The best albums of 2023
This could be a long list… it’s been a very good year for new releases. I hope this means you will discover at least one new album you missed this year.
Something that stands out is the number of artists who first made their name in the 90s appearing. Perhaps that’s a sad indictment on me not opening my ears to new music? Except there are one or two new bands here, and if you look at previous years there is good smattering of contemporary music. Maybe it’s just one of those years.
If you would like to know which albums appeared in previous years, scroll down to the bottom and your curiosity will be satisfied…
Suede at the O2 in Bristol (March). Still releasing albums as good as when they emerged 30+ years ago. Still giving it their all. Happily playing the old songs and transporting us back to our youthful selves.
The incredible Erland Cooper had left the stage after performing at the Redgrave Theatre in Bristol (September).
Without further ado and in no particular order…
… here are my favourite albums of 2023.
‘everything is alive’ by Slowdive
‘Folded Landcsapes’ by Erland Cooper
‘Laughter Track’ by The National
‘An Ever Changing View’ by Matthew Halsall
‘Gigi's Recovery’ by The Murder Capital
‘I Thought I Was Better Than You’ by Baxter Dury
‘Turn the Car Around’ by Gaz Coombes
‘I Inside the Old Year Dying’ by PJ Harvey
‘the record’ by boygenius
‘Chaos for the Fly’ by Grian Chatten
‘Tracey Denim’ by bar italia
‘The Endless Coloured Ways - The Songs of Nick Drake’
‘Identity’ by Nitin Sawhney
‘Cracker Island’ by Gorillaz
‘This New Noise’ by Public Service Broadcasting
‘On Giacometti’ by Hania Rani
‘The Waeve’ by the Waeve
‘The Nation’s Most Central Location’ by Warrington-Runcorn New Development
‘Where I’m Meant To Be’ by Ezra Collective
