AOTY 2023

MUSIC CRITICS' TOP ALBUMS OF 2023

2023 YEAR END LISTS

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Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2
Nicki Minaj
Pink Friday 2
75
critic score
(4)
48
user score
(344)
HEALTH - RAT WARS
HEALTH
RAT WARS
74
critic score
(9)
75
user score
(63)
Tate McRae - THINK LATER
Tate McRae
THINK LATER
65
critic score
(4)
58
user score
(140)
Neil Young - Before and After
Neil Young
Before and After
75
critic score
(7)
75
user score
(1)
Hackle - HAUNTED NATION
Hackle
HAUNTED NATION
71
user score
(46)
OsamaSon - Flex Musix
OsamaSon
Flex Musix
69
user score
(31)
Kenny Mason - Highway 9
Kenny Mason
Highway 9
67
user score
(40)
Atreyu - The Beautiful Dark Of Life
Atreyu
The Beautiful Dark Of Life
70
critic score
(4)
63
user score
(2)
Wings Of Desire - Life Is Infinite
Wings Of Desire
Life Is Infinite
76
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(2)
The Killers - Rebel Diamonds
The Killers
Rebel Diamonds
75
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(1)
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
137
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
136
Peter Gabriel - i/o
Peter Gabriel
i/o
Chode
63
Well… it’s that time of the year again. The 2023 User-Voted AOTY Awards. Link to vote down below 👇👇👇

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJFRvzGd5WeYKAS3pdVRkx6FBo8Fe6uTfb_nLt9l8JfalAGg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Remember, no category is required for you to vote in so feel free to skip any category you don't want to vote for.

The same rules as the previous two years are applied here - though considering there’s been an influxl of new people who joined this site ... read more
76
10 Years Ago
Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett - Her (Original Motion Picture Score)
Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett
Her (Original Motion Picture Score)
100
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(108)
20 Years Ago
Evanescence - My Immortal
Evanescence
My Immortal
89
user score
(46)
파란노을 [Parannoul] - Into the Endless Night
파란노을 [Parannoul]
95
Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk
Sufjan Stevens
95
Tyler, The Creator - SORRY NOT SORRY
Tyler, The Creator
95
Black Country, New Road - Turbines/Pigs
Black Country, New Road
95
Foo Fighters - Rest
Foo Fighters
95

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