Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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by Lonnie Holley

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  1. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2023
  2. New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2023
  3. Bitter Southerner: Best Southern Albums of 2023
  4. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2023
  5. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  6. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  7. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2023
  8. Hanif Abdurraqib: 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.