Les meilleurs albums du premier semestre 2023

On a beau n’être qu’à mi-parcours de l’année que l’on s’est déjà fait des nœuds au cerveau pour établir les cinq meilleurs albums du semestre écoulé – alors imaginez en fin d’année, quand on voit se profiler PJ Harvey, Anohni and the Johnsons et Blur (rien que ça) dès le mois de juillet.

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L’offre musicale des six premiers mois de 2023 a été ô combien prolifique, entre poids lourds de l’industrie du disque (Lana Del Rey, Étienne Daho), retours événementiels (Caroline Polachek, Yo La Tengo, Feist, Everything But the Girl vingt-quatre ans après leur précédent album), espoirs confirmés (Squid, Bar Italia, Kelela, Flavien Berger, Lucie Antunes, Arlo Parks) et nouvelles têtes à suivre (Rahill, Varnish La Piscine, Kara Jackson). Mais comme choisir, c’est éliminer, voici les 20 tops de la rédaction des Inrockuptibles.

Carole Boinet
1. Christine & the Queens Paranoïa, Angels, True Love
2. Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
3. Tzusing 绿帽 Green Hat
4. Bar Italia Tracey Denim
5. Malthus Convulsions

Rémi Boiteux
1. Sparks The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
2. Miossec Simplifier
3. Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
4. Grand Blanc Halo
5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra V

Vincent Brunner
1. Rahill Flowers At Your Feet
2. Young Fathers Heavy Heavy
3. Benny Sings Young Hearts
4. M83 Fantaisies
5. Sameer Ahmad Tracy 168

Naomi Clément
1. Kelela Raven
2. Kali Uchis Red Moon in Venus
3. Amaraae Fountain Baby
4. Aminé & Kaytranada Kaytraminé
5. Liv.e Girl in the Half Pearl

Simon Da Silva
1. Larry June & The Alchemist The Great Escape
2. Navy Blue Ways of Knowing
3. Aminé & Kaytranada Kaytraminé
4. Everything But the Girl Fuse
5. Kali Uchis Red Moon In Venus

Maxime Delcourt
1. Kelela Raven 
2. Yvnnis Novae
3. Young Fathers Heavy Heavy
4. Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
5. Varnish La Piscine This Lake Is Successful 

Théo Dubreuil
1. Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
2. Jouska Suddenly My Mind Is Blank
3. Flavien Berger Dans cent ans
4. DJ Danifox Ansiedade
5. Triplego Gibraltar

Arnaud Ducome
1. The Lemon Twigs Everything Harmony 
2. Lael Neale Star Eaters Delight 
3. Yo La Tengo This Stupid World
4. Protomartyr Formal Growth in the Desert
5. Bar Italia Tracey Denim

Adrien Durand
1. The North Americans Long Cool World
2. 100 Gecs 10,000 Gecs
3. Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
4. The Men New York City 
5. Bar Italia Tracey Denim 

Valentin Gény
1. Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
2. Squid O Monolith
3. Kelela Raven
4. The Lemon Twigs Everything Harmony
5. Yves Tumor Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply Hot Between Worlds

Alexis Hache
1. Kara Jackson Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
2. Alfa Mist Variables
3. Wednesday Rat Saw God
4. Étienne Daho Tirer la nuit sur les étoiles
5. Jessie Ware That! Feels Good!

Briac Julliand
1. Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
2. Tim Hecker No Highs
3. Kelela Raven
4. Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
5. Brian Eno & Fred Again.. Secret Life

Noémie Lecoq
1. LA Priest Fase Luna
2. Young Fathers Heavy Heavy
3. The Grasping Straws Patterns
4. Matt Elliott The End of Days
5. Barrio Colette Rouge rose

Brice Miclet
1. Young Fathers Heavy Heavy
2. Lakecia Benjamin Phoenix
3. Flavien Berger Dans cent ans
4. Tuerie Papillon monarque
5. Polobi & The Gwo Ka Masters Abri cyclonique

François Moreau
1. Forever Pavot L’Idiophone
2. Kara Jackson Why Does the Earth Gives Us People to Love?
3. The Tubs Dead Meat
4. Index For Working Music Dragging the Needlework for the Kids at Uphole
5. Bingo Club Better Lucky Than Beautiful

Juliette Poulain
1. Arlo Parks My Soft Machine
2. Young Fathers Heavy Heavy
3. Grian Chatten Chaos for Fly
4. Yves Tumor Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
5. Lucie Antunes Carnaval

Jérôme Provençal
1. James Ellis Ford The Hum
2. Pamplemousse Think of It
3. Faizal Mostrixx Mutations
4. Séverine Daucourt Transparaître (encore)
5. I:Cube Eye Cube

Sophie Rosemont 
1. Étienne Daho Tirer la nuit sur les étoiles
2. Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres & Conor Hanick Reflections
3. Feist Multitudes
4. Alfa Mist Variables
5. The Golden Dregs On Grace and Dignity

Marie Solvignon
1. Overmono Good Lies 
2. Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
3. Yves Tumor Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
4. 100 Gecs 10,000 Gecs
5. Brutalismus 3000 Ultrakunst

Patrick Thévenin
1. Isolée Resort Island
2. Grian Chatten Chaos For the Fly
3. Christine & the Queens Paranoïa, Angels, True Love
4. Jessie Ware That Feels! Good!
5. Stephen & David Dewaele Original Music for Lullaby for Scavengers

Franck Vergeade
1. Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
2. Everything But the Girl Fuse
3. Étienne Daho Tirer la nuit sur les étoiles
4. Bar Italia Tracey Denim
5. Lucie Antunes Carnaval