BrooklynVegan's Top 55 Albums of 2023

From billy woods to boygenius, Home Is Where to Horrendous, Fever Ray to Fireworks, here are our favorite albums of 2023.

Published: December 18, 2023 14:17 Source

# 1

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 2

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

# 3

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 4

The Whaler by Home Is Where

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Midwest Emo Post-Hardcore

# 5

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 6

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 7

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 8

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 9

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 10

the record by boygenius

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

# 11

Higher Lonely Power by Fireworks

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 12

Ontological Mysterium by Horrendous

Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Progressive Metal Death Metal Technical Thrash Metal

# 13

Sundial by Noname

Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 14

Life Under The Gun by Militarie Gun

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

# 15

Quaranta by Danny Brown

Album • Nov 17 / 2023 Conscious Hip Hop

# 16

Chaos Takes the Wheel and I Am a Passenger by awakebutstillinbed

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Midwest Emo Post-Hardcore

# 17

Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana

# 18

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 19

Post-American by MSPAINT

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk

# 20

Prestige by Girl Ray

Album • Aug 04 / 2023 Indie Pop Disco

# 21

Like..? (Deluxe) by Ice Spice

Album • Jul 21 / 2023

# 22

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 23

The Enduring Spirit by Tomb Mold

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 24

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

# 25

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

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

# 26

Calling the Dogs by Citizen

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival Power Pop

# 27

Multitudes by Feist

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 28

Desolations Flower by Ragana

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Atmospheric Black Metal

# 29

Dogsbody by Model/Actriz

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

# 30

Blondshell by Blondshell

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 31

Through the Window by Prewn

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Pop Slowcore

# 32

93696 by Liturgy

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal

# 33

The Window by Ratboys

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 34

I've Got Me by Joanna Sternberg

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 35

Fountain Baby by Amaarae

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 36

i've seen a way by Mandy, Indiana

Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial

# 37

Generational Curse by ICECOLDBISHOP

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

# 38

Boys Of Faith by Zach Bryan

EP • Sep 22 / 2023 Red Dirt Country Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 39

14k Figaro by Wiki + Tony Seltzer

Album • Nov 10 / 2023 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 40

Why Would I Watch by Hot Mulligan

Album • May 12 / 2023 Pop Punk Emo-Pop

# 41

The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 42

Hood Hottest Princess by Sexyy Red

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Trap

# 43

Playing Robots Into Heaven by James Blake

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Future Garage

# 44

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? by Kara Jackson

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk

# 45

With a Hammer by Yaeji

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop

# 46

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 47

Psychic Dance Routine by Scowl

EP • Apr 07 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hardcore Punk

# 48

Good Living Is Coming For You by Sweeping Promises

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 49

Cerebral Circus by Initiate

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Hardcore Punk

# 50

Saturnian Bloodstorm by Lamp of Murmuur

Album • Mar 26 / 2023 Black Metal