FLOOD's Best Albums of 2023

From rap to pop to R&B to punk, this year was defined by a lack of homogeneity.

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# 1

the record by boygenius

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

# 2

Lucky for You by Bully

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock

# 3

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 4

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 5

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 6

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 7

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

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

# 8

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE by Christine and the Queens

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop

# 9

Blondshell by Blondshell

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 10

This Is Why by Paramore

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival

# 11

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

# 12

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 13

All of This Will End by Indigo De Souza

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 14

softscars by yeule

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock

# 15

The Window by Ratboys

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 16

The Lamb as Effigy by Sprain

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

# 17

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 18

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 19

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 20

Let’s Start Here. by Lil Yachty

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Rock

# 21

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

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

# 22

Anarchist Gospel by Sunny War

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Americana

# 23

RAT WARS by HEALTH

Album • Dec 07 / 2023 Electro-Industrial Industrial Metal

# 24

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop

# 25

Again by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Progressive Electronic