Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2023
Ulaan - Enji

The Best Albums of 2023 Washington Post: Chris Richards

SOS - SZA

The 20 Best Albums of 2023 Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood

homeless n***a pop music - Jim Legxacy

The Top 50 Albums of 2023 Crack Magazine

Lucky for You - Bully

The 27 Best Albums of 2023 The Ringer

Driving - Sam Wilkes

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Yardbarker

Red Moon in Venus - Kali Uchis

The 10 Best Albums of 2023 Time: Maura Johnston

Lahai - Sampha

The Best Albums of 2023 Vulture: Craig Jenkins

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

The 50 Best Albums Of 2023 Stereogum

The Omnichord Real Book - Meshell Ndegeocello

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 NPR Music

SOS - SZA

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Pitchfork

This Stupid World - Yo La Tengo

Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

The Best Albums Of 2023 Uproxx

My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross - Anohni and the Johnsons

The Best Music of 2023 New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich

Take Me Back to Eden - Sleep Token

30 Best Albums of 2023 Revolver

New Blue Sun - André 3000

Top Albums of 2023 AP: Maria Sherman

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? - Kara Jackson

The Best Albums of 2023 The Line of Best Fit

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor

50 Best Albums of 2023 Consequence

False Lankum - Lankum

Albums of the Year 2023 Quietus

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Our Culture

Volcano - Jungle

20 Best Albums of 2023 Esquire

søn of dad - Stephen Wilson Jr.

Albums of the Year 2023 Holler

Erotic Probiotic 2 - Nourished By Time

Albums of 2023 Gorilla vs. Bear

SOS - SZA

The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone

10,000 gecs - 100 gecs

Best Albums of 2023 New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz