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This album has been added to 2 private lists and 14 public lists:

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  best of 2023

  stephen

  77/100

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  Best of 2023

  Ben Edwards

  Of course this in on this list.

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  2023 rankings

  noah

  A++

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  Listening

  Patrick

  "I like this Olivia Rodrigo album. A lot!"

  –Listening notes (January 2024)

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  vinyl dreams

  Chase

  i'm thankful all the time

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  Best, Favorite, & Most Interesting Albums Of 2023

  Mark Harrison

  • Genre: Pop rock, alternative pop, post punk, post grunge.

  • Influenced by: Weezer, Blondie, Green Day, The Killers, Hole, The Cure, Devo, Jim Carrol.

  • Similar artists: Lana Del Rey, Ed Sheeran, boygenius, Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift.

  • About this album: Sonically diverse and incredibly strong lyrically. Turns out, the only thing we ever really needed to stop (or at least slow down) the generational wars was an Olivia Rodrigo album. Rodrigo's sophomore effort resonated across generational lines - maybe because of the apparent influences from many artists that Gen X and Millennials still hold so dear – for this one, Rodrigo drew not just from her usual contemporary sources of inspiration but also from 80s-era new wave and power ballads and (heavily) the dawn of grunge ascendency (think late 90s, early aughts). Rodrigo has previously been criticized for “cribbing.” Nonsense. Music is evolutionary. She’s drawing inspiration from the past, building on it, and delivering an album that is both fresh yet simultaneously familiar for listeners of a certain age. And, for younger listeners, it’s an album absolutely dripping in anemoia.

  • Metacritic Score: 91 (Universal acclaim).

  • Grammy Nominations: Six. Record of the Year, Song of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance (Vampire), Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Rock Song (ballad of a homeschooled girl).

  • Song To Stream: vampire and ballad of a homeschool girl. Also, although it’s not from this album, another tune Rodrigo released this year is also worth noting – the folk rock ballad Can’t Catch Me Now, from the soundtrack of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is also making the rounds on indie folk/coffeehouse channels and won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Horror Film at the 2023 ceremony.

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  Mecore

  Dany

  "Average White Girl" No stfu i'm supporting a filipino cause i'm also filipino and this describes girlhood

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  Vinyl Collection

  Rudie
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  2023

  Brandon Hamrick
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  2023 Favorites

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  2023

  pjohnkeane
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  Best of 2023: Longlisted

  Secret Choir
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  Aging hipster’s top albums of 2023

  Mark
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  Best of 2023

  Jason Dettbarn