BBC Radio 6 Music's Albums of the Year 2023

23 of the best albums of 2023, as picked by BBC Radio 6 Music presenters.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 The Last Rotation of Earth BC Camplight May-12-2023, Progressive Pop
#2 Nails Benefits Apr-21-2023, Poetry
#3 the record boygenius Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#4 Angels & Queens - Part II Gabriels Mar-01-2023,
#5 Appaloosa Bones Gregory Alan Isakov Aug-18-2023, Indie Folk
#6 Chaos For The Fly Grian Chatten Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#7 Protect Your Light Irreversible Entanglements Sep-08-2023, Avant-Garde Jazz
#8 Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities James Holden Mar-31-2023, Progressive Electronic
#9 I've Got Me Joanna Sternberg Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#10 All of This Is Chance Lisa O'Neill Feb-10-2023, Irish Folk Music
#11 Slugs of Love Little Dragon Jul-07-2023, Indietronica
#12 Gentle Confrontation Loraine James Sep-22-2023, IDM
#13 The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Mitski Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#14 Silver Say She She Sep-29-2023, Funk
#15 UK GRIM Sleaford Mods Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk
#16 Javelin Sufjan Stevens Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk
#17 Good Living Is Coming For You Sweeping Promises Jun-30-2023, Post-Punk
#18 Rare Birds: Hour of Song The Bug Club Oct-20-2023,
#19 Sea Of Mirrors The Coral Sep-08-2023, Psychedelic Folk
#20 In The End It Always Does The Japanese House Jun-30-2023, Alt-Pop
#21 Ladders The Loving Paupers Sep-15-2023, Rocksteady
#22 Bunny Willie J Healey Aug-25-2023, Indie Rock
#23 Black Classical Music Yussef Dayes Sep-08-2023, Jazz Fusion
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Last Rotation of Earth | BC Camplight | Album, May-12-2023, Progressive Pop |
| #2 | Nails | Benefits | Album, Apr-21-2023, Poetry |
| #3 | the record | boygenius | Album, Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Angels & Queens - Part II | Gabriels | Album, Mar-01-2023,  |
| #5 | Appaloosa Bones | Gregory Alan Isakov | Album, Aug-18-2023, Indie Folk |
| #6 | Chaos For The Fly | Grian Chatten | Album, Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Protect Your Light | Irreversible Entanglements | Album, Sep-08-2023, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #8 | Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities | James Holden | Album, Mar-31-2023, Progressive Electronic |
| #9 | I've Got Me | Joanna Sternberg | Album, Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #10 | All of This Is Chance | Lisa O'Neill | Album, Feb-10-2023, Irish Folk Music |
| #11 | Slugs of Love | Little Dragon | Album, Jul-07-2023, Indietronica |
| #12 | Gentle Confrontation | Loraine James | Album, Sep-22-2023, IDM |
| #13 | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We | Mitski | Album, Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #14 | Silver | Say She She | Album, Sep-29-2023, Funk |
| #15 | UK GRIM | Sleaford Mods | Album, Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk |
| #16 | Javelin | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk |
| #17 | Good Living Is Coming For You | Sweeping Promises | Album, Jun-30-2023, Post-Punk |
| #18 | Rare Birds: Hour of Song | The Bug Club | Album, Oct-20-2023,  |
| #19 | Sea Of Mirrors | The Coral | Album, Sep-08-2023, Psychedelic Folk |
| #20 | In The End It Always Does | The Japanese House | Album, Jun-30-2023, Alt-Pop |
| #21 | Ladders | The Loving Paupers | Album, Sep-15-2023, Rocksteady |
| #22 | Bunny | Willie J Healey | Album, Aug-25-2023, Indie Rock |
| #23 | Black Classical Music | Yussef Dayes | Album, Sep-08-2023, Jazz Fusion |