Evans is a place on Earth: Albums Of The Year 2023.

At the end of 2005 I was working in an office and most people had finished for Xmas. I was pretty bored to be honest. So I decided to put together some kind of metacritic list of the albums of the year.

I chose five publications and/or websites that had listed 50 (or more) of their best albums of the year. Selecting the top 50 I awarded 50 points for 1st, 49 for 2nd, and so on down to 1 point for 50th. I then crunched the numbers and made a list of the top 30 scoring.

This silly piece of time wasting proved to be quite popular so I continued and have done every year since. I used to send the e-mails round to a few mates who had either expressed an interest or I'm trying to impress in some way. Since leaving my old job I've lost all the lists from 2005-2013. If anyone has them saved please get in touch.

Now I have a blog I'm gonna use this to disseminate the data. So, here we are, no photos, just a list of 2023's Top 30. Enjoy (or not)....

1.Lankum - False Lankum

2.PJ Harvey - I Inside The Old Year Dying

3.Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World

4.Lana Del Rey - Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

5.Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings

6.ANOHNI And The Johnsons - My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

7.Billy Woods/Kenny Segal - Maps

8.Jamie Branch - Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))

9.boygenius - the record

10.Paul Simon - Seven Psalms

11.Khanate - To Be Cruel

12.Blur - The Ballad Of Darren