My Favorite Albums of 2023

Top ten, ranked 

1. Peter Gabriel — i/o
2. The Mountain Goats — Jenny from Thebes
3. Olivia Rodrigo — Guts
4. Wilco — Cousin
5. We Are Scientists — Lobes
6. Tiny Ruins — Ceremony
7. Anohni and the Johnsons — My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
8. Molly Tuttle — City of Gold
9. The National — First Two Pages of Frankenstein
10. Lana Del Rey — Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

Rest of list, unranked:

• Alex Lahey — The Answer Is Always Yes
• Altin Gün — Aşk
• CMAT — Crazymad, For Me
• Der Assistant — Der Assistant
• Feine Sahne Fischfilet — Alles glänzt
• Gia Margaret — Romantic Piano
• Grace Potter — Mother Road
• Gregory Alan Isakov — Appaloosa Bones
• The Hold Steady — The Price of Progress
• Hugjiltu — Returning to Childhood
• Jason Isbell — Weathervanes
• Joseph — The Sun
• Julian le Play — TABACCO
• Juni Habel — Carvings
• Low Cut Connie — Art Dealers
• Lucero — Should've Learned By Now
• Mimi Webb — Amelia
• Mitski — The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
• Pippa — Blick
• Romy — Mid Air
• Sigur Rós — ÁTTA
• Sunny War — Anarchist Gospel
• William Lee Ellis — Ghost Hymns
• Woods — Perennial
• ZSK — HassLiebe