Year-End Lists

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

Music
Lucky for You - Bully

Top 55 Releases of 2023 The Alternative

Rat Wars - HEALTH

Top 40 Best Albums Of 2023 mxdwn

False Lankum - Lankum

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Guardian

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski

Best Albums of 2023 Passerby

everything is alive - Slowdive

Top 20 Albums of 2023 Spectrum Culture

The Omnichord Real Book - Meshell Ndegeocello

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Albumism

chaos takes the wheel and i am a passenger - awakebutstillinbed

The Best Emo Albums Of 2023 Uproxx: Ian Cohen

I Hope You Can Forgive Me - Madison McFerrin

Best Albums of 2023 San Francisco Chronicle: Adrian Spinelli

Javelin - Sufjan Stevens

The Best Albums of 2023 Entertainment Weekly

Scarlet - Doja Cat

The Best Albums Of 2023 HuffPost

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

The Best Albums of 2023 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

the record - boygenius

The Best Albums of 2023 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

Everyone's Crushed - Water From Your Eyes

The Best Albums of 2023 Vogue

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski

Top 55 Albums of 2023 Brooklyn Vegan

Black Rainbows - Corinne Bailey Rae

Albums of the Year for 2023 God Is In The TV

the record - boygenius

Best Albums of 2023 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

the record - boygenius

Favorite Albums 2023 Bob Boilen

Woodwind Multiples - Mary Jane Leach

The Best Of 2023 Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan

This Stupid World - Yo La Tengo

Best Albums of 2023 AllMusic

the record - boygenius

The Best Albums of 2023 Variety: Chris Willman

10,000 gecs - 100 gecs

The Best Albums of 2023 Variety: Steven J. Horowitz

Mañana Será Bonito - Karol G

The Best Albums of 2023 Variety: Thania Garcia

Larger than Life - Brent Faiyaz

The Best Albums of 2023 Variety: Jem Aswad

Jaguar II - Victoria Monét

The 10 Best Albums of 2023 Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu