Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey ★★★½ 72 Pop Singer-songwriter Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd is probably my favorite Lana Del Rey album. I’m not usually a fan of Lana’s albums, and some of the thingsContinue reading “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey ★★★½”
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The Loveliest Time – Carly Rae Jepsen
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 The Loveliest Time Carly Rae Jepsen ★★★ 68 Pop Dance Pop Disco At this point, Carly Rae Jepsen is a dependable, seasoned pop professional. She has yet to have another song explode the way “Call Me Maybe” did in 2012, and none of her albums have topped 2015’sContinue reading “The Loveliest Time – Carly Rae Jepsen”
That! Feels Good! – Jessie Ware ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 That! Feels Good! Jessie Ware ★★★½ 77 Pop Dance Pop Disco Jessie Ware continues to get better and better with each release, and her 2023 album, similarly, gets better and better as it goes. After 2020’s What’s Your Pleasure? saw her fully embrace disco music, That! Feels Good!Continue reading “That! Feels Good! – Jessie Ware ★★★½”
GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo ★★★★ 80 Pop Pop Rock Pop Punk I thought Olivia Rodrigo’s first album was good, but a little basic from start to finish. However, GUTS, her sophomore record, is really an improvement at every level — confidence in the vocal performance, maturity in the songwriting,Continue reading “GUTS – Olivia Rodrigo ★★★★”
Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Endless Summer Vacation Miley Cyrus ★★½ 51 Pop Pop Rock Endless Summer Vacation is the most average of average pop records. Miley Cyrus provides fine vocals over clean pop production, making for easy commercial appeal. There are a few pretty good tracks — “Flowers,” “Thousand Miles,” “Used toContinue reading “Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus ★★½”
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You – Caroline Polachek ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek ★★★ 65 Pop Indie Pop I’ve always found Caroline Polachek a little too uninteresting to be a great indie artist, and not fun or dynamic enough to be a great pop artist. I feel like that still carries overContinue reading “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You – Caroline Polachek ★★★”
Wallsocket – underscores ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Wallsocket underscores ★★★★ 84 Pop Pop Rock Hyper Pop Over the past 5 years or so, there have been a number of these super online sounding, schizophrenic kinds of albums with wild mood swings, genre and tempo switches and hyper, sometimes synthesized vocals, that can be both captivatingContinue reading “Wallsocket – underscores ★★★★”
Me chama de gato que eu sou sua – Ana Frango Elétrico ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Me chama de gato que eu sou sua Ana Frango Elétrico ★★★★ 80 Pop Funk Sophisti -Pop Me chama de gato que eu sou sua is a quick, feel-good record by Brazilian, non binary artist Ana Frango Elétrico, who blends smooth jazz, funk and stings elements together toContinue reading “Me chama de gato que eu sou sua – Ana Frango Elétrico ★★★★”
Mid Air – Romy ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Mid Air Romy ★★★ 61 Pop Dance-Pop Electronic Romy’s solo debut Mid Air ignores many of the cutting edge trends and tropes of modern indie electronic music. Instead, she draws from the trance and Eurohouse sounds that peaked her interest growing up in the 1990s and early 2000sContinue reading “Mid Air – Romy ★★★ “
Pure Heroine – Lorde ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Pure Heroine Lorde ★★★★ 80 Pop Indie Pop Pure Heroine offers everything you could possibly want from an indie pop record. Written and recorded when Lorde was 15 and 16 years old, the album displays the expertise a young musician would have growing up through the social mediaContinue reading “Pure Heroine – Lorde ★★★★”
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