Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Lists

  1. Entertainment Weekly: The Best Albums of 2023
  2. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2023
  3. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  4. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  5. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2023
  6. Rough Trade: UK Albums of the Year 2023
  7. New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2023
  8. Bob Boilen: Favorite Albums 2023
  9. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2023
  10. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2023
  11. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2023
  12. The Skinny: Albums of 2023
  13. Consequence: 50 Best Albums of 2023
  14. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2023
  15. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  16. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2023
  17. Passerby: Best Albums of 2023
  18. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2023
  19. The Independent: The 30 Best Albums of 2023
  20. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2023
  21. Northern Transmissions: Best Albums of 2023
  22. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  23. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  24. DIY: Albums of the Year 2023
  25. Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2023
  26. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  27. NME: The Best Albums of 2023
  28. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
  29. The Ringer: The 27 Best Albums of 2023
  30. Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2023
  31. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2023
  32. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2023
  33. Billboard: Best Albums of 2023
  34. mxdwn: Top 40 Best Albums Of 2023
  35. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  36. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2023
  37. Yardbarker: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  38. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2023
  39. The Alternative: Top 55 Releases of 2023
  40. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2023
  41. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
  42. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2023
  43. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2023
  44. God Is In The TV: Albums of the Year for 2023
  45. Hanif Abdurraqib: 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023