Beats Per Minute's Top 50 Albums of 2023

Published: December 12, 2023 05:01 Source

# 1

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 2

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 3

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic

# 4

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 5

Heaven Is a Junkyard by Youth Lagoon

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 6

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 7

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 8

the record by boygenius

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 9

Dogsbody by Model/Actriz

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Noise Rock Dance-Punk Industrial Rock

# 10

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 11

I've Got Me by Joanna Sternberg

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 12

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 13

This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock

# 14

We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer + billy woods + E L U C I D

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 15

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 16

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Punk

# 17

Isn’t It Now? by Animal Collective

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 18

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 19

Madres by Sofia Kourtesis

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Deep House Latin House

# 20

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 21

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 22

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 23

The Whaler by Home Is Where

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Midwest Emo Post-Hardcore

# 24

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 25

i've seen a way by Mandy, Indiana

Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial

# 26

New Blue Sun by André 3000

Album • Nov 17 / 2023 New Age Ambient

# 27

Time Ain't Accidental by Jess Williamson

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 28

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 29

After the Magic by Parannoul

Album • Jan 28 / 2023 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 30

Lahai by Sampha

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Alternative R&B

# 31

The Rainbow Wheel of Death by Dougie Poole

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Progressive Country Alt-Country

# 32

ÁTTA by Sigur Rós

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Ambient Chamber Music Modern Classical

# 33

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 34

Doomscroll by Naked Lungs

Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Noise Rock

# 35

Love in Exile by Arooj Aftab + Vijay Iyer + Shahzad Ismaily

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Ghazal Chamber Jazz

# 36

Erotic Probiotic 2 by Nourished by Time

Album • Mar 21 / 2023

# 37

Generational Curse by ICECOLDBISHOP

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Hardcore Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap

# 38

Let’s Start Here. by Lil Yachty

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Rock

# 39

softscars by yeule

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock

# 40

Messages To God by Sarah Mary Chadwick

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter

# 41

Vidrio by Titanic + I la Católica + Mabe Fratti

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Post-Minimalism

# 42

Hellmode by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Indie Rock Power Pop Pop Punk

# 43

No Joy by Spanish Love Songs

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock Heartland Rock

# 44

Blómi by Susanne Sundfør

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 45

The Land, The Water, The Sky by Black Belt Eagle Scout

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 46

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by Jaimie Branch

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 47

Devil Music by Portrayal of Guilt

Album • Apr 20 / 2023 Black Metal Chamber Music Avant-Garde Metal

# 48

in|FLUX by Anna B Savage

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 49

Formal Growth in the Desert by Protomartyr

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 50

VOIR DIRE by Earl Sweatshirt + The Alchemist

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Drumless West Coast Hip Hop