02 Jan 2024

My Albums of the Year: 2023

Filed under: AOTY | music

Happy new year!

It’s that time again where I show you my favourite albums of the previous year and this is my biggest list yet. I set myself a target of listening to 2 albums per day on average and I succeeded with 15 minutes left! That means I went through 730 albums and over 250 hours from a variety of genres.

Below is my “best of the rest” list and I’m sure there’ll be something for everyone to enjoy.

In alphabetical order:

• 2 Mello – PHD - PORTABLE HEADPHONE DANCEFLOOR
• Akira The Don – LOFI CHRISTMAS VI
• Anthony Naples – orbs
• B. Cool-Aid – Leather Blvd.
• Blaz – The EPS Project
• Brelstaff – Novel for the Moon
• CARRTOONS – Saturday Night
• Cicada – 棲居在溪源之上Seeking the Sources of Streams
• Cleo Sol – Gold
• Cleo Sol – Heaven
• Close Counters – SOULACOASTA II
• Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows
• Cory Wong – The Lucky One
• Declaime & Theory Hazit – ROCKETMAN
• earfluvv & aroma – Sonic Oddities
• Eddie Chacon – Sundown
• Feist – Multitudes
• Gas Lab – Vision
• Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER
• Gianni Brezzo – Soundscapes Vol. 1 - Music for Harlequins
• Godblesscomputers – Faded Views
• H.C. McEntire – Every Acre
• Halibab Matador – Souvenirs
• Hannah Jadagu – Aperture
• Jazzbois – Higher Dimension Waiting Room
• Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good!
• JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown – SCARING THE HOES
• Jungle – Volcano
• Kaidi Tatham – The Only Way
• KAYTRAMINÉ – KAYTRAMINÉ
• King Tuff – Smalltown Stardust
• Koralle – Insomnia
• Kumar Shome and The Punkawallahs – Kanya
• Little Dragon – Slugs of Love
• Louie Zong – Cosmos
• Louie Zong – Let’s-A Go!
• Lucinda Chua – YIAN
• Marques Murrey – Chai Tea Vibes Vol. 6
• Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
• Nu Vintage – Vibrations In Color
• Paramore – This Is Why
• Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison – JID016
• Rob Araujo – Twitch Tape 001
• Scott Orr – _Horizon _
• Shade Cobain – The Jam
• Skyzoo x The Other Guys – The Mind Of A Saint
• sndtrak – _FLIPS V2: FLIP-TUCK _
• snowpoint lounge – 失われた時間
• strange dust – Strange Company
• Suff Daddy – Hair of the Dog
• Tapioca – Samba em Kilagi
• tee_illa – Kalakuta
• TellyMclean – Mia Wallace Loves Red Apple Cigarettes
• The Murder Capital – Gigi’s Recovery
• THEWRKNMAN – Obscurities Vol. 1
• TSURUDA – bootlegs n stuff vol. 1
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra – V
• Victoria Monét – JAGUAR II

Previous lists: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2021 | 2022