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Z3 Lead The Way On WRTC Top 70

Move over Billboard, here’s WRTC’s top 70 rock albums for 2023.

The Z3, the funky Connecticut trio dedicated to keeping the music of Frank Zappa alive and well, led the list with Filibuster For Frank.

The Who (Who’s Next: Life House (Super Deluxe); Low Cut Connie (Art Dealers); Peter Gabriel (I/O) and The Rolling Stones (Hackney Diamonds) made up the top five.

Richard Wright (Wet Dream (2023 Remix); Olivia Jean (Raving Ghost); RPWL (Crime Scene); Steven Wilson (The Harmony Codex) and The No Ones (My Best Evil Friend) rounded out the top 10.

Rankings were determined by “spins” as recorded by Spinitron which WRTC integrated on its web site on June 1.

Here’s the complete list:

  1. The Z3 — Filibuster For Frank
  2. The Who — Who’s Next: Life House (Super Deluxe)
  3. Low Cut Connie — Art Dealers
  4. Peter Gabriel — I/O
  5. The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds
  6. Richard Wright — Wet Dream (2023 Remix)
  7. Olivia Jean — Raving Ghost
  8. RPWL — Crime Scene
  9. Steven Wilson — The Harmony Codex
  10. The No Ones — My Best Evil Friend
  11. The Record Company — The 4th Album
  12. Atomic Bronco — Bull in a China Shop
  13. Deer Tick — Emotional Contracts
  14. GUM — Saturnia
  15. Jethro Tull — Broadsword & the Beast (Monster Edition)
  16. Teenage Fanclub — Nothing Lasts Forever
  17. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — Weathervanes
  18. Duran Duran — Danse Macabre
  19. The Customers — Sweet Fatality
  20. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours Live
  21. Ian Hunter — Defiance Part 1
  22. Sufjan Stevens — Javelin
  23. The Beatles — Now And Then
  24. Babe Rainbow — Fresh As A Head Of Lettuce
  25. Jethro Tull — RökFlöte
  26. Mario Ortiz All Star Band — 60th Anniversary Spectacular
  27. Noah Gundersen — If This Is The End
  28. Trevor Rabin — Rio
  29. Wilco — Cousin
  30. Hawkwind — The Future Never Waits
  31. HUNNY — new planet heaven
  32. Movements — RUCKUS!
  33. Allah-Las — The Stuff / Zuma 85
  34. Animal Scream — Heartbroke Motel
  35. Bombay Bicycle Club — My Big Day
  36. Delly Ranx — Wildfire Riddim
  37. Nick Piunti — Jem Records Celebrates Ray Davies
  38. Roger Waters — The Dark Side of the Moon Redux
  39. Semisonic — Little Bit of Sun
  40. The Damned — Darkadelic
  41. The Mommyheads — Coney Island Kid
  42. The Who — The Who With Orchestra: Live At Wembley
  43. Assassin aka Agent Sasco — Boxing Around Riddim
  44. Cowboy Junkies — Such Ferocious Beauty
  45. Goose — Live at Radio City Music Hall
  46. Graham Parker — Last Chance To Learn The Twist
  47. Grateful Dead — RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, 6/10/73
  48. Greta Van Fleet — Starcatcher
  49. Jimmy Buffett — Equal Strain On All Parts
  50. Juliana Hatfield — Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO
  51. Love and Rockets — My Dark Twin
  52. Lydia Loveless — Nothing’s Gonna Stand in My Way Again
  53. SANDS — The World’s So Cruel
  54. Sarah Terral — Le Morfil
  55. sparkle*jets u.k. — Best of Friends
  56. Stevie Face — Wildfire Riddim
  57. The Groovy Nobody — Solarium
  58. Babe Rainbow — Mushroom
  59. Jenny Lewis — Joy’All
  60. Jimi Hendrix — Live At The Hollywood Bowl: 8/18/1967
  61. Joni Mitchell — Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
  62. Lowest of the Low — Welcome to the Plunderdome
  63. Marcus Miller — Candy Cane Lane
  64. Molly Tuttle — City of Gold
  65. Portugal. The Man — Chris Black Changed My Life
  66. Pretenders — Relentless
  67. Ringo Starr — Rewind Forward
  68. Round Trip — Round Trip
  69. The Baseball Project — Grand Salami Time!
  70. The Lemon Twigs — Everything Harmony