 😅

[@hiphopheaven]

It's so weird to separate mainstream hip hop and underground hip hop. Why would it matter if an album is popular or not all what matter is how it make you feel. It's really not hard to dig for underground rap there is a ton of resources with top X lists. I saw a list of top 300 rap album. On hiphopheads subreddit there was over 30+ releases in the first week of the year yet people complains about the lack of mainstream releases and refuse to try some albums on the list

[@Kanza535]

Shout out to Rors

[@OurFamilyInMotion]

The Veils had the album of the year for me. Check it out. It's amazing.

[@lewispeterson2050]

I’m pulling for Ruston Kelly to get a high placement

[@gombocdimensional9050]

he did!

[@pyddl]

The best album here that you introduced me to is the one from Mesarthim

[@sleepdeprivedpikachu7235]

i was delighted when i saw that strawberry woman was the highest song from weathervanes on the best songs list, since it’s also my favorite song and it reminds me of my partner, but i think i need to revisit it as a whole because besides strawberry woman and death wish, i haven’t gone back to it, and i really should.

[@jacobbarry219]

great list but i’m extremely mad at you for calling Victory Over the Sun “Liturgy done right”

[@phil_k_96]

My personal list is pretty different from yours, but here goes... 30. JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes 29. Avatar - Dance Devil Dance 28. Polaris - Fatalism 27. Movements - Ruckus! 26. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride 25. Drain - Living Proof 24. Meet Me @ The Altar - Past // Present // Future 23. Zulu - A New Tomorrow 22. Mutoid Man - Mutants 21. Panopticon - The Rime of Memory 20. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori 19. Babymetal - The Other One 18. Baroness - Stone 17. Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask 16. Shadows - Out for Blood 15. None - Inevitable 14. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse 13. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes 12. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden 11. Reverend Kristin Michael Hater - Saved! 10. Code Orange - The Above 9. Twilight Force - At The Heart of Wintervale 8. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit 7. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 6. 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs 5. Enforced - War Remains 4. Angel Electronics - Ultra Paradise 3. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are 2. boygenius - the record 1. Creeper - Sanguivore (If it isn't already obvious, I found you through Rock Coliseum lol)

[@Count_Deangeli]

No love for Lana Del Ray but enjoyed the list

[@sleepdeprivedpikachu7235]

i loved bury the lede when i first listened to it, and dessa officially been added to my list of women who i call mother. other women on that list are kesha and alex kingston if you were wondering. anyway chopper, twelve to one, and hurricane party are all excellent, and it’s a crime that none of them became hits.

[@SomeSong2]

That new Molybaron album Something Ominous gets closer to 5 stars each time I listen to it. It’s like the best parts of Pain of Salvation, System of a Down, and Rise Against all rolled into one. None of the immature or dreary parts.

[@InkAndPoet]

What the hell is Hypnagogic Pop?

[@amereaardvark]

It is commonly defined as pop or psychedelic music that draws influence from the 80s, through often hazy and low-fidelity production. (Taken from Wikipedia)

[@jackpaint6968]

"Liturgy done right" lol

[@jackpaint6968]

you talk about music you don't like as if its objective please fucking knock that shit off

[@andrewbianchi1294]

predictions for the top 10: 10. Shook 9. The Weight of the Mask 8. SCARING THE HOES 7. Erotic Probiotic 2 6. Gag Order 5. No Joy 4. The Weakness 3. That! Feels Good! 2. Drink The River 1. Weathervanes

[@SomeSong2]

I could see Mark going with either Angel Numbers by Hamish Hawk or Gag Order by Kesha at #2.

[@MrOobling]

You predicted this so accurately: seriously impressive.

[@dethmetalhed9178]

Lowkey impressed with how accurately you guessed the list

[@tylerhackner9731]

I feel like despite us living in the era of TikTok/viral songs, I see people listening to and delving into actual albums now more than I’ve seen in a while. Especially when the charts are a mess.

[@SomeSong2]

Mainstream albums were worse than ever, bloated gloopy pap, 20-30 songs usually and barely 3 worth listening to on each album. Everything that didn’t chart I had at least 3.5 stars and up.

[@averythomas2235]

wednesday rat saw god.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Guts, scaring the hoes, desire, I want to turn into you, jaguar ii, bewitched, the record are my favorites

[@FK-it4hn]

Uh so i listened to weathervanes,,, and while i love your enthusiasm for it, i found it to be unbearable. cheers tho, decent list

[@barrydabee6752]

Honestly we need to get rid of Taylor Swift and instead replace her with Caroline Polachek

[@monsirto]

Fantastic list of some of the most derivative and uninspiring recordings of the last few years (not all 2023 releases on this poorly researched list).

[@SpectrumPulse]

Alright, fun guy: show me your top 50, and tell me which aren't from 2023 - I'm curious ;) (actually, wait, are you talking about the Pony Bradshaw album? Because in that case, while it is a compilation of EPs, not all the songs were released in 2022 on the project, which formally dropped in 2023 and is why I counted it, specifically checking before I even reviewed it - Tapir! did the same thing this year with its staggered EPs over 2022-23)

[@mattofficer6434]

no uzi? pink tape

[@turboshazed7370]

😂

[@pyddl]

probably forgot, it's obviously top ten

[@juliekeast6175]

Lol...what?

[@releasio9921]

I DON’T THINK YOU TRUUUUUUST

[@barrydabee6752]

It’s to trash to be here