Year-End Lists

Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2023 (a survey of nearly 300 music critics, as published by Uproxx)

1. Boygenius
   The Record
2. Olivia Rodrigo
   Guts
3. Wednesday
   Rat Saw God
4. Sufjan Stevens
   Javelin
5. Caroline Polachek
   Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
6. SZA
   SOS
7. Mitski
   The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
8. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
   Maps
9. Kelela
   Raven
10. Lana Del Rey
    Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
11. Victoria Monét
    Jaguar II
12. Ratboys
    The Window
13. Janelle Monáe
    The Age of Pleasure
14. Amaarae
    Fountain Baby
15. Noname
    Sundial
16. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
    Weathervanes
17. 100 gecs
    10,000 gecs
18. Yo La Tengo
    This Stupid World
19. Kara Jackson
    Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
20. Anohni and the Johnsons
    My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
21. Jessie Ware
    That! Feels Good!
22. JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
    Scaring the Hoes
23. Zach Bryan
    Zach Bryan
24. Blondshell
    Blondshell
25. Paramore
    This Is Why
26. Lil Yachty
    Let's Start Here
27. Hotline TNT
    Cartwheel
28. Doja Cat
    Scarlet
29. Julie Byrne
    The Greater Wings
30. Mike
    Burning Desire
31. André 3000
    New Blue Sun
32. Bully
    Lucky for You
33. Militarie Gun
    Life Under the Gun
34. Sampha
    Lahai
35. Yves Tumor
    Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
36. Youth Lagoon
    Heaven Is a Junkyard
37. Veeze
    Ganger
38. Jaimie Branch
    Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
39. Nourished by Time
    Erotic Probiotic 2
40. Parannoul
    After the Magic
41. PJ Harvey
    I Inside the Old Year Dying
42. NewJeans
    Get Up
43. Danny Brown
    Quaranta
44. Wilco
    Cousin
45. Troye Sivan
    Something to Give Each Other
46. Young Fathers
    Heavy Heavy
47. Home Is Where
    The Whaler
48. Hozier
    Unreal Unearth
49. Chappell Roan
    The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
50. Fever Ray
    Radical Romantics