Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2023

These 50 works of art helped us escape, make sense of the world, and kept us thankful for those who make it.

Published: December 12, 2023 18:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek Feb-14-2023, Art Pop
#2 HOO HA! Bad//Dreems May-19-2023,
#3 Brain Worms RVG Jun-02-2023, Indie Rock
#4 NO THANK YOU Little Simz Dec-12-2022, Conscious Hip Hop
#5 I Am the River, the River Is Me Jen Cloher Mar-03-2023, Indie Rock
#6 STRUGGLER Genesis Owusu Aug-18-2023, Post-Punk Revival
#7 the record boygenius Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#8 Lahai Sampha Oct-20-2023, Alternative R&B
#9 Light, Dark, Light Again Angie McMahon Oct-27-2023, Indie Rock
#10 Good Lies Overmono May-12-2023, UK Bass
#11 Sundial Noname Aug-11-2023, Jazz Rap
#12 My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross ANOHNI Jul-06-2023, Soul
#13 SOULACOASTA II Close Counters Feb-15-2023, House
#14 Eye on the Bat Palehound Jul-14-2023, Indie Rock
#15 That! Feels Good! Jessie Ware Apr-28-2023, Disco
#16 Brighter Side of Blue Babitha Jan-20-2023,
#17 V Unknown Mortal Orchestra Mar-17-2023, Psychedelic Pop
#18 Dan Sultan Dan Sultan Aug-18-2023,
#19 Mid Air Romy Sep-08-2023, Deep House
#20 Where I'm Meant To Be Ezra Collective Nov-04-2022, Jazz Fusion
#21 Strays Margo Price Jan-13-2023, Contemporary Country
#22 For That Beautiful Feeling The Chemical Brothers Sep-08-2023, Progressive House
#23 The Music That I Make Leah Senior Aug-18-2023, Contemporary Folk
#24 SAMSON: THE ALBUM CHIKA Jul-28-2023, Southern Hip Hop
#25 Australia Stops C.O.F.F.I.N Sep-15-2023, Punk Rock
#26 Careful of Your Keepers This Is the Kit Jun-09-2023, Indie Folk
#27 Under Utopia Skeleten Jul-28-2023, Indie Pop
#28 Javelin Sufjan Stevens Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk
#29 DRUMMER G Flip Aug-11-2023, Pop Rock
#30 My Big Day Bombay Bicycle Club Oct-20-2023, Indie Pop
#31 Angels & Queens - Part II Gabriels Mar-01-2023,
#32 Rat Saw God Wednesday Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock
#33 The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Mitski Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#34 When Will We Land? Barry Can't Swim Oct-20-2023, Deep House
#35 Hertz Carla Geneve Oct-27-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#36 Magic 3 Nas Sep-14-2023, East Coast Hip Hop
#37 The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons The Hives Aug-11-2023, Garage Rock Revival
#38 Songs To Come Home To Ta-ku Aug-25-2023, Alternative R&B
#39 Bastard Jargon Nakhane Mar-31-2023, Dance-Pop
#40 Council Skies Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Jun-02-2023, Post-Britpop
#41 Madres Sofia Kourtesis Oct-27-2023, Deep House
#42 Holding Pattern Hannah Cameron Sep-22-2023,
#43 Weathervanes Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Jun-09-2023, Alt-Country
#44 ORO, PLATA, MATA Mo’Ju Mar-24-2023,
#45 everything is alive Slowdive Sep-01-2023, Dream Pop
#46 The Cup of Pestilence Frenzal Rhomb Apr-07-2023, Skate Punk
#47 MICHAEL Killer Mike Jun-16-2023, Southern Hip Hop
#48 Calm Ya Farm The Murlocs May-19-2023, Blues Rock
#49 The Age of Pleasure Janelle Monáe Jun-09-2023, Contemporary R&B
#50 But Here We Are Foo Fighters Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Desire, I Want To Turn Into You | Caroline Polachek | Album, Feb-14-2023, Art Pop |
| #2 | HOO HA! | Bad//Dreems | Album, May-19-2023,  |
| #3 | Brain Worms | RVG | Album, Jun-02-2023, Indie Rock |
| #4 | NO THANK YOU | Little Simz | Album, Dec-12-2022, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #5 | I Am the River, the River Is Me | Jen Cloher | Album, Mar-03-2023, Indie Rock |
| #6 | STRUGGLER | Genesis Owusu | Album, Aug-18-2023, Post-Punk Revival |
| #7 | the record | boygenius | Album, Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | Lahai | Sampha | Album, Oct-20-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #9 | Light, Dark, Light Again | Angie McMahon | Album, Oct-27-2023, Indie Rock |
| #10 | Good Lies | Overmono | Album, May-12-2023, UK Bass |
| #11 | Sundial | Noname | Album, Aug-11-2023, Jazz Rap |
| #12 | My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross | ANOHNI | Album, Jul-06-2023, Soul |
| #13 | SOULACOASTA II | Close Counters | Album, Feb-15-2023, House |
| #14 | Eye on the Bat | Palehound | Album, Jul-14-2023, Indie Rock |
| #15 | That! Feels Good! | Jessie Ware | Album, Apr-28-2023, Disco |
| #16 | Brighter Side of Blue | Babitha | Album, Jan-20-2023,  |
| #17 | V | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Album, Mar-17-2023, Psychedelic Pop |
| #18 | Dan Sultan | Dan Sultan | Album, Aug-18-2023,  |
| #19 | Mid Air | Romy | Album, Sep-08-2023, Deep House |
| #20 | Where I'm Meant To Be | Ezra Collective | Album, Nov-04-2022, Jazz Fusion |
| #21 | Strays | Margo Price | Album, Jan-13-2023, Contemporary Country |
| #22 | For That Beautiful Feeling | The Chemical Brothers | Album, Sep-08-2023, Progressive House |
| #23 | The Music That I Make | Leah Senior | Album, Aug-18-2023, Contemporary Folk |
| #24 | SAMSON: THE ALBUM | CHIKA | Album, Jul-28-2023, Southern Hip Hop |
| #25 | Australia Stops | C.O.F.F.I.N | Album, Sep-15-2023, Punk Rock |
| #26 | Careful of Your Keepers | This Is the Kit | Album, Jun-09-2023, Indie Folk |
| #27 | Under Utopia | Skeleten | Album, Jul-28-2023, Indie Pop |
| #28 | Javelin | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk |
| #29 | DRUMMER | G Flip | Album, Aug-11-2023, Pop Rock |
| #30 | My Big Day | Bombay Bicycle Club | Album, Oct-20-2023, Indie Pop |
| #31 | Angels & Queens - Part II | Gabriels | Album, Mar-01-2023,  |
| #32 | Rat Saw God | Wednesday | Album, Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock |
| #33 | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We | Mitski | Album, Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #34 | When Will We Land? | Barry Can't Swim | Album, Oct-20-2023, Deep House |
| #35 | Hertz | Carla Geneve | Album, Oct-27-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #36 | Magic 3 | Nas | Album, Sep-14-2023, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #37 | The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons | The Hives | Album, Aug-11-2023, Garage Rock Revival |
| #38 | Songs To Come Home To | Ta-ku | Album, Aug-25-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #39 | Bastard Jargon | Nakhane | Album, Mar-31-2023, Dance-Pop |
| #40 | Council Skies | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Album, Jun-02-2023, Post-Britpop |
| #41 | Madres | Sofia Kourtesis | Album, Oct-27-2023, Deep House |
| #42 | Holding Pattern | Hannah Cameron | Album, Sep-22-2023,  |
| #43 | Weathervanes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, Jun-09-2023, Alt-Country |
| #44 | ORO, PLATA, MATA | Mo’Ju | Album, Mar-24-2023,  |
| #45 | everything is alive | Slowdive | Album, Sep-01-2023, Dream Pop |
| #46 | The Cup of Pestilence | Frenzal Rhomb | Album, Apr-07-2023, Skate Punk |
| #47 | MICHAEL | Killer Mike | Album, Jun-16-2023, Southern Hip Hop |
| #48 | Calm Ya Farm | The Murlocs | Album, May-19-2023, Blues Rock |
| #49 | The Age of Pleasure | Janelle Monáe | Album, Jun-09-2023, Contemporary R&B |
| #50 | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Album, Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock |