Year-End Lists

The Independent: The 30 Best Albums of 2023

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