Year-End Lists

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2023

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2012]

1. Kelela
   Raven
2. Sufjan Stevens
   Javelin
3. Caroline Polachek
   Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
4. Anohni and the Johnsons
   My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
5. Youth Lagoon
   Heaven Is a Junkyard
6. Wednesday
   Rat Saw God
7. Fever Ray
   Radical Romantics
8. Boygenius
   The Record
9. Model/Actriz
   Dogsbody
10. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
    Maps
11. Joanna Sternberg
    I've Got Me
12. Lana Del Rey
    Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
13. Yo La Tengo
    This Stupid World
14. Armand Hammer
    We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
15. Mitski
    The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
16. Yves Tumor
    Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
17. Animal Collective
    Isn't It Now?
18. JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
    Scaring the Hoes
19. Sofia Kourtesis
    Madres
20. Jessie Ware
    That! Feels Good!
21. PJ Harvey
    I Inside the Old Year Dying
22. Julie Byrne
    The Greater Wings
23. Home Is Where
    The Whaler
24. L'Rain
    I Killed Your Dog
25. Mandy, Indiana
    I've Seen a Way
26. André 3000
    New Blue Sun
27. Jess Williamson
    Time Ain't Accidental
28. Water From Your Eyes
    Everyone's Crushed
29. Parannoul
    After the Magic
30. Sampha
    Lahai
31. Dougie Poole
    The Rainbow Wheel of Death
32. Sigur Rós
    Átta
33. Slowdive
    everything is alive
34. Naked Lungs
    Doomscroll
35. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily
    Love in Exile
36. Nourished by Time
    Erotic Probiotic 2
37. ICECOLDBISHOP
    Generational Curse
38. Lil Yachty
    Let's Start Here
39. yeule
    Softscars
40. Sarah Mary Chadwick
    Messages To God
41. Titanic
    Vidrio
42. Jeff Rosenstock
    Hellmode
43. Spanish Love Songs
    No Joy
44. Susanne Sundfør
    Blómi
45. Black Belt Eagle Scout
    The Land, The Water, The Sky
46. Jaimie Branch
    Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
47. portrayal of guilt
    Devil Music
48. Anna B Savage
    in​||FLUX
49. Protomartyr
    Formal Growth In The Desert
50. Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist
    Voir Dire