Alternative Press's 50 Best Albums of 2023

Here are 50 of the best albums of 2023. From hardcore to alt-rock records and more, these are Alternative Press' favorite albums of the year.

Published: December 12, 2023 17:00 Source

# 1
Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop
# 2
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Alternative Rock Power Pop
# 3
Album • May 26 / 2023 Bedroom Pop Alt-Pop
# 4
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Progressive Metal Avant-Garde Metal
# 5
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Alternative Metal Trance Metal
# 6
Halo by Bakar
Album • Sep 22 / 2023
# 7
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Pop Punk Alternative Rock
# 8
Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock
# 9
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 10
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock
# 11
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock
# 12
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Contemporary R&B
# 13
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Synthpop Dance-Pop Alt-Pop
# 14
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival Power Pop
# 15
Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Alternative Metal
# 16
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Alt-Pop Indie Pop
# 17
Album • May 05 / 2023 Crossover Thrash Metalcore
# 18
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Pop Rock Alternative Rock
# 19
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Slacker Rock Noise Pop
# 20
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 21
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Hardcore Punk
# 22
Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival Dance-Punk
# 23
Album • May 05 / 2023 Rap Rock
# 24
Album • Dec 07 / 2023 Electro-Industrial Industrial Metal
# 25
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Soft Rock
# 26
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Metalcore
# 27
Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 28
Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Pop Punk Emo-Pop
# 29
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia
# 30
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 31
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Pop Punk
# 32
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore
# 33
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk
# 34
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative Rock Alternative Metal
# 35
Album • Mar 05 / 2023 Post-Punk Alternative Rock
# 36
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock
# 37
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival
# 38
Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Rap Rock Experimental Hip Hop
# 39
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 40
Zig by Poppy
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Alt-Pop Post-Industrial Electronic
# 41
EP • Apr 07 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hardcore Punk
# 42
Album • May 19 / 2023 Alternative Metal Alt-Pop
# 43
Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Garage Rock Revival Post-Punk Revival Punk Rock
# 44
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock
# 45
Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop
# 46
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Power Pop
# 47
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock
# 48
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Alternative R&B
# 50
Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Metalcore Powerviolence