Year-End Lists

Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2021 • 2010s]

• Disenchanter
  Alaska Reid
• Light, Dark, Light Again
  Angie McMahon
• Tired Hearts
  Bailen
• Is It?
  Ben Howard
• Maps
  Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
• Lost in a Rush of Emptiness
  Bleach Lab
• My Big Day
  Bombay Bicycle Club
• the record
  boygenius
• Bloodsucker
  Brotherkenzie
• High & Low
  Caitlyn Smith
• Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
  Caroline Polachek
• The Art of Forgetting
  Caroline Rose
• The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
  Chappell Roan
• Cold War Kids
  Cold War Kids
• I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet
  Del Water Gap
• Memento Mori
  Depeche Mode
• Innerstanding
  Dhani Harrison
• Scarlet
  Doja Cat
• Sunburn
  Dominic Fike
• Good Riddance
  Gracie Abrams
• All Done
  GRAYtheband
• Appaloosa Bones
  Gregory Alan Isakov
• Paint My Bedroom Black
  Holly Humberstone
• Unreal Unearth
  Hozier
• Weathervanes
  Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
• Hellmode
  Jeff Rosenstock
• In the Garden, by the Weeds
  Josaleigh Pollett
• Proof of Life
  Joy Oladokun
• Red Moon in Venus
  Kali Uchis
• Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good)
  Kelsea Ballerini
• Space Heavy
  King Krule
• Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
  Lana Del Rey
• Fantasy
  M83
• American Drip, Pt. II
  Me Nd Adam
• Endless Summer Vacation
  Miley Cyrus
• Nosebleeds
  MisterWives
• The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
  Mitski
• Witchy Activities And The Maple Death
  Monika Roscher Bigband
• RUCKUS!
  Movements
• Pink Friday 2
  Nicki Minaj
• Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever)
  Noah Kahan
• Guts
  Olivia Rodrigo
• SHOW THEM WHAT'S INSIDE!
  OTNES
• Winner
  Overcoats
• This Is Why
  Paramore
• A Space Between Orange & Blue
  Renao
• Calico
  Ryan Beatty
• Honey
  Samia
• Playing the Part of You is Me
  Savannah Conley
• Yard
  Slow Pulp
• everything is alive
  Slowdive
• Dream Big
  Soda Blonde
• No Joy
  Spanish Love Songs
• O Monolith
  Squid
• Angel Face
  Stephen Sanchez
• Javelin
  Sufjan Stevens
• Blame My Ex
  The Beaches
• Everything Harmony
  The Lemon Twigs
• Laugh Track
  The National
• Something to Give Each Other
  Troye Sivan
• Heavy Heavy
  Young Fathers
• Zach Bryan
  Zach Bryan