Top Albums 2023

Once again, here is my annual round up of the albums which gave me the post pleasure in 2023. I may be no longer active on Twitter, and I long since abandoned other social media, but my love and passion for music is undimmed.

1) Israel Nash Ozarker

2) Lana Del Rey Do You Know There's a Tunnel

3) Christine and the Queens Paranoia, Angels, True Love

4) Margo Price Stays II

5) Caroline Polachek Desire, I want to turn into you

6)  Raye My 21st Century Symphony (live at Royal Albert Hall) 

7) Hiss Golden Messenger Jump for Joy

8) Janelle Monae The Age of Pleasure

9) Sufjan Stevens Javelin

10) M83 Fantasy

11) Arroj Aftab Arrow After Love in Exile

12) Daughter Stereo Mind Game

13) Kelela Raven

14) Jonathan Wilson Eat the Worm

15) Romy Mid Air

16) Jorja Smith Falling or Flying

17) Molly Tuttle City of Gold

18) Braids Euphoric Recall

19) Natalie Merchant Keep Your Courage

20) The Rural Alberta Advantage The Rise & The Fall

Honourable mentions

Slowdive Everything is Alive

Beirut Hadsel

Smoke Fairies Carried in Sound

GoGo Penguin Everything is going to be OK

The National Laugh Track

Bombino Sahel

Jess Williamson Time Isn't Accidental

Lucy Farrell We are the Only Sound

Angie MacMahon Light, Dark Light Again

Lankum False Lankum

Top Albums 2022

 Here's my personal selection of my favourite albums released in 2022, from the 270 I've listened to. As even, the criteria are simply how much pleasure, comfort, or escape they've given me during the year.

1) Warpaint Radiate Like This

2) Ethel Cain Preacher's Daughter

3) Anais Mitchell self-titled

4) Florence + The Machine Dance Fever

5) Courtney Marie Andrews Loose Future

6) Christine and the Queens Redcar les adorables étoiles

7) Trampled by Turtles Alpenglow

8) Zola Jesus Arkhon

9) The Smile A Light for Attracting Attention

10) The Weeknd Dawn FM

11) Hurray for the Riff Raff Life on Earth

12) The Comet is Coming Hyperdimensional Expansion Beam

13) The Big Moon Here is Everything

14) Plains I walked With You A Ways

15) Goose Dripfield

16) Imarhan Aboogi

17) The Weather Station How is it that I look at the Stars

18) Bonobo Fragments

19) Dawes Misadventures of Doomscroller

20) Royskopp Profound Mysteries III

15 Honourable Mentions

• Amanda Shires Take It Like a Man
• Angel Olsen Big Time
• Bonnie Light Horseman Rolling Golden Holy
• Calexico El Mirador
• Daphni Cherry
• Fara Energy Islands
• First Aid Kit Palomino
• FKA Twigs Caprisongs
• Gabriels Angels and Queens Part 1
• Gretchen Peters The Show Live from the UK
• Jesse Tabish Cowboy Ballads Pt. 1
• Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Crooked Tree
• Sharon van Etten We've Been Going About This All Wrong
• Weyes Blood And in the Darkness Hearts Aglow
• Wild Pink ILYSM