MCCh 2023: February 28
MCCh 2023: February 28
The best albums of 2023 (February 28 update)
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in parentheses, the raw average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula ((Y-21)*(1/3)+X) that includes the raw average of ratings (X) and the number of sources that have rated the album (Y).
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Dansende Beren; Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare
UK: Clash; DIY; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; Music OMH; NME; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Beats Per Minute; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar
Highlights: Rob makes the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, etc…
New Opening Act
Demoted Album
New or promoted Headliner
Headliners with new reviews and a better score
Headliners with new reviews and a worse score
Opening Acts:
37: The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two: 70.05 (74.71 / 7)
36: Algiers - Shook: 70.60 (72.60 / 15)
35: The Golden Dregs - On Grace & Dignity: 70.76 (75.43 / 7)
34: Billy Nomates - Cacti: 71.07 (73.07 / 15)
33: The WAEVE - The WAEVE: 71.41 (74.08 / 13)
32: Rozi Plain - Prize: 71.42 (74.42 / 12)
31: H.C. McEntire - Every Acre: 71.67 (75.67 / 9)
30: Quasi - Breaking the Balls of History: 71.76 (75.09 / 11)
29: U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess: 71.89 (75.89 / 9)
28: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Land of Sleeper: 72.00 (75.00 / 12)
27: Fucked Up - One Day: 72.02 (74.36 / 14)
26: RAYE - My 21st Century Blues: 72.53 (74.53 / 15)
25: Joesef - Permanent Damage: 72.90 (77.57 / 7)
24: Anna B Savage - in|FLUX: 73.04 (77.38 / 8)
23: Gorillaz - Cracker Island: 73.58 (72.91 / 23)
22: Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.: 73.67 (76.67 / 12)
21: Meg Baird - Furling: 73.83 (77.50 / 10)
Headliners:
20: Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers: 73.95 (73.95 / 21)
Highlights: When the Cynics Stare Back from the Wall — I Don’t Know What You See in Me — When We Were Very Young
Indie Pop
19: Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac: 74.33 (79.00 / 7)
Highlights: November — January — March
Art Pop, Singer-Songwriter
18: Robert Forster - The Candle and the Flame: 74.63 (78.75 / 8)
Highlights: When I Was a Young Man — She’s a Fighter — Tender Years
Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter
17: James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra - The Great White Sea Eagle: 74.63 (78.30 / 10)
Highlights: Hold Out for Love — The Harmony — The Heavy Lyric Police
Chamber Folk
16: Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, the Water, the Sky: 74.75 (77.75 / 12)
Highlights: My Blood Runs Through This Land — Salmon Stinta — Blue
Dream Pop, Indie Rock
15: John Cale - Mercy: 74.77 (75.10 / 20))
Highlights: Moonstruck (Nico’s Song) — Mercy — Time Stands Still
Art Pop, Electronic
14: Iggy Pop - Every Loser: 75.52 (75.52 / 21)
Highlights: Comments — Frenzy — Strung Out Johnny
Garage Rock Revival
13: Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12: 75.56 (79.56 / 9)
Highlights: 20220302 – sarabande — 20210310 — 20211130
Ambient, Modern Classical
12: Samia - Honey: 75.67 (77.67 / 15)
Highlights: Charm You — Dream Song — Breathing Song
Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Pop, Indie Pop
11: Andy Shauf - Norm: 76.80 (78.80 / 15)
Highlights: Wasted On You — Halloween Store — Norm
Singer-Songwriter, Chamber Pop
10: Margo Price - Strays: 76.83 (78.50 / 16)
Highlights: Change of Heart — Radio — Been to the Mountain
Contemporary Country, Heartland Rock
09: Shame - Food for Worms: 76.92 (77.25 / 20)
Highlights: Fingers of Steel — Orchid — Adderall
Indie Rock, Art Punk
08: Paramore - This Is Why: 77.27 (77.60 / 20)
Highlights: This Is Why — Running Out of Time — Crave
Post-Punk Revival
07: Hamish Hawk - Angel Numbers: 77.54 (81.86 / 8)
Highlights: Think of Us Kissing — Angel Numbers — Money
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock
06: Gaz Coombes - Turn the Car Around: 77.58 (80.91 / 11)
Highlights: Don’t Say It’s Over — Feel Loop — Turn the Car Around
Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
05: The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery: 79.83 (81.50 / 18)
Highlights: Return My Head — Only Good Things — Ethel
Post-Punk Revival
04: Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World: 80.41 (79.48 / 23)
Highlights: Tonight’s Episode — Apology Letter — Sinatra Drive Breakdown
Indie Rock, Post-Rock
03: Kelela - Raven: 80.92 (80.59 / 22)
Highlights: Happy Ending — On the Run — Contact
Alternative R&B, Electronic
02: Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy: 83.43 (83.43 / 21)
Highlights: I Saw — Geronimo — Rice
Neo-Psychedelia, Art Pop
01: Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You: 86.05 (86.06 / 21)
Highlights: Bunny Is a Rider — Sunset — Billions
Art Pop, Alt-Pop, Electronic
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in parentheses, the raw average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula ((Y-21)*(1/3)+X) that includes the raw average of ratings (X) and the number of sources that have rated the album (Y).
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Dansende Beren; Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare
UK: Clash; DIY; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; Music OMH; NME; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Beats Per Minute; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar
Highlights: Rob makes the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, etc…
New Opening Act
Demoted Album
New or promoted Headliner
Headliners with new reviews and a better score
Headliners with new reviews and a worse score
Opening Acts:
37: The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two: 70.05 (74.71 / 7)
36: Algiers - Shook: 70.60 (72.60 / 15)
35: The Golden Dregs - On Grace & Dignity: 70.76 (75.43 / 7)
34: Billy Nomates - Cacti: 71.07 (73.07 / 15)
33: The WAEVE - The WAEVE: 71.41 (74.08 / 13)
32: Rozi Plain - Prize: 71.42 (74.42 / 12)
31: H.C. McEntire - Every Acre: 71.67 (75.67 / 9)
30: Quasi - Breaking the Balls of History: 71.76 (75.09 / 11)
29: U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess: 71.89 (75.89 / 9)
28: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Land of Sleeper: 72.00 (75.00 / 12)
27: Fucked Up - One Day: 72.02 (74.36 / 14)
26: RAYE - My 21st Century Blues: 72.53 (74.53 / 15)
25: Joesef - Permanent Damage: 72.90 (77.57 / 7)
24: Anna B Savage - in|FLUX: 73.04 (77.38 / 8)
23: Gorillaz - Cracker Island: 73.58 (72.91 / 23)
22: Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.: 73.67 (76.67 / 12)
21: Meg Baird - Furling: 73.83 (77.50 / 10)
Headliners:
20: Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers: 73.95 (73.95 / 21)
Highlights: When the Cynics Stare Back from the Wall — I Don’t Know What You See in Me — When We Were Very Young
Indie Pop
19: Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac: 74.33 (79.00 / 7)
Highlights: November — January — March
Art Pop, Singer-Songwriter
18: Robert Forster - The Candle and the Flame: 74.63 (78.75 / 8)
Highlights: When I Was a Young Man — She’s a Fighter — Tender Years
Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter
17: James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra - The Great White Sea Eagle: 74.63 (78.30 / 10)
Highlights: Hold Out for Love — The Harmony — The Heavy Lyric Police
Chamber Folk
16: Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, the Water, the Sky: 74.75 (77.75 / 12)
Highlights: My Blood Runs Through This Land — Salmon Stinta — Blue
Dream Pop, Indie Rock
15: John Cale - Mercy: 74.77 (75.10 / 20))
Highlights: Moonstruck (Nico’s Song) — Mercy — Time Stands Still
Art Pop, Electronic
14: Iggy Pop - Every Loser: 75.52 (75.52 / 21)
Highlights: Comments — Frenzy — Strung Out Johnny
Garage Rock Revival
13: Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12: 75.56 (79.56 / 9)
Highlights: 20220302 – sarabande — 20210310 — 20211130
Ambient, Modern Classical
12: Samia - Honey: 75.67 (77.67 / 15)
Highlights: Charm You — Dream Song — Breathing Song
Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Pop, Indie Pop
11: Andy Shauf - Norm: 76.80 (78.80 / 15)
Highlights: Wasted On You — Halloween Store — Norm
Singer-Songwriter, Chamber Pop
10: Margo Price - Strays: 76.83 (78.50 / 16)
Highlights: Change of Heart — Radio — Been to the Mountain
Contemporary Country, Heartland Rock
09: Shame - Food for Worms: 76.92 (77.25 / 20)
Highlights: Fingers of Steel — Orchid — Adderall
Indie Rock, Art Punk
08: Paramore - This Is Why: 77.27 (77.60 / 20)
Highlights: This Is Why — Running Out of Time — Crave
Post-Punk Revival
07: Hamish Hawk - Angel Numbers: 77.54 (81.86 / 8)
Highlights: Think of Us Kissing — Angel Numbers — Money
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock
06: Gaz Coombes - Turn the Car Around: 77.58 (80.91 / 11)
Highlights: Don’t Say It’s Over — Feel Loop — Turn the Car Around
Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
05: The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery: 79.83 (81.50 / 18)
Highlights: Return My Head — Only Good Things — Ethel
Post-Punk Revival
04: Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World: 80.41 (79.48 / 23)
Highlights: Tonight’s Episode — Apology Letter — Sinatra Drive Breakdown
Indie Rock, Post-Rock
03: Kelela - Raven: 80.92 (80.59 / 22)
Highlights: Happy Ending — On the Run — Contact
Alternative R&B, Electronic
02: Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy: 83.43 (83.43 / 21)
Highlights: I Saw — Geronimo — Rice
Neo-Psychedelia, Art Pop
01: Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You: 86.05 (86.06 / 21)
Highlights: Bunny Is a Rider — Sunset — Billions
Art Pop, Alt-Pop, Electronic
Last edited by Solitair on Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:11 pm, edited 6 times in total.
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
HELL YEAH, Soltair. You're amazing. Keep it up!
"The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
Awesome! Thank you!!!
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
Thank you for keeping this tradition going!
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
Hey, thank you so much, I really appreciate this. I don't get around the blog much but are you Otis, what happened to him?
-
- I'm New Here
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:19 am
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
Thanks!
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7424
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
Here is the updated playlist with the new number one:
There was a lot of reshuffling of spaces in this one and some new highlights for the top ranking albums.
There was a lot of reshuffling of spaces in this one and some new highlights for the top ranking albums.
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
You may have noticed that I have extended the colored text for new additions and score changes to albums in the Opening Act section (averaging over 70 but not good enough to make the Top X chart). I'm no longer sure if that's a good change. Should I switch back or keep it going the way it is now?
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
Are you concerned that it will become too long and unwieldy? I guess you can make a separate entry like in the past. If it’s way too labor-intensive going forward don’t stress over it. I’m just grateful that this tradition is continuing.
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
I think it’s certainly an interesting addition, but only as essential as it feels to you.Solitair wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 2:35 am You may have noticed that I have extended the colored text for new additions and score changes to albums in the Opening Act section (averaging over 70 but not good enough to make the Top X chart). I'm no longer sure if that's a good change. Should I switch back or keep it going the way it is now?
"The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
For whatever it's worth from someone who rarely posts but often lurks (particularly for the MegaChart), I really like it.Solitair wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 2:35 am You may have noticed that I have extended the colored text for new additions and score changes to albums in the Opening Act section (averaging over 70 but not good enough to make the Top X chart). I'm no longer sure if that's a good change. Should I switch back or keep it going the way it is now?
Re: MCCh 2023: February 28
March 15
Three new albums and two promoted albums in the Top 25!
Three new albums and two promoted albums in the Top 25!