７月になり今年も半分折り返し地点に来たので、英米メディが発表した今年前半のベストアルバムリストをご紹介したい。現時点では、まだ決定的な１枚というのはないけど、全体的にフジロックにも出演が決定しているキャロライン・ポラチェック他、ボーイジーニアス、ウェンズデイ、ザ・レモン・ツイッグス、ラナ・デル・レイ、Yaeji, パラモア、ブロンドシェルなどの評価が高い。またフー・ファイターズ渾身の”復活”作も、評価が高いのも注目だ。
リストを見て気になる作品があったらぜひチェックしてみて。ちなみに現時点では順位を決めているリストはほとんどなくて、アルファベット順や発売順に掲載されている。
●ローリング・ストーン(アルファベット順85枚。その中から抜粋）
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-2023-so-far-1234766016/
Amaarae, “Fountain Baby”
Arlo Parks, “My Soft Machine”
Bebe Rexha, “Bebe”
billy woods & Kenny Segal, “Maps”
Blondshell, “Blondshell”
Bob Dylan, “Shadow Kingdom”
boygenius, “the record”
Caroline Polachek, “Desire, I Want To Turn Into You”
Depeche Mode, “Memento Mori”
Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”
Gorillaz, “Cracker Island”
Ice Spice, “Like..?”
Iggy Pop, “Every Loser”
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes”
Jessie Ware, “That! Feels Good!”
Jimin, “Face”
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown, “Scaring the Hoes”
Kali Uchis, “Red Moon In Venus”
Kara Jackson, “Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?”
Karol G, “MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO”
Kelela, “Raven”
Lana Del Rey, “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd”
Melanie Martinez, “PORTALS”
Miley Cyrus, “Endless Summer Vacation”
Paramore, “This Is Why”
Paul Simon, “Seven Psalms”
Tisakorean, “Let Me Update My Status”
TWICE, “READY TO BE”
Wednesday, “Rat Saw God”
Yaeji, “With A Hammer”
●ピッチフォーク（発売順）
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-music-2023-so-far/
Kali Malone, “Does Spring Hide Its Joy”
Tujiko Noriko, Crépuscule I & II”
Maxo, “Even God Has a Sense of Humor
Iris Dement, “Workin’ on a World”
Liv.e, “Girl in the Half Pearl”
Caroline Polachek, “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You”
Kelela, “Raven”
Yo La Tengo, “This Stupid World”
Parannoul, “After the Magic”
Boygenius, “The Record”
ICECOLDBISHOP, “Generational Curse”
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iver, Shahzad Ismaily, “Love in Exile”
Angel Bat Dawid, “Requiem for Jazz”
Liturgy, “93696”
Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
Yves Tumor, “Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume, “(Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)”
100 gecs, “10,000 gecs”
Lonnie Holley, “Oh Me Oh My”
Fever Ray, “Radical Romantics”
Keli Uchis, “Red Moon in Venus”
Model/Actriz, “Dogsbody”
Jessie Ware, “That! Feels Good!”
Kara Jackson, “Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?”
Yaeji, “With a Hammer”
Wednesday, “Rat Saw God”
Water From Your Eyes, “Everyone’s Crushed”
Mandy, Indiana, “I’ve Seen a Way”
TisaKorean, “Let Me Update My Status”
Yunè Pinku, “BABYLON IX”
billy woods/Kenny Segal, “Maps”
Nourished by Time, “Erotic Probiotic 2”
Avalon Emerson, “& the Charm”
Amaarae, “Fountain Baby”
Youth Lagoon, “Heaven Is a Junkyard”
Girl With Fish, “Feeble Little Horse”
Blue Lake, “Sun Arcs”
Joanna Sternberg, “I’ve Got Me”
●エンターテイメント・ウィークリー（アルファベット順に10枚）
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1677754556929695744?s=20
Amaarae, “Fountain Baby”
boygenius, “the record”
Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
Everything but the Girl, “Fuse”
Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”
Janelle Monáe, “The Age of Pleasure”
Kali Uchis, “Red Moon in Venus”
Jessie Ware, “That! Feels Good!”
Yo La Tengo, “This Stupid World”
Youth Lagoon, “Heaven Is a Junkyard”
●ガーディアン紙（アルファベット順31枚）
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/06/the-best-albums-of-2023-so-far
Bar Italia, “Tracey Denim”
Bawo, “Legitimate Cause”
Black Country, New Road, “Live at Bush Hall”
Eddie Chacon, Sundown”
Brendan Eder Ensemble, “Therapy”
Everything But the Girl, “Fuse”
James Holden, “Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space Possibilities”
Império Pacífico, “Clubs Hit”
Joesef, “permanent Damage”
Jgegmafia x Danny Brown, “Scaring the Hoes”
Kelela, “Raven”
Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
Lankum, “False Lankum”
The Lemon Twigs, “Everything Harmony”
Lil Yachty, “Let’s Start Here.”
The National, “First Two Pages of Frankenstein”
Paramore, “This Is Why”
Caroline Polachek, “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You”
Rae Sremmurd, “Sremm 4 Life”
Sluice, “Radical Gate”
Susanne Sundfør, “Blómi”
Kali Uchis, “Red Moon in Venus”
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “V”
Jessie Ware, “That! Feels Good!”
Wednesday, “Rat Saw God”
Westerman, “An Inbuilt Fault”
Jess Williamson, “Time Airn’t Accidental”
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, “Maps”
Yaeji, “With a Hammer”
Yo La Tango, “This Stupid World”
Yves Tumor, “Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
プレイリスト
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jxq3o0xzSfgl8T5zYwv6b?si=ff658646e2354a0b
●NME（アルファベット順20枚）
https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/best-albums-of-2023-so-far-3464482
100 gecs, “10,000 gecs”
Bdrmm, “I Don’t Know”
Blondshell, “Blondshell”
Body Type, “Expired Candy”
boygenius, “the record”
Depeche Mode, “Memento Mori”
Durand Jones, “Wait Til I Get Over”
Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”
IVE, “I’ve IVE”
Jen Cloher, “I Am The River, The River Is Me”
Jessie Ware, “That! Feels Good!”
Kali Uchis, “Red Moon In Venus”
Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
LE SSERAFIM, “Unforgiven”
Lil Yachty, “Lets Start Here”
The National, “The First Two Pages of Frankenstein”
Paramore, “This Is Wy”
Sleep Token, “Take Me Back To Eden”
Yaeji, “With A Hammer”
Young Fathers, “Heavy Heavy”
●その他メディアのリスト
Consequence:
https://consequence.net/2023/06/best-albums-2023-so-far-list/
Paste
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2023-so-far
SPIN
https://www.spin.com/2023/06/the-best-albums-of-2023-so-far/
Stereogum
https://www.stereogum.com/2225527/best-albums-of-2023-first-half/lists/album-list/
Uproxx
https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2023-so-far-list/
Complex
https://www.complex.com/music/a/ecleen-luzmila/best-albums-2023-so-far
また現時点までの各メディアのアルバムレビューを総合して順位を発表する２つのサイトの順位を最後にご紹介。当然上のリストにも繰り返し出てくるアーティストが上位に入っている。
●metacritics
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/score/metascore/year?sort=desc&year_selected=2023
1. Amaarae, “Fountain Baby”
https://youtu.be/gGyP2VGUQMY
2. Caroline Polachek, “Desire, I Want To Turn Into You”
3. boygenius, “the record”
4. billy woods & Kenny Segal, “Maps”
https://youtu.be/ZVur7jaIYTc
5. Jessie Ware, “That! Feels Good!”
6. Wednesday, “Rat Saw God”
https://youtu.be/hRWxU3sCUUA
7. Lankum, "False Lankum”
8. 坂本龍一、”12”
9. Durand Jones, “Wait Til I Get Over”
10. The Lemon Twigs, “Everything Harmony”
11. Young Fathers, “Heavy Heavy”
12. James Holden, “Imagine This is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities”
13. The Church, “The Hypnogogue”
14. Gaz Coombes, “Turn the Car Around”
15. Yves Tumor, “Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume”
16. James Yorkston, “The Great White Seat Eagle”
17. Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”
18. Kelela, “Raven”
19. Yaeji, “With a Hammer”
20. JPEGMAFIA, “Scaring the Hoes”
21. Robert Forster, “The Candle and the Flame”
22. Liv.e, “Girl in the Half Pearl”
23. The Murder Capital, “Gigi’s Recovery”
24. Tinariwen, “Amatssou”
25. Sparks, “The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte”
26. Gia Margaret, “Romantic Piano”
27. Feist, “Multitudes”
28. Yo La Tengo, “This Stupid World”
29. Paramore, “This Is Why”
30. Depache Mode, “Memento Mori”
31. Rodney Crowell, “The Chicago Sessions”
32. Blondshell, “Blondshell”
33. Complete Mountain Almanac, “Complete Mountain Almanac”
34. Shirley Collins, “Archangel Hill”
35. Billy Nomates, “Cacti”
36. Kali Uchis, “Red Moon in Venus”
37. Bob Dylan, “Shadow Kingdom”
38. Paul Simon, “Seven Psalms”
39. Water from Your Eyes, “Everyone’s Crushed”
40. Fucked Up, “One Day”
https://youtu.be/MoSMN04gfk0
41. Margo Price, “Strays”
42. Grian Chatten, “Chaos for the Fly”
43. Meg Barid, “Furling”
44. Overmono, “Good Lies”
45. Dave Okumu, “I Came from Love”
46. Deerhoof, “Miracle-Level”
47. Niall Horan, “The Show”
48. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes”
49. Billie Marten, “Drop Cherries”
50. Quasi, “Breaking the Balls of History”
●Album of the Year
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/6-highest-rated/2023/1
1. Arthur Russell, “Picture of Bunny Rabbit”
2. Fires In The Distance, “Air Not Meant for Us”
3. boygenius, “the record”
4. Hamish Hawk, “Angel Numbers”
5. Caroline Polachek, “Desire, I Want To Turn Into You”
6. Cattle Decapitation, “Terrasite”
7. Cécile McLarin Salvant, “Mélusine”
8. Durand Jones, “Wait Til I Get Over”
9. Dødheimsgard, “Black Medium Current”
10. Mork, “Dypet”
11. Amaarae, “Fountain Baby”
12. Frozen Soul, “Glacial Domination”
13. Lankum, “False Lankum”
14. Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”
15. Susanne Sundfør”, “blómi”
16. Baaba Maal, “Being”
17. billy woods & Kenny Segal, “Maps”
18. Zulu, “A New Tomorrow”
19. Young Fathers, “Heavy Heavy”
20. BC Camplight, “The Last Rotation of Earth”
21. MF Tomlinson, “We Are Still WildHourses”
22. Wednesday, “Rat Saw God”
23. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown, “Scaring the Hoes”
24. Paramore, “This Is Why”
25. Jessie Ware, “That! Feels Good!”
26. Blindfolded And Led To The Woods, “Rejecting Obliteration”
27. Ne Obliviscaris, “EXUL”
28. Katatonia, “Sky Void of Stars”
29. James Holden, “Imagine This Is A High This is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities”
30. Kara Jackson, “Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?”
31. Willie Nelson, “I Don’t Know A Thing About Love”
32. The Murder Capital, “Gigi’s Recovery”
33. Joanna Sternberg, “I’ve Got Me”
34. Gaz Coombes, “Turn The Car Around”
35. Sparks, “The GirlIs Crying In Her Latte”
36. Natural Information Society, “SinceTime Is Gravity”
37. Tinariwen, “Amatssou”
38. Depeche Mode, “Memento Mori”
39. Fucked Up, “One Day”
40. Avenged Sevenfold, “Life Is But a Dream”
41. Pupil Slicer, “Blossom”
42. Yaeji, “With A Hammer”
43. Insomnium, “Anno 1969”
44. Tigercub, “The Perfume of Decay”
45. Fatoumata Diawara, “London Ko”
46. Drain, “Living Proof”
47. Yazmin Lacey, “Voice Notes”
48. Death Pill, “Death Pill”
49. Enfored, “War Remains”
50. Taj Mahal, “Savoy”
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