Gavin Dahl's Top 100 Albums of 2023

January 17, 2024
by Gavin Dahl
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KRCL executive director Gavin Dahl shares his Top 100 Albums and EPs of 2023:

1. Say She She SILVER
2. Gabriel Teodros FROM THE ASHES OF OUR HOMES
3. Brandee Younger BRAND NEW LIFE
4. El Michels Affair & Black Thought GLORIOUS GAME
5. Gotts Street Park ON THE INSIDE
6. The Budos Band FRONTIER’S EDGE
7. Clozee MICROWORLDS
7. Handmade Moments END THE WARS
9. King Canyon KING CANYON
10. Jalen Ngonda COME AROUND AND LOVE ME

11. Girl Ray PRESTIGE
12. Aaron Childs NO REWRITES EP
13. Pale Jay BEWILDERMENT
14. Yazmin Lacey VOICE NOTES
15. Daniel Rodriguez VAST NOTHING
16. Daily Bread INVISIBLE CINEMA
17. Jungle VOLCANO
18. Ollella BACK BACK BACK
19. Cloudchord BLOOM BAP
20. Sampha LAHAI

21. Adi Oasis LOTUS GLOW
22. Tennis POLLEN
23. Mersiv OUT OF BOUNDS
24. Corto.Alto BAD WITH NAMES
25. DJ Shadow ACTION ADVENTURE
26. Minihi STASIS LOOPS
27. Rumtum ARCADIAN DAZE
28. Speakers Corner Quartet FURTHER OUT THAN THE EDGE
29. Michael Nau ACCOMPANY
30. Oddisee TO WHAT END

31. Les Imprimes REVERIE
32. Jones PATHS
33. Rahill FLOWERS AT YOUR FEET
34. An-Ten-Nae THE SPACE BENEATH THE LIGHT
35. Harrison BIRDS, BEES, THE CLOUDS & THE TREES
36. Hannah Jadagu APERTURE
37. Raye MY 21st CENTURY BLUES
38. Margaret Glaspy ECHO THE DIAMOND
39. Sid Sririam SIDHARTH
40. Michelle Moonshine SAD SPAGHETTI WESTERNS

41. Chiminyo NRG1 & NRG2
42. Leisure LEISUREVISION
43. Manic Focus NEVER NOT BLUE
44. Feist MULTITUDES
45. Pachyman SWITCHED-ON
46. Medasin ALWAYS IN A HURRY
47. The Teskey Brothers THE TESKEY BROTHERS
48. Dinner Party ENIGMATIC SOCIETY
49. Josaleigh Pollett IN THE GARDEN, BY THE WEEDS
50. Cat Clyde DOWN ROUNDER

51. Jamila Woods WATER MADE US
52. GoGo Penguin EVERYTHING IS NOT GOING TO BE OK
53. Janelle Monae THE AGE OF PLEASURE
54. Olivia Dean MESSY
55. Masego MASEGO
56. Joy Oladukon PROOF OF LIFE
57. Stephanie Anne Johnson JEWELS
58. Benny Sings YOUNG HEARTS
59. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids AFRO FUTURISTIC DREAMS
60. Gregory Alan Isakov APPALOOSA BONES

61. Floret Loret TALES FROM THE TERRARIUM
62. Mr. Bill PHANTASMAGORICAL
63. Ganja White Night UNITY
64. Abstract Orchestra & Ghost Life MADVILLIAN REMIXES
65. Navy Blue WAYS OF KNOWING
66. Rhiannon Giddens YOU’RE THE ONE
67. Oh He Dead PRETTY
68. London Brew LONDON BREW
69. Jade Cicada PRESSURE GAMUT
70. Carrtoons SATURDAY NIGHT

71. Jorja Smith FALLING OR FLYING
72. Killer Mike MICHAEL
73. Kimmortal SHOEBOX
74. Altin Gun ASK
75. Jaimie Branch FLY OR DIE FLY OR DIE FLY OR DIE
76. Kali Uchis RED MOON IN VENUS
77. Deva Mahal FUTURE CLASSIC, VOL. 1: CLASSIC
78. Devon Gilfillian LOVE YOU ANYWAY
79. Mitchum Yacoub LIVING HIGH IN THE BRASS EMPIRE
80. Thandii A BEAT TO MAKE IT BETTER

81. Mmyykk/ THE MIDST OF THINGS
82. Son Rompe Pera CHIMBORAZO
83. Roge CURYMAN
84. Samory I STRENGTH
85. Joesef PERMANENT DAMAGE
86. Biig Piig BUBBLEGUM
87. Cecile McLorin Salvant MELUSINE
88. The Sextones LOVE CAN’T BE BORROWED
89. Snakehips NEVER WORRY
90. Caroline Palochek DESIRE, I WANT TO TURN INTO YOU

91. Adam Deitch TAKE YOUR TIME
92. Starling Arrow CRADLE
93. Noname SUNDIAL
94. The Bones of J.R. Jones SLOW LIGHTNING
95. The Arcs ELECTROPHONIC CHRONIC
96. Droeloe THE ART OF CHANGE
97. Baby Rose THROUGH AND THROUGH
98. Fakear TALISMAN
99. Everything But the Girl FUSE
100. Laura Misch SAMPLE THE SKY