Media OFFICIAL (not official) SMOGON ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2023 (SUPER OFFICIAL [still not official])

[Gimmicky]

i'm totally the most qualified person to do this

submit your top 10 (or less but 10 is preferred ) albums of the year, and i'll do some sick wizard shit (elementary level math) to determine Smogoff's top most loved albums of the year!

Submission Guidelines

You have 2 weeks from the time this post goes up to make your submissions. I mean, I can't stop you if you submit after I'm done collecting the data, but be cool man :(

Any album released from January 1st, 2023 to December 1st, 2023 is eligible. Live Albums, EPs, Remasters and Compilations are all eligible, but singles are not. in the future if im still here, december 2023 will count for 2024

Please use the following submission format to make my life easier :pleading:

1) Album Name - Artist Name
2) Album Name - Artist Name
3) Album Name - Artist Name
...

If you feel the need to elaborate on a choice, or you just want to discuss your/someone else's list, please do it after your list to make my job very slightly easier :pleading:

also just remember to be nice :)

 

[Gimmicky]

1) Javelin - Sufjan Stevens
2) Today I Laid Down - bl4ck m4rket c4rt
3) Live At Bush Hall - Black Country, New Road
4) This is Why - Paramore
5) Lahai - Sampha
6) The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We - Mitski
7) SCARING THE HOES - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
8) the record - boygenius
9) Wallsocket - underscores
10) Let's Start Here - Lil Yachty

if you told me in like 2021 that lil yachty would release a rock album that was a top 8 contender i'd have called you insane.

ngl i wasnt expecting to like tiw and wallsocket as much as i did either, going in i didn't feel that much but both grew on me a lot over time. never thought id see paramore drop a top 5 record oty but good for them

 

[cat]

dont have a 9th or 10th because i listen to older albums

i am beyond rescue, i know that

1) The Name Chapter: FREEFALL - TOMORROW X TOGETHER
2) NewJeans 2nd EP 'Get Up' - NewJeans
3) I'VE MINE - IVE
4) The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION - TOMORROW X TOGETHER
5) SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album 'FML' - SEVENTEEN
6) UNFORGIVEN
7) SEVENTEEN 11th Mini Album 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN' - SEVENTEEN
8) I'VE IVE - IVE

 

[Yoko]

i asked Chatgpt to give me his Top 10 albums for the year
he said "I'm sorry, but I don't have real-time information, and my training only includes data up to January 2023. As a result, I can't provide you with the top 10 albums from the year 2023. I recommend checking music charts, reviews, or official music platforms for the most up-to-date information on the latest albums" like a nerd

anyways my top 5 (i cant do top 10 i dont listen to much new stuff Gimmickyasitgets) would be

my taste is shit

1. Get Up by New Jeans
2. Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by lana del Rey
3. The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We by Mitski
4. This Is Why by Paramore
5.GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

 

[Evie]

1) Unreal Unearth - Hozier
2) Did you know there’s a tunnel under Ocean blvd - Lana del Rey
3) For All The Dogs - Drake
4) Guts - Olivia Rodrigo
5) NewJeans 2nd EP ‘Get Up’ - NewJeans

 

[sufys]

5 hip-hop albums (i seldom listen to other genres)

1. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips - Armand Hammer
2. Scaring the Hoes - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
3. Burning Desire - MIKE
4. Maps - billy woods & Kenny Segal
5. Quaranta - Danny Brown

 

[MDM]

all a bunch of metal, as should be obvious to anyone who knows me lmao

top 10

1) Towers of Gold - Sacred Outcry
2) Αποκάλυψισ - Trespasser
3) Traveler's Tales - ShadowStrike
4) The Rime of Memory - Panopticon
5) This Heathen Land - Green Lung
6) Eldorado - Edu Falaschi
7) PetroDragonic Apocalypse - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
8) At the Heart of Wintervale - Twilight Force
9) Exul - Ne Obliviscaris
10) From Western Shores - Gatekeeper

 

[BP]

One thing at a time - Morgan Wallen

EDIT: idk any other albums that came out this year

 

[faint]

good year for music. top 6 because i can.

6. Is It? - Ben Howard
5. Maps - billy woods and Kenny Segal
4. Javelin - Sufjan Stevens
3. SCARING THE HOES - Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA
2. the record - boygenius
1. Ben - Macklemore

 

[faint]

all a bunch of metal, as should be obvious to anyone who knows me lmao

top 10

1) Towers of Gold - Sacred Outcry
2) Αποκάλυψισ - Trespasser
3) Traveler's Tales - ShadowStrike
4) The Rime of Memory - Panopticon
5) This Heathen Land - Green Lung
6) Eldorado - Edu Falaschi
7) PetroDragonic Apocalypse - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
8) At the Heart of Wintervale - Twilight Force
9) Exul - Ne Obliviscaris
10) From Western Shores - Gatekeeper

which of these would you recommend to someone that hasn't listened to metal seriously in almost a decade? artist/band wise, I'm only familiar with king gizzard on this list

 

[skippergamez]

One thing at a time - Morgan Wallen

EDIT: idk any other albums that came out this year

This is Southeast US territory not WISCONSIN

 

[Shandeur]

1) Live At Red Rocks '22 - King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
2) After The Night (Live) - Parannoul
3) The Lamb As Effigy - Sprain
4) Beloved? Paradise? Jazz?! - McKinley Dixon
5) Javelin - Sufjan Stevens

Nerd list but Live At Red Rocks is one of the greatest albums I've ever heard, 8 and a half hours of 3 separate Gizzard Live performances at Red Rocks is some absolutely legendary shit

 

[MDM]

which of these would you recommend to someone that hasn't listened to metal seriously in almost a decade? artist/band wise, I'm only familiar with king gizzard on this list

100% Green Lung. Extremely similar to Black Sabbath, and definitely the least heavy band in my list. If you want something a bit heavier but still accessible, next best would be Gatekeeper.

 

[veti]

1) L3ft 4 D3ad - Hi-C
2) Eternal Chaos - Playwithguns
3) Dio Brando - Hi-C, Drippin So Pretty
4) Flirt With Death - Drippin So Pretty
5) Reflections Before Daybreak - Sybyr

none of these are getting on...

 

[antemortem]

1) JAGUAR II - Victoria Monet
2) Let's Start Here. - Lil Yachty
3) Lover/Friend - KAYTRANADA
4) Something To Give Each Other - Troye Sivan
5) Volcano - Jungle

 

[Gimmicky]

i realize a week isn’t quite that much time to collect your list, so I’ve extended the deadline to 2 weeks to give everyone time to make their lists and/or catch up on releases they missed

 

[Leavers]

1) Arrived anxious, left bored - Flume
2) Things Don't always go the way you plan - Flume
3) Herbert - Ab soul (came out end of december of 2022 im counting it tho)
4) And then you pray for me - Westside Gunn
5) Voir Dire - Earl Sweatshirt + Alchemist
6) Pink Tape - Uzi
7) Utopia - Travis Scott
8) Big in Brazil - Green Sahara
9) Scaring the Hoes - jpegmafia + danny brown
10) Playing robots in Heaven - James blake
this was hard 2023 was kinda eh compared to last year + I didn't explore as much this yr, but flume was that good idc

 

[Mr. Uncompetitive]

Realizing i listened to a ton of albums for the first time this year but barely any of them were from 2023 (yes i know i can't decide on the order at all)

1) Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here
2) Smiling Broadly - Self-titled (EP)
3) Parannoul - After the Magic
4) Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
5) Dabda - Yonder (EP)
6) RAY - Camellia
7) Sial - Sangkar (EP)

Not a huge fan of any of these but might as well as round it out to 10

8) Haru Nemuri - INSAINT (EP)
9) Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
10) McKinley Dixon - Beloved? Paradise? Jazz?!

Actually, if December 2022 albums count, I'll drop the McKinley Dixon and put For Tracy Hyde - Hotel Insomnia at #8