{"id":352312,"date":"2023-12-08T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=352312"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:11:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:11:53","slug":"re-listening-to-the-best-albums-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2023\/12\/08\/re-listening-to-the-best-albums-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-listening to the Best Albums of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lana Del Rey poses on
The album cover \u201cDid you
 know that there is a tunnel
 under Ocean Blvd.\u201d
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This past year, albums made by a variety of artists have been released. Here are our top picks for 2023! To start in the alternative category, Lana Del Rey\u2019s album \u201cDid you know that there is a tunnel under Ocean Blvd\u201d was released in March and captivated listeners. Our pick for the best song on the album goes to \u201cA&W\u201d a 7-minute track that took us through love and relationships. The 16-track album spoke to audiences and some named it as their favorite album from Lana Del Rey\u2019s discography. The next album in this category is \u201cSunburn,\u201d a smash summer album, released by Dominic Fike, including singles like \u201cMama\u2019s Boy\u201d and \u201cAnt Pile.\u201d In late July, Dominic Fike performed these songs at Chastain Amphitheater in Atlanta. Our final pick for the alternative category is Mitski\u2019s \u201cThe Land is Inhospitable and So Are We.\u201d Our favorite song on the album is \u201cMy Love Mine All Mine\u201d which features a clever use of bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the pop genre, \u201cGUTS\u201d by Olivia Rodrigo and \u201cScarlet\u201d by Doja Cat. \u201cGUTS” was Olivia Rodrigo’s second album and it sampled songs from \u201cSOUR,\u201d her first album, but it added more rock elements. \u201cScarlet\u201d by Doja Cat was released in September and was very different from the rest of her albums by featuring more rap songs. Despite this difference, fans got hooked on the album after hearing the single, \u201cPaint the Town Red,\u201d from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Latin pop albums, Kali Uchis and Bad Bunny both released major albums. \u201cRed Moon in Venus\u201d by Kali Uchis was well-rated, including singles such as \u201cMoonlight\u201d and \u201cHasta Cuando.\u201d More futuristic sounds were added to most of the album creating a dreamy aesthetic. Bad Bunny released \u201cnadie sabe lo que va a pasar ma\u00f1ana\u201d which featured artists like Mora and Young Miko. His album aims to tell a story which these stellar guest vocals contributed to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the rap category, the two biggest albums of this year have been Travis Scott\u2019s \u201cUtopia,\u201d released in July, and Drake\u2019s \u201cFor All the Dogs,\u201d released in October. When \u201cUtopia\u201d first came out, Scott chose to hide the features on the album from listeners, so they could figure it out themselves. It featured many major artists like Drake, The Weeknd, SZA and more on almost every song. \u201cFor All the Dogs\u201d had controversial reviews when it came out because fans did not think it fit with the rest of Drake\u2019s discography, but this album is very influential despite its different aesthetic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For country albums, there have been three major albums released this year. In March, Morgan Wallen released his third album, \u201cOne Thing at a Time.\u201d This album was a hit and 96% of fans enjoyed it as a continuation of his discography. In June, Luke Combs released his album, \u201cGettin\u2019 Old\u201d just in time for the end of the summer. He released this as a companion album to \u201cGrowin\u2019 Up,\u201d an album he released last year. The last album for this category was Zach Bryan\u2019s self-titled album, \u201cZach Bryan\u201d in August which was a big hit. He also released an EP in September called \u201cBoys of Faith,\u201d and both of these have quickly become fan favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past year, albums made by a variety of artists have been released. Here are our top picks for 2023! To start in the alternative category, Lana Del Rey\u2019s album \u201cDid you know that there is a tunnel under Ocean Blvd\u201d was released in March and captivated listeners. Our pickContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":501,"featured_media":352314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-bennett-cummings26paceacademy-org","post-352312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/files\/2023\/11\/lanargb.png?fit=717%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1TYqQ-1tEs","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352312"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352624,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352312\/revisions\/352624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}