My annual tradition is to solicit Year End Picks from alternative radio and music execs. This year, there were 76 total submissions of Top 5 lists for the Alternative Year End Picks – The Best Albums Of The Year. boygenius and Foo Fighters were the runaway winners of Most Picked Albums of 2023.

Here’s the Most Picked Albums:

boygenius – the record (Interscope)

Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

blink-182 – ONE MORE TIME… (Columbia)

Noah Kahan – Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Warner)

Other big favorites include: Lana Del Rey – Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard?, Paramore – This Is Why, Pierce The Veil – Jaws Of Life (Fearless/Concord), Queens Of The Stone Age – In Times New Roman…, The Beaches – Blame My Ex (AWAL), Fall Out Boy – So Much (For) Stardust, Manchester Orchestra – The Valley Of Vision, White Reaper – Asking For A Ride (Elektra)

Find everyone’s Top 5 list of Year End Picks – The Best Albums Of 2024 HERE.

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