As we enjoy the countless year-end best-of festivities, let’s not forget the wonderful album artwork that 2023 has brought us. Below is a list of 100 of the best covers I saw all year, not ranked by quality but following a vague progression of color and shape. As always, this is by no means an exhaustive list, as many iconic artworks were left on the cutting room floor, but I think it all adds up to my favorite collage yet! Have fun, and here’s to another year of great album covers! — neekafat

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The Albums:
Young Fathers // Heavy Heavy

Madeline Kenney // A New Reality Mind

Gretta Ray // Positive Spin

Ulrika Spacek // Compact Trauma

The Hirs Collective // We’re Still Here

Allison Russell // The Returner

Jeff Rosenstock // HELLMODE

Beta Librae // DAYSTAR

Covet // catharsis

Indigo De Souza // All of This Will End

Ayesha // Rhythm is Memory

George Clanton // Ooh Rap I Ya

Altin Gün // Aşk

Beth Bombara // It All Goes Up

Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean // Obsession Destruction

Blood Incantation // Luminescent Bridge

Hail the Sun // Divine Inner Tension

Caroline Rose // The Art of Forgetting

DJ Shadow // Action Adventure

Offset // Set It Off

The Dirty Nil // Free Rein to Passions

Kari Faux // REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE!

Fatboi Sharif & Bigg Jus // Insomniac Missile Launcher

Young Nudy // Gumbo

Jaimie Branch // Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))

Godcaster // Godcaster

Reason // Porches

Wednesday // Rat Saw God

Bell Witch // Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate

Currents // The Death We Seek

Sulphur Aeon // Seven Crowns and Seven Seals

Ulthar // Anthronomicon

Galactic Twin // Juvenilia

Chlöe // In Pieces

Beastwars // Tyranny Of Distance

Invent Animate // Heavener

Enter Shikari // A Kiss for the Whole World

Silent Planet // Superbloom

Kvelertak // Endling

Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire & Madlib // I’m Alive

Clark – Sus Dog

Distant – Heritage

Chepang – Swatta

Gazelle Twin – Black Dog

Algiers – Shook

M.A.G.S. – Destroyer

Caged – From Roving About the Earth

Ragana – Desolation’s Flower

Kaneko Ayano – Towelket Ha Odayakana

Kelela – Raven

Entropia // Total

Punter // Punter

G Jones // PATHS

Circuit Circuit // Body Songs

Fever Ray // Radical Romantics

Yeule // softscars

Maisie Peters // The Good Witch

Grian Chatten // Chaos for the Fly

Birdy // Portraits

draag me // lord of the shithouse

Clearbody // Bend Into a Blur

Karen y Los Remedios // Silencio

death’s dynamic shroud // After Angel

…and Oceans // As in Gardens, So in Tombs

Marnie Stern // The Comeback Kid

Cowgirl Clue // rodeo star

East Of The Wall // A Neutral Second

Tomb Mold // The Enduring Spirit

Janelle Monáe // The Age of Pleasure

Eartheater // Powders

Slowspin // TALISMAN

Night Verses // Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1

SPELLLING // SPELLLING & the Mystery School

Esoctrilihum // Funeral

Jessy Lanza // Love Hallucination

kumo 99 // Headplate

LoveJoy // Wake Up & It’s Over

Free Throw // Lessons That We Swear to Keep

Courtney Barnett // End of the Day (music from the film Anonymous Club)

Marina Herlop // Nekkuja

Kara Jackson // Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?

There Will Be Fireworks // Summer Moon

Emile // Spirit

Claustrum // Claustrum

Creeper // Sanguivore

Johnny Booth // Moments Elsewhere

Caroline Polachek // Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

Glüme // Main Character

Dying Fetus // Make Them Beg for Death

Unknown Mortal Orchestra // V

Glitchcraft // COMPUTER VIOLENCE

Alex Lahey // The Answer Is Always Yes

Troye Sivan // Something To Give Each Other

Jessie Ware // That! Feels Good!

Avenged Sevenfold // Life Is But a Dream…

Hitech // DÉTWAT

JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown // scaring the hoes

salami rose joe louis // Akousmatikous

Matisa // Tongue

Soft Kill // Metta World Peace