Year-End Lists

Mojo Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2023. I took the liberty of changing #56 to the recent Janelle Monáe album instead of the one that came out in 2013, which I imagine is what they meant.

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1. The Ballad of Darren
   Blur
2. I Inside the Old Year Dying
   PJ Harvey
3. False Lankum
   Lankum
4. The Candle And The Flame
   Robert Forster
5. Heavy Heavy
   Young Fathers
6. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
   Lana Del Rey
7. Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
   Jaimie Branch
8. Seven Psalms
   Paul Simon
9. Fuse
   Everything but the Girl
10. The Greater Wings
    Julie Byrne
11. Cousin
    Wilco
12. Sea of Mirrors
    The Coral
13. Travel
    The Necks
14. Chaos For The Fly
    Grian Chatten
15. The Last Rotation Of Earth
    BC Camplight
16. Love in Exile
    Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily
17. the record
    boygenius
18. Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities
    James Holden
19. Council Skies
    Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
20. Relentless
    The Pretenders
21. Maps
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
22. Mercy
    John Cale
23. Nothing Lasts Forever
    Teenage Fanclub
24. All Of This Is Chance
    Lisa O'Neill
25. This Stupid World
    Yo La Tengo
26. My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
    Anohni and the Johnsons
27. Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! and the Possibilities of Modern Shopping
    Mozart Estate
28. London Ko
    Fatoumata Diawara
29. Cacti
    Billy Nomates
30. The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
    Sparks
31. Javelin
    Sufjan Stevens
32. Jump On It
    Bill Orcutt
33. Joan Of All
    Sarabeth Tucek
34. Black Rainbows
    Corinne Bailey Rae
35. Memento Mori
    Depeche Mode
36. Archangel Hill
    Shirley Collins
37. UK Grim
    Sleaford Mods
38. Turn the Car Around
    Gaz Coombes
39. everything is alive
    Slowdive
40. Dead Meat
    The Tubs
41. I Play My Bass Loud
    Gina Birch
42. On Pain
    Lloyd Cole
43. Animals
    Kassa Overall
44. Defiance Part 1
    Ian Hunter
45. Blómi
    Susanne Sundfør
46. Pieces of Treasure
    Rickie Lee Jones
47. Isn't It Now?
    Animal Collective
48. The Feminine Divine
    Dexys
49. Intercepted Message
    Osees
50. The Window Is The Dream
    Jana Horn
51. Curyman
    Rogê
52. Angel Numbers
    Hamish Hawk
53. Space Heavy
    King Krule
54. Jelly Road
    Blake Mills
55. Sundown
    Eddie Chacon
56. The Age of Pleasure
    Janelle Monáe
57. Weathervanes
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
58. Oh Me Oh My
    Lonnie Holley
59. Hit Parade
    Róisín Murphy
60. Every Loser
    Iggy Pop
61. Being
    Baaba Maal
62. Angels & Queens
    Gabriels
63. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
64. Everything Harmony
    The Lemon Twigs
65. End of World
    Public Image Ltd.
66. Eat the Worm
    Jonathan Wilson
67. Mélusine
    Cécile McLorin Salvant
68. Billy Valentine and The Universal Truth
    Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth
69. Tracey Denim
    Bar Italia
70. O Yinne!
    Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy
71. Reflections of a Soul Dimension
    Edgar Jones
72. Valley Of Heart's Delight
    Margo Cilker
73. Protect Your Light
    Irreversible Entanglements
74. Silver
    Say She She
75. Black Bayou
    Robert Finley