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2023 Music

The Ringer: The 27 Best Albums of 2023

06 December 2023

Lucky for You - Bully

The Ringer: The 27 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

  1. Lucky for You
    Bully
  2. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
    Lana Del Rey
  3. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo
  4. SOS
    SZA
  5. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
    Caroline Polachek
  6. Madres
    Sofia Kourtesis
  7. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
    Armand Hammer
  8. 10,000 gecs
    100 gecs
  9. Lahai
    Sampha
  10. Life Under the Gun
    Militarie Gun
  11. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
  12. Hellmode
    Jeff Rosenstock
  13. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
  14. Raven
    Kelela
  15. Rat Saw God
    Wednesday
  16. Time Ain't Accidental
    Jess Williamson
  17. Javelin
    Sufjan Stevens
  18. Jaguar II
    Victoria Monét
  19. The Great Escape
    Larry June and the Alchemist
  20. Sundial
    Noname
  21. the record
    boygenius
  22. Heaven Is a Junkyard
    Youth Lagoon
  23. Zach Bryan
    Zach Bryan
  24. Softscars
    yeule
  25. LIFE AFTER NEPH
    RXKNephew and Harry Fraud
  26. Virtuoso
    Valee and Harry Fraud
  27. Yallah Beibe
    MC Yallah
  28. Blondshell
    Blondshell

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