Clash's Albums of the Year 2023

And so, another year. For many, 2023 won’t be something they’ll look back on with much fondness – the increasingly unhinged UK government, the appalling

Published: December 13, 2023 15:53 Source

# 1

Lahai by Sampha

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Alternative R&B

# 2

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 3

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 4

Fountain Baby by Amaarae

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 5

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 6

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 7

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

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

# 8

Gentle Confrontation by Loraine James

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 IDM UK Bass

# 9

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

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

# 10

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 11

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

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

# 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

VOIR DIRE by Earl Sweatshirt + The Alchemist

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

# 14

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 15

Atlas by Laurel Halo

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Ambient

# 16

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 17

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Famous Last Words by CASISDEAD

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 UK Hip Hop

# 19

Heaven by Cleo Sol

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul

# 20

the record by boygenius

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

# 21

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 22

Space Heavy by King Krule

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Slowcore

# 23

Voice Notes by Yazmin Lacey

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Neo-Soul

# 24

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

# 25

Madres by Sofia Kourtesis

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Deep House Latin House

# 26

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 27

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

# 28

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 29

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE by Christine and the Queens

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop

# 30

Love Hallucination by Jessy Lanza

Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Alternative R&B Synthpop

# 31

Girl In The Half Pearl by Liv.e

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia

# 32

LXXXVIII by Actress

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 IDM Outsider House

# 33

False Lankum by Lankum

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk

# 34

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 35

Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Jazz Fusion

# 36

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 37

Good Lies by Overmono

Album • May 12 / 2023 UK Bass 2-Step

# 38

Scarlet by Doja Cat

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop

# 39

Ways of Knowing by Navy Blue

Album • Mar 23 / 2023 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 40

Crazymad, For Me by CMAT

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 41

Tracey Denim by bar italia

Album • May 19 / 2023 Slacker Rock

# 42

Something To Give Each Other by Troye Sivan

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 43

Powders by Eartheater

Album • Sep 20 / 2023 Art Pop Electronic

# 44

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop

# 45

Sundial by Noname

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

# 46

When Will We Land? by Barry Can't Swim

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Deep House

# 47

JAGUAR II by Victoria Monét

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Contemporary R&B

# 48

Mid Air by Romy

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Deep House Dance-Pop Alt-Pop

# 49

With a Hammer by Yaeji

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop

# 50

Strange Disciple by Nation of Language

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Synthpop