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Jan 3, 2024

Farce the Music's 30 Favorite Albums of 2023


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1. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes

I haven’t “loved” a Jason Isbell album since Southeastern, and didn’t really expect to feel that way about one again. Sure, almost everything he and the group have released has been critically beloved and well executed, it just hasn't affected me the same. That said, I love Weathervanes. Everything feels more natural and unforced than the previous few records; right in the pocket you might say. Every song has its own personality, yet fits right into place in the collection. The highs are stratospheric, and the lows aren’t lows - just letting off the gas a little. For the politically sensitive, any supposed ideologies only color the stories this time. There’s no telling, just showing - and that’s always hit me a lot harder than any expression of opinions could ever do. Weathervanes is damn near perfect, and for me, a welcome “comeback.” Favorite tracks: King of Oklahoma, Cast Iron Skillet, When We Were Close, Miles. 



2. Lucero - Should’ve Learned by Now


3. William Prince - Stand in the Joy


4. Gabe Lee - Drink the River


5. Deer Tick - Emotional Contracts


6. Bully - Lucky for You


7. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness


8. Charles Wesley Godwin - Family Ties


9. Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart’s Delight


10. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder


11. Lori McKenna - 1988


12. JD Clayton - Long Way From Home


13. Turnpike Troubadours - A Cat in the Rain


14. Whitney Rose - Rosie


15. Drayton Farley - Twenty on High


16. Amanda Fields - What, When and Without


17. Willie Tea Taylor - The Great Western Hangover


18. The Steel Woods - On Your Time


19. The War & Treaty - Lover’s Game


20. Jason Hawk Harris - Thin Places


21. Brent Cobb - Southern Star


22. Sundy Best - Feel Good Country


23. Brit Taylor - Kentucky Blue


24. Jake Stringer - Just Happy to Be Here


25. Shaker Hymns - The Highway & The Boulevard


26. Brennen Leigh - Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet


27. Jeffrey Martin - Thank God We Left the Garden


28. Colby Acuff - Western White Pines


29. Colter Wall - Little Songs


30. Jaime Wyatt - Feel Good




Tied for #31

 Joe Stamm Band - Wild Man, Muscadine Bloodline - Teenage Dixie, Will Johnson - No Ordinary Crown, Ritch Henderson - Fallacies & Four-Letter Words, Treaty Oak Revival - Have a Nice Day, Joy Oladukun - Proof of Life, The Wilder Blue - Super Natural, Country Westerns - Forgive the City, Vincent Neil Emerson - The Golden Crystal Kingdom, Bella White - Among Other Things, Low Water Bridge Band - Back to the Valley, John R. Miller - Heat Comes Down, Nicholas Jamerson - Peace Mountain, Meg McRee - Is It Just Me?, Jake Worthington - s/t, Jason Eady - Mississippi, Jamie Harris - Boomerang Town, Tyler Childers - Rustin’ in the Rain, The Band of Heathens - Simple Things, Killer Mike - Michael, Metallica - 72 Seasons, Lance Roark - Better Man, Van Plating - Orange Blossom Child, Slaid Cleaves - Together Through the Dark, Brandy Clark - s/t, John Baumann - Border Radio, Ashley McBryde - The Devil I Know, Mason and the Gin Line - Sangre,  The Pandhandlers - Tough Country, Dallas Moore - No God in Juarez, Del Barber - Almanac, Summer Dean - The Biggest Life, Marty Stuart - Altitude, Erin Enderlin - Bar Room Mirrors, Margo Price - Strays, Zach Bryan - s/t, Will Payne Harrison - Tioga Titan, Jessye DeSilva - Renovations, Channing Wilson - Dead Man, White Reaper - Asking for a Ride, and like 20 other albums.





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