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. Time: Maura Johnston: The 10 Best Albums of 2023
  2. Billboard: Best Albums of 2023
  3. Bitter Southerner: Best Southern Albums of 2023
  4. Holler: Albums of the Year 2023
  5. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: The 10 Best Albums of 2023
  6. Consequence: 50 Best Albums of 2023
  7. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2023
  8. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2023
  9. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
  10. Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2023
  11. Esquire: 20 Best Albums of 2023
  12. The Ringer: The 27 Best Albums of 2023
  13. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2023
  14. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2023
  15. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2023

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