Best albums of 2023

This is a list of the best albums of 2023 according to the site’s editors.
Date: December 31, December 2023

01

Caroline Polachek
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

02

Susanne Sundfør
blómi

03

100 gecs
10,000 gecs

04

Róisín Murphy
Hit Parade

05

Lana Del Rey
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

06

Mitski
The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We

07

Christine and the Queens
PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE

08

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily
Love In Exile

09

JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
SCARING THE HOES

10

boygenius
the record

11

Kelela
Raven

12

Foo Fighters
But Here We Are

13

The Rolling Stones
Hackney Diamonds

14

Olivia Rodrigo
GUTS

15

Young Fathers
Heavy Heavy

16

underscores
Wallsocket

17

Paramore
This Is Why

18

Romy
Mid Air

19

jaimie branch
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))

20

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Council Skies

21

Nation of Language
Strange Disciple

22

Peter Gabriel
i/o

23

Water From Your Eyes
Everyone’s Crushed

24

Bully
Lucky for You

25

Margo Price
Strays

26

Blur
The Ballad of Darren

27

Corinne Bailey Rae
Black Rainbows

28

Kylie Minogue
Tension

29

Yaeji
With A Hammer

30

Jessie Ware
That! Feels Good!

31

Indigo De Souza
All of This Will End

32

PJ Harvey
I Inside the Old Year Dying

33

Jeff Rosenstock
HELLMODE

34

The Clientele
I Am Not There Anymore

35

Queens of the Stone Age
In Times New Roman…

36

Yves Tumor
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)

37

Lil Yachty
Let’s Start Here.

38

Noname
Sundial

39

Kali Uchis
Red Moon In Venus

40

Julie Byrne
The Greater Wings

41

Sweeping Promises
Good Living Is Coming for You

42

billy woods & Kenny Segal
Maps

43

Miss Grit
Follow the Cyborg

44

ANOHNI and the Johnsons
My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

45

Janelle Monáe
The Age of Pleasure

46

Troye Sivan
Something To Give Each Other

47

Blondshell
Blondshell

48

Wednesday
Rat Saw God

49

Victoria Monét
JAGUAR II

50

Amaarae
Fountain Baby

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