Best of 2023: Listener Poll Results

Best of 2023

FUV listeners, you voted in droves, we tabulated the results. Below are your choices for the top songs and albums of the year, plus the artists and bands that were your discoveries. And you can also check out FUV's Staff Picks of 2023 too.

Top 90 Songs

1 boygenius "Cool About It"
2 boygenius "Not Strong Enough"
3 The Beatles "Now and Then"
4 Big Thief "Vampire Empire"
5 Stephen Sanchez "Evangeline"
6 The National and Taylor Swift "The Alcott"
7 Depeche Mode "Ghosts Again"
8 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "When We Were Close"
9 Black Pumas "More Than A Love Song"
10 Hozier "Francesca"
11 Zach Bryan with Kacey Musgraves "I Remember Everything"
12 Jenny Lewis "Psychos"
13 The National "Tropic Morning News"
14 Blur "The Narcissist"
15 Wilco "Evicted"
16 Bleachers "Modern Girl"
17 Laufey "From the Start"
18 The Last Dinner Party "Nothing Matters"
19 Peter Gabriel "Road to Joy"
20 The National "Crumble"
21 Mitski "My Love Mine All Mine"
22 Thee Sacred Souls "Running Away"
23 Josh Ritter "For Your Soul"
24 Lana Del Rey "Say Yes to Heaven"
25 Beck and Phoenix "Odyssey"
26 Margo Price "Radio"
27 The Revivalists "Good Old Days"
28 The Rolling Stones "Angry"
29 Caroline Polachek "Welcome to My Island"
30 Tyler Childers "In Your Love"
31 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Death Wish"
32 Lucinda Williams "New York Comeback"
33 The National "Eucalyptus"
34 Raye "Worth It"
35 Rhiannon Giddens "Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad"
36 The Gaslight Anthem "History Books"
37 Blur "Barbaric"
38 Brittany Howard "What Now"
39 Hozier "Eat Your Young"
40 Paramore "Running Out of Time"
41 Grace Potter "Good Time"
42 Foo Fighters "Under You"
43 Samia "Honey"
44 Shakey Graves "Ready Or Not"
45 Beck "Thinking About You"
46 Elle King "Jersey Giant"
47 Allison Russell "The Returner"
48 Margaret Glaspy "Act Natural"
49 Chris Stapleton "White Horse"
50 Mitski "Bug Like An Angel"
51 Stephen Sanchez "Be More"
52 U2 "Atomic City"
53 boygenius "$20"
54 Rhiannon Giddens "You're the One"
55 boygenius "Emily I'm Sorry"
56 Thundercat and Tame Impala "No More Lies"
57 The National "New Order T-Shirt"
58 Manchester Orchestra "The Way"
59 beabadoobee feat Clairo "Glue Song"
60 Allison Russell "Stay Right Here"
61 Ben Folds "Exhausting Lover"
62 Brandy Clark and Brandi Carlile "Dear Insecurity"
63 Fontaines D.C. "'Cello Song"
64 Natalie Merchant "Come On Aphrodite"
65 Low Cut Connie "Are You Gonna Run?"
66 Daisy Jones & The Six "Let Me Down Easy"
67 The New Pornographers "Really Really Light"
68 Abraham Alexander "Tears Run Dry"
69 Bully "Lose You"
70 Deer Tick "Forgiving Ties"
71 Janelle Monáe "Float"
72 The Gaslight Anthem "Positive Charge"
73 Devon Gilfillian "All I Really Wanna Do"
74 Say She She "Astral Plane"
75 beabadoobee "The Way Things Go"
76 Bully "Days Move Slow"
77 Foo Fighters "Rescued"
78 Indigo De Souza "Younger and Dumber"
79 Jenny Lewis "Cherry Baby"
80 The Killers "Your Side of Town"
81 Rodrigo y Gabriela "Descending To Nowhere"
82 Natalie Merchant "Tower Of Babel"
83 The Last Dinner Party "Sinner"
84 beabadoobee & Laufey "A Night to Remember"
85 The Revivalists "Kid"
86 Jon Batiste "Calling Your Name"
87 White Reaper "Pages"
88 Arlo Parks "Weightless"
89 Cold War Kids "Run Away With Me"
90 Belle and Sebastian "I Don't Know What You See In Me"

 

Top 50 Albums

1 boygenius, The Record
2 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Weathervanes
3 The National, First Two Pages Of Frankenstein
4 Lana Del Rey, Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
5 The Rolling Stones, Hackney Diamonds
6 Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We
7 Depeche Mode, Memento Mori
8 Jenny Lewis, Joy'All
9 Wilco, Cousin
10 Black Pumas, Chronicles Of A Diamond
11 Stephen Sanchez, Angel Face
12 Lucinda Williams, Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart
13 Peter Gabriel, I/O
14 The National, Laugh Track
15 Blur, The Ballad of Darren
16 Foo Fighters, But Here We Are
17 Hozier, Unreal Unearth
18 Rhiannon Giddens, You're The One
19 Gorillaz, Cracker Island
20 Margo Price, Strays
21 Paramore, This Is Why
22 Chris Stapleton, Higher
23 The Revivalists, Pour It Out Into The Night
24 Janelle Monáe, The Age of Pleasure
25 Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan
26 The Gaslight Anthem, History Books
27 Jon Batiste, World Music Radio
28 Allison Russell, The Returner
29 Arlo Parks, My Soft Machine
30 Ben Folds, What Matters Most
31 Say She She, Silver
32 Sufjan Stevens, Javelin
33 Hozier, Eat Your Young EP
34 Low Cut Connie, Art Dealers
35 Natalie Merchant, Keep Your Courage
36 Belle and Sebastian, Late Developers
37 Grace Potter, Mother Road
38 Tyler Childers, Rustin' in the Rain
39 Josh Ritter, Spectral Lines
40 Laufey, Bewitched
41 The Hold Steady, The Price of Progress
42 Bully, Lucky For You
43 PJ Harvey, I Inside the Old Year Dying
44 Rodrigo y Gabriela, In Between Thoughts...A New World
45 Iron & Wine, Who Can See Forever
46 Manchester Orchestra, The Valley of Vision
47 Cold War Kids, Cold War Kids
48 Devon Gilfillian, Love You Anyway
49 Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
50 Margaret Glaspy, Echo the Diamond

 

Artist Discoveries

1 Laufey
2 The Last Dinner Party
3 Thee Sacred Souls
4 Joe P
5 Raye

 

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