Geez. It’s December again, so it’s time to officially determine what was the best albums of the year, I guess. (I do this by having Emacs list what albums I’ve played most during the year, so this is a scientifically sound and accurate method.)
But… it’s been one of those years — a number of pretty good albums, but no break-out albums that were a gazillion times better than anything else. No albums I’ve listened to a ton of times because they were just amazing, right? So the list is a bit kinda random. Sorry!
 | Various | PC Music Volume 3 |
A. G. Cook - Xxoplex (Official Video)  | ||
 | Adult. | Becoming Undone |
ADULT. - "Our Bodies Weren't Wrong" (Official Video)  | ||
 | Cat Power | Covers |
Cat Power - I'll Be Seeing You (Official Video)  | ||
 | Jenny Hval | Classic Objects |
Jenny Hval - Year of Love (Official Video)  | ||
 | Boris | Tears e.p |
Boris "どうしてもあなたをゆるせない” from 『tears e.p』  | ||
) | Arthur Russell | The Deer in The Forest (March 2 1985: Live at Roulette) |
Arthur Russell - I Take This Time/Calling All Kids/Answers Me/Soon-To-Be Innocent Fun (Rare Footage)  | ||
 | Black Cab | Rotsler’s Rules |
Black Cab - Rotsler's Rules (Clip 2021)  | ||
 | They Hate Change | Finally: New |
They Hate Change - X-Ray Spex (Official Video)  | ||
 | Dry Cleaning | Stumpwork |
Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork (Official Audio)  | ||
 | Jockstrap | I Love You Jennifer B |
Jockstrap - 'Glasgow' (Official Video)  | ||
 | Lizzo | Special |
Lizzo EVERYBODYS GAY 9/23/22 @flalivearena3143  | ||
 | Porridge Radio | Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky |
Porridge Radio - Back To The Radio (Official Video)  | ||
 | The Weather Station | How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars |
The Weather Station - Endless Time (Official Video)  | ||
 | Beth Orton | Weather Alive |
Beth Orton - Weather Alive (Official Music Video)  | ||
 | Breathless | See Those Colours Fly |
The Party's Not Over  | ||
 | TSHA | Capricorn Sun |
TSHA - 'Running' (Official Video)  | ||
So if I haven’t listened to new music this year, what have I been listening to? Old music that I’ve bought? Nope, they land even further down on the list, but here’s the ten best older albums I’ve bought this year:
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So that doesn’t explain it, either. Have I been listening to old music that I didn’t buy this year? Here’s the top ten of that, but that doesn’t really explain it either, because they don’t get many listens individually, either:
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No, the explanation is (Emacs tells me) that I’ve listened to 2560 different albums with a total of 5490 listens, which gives us a mean of 2. (Ish.) I’ve just been really scatter-brained this year…
Here’s to a more focused 2023! Can’t be worse than 2022, right? RIGHT!?