Every December, after we've published Stereogum's best-of-the-year lists, we turn our attention to what's coming out over next 12 months. When it comes to great music we are nothing if not greedy.
In compiling the 101 Most Anticipated Albums list, we start with already announced releases, then factor in hints shared by artists on social media and in interviews along with credible online rumors. We leave out anything based solely on wild speculation, so sorry once again Frank Ocean fans. Also, we are not prepared to call Rihanna a liar:
Twenty of the LPs from last year's countdown ended up placing among Stereogum's 50 Best Albums Of 2022, so we were definitely right to anticipate those. At the same time, you'll find some releases below that have appeared on our list year after year without ever materializing. Call it naïvety — or masochism — but this time we like our chances.
As for how we arrived at the rankings, we considered each artist's previous release and, when possible, listened to advanced singles from or a full promo copy of their upcoming album. Our survey will inevitably offer an incomplete picture of music of 2023. Think of how many surprise albums are coming our way, for example. Or how many King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard albums we had to leave out so the band wouldn't monopolize the list.
Keep scrolling after #1 for a few hundred other upcoming releases and, as always, let us know what you're psyched about in the comments.
101. Gorillaz - Cracker Island (2/24, Warner)
100. The Tubs - Dead Meat (1/27, Trouble In Mind)
99. Wild Nothing
98. Iggy Pop - Every Loser (1/6, Atlantic/Gold Tooth)
97. Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel (2/3, New West)
96. Pile - All Fiction (2/17, Exploding In Sound)
95. Chris Farren
94. Civic - Taken By Force (2/10, Cooking Vinyl/ATO)
93. KAYTRANADA
92. John Cale - MERCY (1/20, Double Six/Domino)
91. New Pagans - Making Circles Of Our Own (2/17, Big Scary Monsters)
90. Janelle Monáe
89. Geese
88. Hotline TNT
87. Superdrag
What if we made our best LP in 2023?
— Superdrag (@superdrag_sound) November 17, 2022
86. Queens Of The Stone Age
85. Fucked Up - One Day (1/27, Merge)
84. 100 Gecs - 10000 gecs (3/17, Dog Show/Atlantic)
83. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori (March, Columbia/Mute)
82. Shura
81. Youth Lagoon
new Youth Lagoon album coming
— Youth Lagoon (@trevorpowersss) November 10, 2022
80. MSPAINT
79. Paul Simon
78. Incendiary
77. Travis Scott - Utopia
76. Oozing Wound - We Cater To Cowards (1/27, Thrill Jockey)
75. Stay Inside
74. Andy Shauf - Norm (2/10, Anti-)
73. Neon Indian
72. Autre Ne Veut
71. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy (2/3, Ninja Tune)
70. awakebutstillinbed
69. Mariah The Scientist
68. Obituary - Dying Of Everything (1/13, Relapse)
67. Glass Beach
66. The Folk Implosion
65. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride (1/27, Roadrunner)
64. Code Orange
63. Drop Nineteens - Hard Light
Thought you might be curious to see the first shot of us together in 30ish years. We’re looking forward to seeing YOU in 2023…
— Drop Nineteens Official (@drop_nineteens) December 9, 2022
Photo: Larissa Doronina pic.twitter.com/iruDE0SHtk
62. Frail Body
61. Shame - Food For Worms (2/24, Dead Oceans)
60. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
59. Nation Of Language
58. A$AP Rocky - Don't Be Dumb
The origin of A$AP Rocky's next album title, DON'T BE DUMB.#asaprocky pic.twitter.com/0QJCn5P36J
— DON'T BE DUMB (@Agbobabi) December 17, 2022
57. Baroness
56. Westerman
55. Home Is Where
54. Porno For Pyros
53. Margo Price - Strays (1/13, Loma Vista)
52. Halsey
51. Ride
50. Squid
49. Boldy James
48. Rid Of Me
47. Grimes - Book 1
46. Bully
45. Jay-Z
44. M83
43. PinkPantheress
42. Charles Bissell
41. Bartees Strange
It’s been really cool seeing these mentions. Farm to table is cool. The next one is a motherfucker though. https://t.co/13AhaIHuyb
— STRANGE (@Bartees_Strange) December 16, 2022
40. MGMT
39. Tems
38. Cardi B
37. 200 Stab Wounds
36. U.S. Girls
35. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (2/14, Sony Music/The Orchard/Perpetual Novice)
34. Portrayal Of Guilt
33. Jenny Lewis
32. Yaeji
31. One Step Closer
30. Death Grips
29. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World (2/10, Matador)
28. Thundercat
27. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (3/10, Polydor/Interscope)
26. Kelela - RAVEN (2/10, Warp)
25. The Cure
24. Yves Tumor
23. Romy
22. Everything But The Girl
Just thought you’d like to know that we have made a new Everything But The Girl album. It’ll be out next spring. Love, Ben and Tracey ?@ben_watt@tracey_thorn
— EverythingButTheGirl (@ebtg) November 2, 2022
21. Dua Lipa
20. Paramore - This Is Why (2/10, Atlantic)
19. Jesus Piece
18. PJ Harvey
17. Militarie Gun
16. Michael Stipe
15. The National
14. Fugitive
13. Jessie Ware
12. Ice Spice
11. Charly Bliss
10. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics (3/10, Mute)
9. Wet Leg
8. Olivia Rodrigo
7. Peter Gabriel - i/o
6. Oneohtrix Point Never
5. Beyoncé
beyoncé shared a special message ahead of #RENAISSANCE and confirmed that it's the first of three acts ? pic.twitter.com/PLRiZL5AD1
— Genius (@Genius) July 28, 2022
4. Wednesday
3. Sky Ferreira - Masochism
2. My Bloody Valentine
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