Year-End Lists

PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2023

1. Jessie Ware
   That! Feels Good!
2. Durand Jones
   Wait Til I Get Over
3. Boygenius
   The Record
4. Caroline Polachek
   Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
5. Young Fathers
   Heavy Heavy
6. Acid Arab
   ٣ (Trois)
7. Wednesday
   Rat Saw God
8. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
   Weathervanes
9. Jorja Smith
   Falling or Flying
10. Jungle
    Volcano
11. Altın Gün
    Aşk
12. Sofia Kourtesis
    Madres
13. Loraine James
    Gentle Confrontation
14. Noname
    Sundial
15. Beach Fossils
    Bunny
16. Kylie Minogue
    Tension
17. Molly Tuttle
    City of Gold
18. Margo Price
    Strays
19. Sufjan Stevens
    Javelin
20. Slowdive
    everything is alive
21. Quantic
    Dancing While Falling
22. Yussef Dayes
    Black Classical Music
23. Armand Hammer
    We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
24. Blondshell
    Blondshell
25. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
    Maps
26. Lydia Loveless
    Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again
27. Meshell Ndegeocello
    The Omnichord Real Book
28. Lana Del Rey
    Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
29. Mitski
    The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
30. Fatoumata Diawara
    London Ko
31. Nation of Language
    Strange Disciple
32. Joy Oladokun
    Proof of Life
33. Sampha
    Lahai
34. Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist
    Voir Dire
35. Ekiti Sound
    Drum Money
36. Algiers
    Shook
37. King Krule
    Space Heavy
38. Anti-God Hand
    Blight Year
39. Olivia Rodrigo
    Guts
40. Laurel Halo
    Atlas
41. Water From Your Eyes
    Everyone's Crushed
42. The Mountain Goats
    Jenny from Thebes
43. Mandy, Indiana
    I've Seen a Way
44. Niecy Blues
    Exit Simulation
45. Witch
    Zango
46. Upper Wilds
    Jupiter
47. Shamir
    Homo Anxietatem
48. Sunny War
    Anarchist Gospel
49. Ratboys
    The Window
50. Gorillaz
    Cracker Island
51. Explosions in the Sky
    End
52. Kelela
    Raven
53. Aesop Rock
    Integrated Tech Solutions
54. Depeche Mode
    Memento Mori
55. Jamila Woods
    Water Made Us
56. Sam Wilkes
    Driving
57. Tomb Mold
    The Enduring Spirit
58. Chris Stapleton
    Higher
59. James Blake
    Playing Robots into Heaven
60. Animal Collective
    Isn't It Now?
61. NewJeans
    Get Up
62. Forest Swords
    Bolted
63. Paramore
    This Is Why
64. Prins Emanuel
    Diagonal Musik II
65. Maisie Peters
    The Good Witch
66. Blonde Redhead
    Sit Down for Dinner
67. The Church
    The Hypnogogue
68. Pink
    Trustfall
69. Faten Kanaan
    Afterpoem
70. Iris DeMent
    Workin' on a World
71. M83
    Fantasy
72. The New Pornographers
    Continue as a Guest
73. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter
    Saved!
74. Miley Cyrus
    Endless Summer Vacation
75. Fucked Up
    One Day
76. Hayden Pedigo
    The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored
77. yaeji
    With A Hammer
78. The Clientele
    I Am Not There Anymore
79. Gia Margaret
    Romantic Piano
80. Frankie and the Witch Fingers
    Data Doom