MCCh 2023: March 31

Post Reply
Solitair
Strange Fruit
Posts: 91
Joined: Thu Jun 15, 2017 2:50 pm

MCCh 2023: March 31

Post by Solitair »

The best albums of 2023 (March 31 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:
57: The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two: 70.05 (74.71 / 7)
56: M83 - Fantasy: 70.07 (70.40 / 20)
55: Altın Gün - Aşk: 70.33 (75.00 / 7)
54: The Golden Dregs - On Grace & Dignity: 70.76 (75.43 / 7)
53: Billy Nomates - Cacti: 71.07 (73.07 / 15)
52: The WAEVE - The WAEVE: 71.41 (74.08 / 13)
51: Rozi Plain - Prize: 71.42 (74.42 / 12)
50: Quasi - Breaking the Balls of History: 71.76 (75.09 / 11)
49: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V: 71.83 (73.5 / 16)
48: Frankie Rose - Love as Projection: 71.92 (76.25 / 8)
47: H.C. McEntire - Every Acre: 71.93 (75.60 / 10)
46: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Land of Sleeper: 71.95 (74.62 / 13)
45: Fucked Up - One Day: 72.02 (74.36 / 14)
44: Debby Friday - Good Luck: 72.33 (77.00 / 7)
43: U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess: 72.45 (74.79 / 14)
42: RAYE - My 21st Century Blues: 72.53 (74.53 / 15)
41: Kate NV - WOW: 72.79 (77.13 / 8)
40: Joesef - Permanent Damage: 72.90 (77.57 / 7)
39: Gorillaz - Cracker Island: 72.93 (70.93 / 27)
38: Algiers - Shook: 73.06 (74.06 / 18)
37: Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting: 73.19 (77.86 / 7)
36: Meg Baird - Furling: 73.83 (77.50 / 10)
35: Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers: 73.95 (73.95 / 21)
34: Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.: 74.26 (76.92 / 13)
33: Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac: 74.33 (79.00 / 7)
32: Robert Forster - The Candle and the Flame: 74.42 (78.75 / 8)
31: Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, the Water, the Sky: 74.49 (77.15 / 13)

Headliners:

30: 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


29: John Cale - Mercy: 74.77 (75.10 / 20))
Highlights: Moonstruck (Nico’s Song) — Mercy — Time Stands Still
Art Pop, Electronic


28: H. Hawkline - Milk for Flowers: 75.48 (80.14 / 7))
Highlights: Milk for Flowers — Suppression Street — Empty Room
Psychedelic Pop, Art Pop, Progressive Pop


27: Iggy Pop - Every Loser: 75.52 (75.52 / 21)
Highlights: Comments — Frenzy — Strung Out Johnny
Garage Rock Revival


26: Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12: 75.56 (79.56 / 9)
Highlights: 20220302 – sarabande — 20210310 — 20211130
Ambient, Modern Classical


25: Anna B Savage - in|FLUX: 75.58 (78.58 / 12)
Highlights: The Ghost — in|FLUX — Hungry
Singer-Songwriter, Art Pop


24: 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs: 75.61 (76.61 / 18)
Highlights: mememe — Hollywood Baby — Doritos & Fritos
Alternative Rock, Hyperpop


23: Samia - Honey: 75.67 (77.67 / 15)
Highlights: Charm You — Dream Song — Breathing Song
Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Pop, Indie Pop


22: Sleaford Mods - UK GRIM: 75.71 (77.38 / 16)
Highlights: UK Grim — Force 10 from Navarone — Apart from You
Synth Punk, UK Hip Hop


21: Shame - Food for Worms: 76.25 (75.25 / 24)
Highlights: Fingers of Steel — Orchid — Adderall
Indie Rock, Art Punk


20: Andy Shauf - Norm: 76.58 (78.25 / 16)
Highlights: Wasted On You — Halloween Store — Norm
Singer-Songwriter, Chamber Pop


19: Paramore - This Is Why: 77.24 (77.24 / 21)
Highlights: This Is Why — Running Out of Time — Crave
Post-Punk Revival


18: Margo Price - Strays: 77.25 (78.59 / 17)
Highlights: Change of Heart — Radio — Been to the Mountain
Contemporary Country, Heartland Rock


17: Hamish Hawk - Angel Numbers: 77.54 (81.88 / 8)
Highlights: Think of Us Kissing — Angel Numbers — Money
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock


16: 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


15: Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus: 78.20 (77.86 / 22)
Highlights: Moonlight — I Wish You Roses — Endlessly
Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B


14: Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall: 79.05 (83.71 / 7)
Highlights: Up Song — Turbines/ Pigs — Across Pond Friend
Art Rock, Progressive Pop, Chamber Pop


13: Depeche Mode - Memento mori: 79.23 (79.89 / 19)
Highlights: Ghosts Again — My Cosmos Is Mine — Before We Drown
Synthpop


12: Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds): 79.52 (79.85 / 20)
Highlights: God Is a Circle — Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood — Meteora Blues
Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk


11: The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery: 79.83 (81.50 / 16)
Highlights: Return My Head — Only Good Things — Ethel
Post-Punk Revival


10: Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd: 79.83 (81.50 / 16)
Highlights: Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd — A&W — Let the Light In
Singer-Songwriter, Art Pop


09: Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World: 80.50 (79.50 / 24)
Highlights: Tonight’s Episode — Apology Letter — Sinatra Drive Breakdown
Indie Rock, Post-Rock


08: Kelela - Raven: 80.92 (80.59 / 22)
Highlights: Happy Ending — On the Run — Contact
Alternative R&B, Electronic


07: slowthai - UGLY: 81.14 (80.48 / 23)
Highlights: HAPPY — UGLY — Selfish
Post-Punk, UK Hip Hop


06: Fever Ray - Radical Romantics: 82.26 (80.26 / 27)
Highlights: Carbon Dioxide — What They Call Us — Shiver
Art Pop, Synthpop


05: Lankum - False Lankum: 82.56 (86.56 / 9)
Highlights: Go Dig My Grave — Newcastle — Master Crowley’s
Irish Folk Music, Avant-Folk


04: JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes: 83.12 (86.45 / 11)
Highlights: Lean Beef Patty — Steppa Pig — SCARING THE HOES
Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop


03: Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy: 83.43 (83.43 / 21)
Highlights: I Saw — Geronimo — Rice
Neo-Psychedelia, Art Pop


02: Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You: 86.71 (85.71 / 24)
Highlights: Bunny Is a Rider — Sunset — Welcome to My Island
Art Pop, Alt-Pop, Electronic


01: Boygenius - The Record: 87.20 (89.2 / 15)
Highlights: Not Strong Enough — True Blue — $20
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Indie Rock
Last edited by Solitair on Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
JSG
Strange Fruit
Posts: 60
Joined: Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:11 pm

Re: MCCh 2023: March 31

Post by JSG »

Great job as usual. Thanks again!
discord
Let's Get It On
Posts: 201
Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:08 pm

Re: MCCh 2023: March 31

Post by discord »

Awesome
_jaaf
Superunknown
Posts: 4
Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:35 pm

Re: MCCh 2023: March 31

Post by _jaaf »

Thank you!
User avatar
Rob
Die Mensch Maschine
Posts: 7350
Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Re: MCCh 2023: March 31

Post by Rob »

Perhaps my two favorite artists of the moment debut in the top 10: Lana Del Rey and Phoebe Bridgers (through boygenius). Have heard the Del Rey album, which I think is indeed amazing, but not yet the boygenius one. Anyway, these are great times to make such a playlist (despite my nemeses of Depeche Mode trying to spoil the party once again):



9 new albums is a lot. Is it a record? I'm also quite sure that Live at Bush Hall is the first live album to make this list. I always wondered if Otisredding didn't count live albums.
Solitair
Strange Fruit
Posts: 91
Joined: Thu Jun 15, 2017 2:50 pm

Re: MCCh 2023: March 31

Post by Solitair »

Under most circumstances, I wouldn't allow for live albums on the list. I'm making an exception for Live at Bush Hall because it features all new songs and the new version of BCNR after their original singer quit.
Solitair
Strange Fruit
Posts: 91
Joined: Thu Jun 15, 2017 2:50 pm

Re: MCCh 2023: March 31

Post by Solitair »

April 15
Six new albums and one promoted album in the Top 35!

Next: April 30
alicebobby
Superunknown
Posts: 6
Joined: Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:24 am

Re: MCCh 2023: March 31

Post by alicebobby »

Live albums are something I generally wouldn't let on the list. Live at Bush Hall is an unusual because it includes just brand-new songs and the BCNR lineup following the departure of the original singer.
Best  retro bowl college 
Post Reply

Return to “Music, Music, Music...”