Year-End Lists

Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2023

1. Blur
   The Ballad of Darren
2. Turnpike Troubadours
   A Cat in the Rain
3. Paul Simon
   Seven Psalms
4. Queens of the Stone Age
   In Times New Roman...
5. Olivia Rodrigo
   Guts
6. PJ Harvey
   I Inside the Old Year Dying
7. Jenny Lewis
   Joy'All
8. Peter Gabriel
   I/O
9. Tyler Childers
   Rustin' In The Rain
10. Low Cut Connie
    Art Dealers
11. The Rolling Stones
    Hackney Diamonds
12. Bethany Cosentino
    Natural Disaster
13. Yo La Tengo
    This Stupid World
14. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
    Weathervanes
15. Reneé Rapp
    Snow Angel
16. 100 gecs
    10,000 gecs
17. Speedy Ortiz
    Rabbit Rabbit
18. Blondshell
    Blondshell
19. Brit Taylor
    Kentucky Blue
20. Joe Jackson
    What a Racket!
21. Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
    Altitude
22. Megan Moroney
    Lucky
23. Juliana Hatfield
    Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO
24. Paramore
    This Is Why
25. Brent Cobb
    Southern Star
26. Brandy Clark
    Brandy Clark
27. Gaz Coombes
    Turn the Car Around
28. The Kills
    God Games
29. Rhiannon Giddens
    You're the One
30. Boygenius
    The Record
31. King Tuff
    Smalltown Stardust
32. Margo Price
    Strays
32. Margo Price
    Strays II
33. JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
    Scaring the Hoes
34. The Feelies
    Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground
35. André 3000
    New Blue Sun
36. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
    Council Skies
37. Jessie Ware
    That! Feels Good!
38. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
    Sticks and Stones
39. Duran Duran
    Danse Macabre
40. Sunny War
    Anarchist Gospel
41. Wilco
    Cousin
42. Whitney Rose
    Rosie
43. Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson
    Loving You
44. Gina Birch
    I Play My Bass Loud
45. Old Crow Medicine Show
    Jubilee
46. Everything but the Girl
    Fuse
47. Bully
    Lucky for You
48. Ellie Goulding
    Higher Than Heaven
49. Jimmy Buffett
    Equal Strain on All Parts
50. Durand Jones
    Wait Til I Get Over
51. The Necks
    Travel
52. Dave Matthews Band
    Walk Around the Moon
53. U.S. Girls
    Bless This Mess
54. Foo Fighters
    But Here We Are
55. The Hold Steady
    The Price of Progress
56. Bob Dylan
    Shadow Kingdom
57. Gorillaz
    Cracker Island
58. John Cale
    Mercy
59. Ian Hunter
    Defiance Part 1
60. Iggy Pop
    Every Loser
61. Hiss Golden Messenger
    Jump for Joy
62. Teenage Fanclub
    Nothing Lasts Forever
63. Bonny Doon
    Let There Be Music
64. Carly Rae Jepsen
    The Loveliest Time
65. Caroline Polachek
    Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
66. The New Pornographers
    Continue as a Guest
67. Caroline Rose
    The Art of Forgetting
68. Metallica
    72 Seasons
69. The Pretenders
    Relentless