Fopp's Best Albums of 2023

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Published: November 13, 2023 13:47 Source

# 1

The Love Invention by Alison Goldfrapp

Album • May 12 / 2023 Dance-Pop House Electropop

# 2

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 3

The Last Rotation of Earth by BC Camplight

Album • May 12 / 2023 Progressive Pop Art Pop

# 4

Hadsel by Beirut

Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Chamber Pop

# 5

Late Developers by Belle and Sebastian

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 6

Chronicles of a Diamond by Black Pumas

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Psychedelic Soul

# 7

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop

# 8

the record by boygenius

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

# 9

Haunted Mountain by Buck Meek

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 10

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 11

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE by Christine and the Queens

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop

# 12

Stereo Mind Game by Daughter

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Dream Pop Indie Rock

# 13

Memento mori by Depeche Mode

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Synthpop

# 14

Pearlies by Emma Anderson

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 15

Fuse by Everything But the Girl

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Alternative R&B Downtempo UK Bass

# 16

Multitudes by Feist

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 17

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 18

But Here We Are by Foo Fighters

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 19

Angels & Queens - Part II by Gabriels

Album • Mar 01 / 2023

# 20

Turn The Car Around by Gaz Coombes

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia Pop Rock

# 21

Medicine by Goat

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Psychedelic Rock

# 22

Cracker Island by Gorillaz

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Synthpop Electropop

# 23

Chaos For The Fly by Grian Chatten

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 24

Water Made Us by Jamila Woods

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

# 25

Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana

# 26

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 27

Love Hallucination by Jessy Lanza

Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Alternative R&B Synthpop

# 28

Space Heavy by King Krule

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Slowcore

# 29

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 30

False Lankum by Lankum

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

# 31

All of This Is Chance by Lisa O'Neill

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Contemporary Folk

# 32

Gentle Confrontation by Loraine James

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 IDM UK Bass

# 33

Rock N Roll Heart by Lucinda Williams

Single • Jun 30 / 2023

# 34

Fantasy by M83

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica

# 35

72 Seasons by Metallica

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Heavy Metal

# 36

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 37

Strange Disciple by Nation of Language

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Synthpop

# 38

Council Skies by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Post-Britpop

# 39

Dying of Everything by Obituary

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Death Metal

# 40

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

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

# 41

Optical Delusion by Orbital

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Techno

# 42

Bauhaus Staircase by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Single • Aug 22 / 2023

# 43

Good Lies by Overmono

Album • May 12 / 2023 UK Bass 2-Step

# 44

Seven Psalms by Paul Simon

Album • May 19 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 45

Land of Sleeper by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych

# 46

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 47

End of World by Public Image Ltd.

Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Post-Punk

# 48

This New Noise (Live) by Public Service Broadcasting + BBC Symphony Orchestra + Jules Buckley

Album • Sep 08 / 2023

# 49

In Times New Roman... by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hard Rock

# 50

My 21st Century Blues by RAYE

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