Year-End Lists

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The 30 Best Albums of 2023 Independent

The Best Albums Of 2023 Coup De Main

Top 50 Albums of 2023 Beats Per Minute

Best Albums of 2023 Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The 23 Best Albums of 2023 KCRW

Best Albums of 2023 Folk Alley

Favorite Albums Of 2023 Uproxx: Steven Hyden

Albums of the Year 2023 DIY

The 10 Best Albums of 2023 Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber

The 80 Best Albums of 2023 PopMatters

Best Albums of 2023 Northern Transmissions

2023 Year in Review Aquarium Drunkard

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 The Fader

The Best Albums of 2023 Flood

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Treble

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Far Out

The 12 Best Albums of 2023 Slate: Carl Wilson

The 45 Best Albums of 2023 The Forty-Five

The Best Albums of 2023 Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim

Best Country Albums of 2023 Stereogum: Marissa R. Moss

The Best Albums of 2023 NME

The 60 Best Albums of 2023 Josh Terry

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Slant

Best Albums of 2023 Billboard

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.