2023 year-end list season began last week with Uncut, and now fellow UK mag MOJO‘s list is here. Uncut‘s list was in their issue with Bob Dylan on the cover, and MOJO have The Beatles on the cover. Both lists are 75 albums long and have a lot of crossover, and MOJO‘s got Paul Simon, Lana Del Rey, Blur, PJ Harvey, jaimie branch, Lankum, Young Fathers, Robert Forster, Wilco, Julie Byrne, The Necks, Grian Chatten, boygenius, Mitski, Sufjan Stevens, billy woods & Kenny Segal, ANOHNI and the Johnsons, Yo La Tengo, Sparks, Everything but the Girl, Slowdive, Animal Collective, Dexys, Iggy Pop, Irreversible Entanglements, Margo Cilker, and many more.
See the full list below, and pick up the new issue of MOJO for more.
MOJO’s Top 75 Albums of 2023
75. Robert Finley – Black Bayou
74. Say She She – Silver
73. Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light
72. Margo Cilker – Valley Of Heart’s Delight
71. Edgar Jones – Reflections of a Soul Dimension
70. Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy – O Yinne!
69. bar italia – Tracey Denim
68. Billy Valentine – Billy Valentine and The Universal Truth
67. Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine
66. Jonathan Wilson – Eat the Worm
65. Public Image Ltd. – End of World
64. The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony
63. Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
62. Gabriels – Angels & Queens
61. Baaba Maal – Being
60. Iggy Pop – EVERY LOSER
59. Róisín Murphy – Hit Parade
58. Lonnie Holley – Oh Me Oh My
57. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
56. Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
55. Eddie Chacon – Sundown
54. Blake Mills – Jelly Road
53. King Krule – Space Heavy
52. Hamish Hawk – Angel Numbers
51. Rogê – Curyman
50. Jana Horn – The Window Is The Dream
49. Osees – Intercepted Message
48. Dexys – The Feminine Divine
47. Animal Collective – Isn’t It Now?
46. Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure
45. Susanne Sundfør – blómi
44. Ian Hunter – Defiance, Pt. 1
43. Kassa Overall – Animals
42. Lloyd Cole – On Pain
41. Gina Birch – I Play My Bass Loud
40. The Tubs – Dead Meat
39. Slowdive – everything is alive
38. Gaz Coombes – Turn The Car Around
37. Sleaford Mods – UK GRIM
36. Shirley Collins – Archangel Hill
35. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori
34. Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows
33. Sarabeth Tucek – Joan Of All
32. Bill Orcutt – Jump On It
31. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
30. Sparks – The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
29. Billy Nomates – CACTI
28. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko
27. Mozart Estate – Pop-Up! Ker-ching! and The Possibilities of Modern Shopping
26. ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
25. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
24. Lisa O’Neill – All Of This Is Chance
23. Teenage Fanclub – Nothing Lasts Forever
22. John Cale – Mercy
21. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps
20. Pretenders – Relentless
19. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Council Skies
18. James Holden – Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities
17. boygenius – the record
16. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Love In Exile
15. BC Camplight – The Last Rotation of Earth
14. Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly
13. The Necks – Travel
12. The Coral – Sea Of Mirrors
11. Wilco – Cousin
10. Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings
9. Everything But the Girl – Fuse
8. Paul Simon – Seven Psalms
7. jaimie branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
6. Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
5. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
4. Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame
3. Lankum – False Lankum
2. PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
1. Blur – The Ballad of Darren