Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023

This was the year of the long-awaited payoff. After long stretches of toil and creative refinement, 2023 saw the dam break for a handful of...

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# 1
Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic
# 2
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 3
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk
# 4
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Death Metal Progressive Metal
# 5
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 6
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock
# 7
Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 8
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 9
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop
# 10
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Electro-Industrial
# 11
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock
# 12
Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop
# 13
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic
# 14
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Shoegaze Neo-Psychedelia
# 15
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 16
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 17
& the Charm by Avalon Emerson
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indietronica Downtempo Indie Pop
# 18
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock
# 19
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk
# 20
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Drumless West Coast Hip Hop
# 21
Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Jazz Pop Neo-Soul Sophisti-Pop
# 23
Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Noise Rock Dance-Punk Industrial Rock
# 24
Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Post-Punk Synthpop
# 25
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Deep House Latin House
# 26
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 IDM UK Bass
# 27
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 28
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival
# 29
Album • Aug 18 / 2023
# 30
PANIC by TOBi
Album • Oct 12 / 2023 Neo-Soul Jazz Rap
# 31
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 32
Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Midwest Emo Post-Hardcore
# 33
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Ambient
# 34
Album • May 19 / 2023 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop
# 35
Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Pop Soul Synthpop
# 36
Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Indie Rock Power Pop Pop Punk
# 37
Album • Aug 25 / 2023
# 38
Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Rock
# 39
Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Blackgaze
# 40
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop
# 41
Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Drone Metal Post-Metal Noise Rock
# 42
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore
# 43
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B
# 44
Album • May 12 / 2023 Post-Minimalism
# 45
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Queercore Powerviolence
# 46
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Deep House Dance-Pop
# 47
Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Indie Rock Art Punk
# 48
Album • Dec 07 / 2023 Electro-Industrial Industrial Metal
# 49
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 50
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Synthpop