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The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2023

10 December 2023

the record - boygenius

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

  1. the record
    boygenius
  2. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
    Lana Del Rey
  3. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo
  4. Raven
    Kelela
  5. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
    Caroline Polachek
  6. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
    Kara Jackson
  7. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
  8. Blondshell
    Blondshell
  9. This Is Why
    Paramore
  10. Sundial
    Noname
  11. That! Feels Good!
    Jessie Ware
  12. Honey
    Samia
  13. All of This Will End
    Indigo De Souza
  14. Fountain Baby
    Amaarae
  15. Wallsocket
    underscores
  16. Unforgiven
    Le Sserafim
  17. Rat Saw God
    Wednesday
  18. Black Rainbows
    Corinne Bailey Rae
  19. Messy
    Olivia Dean
  20. Crazymad, for Me
    CMAT
  21. My Soft Machine
    Arlo Parks
  22. Scarlet
    Doja Cat
  23. Red Moon in Venus
    Kali Uchis
  24. Girl In The Half Pearl
    Liv.e
  25. With A Hammer
    yaeji
  26. Santhosam
    Priya Ragu
  27. Mommy
    Be Your Own Pet
  28. I<3UQTINVU
    Jockstrap
  29. Soft Like Steel
    LVRA
  30. Sweet Justice
    Tkay Maidza
  31. Softscars
    yeule
  32. BB/Ang3l
    Tinashe
  33. Everyone's Crushed
    Water From Your Eyes
  34. Falling or Flying
    Jorja Smith
  35. Bewitched
    Laufey
  36. Madres
    Sofia Kourtesis
  37. Paint My Bedroom Black
    Holly Humberstone
  38. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
    Chappell Roan
  39. Lucky for You
    Bully
  40. Bubblegum
    Biig Piig
  41. My 21st Century Blues
    Raye
  42. Weedkiller
    Ashnikko
  43. Ride Or Die
    ARXX
  44. ROACH
    Miya Folick
  45. In the End It Always Does
    The Japanese House

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