Best Albums of 2023

Rusty Needle's Record Club

Seth's Favorite albums of 2023:

30. Difficult Messages - Wolf Eyes

29. Jarak Qaribak - Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood

28. Heavy Heavy - Young Fathers

27. Space Heavy - King Krule

26. Me Charma De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua - Ana Frango Elétrico

25. Smalltown Stardust - King Tuff

24. Safe to Run - Esther Rose

23. I Killed Your Dog - L'Rain

22. Young Hearts - Benny Sings

21. And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs - Islands

20. Praise A Lord Who Chews But Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor

19. 10,000 gecs - 100 gecs

18. Cousin - Wilco

17. Five Easy Hotdogs - Mac DeMarco

16. trip9love...??? - Tirzah

15. Javelin - Sufjan Stevens

14. V - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

13. I Inside The Old Year Dying - PJ Harvey

12. With A Hammer - Yaeji

11. Miracle-Level - Deerhoof

10. Robed in Rareness - Shabazz Palaces

9. My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross - ANOHNI and the Johnsons

8. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski

7. New Blue Sun - André 3000

6. POSITIVE VIOLENCE - BBBBBBB

5. Reflections - Sufjan Stevens

4. Nothing for Me, Please - Dean Johnson

3. Post-American - MSPAINT

2. Norm - Andy Shauf

1. SCARING THE HOES - JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown

Scott's Favorite albums of 2023:

10. Everyone’s Crushed - Water From Your Eyes

9. Love in Exile - Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily

8. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski

7. i’ve seen a way - Mandy, Indiana

6. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? - Kara Jackson

5. softscars - Yuele

4. My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross - ANOHNI and the Johnsons

3. Isn’t It Now? - Animal Collective

2. Javelin - Sufjan Stevens

1. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek