Year-End Lists

Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2023, as published by The New York Times

1. SZA
   SOS
2. Karol G
   Mañana Será Bonito
3. Boygenius
   The Record
4. Paul Simon
   Seven Psalms
5. Olivia Rodrigo
   Guts
6. Feist
   Multitudes
7. Everything but the Girl
   Fuse
8. Danny Brown
   Quaranta
9. Speedy Ortiz
   Rabbit Rabbit
10. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily
    Love in Exile

Another 20 worthwhile albums, alphabetically

• 100 gecs
  10,000 gecs
• André 3000
  New Blue Sun
• Corinne Bailey Rae
  Black Rainbows
• Geese
  3D Country
• Margaret Glaspy
  Echo the Diamond
• Irreversible Entanglements
  Protect Your Light
• Hannah Jadagu
  Aperture
• Kelela
  Raven
• Mitski
  The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
• Janelle Monáe
  The Age of Pleasure
• L'Rain
  I Killed Your Dog
• Nkosazana Daughter
  Uthingo Le Nkosazana
• Noname
  Sundial
• Peso Pluma
  Génesis
• Raye
  My 21st Century Blues
• The Rolling Stones
  Hackney Diamonds
• Allison Russell
  The Returner
• Jorja Smith
  Falling or Flying
• Kali Uchis
  Red Moon in Venus
• Water From Your Eyes
  Everyone's Crushed