AllMusic's Best Albums of 2023

AllMusic has assembled our Best of 2023. Browse through and check out what music our editors have been listening to this year.

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# 54

False Lankum by Lankum

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk

# 55

Radio Red by Laura Groves

Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Synthpop

# 56

Girl In The Half Pearl by Liv.e

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia

# 57

Thomas Adès: Dante by Los Angeles Master Chorale + Gustavo Dudamel + Los Angeles Philharmonic

Album • Apr 21 / 2023

# 58

Colours of Air by Loscil + Lawrence English

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Ambient

# 59

The Comeback Kid by Marnie Stern

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Math Pop Noise Pop

# 60

Goodbye, Hotel Arkada by Mary Lattimore

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Ambient New Age Neoclassical New Age Modern Classical

# 61

Ahora by Melenas

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Synthpop

# 62

The Omnichord Real Book by Meshell Ndegeocello

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Neo-Soul Jazz Fusion

# 63

Burning Desire by MIKE

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 64

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 65

Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! And The Possibilities Of Modern Shopping by Mozart Estate

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 66

Strange Disciple by Nation of Language

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Synthpop

# 67

Celebrants by Nickel Creek

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Progressive Bluegrass Indie Folk

# 68

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock

# 69

This Is Why by Paramore

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival

# 70

Coast 2 Coast by Pearl & The Oysters

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Psychedelic Pop Space Age Pop

# 71

i/o by Peter Gabriel

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Art Pop Art Rock

# 72

Heaven knows by PinkPantheress

Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Electronic Dance Music

# 73

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 75

In Times New Roman... by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hard Rock

# 76

In Between Thoughts... A New World by Rodrigo y Gabriela

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Flamenco nuevo

# 77

Lahai by Sampha

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Alternative R&B

# 78

Les Égarés by Ballaké Sissoko + Vincent Segal + Emile Parisien + Vincent Peirani

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Chamber Jazz

# 79

Flight of the Long Distance Healer by Skyway Man

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Folk Rock

# 80

UK GRIM by Sleaford Mods

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk UK Hip Hop

# 81

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 82

Madres by Sofia Kourtesis

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Deep House Latin House

# 83

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 84

Blómi by Susanne Sundfør

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 85

I Am Not There Anymore by The Clientele

Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Chamber Pop Indie Pop Art Pop

# 86

Sea Of Mirrors by The Coral

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Psychedelic Folk Indie Folk Baroque Pop

# 87

Get up Sequences Part Two by The Go! Team

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Pop

# 88

God Games by The Kills

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Garage Rock Revival Alternative Rock

# 89

Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion by The Norwegian Soloists' Choir + Grete Pedersen + Ensemble Allegria

Album • Mar 03 / 2023

# 90

Suk - Dvořák by Trio Karénine

Album • Apr 10 / 2023

# 91

A Cat in the Rain by Turnpike Troubadours

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Red Dirt Country Rock

# 92

Rustin In The Rain by Tyler Childers

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Country

# 93

Afternoon X by Vanishing Twin

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica Ambient Pop

# 94

JAGUAR II by Victoria Monét

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Contemporary R&B

# 95

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 96

With a Hammer by Yaeji

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop

# 97

This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock

# 98

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 99

Live from The Cliburn - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes by Franz Liszt + Yunchan Lim

Album • Jul 07 / 2023

# 100

Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Jazz Fusion