Year-End Lists

Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

1. Wednesday
   Rat Saw God
2. Caroline Polachek
   Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
3. Sufjan Stevens
   Javelin
4. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
   Maps
5. Mitski
   The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
6. Julie Byrne
   The Greater Wings
7. Boygenius
   The Record
8. Lana Del Rey
   Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
9. Amaarae
   Fountain Baby
10. Yves Tumor
    Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
11. Parannoul
    After the Magic
12. L'Rain
    I Killed Your Dog
13. Kelela
    Raven
14. Anohni and the Johnsons
    My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
15. Nicole Dollanganger
    Married in Mount Airy
16. Kali Uchis
    Red Moon in Venus
17. Ratboys
    The Window
18. Kara Jackson
    Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
19. yeule
    Softscars
20. Jessie Ware
    That! Feels Good!
21. Yo La Tengo
    This Stupid World
22. Joanna Sternberg
    I've Got Me
23. Olivia Rodrigo
    Guts
24. yaeji
    With A Hammer
25. Andy Shauf
    Norm
26. Youth Lagoon
    Heaven Is a Junkyard
27. Samia
    Honey
28. Mandy, Indiana
    I've Seen a Way
29. Indigo De Souza
    All of This Will End
30. Water From Your Eyes
    Everyone's Crushed
31. Sampha
    Lahai
32. Hotline TNT
    Cartwheel
33. Slaughter Beach, Dog
    Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling
34. Sofia Kourtesis
    Madres
35. Westerman
    An Inbuilt Fault
36. The Clientele
    I Am Not There Anymore
37. Feeble Little Horse
    Girl with Fish
38. André 3000
    New Blue Sun
39. MSPAINT
    Post-American
40. Jeff Rosenstock
    Hellmode
41. Allegra Krieger
    I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane
42. Slow Pulp
    Yard
43. Slowdive
    everything is alive
44. Liv.e
    Girl In The Half Pearl
45. Oneohtrix Point Never
    Again
46. Corinne Bailey Rae
    Black Rainbows
47. Bonnie “Prince” Billy
    Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
48. Snooper
    Super Snõõper
49. Laurel Halo
    Atlas
50. DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ
    Destiny