2023 end of year lists

Finally, finally got round to the Lankum album and have spent a couple of days with it. And TBH it's a fucking colossus of a record.

Dunno whose whose worse out of you and JP. Both deserve bans tbh.

Me probably. I think my list is going to be 80% Jazz, 15% Celtic folk and 5% Lana Del Ray.

the likes have gone through the roof today. i feel this is a real turning point for my countdown.

i can only assume people must be sensing the fact tom meighan and the sherlocks are coming soon and getting understandably excited.

Piccadilly Records' Top 100: www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/feature.php?feature=1378

1. Slowdive - everything is alive
2. Nabihah Iqbal - DREAMER
3. bar italia - Tracey Denim
4. Catatonic Suns - Catatonic Suns
5. boygenius - the record
6. Beach Fossils - Bunny
7. Grian Chatten - Chaos For The Fly
8. Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View
9. Jalen Ngonda - Come Around And Love Me
10. Overmono - Good Lies
11. Nourished By Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
12. JIM - Love Makes Magic
13. Eyes Of Others - Eyes Of Others
14. Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
15. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
16. Jungle - Volcano
17. The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
18. Squid - O Monolith
19. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
20. JOHN - A Life Diagrammatic
21. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
22. Gabriels - Angels & Queens
23. The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling
24. Co-Pilot - Rotate
25. Gaz Coombes - Turn The Car Around



Treble top 50: www.treblezine.com/50-best-albums-of-2023/

1. Ratboys - The Window
2. billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
3. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
4. Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
5. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
6. Hotline TNT - Cartwheel
7. Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
8. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
9. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
10. ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

Who do Picadilly think they are including a Little Simz album from LAST YEAR

That JIM record is fantastic. No idea about the JOHN record though.

I'm having a last minute problem narrowing down the list to below 75.

It's been a much, much better year than I thought.

Unforgivable

yeah i spent 3/4 of the year thinking it was the worst year for new albums in decades but actually i've completely changed my mind on that these past few weeks. i think it has been a poor year for guitar music but there has been some fantasic hip hop, soul and jazz releases, as fans of my popular instagram page will have noticed.

Tommy Tucker, can I propose that anyone who includes a jazz record on their list be BANNED FOR LIFE.

I don’t care how long they’ve been a member or how much they post, get them out to fuck

Thank you.

It needed to be said.

Jazz > Idles

My list posts are really picking up traction now lads.

Yesterday's post currently has 34 likes and 2 (two) comments!

I sense a real lack of quality in the likes and comments. Some big hitters have yet to show interest. It is nice to see you have finally got something going though. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Last year was always going to be a tough one to follow after I included a record containing Danny McNamara's autograph.

Record Collector End Of Year Lists 2023
(Christmas 2023 Issue 552)


New Albums


1. Sparks – The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
2. PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying
3. Blur – The Ballad Of Darren
4. The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
5. Lana Del Boy – Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
6. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
7. Paul Simon – Seven Psalms
8. Slowdive – Everything Is Alive
9. Roisin Murphy – Hit Machine
10. Hawkwind – The Future Never Waits
11. The Coral – Sea Of Mirrors
12. Eddie Chacon – Sundown
13. Omd – Bauhaus Staircase
14. Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows
15. Cat Stevens/Yusuf – King Of A Land
16. Sleaford Mods – Uk Grim
17. Billy Valentine – Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth
18. Madness – Theatre Of The Absurd…
19. Pretenders – Relentless
20. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Council Skies
21. Boy Genius – The Record
22. Steven Wilson – The Harmony Codex
23. The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony
24. Dexys – The Feminine Divine
25. Mozart Estate – Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! & The Possibilities Of Modern Shopping


Re Issues


1. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon [50th Anniversary]
2. The Who – Who’s Next/Life House [Super Deluxe]
3. Bob Dylan – Fragments [Bootleg Series Vol. 17]
4. De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
5. The Beatles – 1962-1966/1967-1970
6. The Teardrop Explodes – Culture Bunker
7. Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
8. Wishbone Ash – Argus
9. Abc – The Lexicon Of Love
10. Fun Boy Three – The Complete Fun Boy Three
11. The Auteures – People Round Here… The Complete Emi Recordings
12. Haircut 100 – Pelican West 40
13. Billy Bragg – The Roaring Fourty: 1983-2023
14. T.Rex – Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream: 1973
15. Joni Mitchell – Archives Vol.3: The Asylum Years 1972-1975
16. Nancy Sinatra – Keep Walkin’
17. The Pretty Things – The Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020
18. A.R. Kane – A.R. Kive [1988-1989]
19. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust..[The Motion Picture]
20. Prince & The New Power Generation – Diamonds And Pearls [Super Deluxe]
21. R.E.M. - Up [25th Anniversary Edition]
22. Hawkwind – Space Ritual [50th Anniversary Edition]
23. B.E.F. Music For Stowaways
24. Neutral Milk Hotel – The Collective Works Of..
25. Tom Waits – The Island Years


Jazz Collector


1. Blossom Dearie – Discover Who I Am
2. Charles Mingus – Changes: The Complete 1970’S Atlantic Recordings
3. Sonny Clarke – The Complete Blue Note Recordings
4. Miles Davis Quintet – Workin’ With Miles Davis Quintet
5. George Coleman – Live At Small’s Jazz Club
6. Shirley Scott – Queen Talk: Live At The Left Bank
7. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
8. Old And New Dreams - Old And New Dreams
9. Cecile McLorin Salvant – Melusine
10. Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light



Soul Collector


1. Jalen Ngonda – Come Around And Love Me
2. Say She She – Silver
3. Robert Finley – Black Bayou
4. Blind Boys Of Alabama – Echoes Of The South
5. Gabriels – Angels And Queens
6. Billy Valentine – Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth
7. Bettye Lavette – Lavette!
8. Durand Jones – Wait Till I Get Over
9. Black Pumas – Chronicles Of A Diamond
10. Taj Mahal – Savoy


Psych Collector


1. Bardo Pond – Peel Sessions
2. Som Imaginario – Banda Da Capital
3. William Tyler And The Impossible Truth – Secret Stratosphere
4. Acid King – Beyond Vision
5. Ecstatic Vision – Live At Dunajam
6. The Men – Fuzz Club Session
7. Blue Oyster Cult – Secret Treaties
8. Three Alcoholics – Live At The Piper
9. Beck, Bogert & Appice - Beck, Bogert & Appice
10. Candy Claws – Ceres & Calypso In The Deep Time



Reggae Collector


1. The Maytals – Essential Artist Collection
2. Various Artists – Who Wants Some?
3. Desmond Dekker – King Of Ska
4. John Holt - Essential Artist Collection
5. King Tubby – The Roots Of Dub
6. Channel One Soundsystem – Down In The Dub Vault
7. Carroll Thompson – Carroll Thompson
8. Prince Lincoln Thompson & The Royal Rasses – God Sent Dub
9. Max Romeo – Every Man Ought To Know
10. The Altones – Vol.1

Johnny hates jazz? No! Johnny fears Jazz! Johnny fears the lack of rules!

looking at what is above it i'll accept no lower than 4th place.