Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

1. SZA
   SOS
2. Caroline Polachek
   Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
3. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
   Maps
4. Wednesday
   Rat Saw God
5. Nourished by Time
   Erotic Probiotic 2
6. Sufjan Stevens
   Javelin
7. Amaarae
   Fountain Baby
8. Fever Ray
   Radical Romantics
9. Anohni and the Johnsons
   My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
10. yeule
    Softscars
11. Lana Del Rey
    Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
12. L'Rain
    I Killed Your Dog
13. Noname
    Sundial
14. Olivia Rodrigo
    Guts
15. yaeji
    With A Hammer
16. Boygenius
    The Record
17. Kelela
    Raven
18. 100 gecs
    10,000 gecs
19. Kara Jackson
    Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
20. Mandy, Indiana
    I've Seen a Way
21. Julie Byrne
    The Greater Wings
22. Jessie Ware
    That! Feels Good!
23. Mitski
    The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
24. Sofia Kourtesis
    Madres
25. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily
    Love in Exile
26. Laurel Halo
    Atlas
27. Water From Your Eyes
    Everyone's Crushed
28. Jaimie Branch
    Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
29. HiTech
    Détwat
30. Avalon Emerson
    & the Charm
31. Yves Tumor
    Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
32. Ice Spice
    Like..?
33. Model/Actriz
    Dogsbody
34. Joanna Sternberg
    I've Got Me
35. Veeze
    Ganger
36. Pangaea
    Changing Channels
37. Lonnie Holley
    Oh Me Oh My
38. Yo La Tengo
    This Stupid World
39. Liv.e
    Girl In The Half Pearl
40. Ryuichi Sakamoto
    12
41. Sexyy Red
    Hood Hottest Princess
42. Youth Lagoon
    Heaven Is a Junkyard
43. Kali Uchis
    Red Moon in Venus
44. Jess Williamson
    Time Ain't Accidental
45. Tomb Mold
    The Enduring Spirit
46. Blue Lake
    Sun Arcs
47. Parannoul
    After the Magic
48. Purelink
    Signs
49. Sweeping Promises
    Good Living Is Coming for You
50. André 3000
    New Blue Sun