Best Of 2023: Albums by Artist In Order Of Preference Through January 31st

1 – Mansion Musik – Trippie Redd

2 – Gloria – Sam smith

3 – One Day – Fucked Up

4 – Strays – Margo Price

5 – MERCY – John Cale

6 – B-Sides, Demos & Rarities – PJ Harvey

7 – St. Jude (15th Anniversary Edition) – Courtneers

January: although only one more than last year, they are a better construction, and January, if you include the singles is the best January I can remember: better than the January’s pre-Spotify because the importance of when you drop is much less when stuff like manufacturing and distribution isn’t part of the equation. Last January The Weeknd was # 1 and though that album was better than Trippie’s, the rest weren’t.