2023 in Review

Songs of the year

2023 Albums

Album	Artist	Stars	Score	Genre
SCARING THE HOES	JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown	★★★★½	90	Hip-Hop
Javelin	Sufjan Stevens	★★★★	88	Rock	Indie Folk	Chambr Pop
Gigi’s Recovery	The Murder Capital	★★★★	85	Rock	Alternative Rock	Post Punk
Lahai	Sampha	★★★★	85	Hip-Hop	R&B	Neo-Soul
The Greater Wings	Julie Byrne	★★★★	85	Rock	Singer-Songwriter	Indie Folk
Wallsocket	underscores	★★★★	84	Pop	Pop Rock	Hyper Pop
I Inside the Old Year Dying	PJ Harvey	★★★★	83	Rock	Folk
Sundial	Noname	★★★★	82	Hip-Hop
HELLMODE	Jeff Rosenstock	★★★★	82	Rock	Punk
Everything Harmony	The Lemon Twigs	★★★★	81	Rock	Pop Rock	Jangle Pop
Me chama de gato que eu sou sua	Ana Frango Elétrico	★★★★	80	Pop	Funk	Sophisti -Pop
GUTS	Olivia Rodrigo	★★★★	80	Pop	Pop Rock
Ooh Rap I Ya	George Clanton	★★★★	80	Electronic	Synth Pop	Chillwave
Heavy Heavy	Young Fathers	★★★½	79	Hip-Hop	Neo Soul
UGLY	Slowthai	★★★½	78	Hip-Hop	Post Punk
Dogsbody	Model/Actriz	★★★½	78	Rock	Alternative Rock	Post Punk
Girl With Fish	feeble little horse	★★★½	78	Rock	Alternative Rock	Shoegaze
That! Feels Good!	Jessie Ware	★★★½	77	Pop	Dance Pop	Disco
O Monolith	Squid	★★★½	77	Rock	Alternative Rock	Post Punk
Spiritual Cramp	Spiritual Cramp	★★★½	75	Rock	Alternative Rock	Post-Punk Revival
Real Melody	Horse Rider	★★★½	75	Rock	Alternative Rock	Emo Rock
i was mature for my age, but i was still a child	grouptherapy.	★★★½	72	Hip-Hop	Alternative Hip-Hop
the record	boygenius	★★★½	72	Rock	Indie Rock	Indie Folk
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd	Lana Del Rey	★★★½	72	Pop	Singer-songwriter
Everything is Alive	Slowdive	★★★½	71	Rock	Alternative Rock	Shoegaze
This Is Why	Paramore	★★★½	70	Rock	Alternative Rock
Euphoric	Georgia	★★★½	70	Pop	Indie Pop	Dance-Pop
The Loveliest Time	Carly Rae Jepsen	★★★½	70	Pop	Dance Pop	Disco
Life Under the Gun	Militarie Gun	★★★	69	Rock	Alternative Rock
Food for Worms	shame	★★★	69	Rock	Alternative Rock	Post Punk
Playing Robots Into Heaven	James Blake	★★★	69	Electronic	Ambient	Trip-Hop
With A Hammer	Yaeji	★★★	68	Electronic
3D Country	Geese	★★★	68	Rock	Alternative Rock
Michael	Killer Mike	★★★	68	Hip-Hop
Raven	Kelela	★★★	67	Pop
But Here We Are	Foo Fighters	★★★	66	Rock
Business is Business	Young Thug	★★★	66	Hip-Hop
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You	Caroline Polachek	★★★	65	Pop	Indie Pop
Everyone’s Crushed	Water Frome Your Eyes	★★★	65	Electronic
STRUGGLER	Genesis Owusu	★★★	65	Hip-Hop	Neo Soul	Post Punk
VOIR DIRE	Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist	★★★	63	Hip-Hop
Laugh Track	The National	★★★	62	Rock	Indie Rock	Chamber Pop
Come June	Mitch Rowland	★★★	62	Rock	Indie Pop
Mid Air	Romy	★★★	61	Pop	Dance-Pop
Fuse	Everything But The Girl	★★★	61	Pop
In the End It Always Does	The Japanese House	★★★	61	Pop	Indie Pop
Chronicles of a Diamond	Black Pumas	★★★	60	Rock	Soul
Dreamer	Nabihah Iqbal	★★★	60	Pop
Cracker Island	Gorillaz	★★★	59	Pop	Sythpop
Every Loser	Iggy Pop	★★½	59	Rock	Alternative Rock
This Stupid World	Yo La Tengo	★★½	59	Rock
In Times New Roman…	Queens of the Stoneage	★★½	57	Rock	Alternative Rock
The Ballad of Darren	Blur	★★½	56	Rock	Alternative Rock
Space Heavy	King Krule	★★½	55	Rock
Memento Mori	Depeche Mode	★★½	55	Rock	Alternative Rock	Synth Pop
Continue as a Guest	The New Pornographers	★★½	55	Rock
UTOPIA	Travis Scott	★★½	54	Hip-Hop
72 Seasons	Metallica	★★½	50	Rock	Metal
Endless Summer Vacation	Miley Cyrus	★★½	50	Pop	Pop Rock
The Age of Pleasure	Janelle Monae	★★½	50	Pop
Secret Life	Fred Again, Brian Eno	★★	49	Electronic	Ambient
And Then You Pray for Me	Westside Gunn	★★	49	Hip-Hop
Life is But a Dream	Avenge Sevenfold	★★	48	Rock	Metal
First Two Pages of Frankenstein	The National	★★	48	Rock	Indie Rock	Chamber Pop
I’M REALLY LIKE THAT	DJ Drama	★★	45	Hip-Hop
For All My Dogs	Drake	★½	33	Hip-Hop

50 Best Songs

No Strong Enough – boygenius
God Loves You – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown
The Narcissist – Blur
UGLY – slowthai
Line In The Sand (Alt Mix) – Hot Chip, Brian Eno, Goddess
Tin Man – feeble little horse
Swing (In A Dream) – Squid
Crying – The Murder Capital
Electric Fish – Ana Frango Eletrico
Oil – Gorillaz, Stevie Nicks
The Hillbillies – Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar
Prayer at the Gate – PJ Harvey
Flare – Julie Byrne
MY EYES – Travis Scott
Super Shy – NewJeans
So Hard So Hot – Alison Goldfrapp
Deep End (Paul’s In Pieces) – The National
Shit Talk – Sufjan Stevens
Sun In – Model/Actriz
Kingdom Hearts Key – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown, redveil
pretty isn’t pretty – Olivia Rodrigo
Return My Head – The Murder Capital
Fentanyl Tester – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown
The Blades – Squid
One Hand Behind The Devil – Maruja
SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – Killer Mike, Andre 3000, Future, Eryn Allen Kane
(It Goes Like) Nanana – Peggy Gou
LIKED U BETTER – Jeff Rosenstock
balloons – Noname, Jay Electronia
Oh U Went – Young Thug, Drake
Rush – Troye Sivan
The Dream – Georgia
I Been Young – George Clanton
Back on 74 – Jungle
Geez louise – underscores, henhouse!
all-american bitch – Olivia Rodrigo
Peak – grouptherapy
Runaway – DJ Premier, Westside Gunn, Rome Streetz
Run, Run, Run – McKinley Dixon
Nunchucka – Haiku Hands, Ribongia
Free Yourself – Jessie Ware
What If You Hypnotise Me? – Sampha, Lea Sen
The Caliphate – Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, The Alchemist
Sleepless – Model/Actriz
Birth4000 – Floating Points
Rescued – Foo Fighters
Bending Hectic – The Smile
Sprinter – Dave, Central Cee
Contact – Kelela
Figure 8 – Paramore

Genre Highlights

Rock

Hip-Hop

Pop

2023 Albums

50 Best Songs

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