Year-End Lists

Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

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1. The Omnichord Real Book
   Meshell Ndegeocello
2. Fuse
   Everything but the Girl
3. Black Rainbows
   Corinne Bailey Rae
4. Memento Mori
   Depeche Mode
5. The Age of Pleasure
   Janelle Monáe
6. That! Feels Good!
   Jessie Ware
7. First Two Pages of Frankenstein
   The National
8. The Love Invention
   Alison Goldfrapp
9. everything is alive
   Slowdive
10. Hit Parade
    Róisín Murphy
11. I Inside the Old Year Dying
    PJ Harvey
12. Tension
    Kylie Minogue
13. But Here We Are
    Foo Fighters
14. Hana
    Sophie Ellis-Bextor
15. Council Skies
    Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
16. Heaven
    Cleo Sol
17. the record
    boygenius
18. Weathervanes
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
19. Gold
    Cleo Sol
20. I Hope You Can Forgive Me
    Madison McFerrin
21. Married in Mount Airy
    Nicole Dollanganger
22. Playing Robots into Heaven
    James Blake
23. Magic 2
    Nas
24. Special Occasion
    Emily King
25. Glorious Game
    El Michels Affair & Black Thought
26. Parallel Universe
    Isaiah Collier
27. Strays
    Margo Price
28. Black Classical Music
    Yussef Dayes
29. Mid Air
    Romy
30. The Returner
    Allison Russell
31. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
    Caroline Polachek
32. The Great White Sea Eagle
    James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra
33. Slugs of Love
    Little Dragon
34. The Ballad of Darren
    Blur
35. Euphoric
    Georgia
36. Folkocracy
    Rufus Wainwright
37. Voice Notes
    Yazmin Lacey
38. Queen of Me
    Shania Twain
39. Love & Money
    Katie Melua
40. Magic 3
    Nas
41. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
    Lana Del Rey
42. Cracker Island
    Gorillaz
43. Learn To Swim, A Mixtape
    Joshua Idehen
44. What Matters Most
    Ben Folds
45. Joy'All
    Jenny Lewis
46. The Weakness
    Ruston Kelly
47. My Soft Machine
    Arlo Parks
48. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo
49. Such Ferocious Beauty
    Cowboy Junkies
50. Danse Macabre
    Duran Duran