Consequence's Top 50 Albums of 2023

Consequence's Annual Report kicks off with our 50 best albums of 2023 list. See our ranking of the top new releases of the last year.

Published: December 04, 2023 14:00 Source

# 1

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

# 2

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 3

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 4

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

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

# 5

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 6

Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana

# 7

Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? by McKinley Dixon

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 8

Zach Bryan by Zach Bryan

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country Red Dirt

# 9

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 10

Härvest by Poison Ruïn

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Deathrock

# 11

The Window by Ratboys

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 12

MID AIR by Paris Texas

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Rap Rock Experimental Hip Hop

# 13

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 14

After the Magic by Parannoul

Album • Jan 28 / 2023 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 15

Proof Of Life by Joy Oladokun

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 16

softscars by yeule

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock

# 17

Water Made Us by Jamila Woods

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 18

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 19

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 20

72 Seasons by Metallica

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Heavy Metal

# 21

Sundial by Noname

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

# 22

My 21st Century Blues by RAYE

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Pop Rap UK Hip Hop

# 23

Girl with Fish by feeble little horse

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Slacker Rock Noise Pop

# 24

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 25

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 26

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

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

# 27

D-DAY by Agust D

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Pop Rap Trap

# 28

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

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

# 29

All of This Will End by Indigo De Souza

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 30

VOIR DIRE by Earl Sweatshirt + The Alchemist

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

# 31

The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 32

Blondshell by Blondshell

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 33

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 34

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Ghazal Chamber Jazz

# 35

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 36

MICHAEL by Killer Mike

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 37

STRUGGLER by Genesis Owusu

Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival Dance-Punk

# 38

Cartwheel by Hotline TNT

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Shoegaze Slacker Rock Power Pop

# 39

But Here We Are by Foo Fighters

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 40

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 41

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 42

Echo The Diamond by Margaret Glaspy

Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 43

The Lamb as Effigy by Sprain

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Post-Rock Experimental Rock Noise Rock

# 44

the record by boygenius

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

# 45

Work Of Art by Asake

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Afropiano

# 46

Something To Give Each Other by Troye Sivan

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

# 47

New Blue Sun by André 3000

Album • Nov 17 / 2023 New Age Ambient

# 48

Stone by Baroness

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Stoner Metal Progressive Metal

# 49

Careful! by Deeper

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 50

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock