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The Independent: The 30 Best Albums of 2023

14 December 2023

the record - boygenius

The Independent: The 30 Best Albums of 2023

  1. the record
    boygenius
  2. False Lankum
    Lankum
  3. The Age of Pleasure
    Janelle Monáe
  4. Javelin
    Sufjan Stevens
  5. Drop Cherries
    Billie Marten
  6. Black Rainbows
    Corinne Bailey Rae
  7. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
    Caroline Polachek
  8. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
    Lana Del Rey
  9. Heavy Heavy
    Young Fathers
  10. My 21st Century Blues
    Raye
  11. I/O
    Peter Gabriel
  12. Strays
    Margo Price
  13. SOS
    SZA
  14. Chaos For The Fly
    Grian Chatten
  15. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo
  16. Dig The Mountain!
    Stornoway
  17. I Inside the Old Year Dying
    PJ Harvey
  18. Flyte
    Flyte
  19. The Ballad of Darren
    Blur
  20. God Save the Streets
    Avelino
  21. Continue as a Guest
    The New Pornographers
  22. In the End It Always Does
    The Japanese House
  23. God Games
    The Kills
  24. Fuse
    Everything but the Girl
  25. The Rise & the Fall
    The Rural Alberta Advantage
  26. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
  27. Mythologies
    Thomas Bangalter
  28. Hit Parade
    Róisín Murphy
  29. Fronzoli
    Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
  30. Gag Order
    Kesha

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