There you have it, as always, my pick of the best albums of the year that just ended.
In 2023 we had new albums from such classic acts as Yes, Jethro Tull, Rolling Stones, Uriah Heep, Paul Rodgers, Pretenders, Foo Fighters, Alice Cooper and Metallica.
And yet, as good as some of them were, for me the most exciting albums are listed below.
Some are personal favorites, of the kind that rarely make bad or even mediocre albums: Rival Sons, Greta Van Fleet, DeWolff.
Others were discovered just few months ago but I will be watching them closely in the future: Creeper, Green Lung, Wytch Hazel.
The rest are artists that produced great quality pieces and continue to despise the motto 'rock'nroll is dead': Graveyard, Iggy Pop, Duane Betts, The Struts.
To start, a 4 minute clip with previews from tracks of my top 10 albums.
: | TOP ALBUMS | :
Rival Sons - Lightbringer
Best tracks: Redemption, Darkfighter, Mosiac
Green Lung - This Heathen Land
Best tracks: One For Sorrow, The Forest Church, Maxine
Greta Van Fleet - Starcatcher
Best tracks: Meeting The Master, Farewell For Now, Waited All Your Life
Graveyard - 6
Best tracks: No Way Out, Rampant Fields, Bright Lights
Creeper - Sanguivore
Best tracks: Further Than Forever, The Ballad Of Spook & Mercy, Cry To Heaven
Iggy Pop - Every Loser
Best tracks: Comments, Strung Out Johnny, New Atlantis
Wytch Hazel - IV: Sacrament
Best tracks: The Fire's Control, Future is Gold, Digging Deeper
Duane Betts - Wild & Precious Life
Best tracks: Evergreen, Saints to Sinners, Forever Lane
The Struts - Pretty Vicious
Best tracks: Pretty Vicious, Rockstar, Bad Decisions
DeWolff - Love, Death & In Between
Best tracks: Rosita, Heart Stopping Kinda Show, Jacky Go To Sleep
Other great albums:
Rival Sons - Darkfighter
Zalomon Grass - Space Opera
Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex
Uncle Lucius - Like It's The Last One Left
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Dirt On My Diamonds, Vol. 1
