Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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  1. New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2023
  2. Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2023
  3. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  4. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2023
  5. NME: The Best Albums of 2023
  6. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2023
  7. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  8. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2023
  9. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2023
  10. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  11. Consequence: 50 Best Albums of 2023
  12. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
  13. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  14. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2023
  15. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2023
  16. Crack Magazine: The Top 50 Albums of 2023
  17. Northern Transmissions: Best Albums of 2023
  18. God Is In The TV: Albums of the Year for 2023

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.