Year-End Lists

The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2022 • 2021]

1. a.s.o
   a.s.o.
2. Wednesday
   Rat Saw God
3. Lana Del Rey
   Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
4. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
   Maps
5. JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
   Scaring the Hoes
6. Amaarae
   Fountain Baby
7. Neggy Gemmy
   CBD Reiki Moonbeam
8. Sufjan Stevens
   Javelin
9. Sword II
   Spirit World Tour
10. HiTech
    Détwat
11. Fever Ray
    Radical Romantics
12. Yves Tumor
    Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
13. Sexyy Red
    Hood Hottest Princess
14. Cleo Sol
    Heaven
15. Peso Pluma
    Génesis
16. Kali Uchis
    Red Moon in Venus
17. Caroline Polachek
    Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
18. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter
    Saved!
19. Julie Byrne
    The Greater Wings
20. Veeze
    Ganger
21. Brakence
    Hypochondriac
22. The Armed
    Perfect Saviors
23. DJ K
    Panico No Submundo
24. Evian Christ
    Revanchist
25. SZA
    SOS
26. 100 gecs
    10,000 gecs
27. Mitski
    The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
28. Anohni and the Johnsons
    My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
29. Brevin Kim
    High School Football
30. Maria BC
    Spike Field
31. John Francis Flynn
    Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
32. Jlin
    Perspective
33. yeule
    Softscars
34. Noname
    Sundial
35. Diego Raposo
    Yo No Era Así, Pero de Ahora en Adelante, Sí
36. mark william lewis
    Living
37. Jaimie Branch
    Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
38. Mach-Hommy and Tha God Fahim
    Notorious Dump Legends, Vol. 2
39. jonatan leandoer96
    Sugar World
40. Anysia Kym & Jadasea
    Pressure Sensitive
41. Laurel Halo
    Atlas
42. Kelela
    Raven
43. Nourished by Time
    Erotic Probiotic 2
44. Asake
    Work of Art
45. Gia Margaret
    Romantic Piano
46. Jim Legxacy
    homeless n***a pop music
47. Kara Jackson
    Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
48. Bar Italia
    Tracey Denim
49. Samia
    Honey
50. Mike
    Burning Desire