AOTY 2023

MUSIC CRITICS' TOP ALBUMS OF 2023

2023 YEAR END LISTS

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Peter Gabriel - i/o
Peter Gabriel
i/o
84
critic score
(21)
75
user score
(155)
Harp - Albion
Harp
Albion
75
critic score
(8)
74
user score
(93)
Full Of Hell / Nothing - When No Birds Sang
Full Of Hell / Nothing
When No Birds Sang
78
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(143)
Conway The Machine & Conductor Williams - CONDUCTOR MACHINE
Conway The Machine & Conductor Williams
CONDUCTOR MACHINE
66
user score
(281)
Dove Cameron - Alchemical Vol. 1
Dove Cameron
Alchemical Vol. 1
60
critic score
(3)
53
user score
(102)
Unprocessed - ...and everything in between
Unprocessed
...and everything in between
85
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(48)
유키카 [YUKIKA] - Time/Lapse
유키카 [YUKIKA]
Time/Lapse
77
user score
(150)
Sean Leon - IN LOVING MEMORY
Sean Leon
IN LOVING MEMORY
71
user score
(135)
The Goa Express - The Goa Express
The Goa Express
The Goa Express
73
critic score
(4)
60
user score
(20)
Sexyy Red
Hood Hottest Princess (Deluxe)
80
critic score
(1)
48
user score
(140)
FAKE TYPE. - FAKE SWING 2
FAKE TYPE.
FAKE SWING 2
BradTasteMusic
2
It breaks my heart that this is one of the coolest album covers of the entire year, because the music is truly torture. I can't say I enjoyed anything about this. Maybe a note on one song was kinda nice, but the entire experience feels like horrible Electro Swing waterboarding. It just suffocates you. I don't know how else to explain it. It also ends with a cover of Ado of all things to just make it all so much worse. I was not expecting to hear possibly the worst album of the year right here ... read more
125
The Lonely Island - Incredibad
The Lonely Island
Incredibad
vivi
98
REREVIEW SINCE I AM CURRENTLY SUPER OBSESSED WITH THIS GROUP AND THIS ALBUM 🎉
-I also just really needed somewhere to write about/talk about The Lonely Island and dump a ton of information about them, so figured this was an appropriate approach.
-I wrote like half of this or something and then LOST EVERYTHING I WROTE. But I did not give up, came through and just rewrote what I could remember and started fresh, kind of pissed off but what can you do I suppose. I feel like my start of the ... read more
110
FAKE TYPE. - FAKE SWING 2
FAKE TYPE.
FAKE SWING 2
barcooper
0
The Roger Waters album sounds like tpab compared to this shit.

So I've seen how people are shitting all over this album and the insanely low user score it received, and I was honestly intrigued. I wanted to see if the album is THAT bad. And well, that was undoubtedly the most insufferable 30 minutes of the year for me, this is simply one of the worst things music has to offer, if you can even call it music.

This was the first time I heard about the Japanese group FAKE TYPE., I don't know ... read more
74
10 Years Ago
Lana Del Rey - Tropico
Lana Del Rey
Tropico
81
user score
(54)
30 Years Ago
Enigma - The Cross of Changes
Enigma
The Cross of Changes
78
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(38)
Tyler, The Creator - SORRY NOT SORRY
Tyler, The Creator
95
Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk
Sufjan Stevens
95
파란노을 [Parannoul] - Into the Endless Night
파란노을 [Parannoul]
95
Black Country, New Road - Turbines/Pigs
Black Country, New Road
95
Foo Fighters - Rest
Foo Fighters
95

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