Year-End Lists

Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

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