Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2023

The albums that captured the many moods of 2023, starring Troye Sivan, Klein, Kara Jackson, Lankum, Laurel Halo and more. Our top 50 albums of the year.

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# 1

homeless n*gga pop music by Jim Legxacy

Album • Apr 26 / 2023 Alternative R&B UK Hip Hop Emo Rap Pop Rap

# 2

Bendik Giske by Bendik Giske

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Post-Minimalism Ambient

# 3

93696 by Liturgy

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

# 4

a.s.o. by a.s.o

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Trip Hop Ethereal Wave

# 5

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 6

Àlááfíà by Honour

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Ambient Epic Collage

# 7

Breeze by Vayda

Album • Mar 13 / 2023 Cloud Rap Trap

# 8

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 10

Nekkuja by Marina Herlop

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Avant-Folk Art Pop Electronic Folktronica

# 11

Fountain Baby by Amaarae

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 12

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 13

False Lankum by Lankum

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

# 14

GOOD LUCK by DEBBY FRIDAY

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Electro-Industrial

# 15

Atlas by Laurel Halo

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Ambient

# 16

Maritz by Jonnine

Album • Feb 16 / 2023 Ambient Pop

# 17

Let’s Start Here. by Lil Yachty

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Rock

# 18

i've seen a way by Mandy, Indiana

Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial

# 19

& the Charm by Avalon Emerson

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indietronica Downtempo Indie Pop

# 20

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare by Holy Tongue

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Dub

# 21

A New Tomorrow by Zulu

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Metalcore Powerviolence

# 22

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 23

Signs by Purelink

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Ambient Dub Ambient

# 24

Sundial by Noname

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

# 25

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 26

BUNYI BUNYI TUMBAL by HULUBALANG

Album • Jun 26 / 2023 Post-Industrial

# 27

EXCELSIOR by Slauson Malone 1

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 28

Further Out Than The Edge by Speakers Corner Quartet

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Electronic

# 29

Techxodus by Speaker Music

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 IDM

# 30

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

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

# 31

Source of Denial by Nihiloxica

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Industrial Techno East African Music

# 32

Just A Matter Of Time by AntsLive

Album • Jan 12 / 2023 UK Hip Hop Trap

# 33

The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth by Headache + Vegyn

Album • May 31 / 2023 Spoken Word

# 34

绿帽 Green Hat by Tzusing

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Industrial Techno

# 35

Mondo Tempo by Freak Heat Waves

Album • Jul 12 / 2023 Downtempo Hypnagogic Pop

# 36

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 37

Tikiman Vol. 1 by Paul St. Hilaire

Album • Mar 30 / 2023 Dub Dub Techno

# 38

Work Of Art by Asake

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Afropiano

# 39

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 40

Blondshell by Blondshell

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 41

Viral Wreckage by AUNTY RAYZOR

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Afrobeats Hip Hop

# 42

WOW by Kate NV

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Digital Fusion Utopian Virtual Progressive Electronic

# 43

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 44

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 45

Natural Wonder Beauty Concept by Natural Wonder Beauty Concept

Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Ambient Pop Electronic

# 46

touched by an angel by Klein

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Ambient Sound Collage

# 47

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

# 48

the record by boygenius

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

# 49

Inti Watana - El Retorno del Sol by Luzmila Carpio

Album • Sep 21 / 2023 Andean New Age Art Pop

# 50

Something To Give Each Other by Troye Sivan

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