BrooklynVegan's 40 Favorite Albums of 2023 So Far

From billy woods to boygenius Fever Ray to Feist to Jessie Ware to Jason Isbell to Lana Del Rey to Liturgy, here are our 40 favorite albums of 2023 so far...

Published: July 06, 2023 17:33 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Fountain Baby Amaarae Jun-09-2023, Afrobeats
#2 in|FLUX Anna B Savage Feb-17-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#3 Tracey Denim bar italia May-19-2023, Slacker Rock
#4 Maps Billy Woods, Kenny Segal May-05-2023, Abstract Hip Hop
#5 Blondshell Blondshell Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock
#6 the record boygenius Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#7 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek Feb-14-2023, Art Pop
#8 Living Proof DRAIN May-05-2023, Crossover Thrash
#9 Fuse Everything But the Girl Apr-21-2023, Alternative R&B
#10 Multitudes Feist Apr-14-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#11 Radical Romantics Fever Ray Mar-10-2023, Art Pop
#12 Higher Lonely Power Fireworks Jan-01-2023, Alternative Rock
#13 Glacial Domination Frozen Soul May-19-2023, Death Metal
#14 Only Constant GEL Mar-31-2023, Hardcore Punk
#15 The Whaler Home Is Where Jun-16-2023, Midwest Emo
#16 Why Would I Watch Hot Mulligan May-12-2023, Pop Punk
#17 Like..? Ice Spice Jan-20-2023, Sample Drill
#18 Generational Curse ICECOLDBISHOP Mar-24-2023, Hardcore Hip Hop
#19 Cerebral Circus Initiate Apr-14-2023, Hardcore Punk
#20 After the Magic Parannoul Jan-28-2023, Shoegaze
#21 The Age of Pleasure Janelle Monáe Jun-09-2023, Contemporary R&B
#22 Weathervanes Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Jun-09-2023, Alt-Country
#23 That! Feels Good! Jessie Ware Apr-28-2023, Disco
#24 I've Got Me Joanna Sternberg Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#25 SCARING THE HOES JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown Mar-24-2023, Experimental Hip Hop
#26 Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? Kara Jackson Apr-14-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#27 Raven Kelela Feb-10-2023, Alternative R&B
#28 Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey Mar-24-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#29 93696 Liturgy Mar-24-2023, Avant-Garde Metal
#30 Oh Me Oh My Lonnie Holley Mar-10-2023, Soul
#31 i've seen a way Mandy, Indiana May-19-2023, Post-Industrial
#32 Life Under The Gun Militarie Gun Jun-23-2023, Alternative Rock
#33 Dogsbody Model/Actriz Feb-24-2023, Noise Rock
#34 Post-American MSPAINT Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk
#35 GÉNESIS Peso Pluma Jun-22-2023, Corrido tumbado
#36 Psychic Dance Routine Scowl Apr-07-2023, Alternative Rock
#37 Infinite Spring Superviolet Apr-21-2023, Indie Rock
#38 Rat Saw God Wednesday Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock
#39 Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Yves Tumor Mar-17-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#40 A New Tomorrow Zulu Mar-03-2023, Metalcore
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fountain Baby | Amaarae | Album, Jun-09-2023, Afrobeats |
| #2 | in|FLUX | Anna B Savage | Album, Feb-17-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | Tracey Denim | bar italia | Album, May-19-2023, Slacker Rock |
| #4 | Maps | Billy WoodsKenny Segal | Album, May-05-2023, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #5 | Blondshell | Blondshell | Album, Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock |
| #6 | the record | boygenius | Album, Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Desire, I Want To Turn Into You | Caroline Polachek | Album, Feb-14-2023, Art Pop |
| #8 | Living Proof | DRAIN | Album, May-05-2023, Crossover Thrash |
| #9 | Fuse | Everything But the Girl | Album, Apr-21-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #10 | Multitudes | Feist | Album, Apr-14-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Radical Romantics | Fever Ray | Album, Mar-10-2023, Art Pop |
| #12 | Higher Lonely Power | Fireworks | Album, Jan-01-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #13 | Glacial Domination | Frozen Soul | Album, May-19-2023, Death Metal |
| #14 | Only Constant | GEL | Album, Mar-31-2023, Hardcore Punk |
| #15 | The Whaler | Home Is Where | Album, Jun-16-2023, Midwest Emo |
| #16 | Why Would I Watch | Hot Mulligan | Album, May-12-2023, Pop Punk |
| #17 | Like..? | Ice Spice | EP, Jan-20-2023, Sample Drill |
| #18 | Generational Curse | ICECOLDBISHOP | Album, Mar-24-2023, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #19 | Cerebral Circus | Initiate | Album, Apr-14-2023, Hardcore Punk |
| #20 | After the Magic | Parannoul | Album, Jan-28-2023, Shoegaze |
| #21 | The Age of Pleasure | Janelle Monáe | Album, Jun-09-2023, Contemporary R&B |
| #22 | Weathervanes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, Jun-09-2023, Alt-Country |
| #23 | That! Feels Good! | Jessie Ware | Album, Apr-28-2023, Disco |
| #24 | I've Got Me | Joanna Sternberg | Album, Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #25 | SCARING THE HOES | JPEGMAFIADanny Brown | Album, Mar-24-2023, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #26 | Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? | Kara Jackson | Album, Apr-14-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #27 | Raven | Kelela | Album, Feb-10-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #28 | Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd | Lana Del Rey | Album, Mar-24-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #29 | 93696 | Liturgy | Album, Mar-24-2023, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #30 | Oh Me Oh My | Lonnie Holley | Album, Mar-10-2023, Soul |
| #31 | i've seen a way | Mandy, Indiana | Album, May-19-2023, Post-Industrial |
| #32 | Life Under The Gun | Militarie Gun | Album, Jun-23-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #33 | Dogsbody | Model/Actriz | Album, Feb-24-2023, Noise Rock |
| #34 | Post-American | MSPAINT | Album, Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk |
| #35 | GÉNESIS | Peso Pluma | Album, Jun-22-2023, Corrido tumbado |
| #36 | Psychic Dance Routine | Scowl | EP, Apr-07-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #37 | Infinite Spring | Superviolet | Album, Apr-21-2023, Indie Rock |
| #38 | Rat Saw God | Wednesday | Album, Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock |
| #39 | Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | Yves Tumor | Album, Mar-17-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #40 | A New Tomorrow | Zulu | Album, Mar-03-2023, Metalcore |