Fopp's Best Albums of 2023

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Published: November 13, 2023 13:47 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 The Love Invention Alison Goldfrapp May-12-2023, Dance-Pop
#2 My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross ANOHNI Jul-06-2023, Soul
#3 The Last Rotation of Earth BC Camplight May-12-2023, Progressive Pop
#4 Hadsel Beirut Nov-10-2023, Chamber Pop
#5 Late Developers Belle and Sebastian Jan-13-2023, Indie Pop
#6 Chronicles of a Diamond Black Pumas Oct-27-2023, Psychedelic Soul
#7 The Ballad Of Darren Blur Jul-21-2023, Art Rock
#8 the record boygenius Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#9 Haunted Mountain Buck Meek Aug-25-2023, Alt-Country
#10 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek Feb-14-2023, Art Pop
#11 PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE Christine and the Queens Jun-09-2023, Art Pop
#12 Stereo Mind Game Daughter Apr-07-2023, Dream Pop
#13 Memento mori Depeche Mode Mar-24-2023, Synthpop
#14 Pearlies Emma Anderson Oct-20-2023, Dream Pop
#15 Fuse Everything But the Girl Apr-21-2023, Alternative R&B
#16 Multitudes Feist Apr-14-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#17 Radical Romantics Fever Ray Mar-10-2023, Art Pop
#18 But Here We Are Foo Fighters Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock
#19 Angels & Queens - Part II Gabriels Mar-01-2023,
#20 Turn The Car Around Gaz Coombes Jan-13-2023, Indie Rock
#21 Medicine Goat Oct-13-2023, Psychedelic Rock
#22 Cracker Island Gorillaz Feb-24-2023, Synthpop
#23 Chaos For The Fly Grian Chatten Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#24 Water Made Us Jamila Woods Oct-13-2023, Neo-Soul
#25 Weathervanes Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Jun-09-2023, Alt-Country
#26 That! Feels Good! Jessie Ware Apr-28-2023, Disco
#27 Love Hallucination Jessy Lanza Jul-28-2023, Alternative R&B
#28 Space Heavy King Krule Jun-09-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#29 Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey Mar-24-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#30 False Lankum Lankum Mar-24-2023, Irish Folk Music
#31 All of This Is Chance Lisa O'Neill Feb-10-2023, Irish Folk Music
#32 Gentle Confrontation Loraine James Sep-22-2023, IDM
#33 Rock N Roll Heart Lucinda Williams Jun-30-2023,
#34 Fantasy M83 Mar-17-2023, Dream Pop
#35 72 Seasons Metallica Apr-14-2023, Heavy Metal
#36 The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Mitski Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#37 Strange Disciple Nation of Language Sep-15-2023, Synthpop
#38 Council Skies Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Jun-02-2023, Post-Britpop
#39 Dying of Everything Obituary Jan-13-2023, Death Metal
#40 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo Sep-08-2023, Pop Rock
#41 Optical Delusion Orbital Feb-17-2023, Techno
#42 Bauhaus Staircase Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Aug-22-2023,
#43 Good Lies Overmono May-12-2023, UK Bass
#44 Seven Psalms Paul Simon May-19-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#45 Land of Sleeper Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Feb-17-2023, Stoner Metal
#46 I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey Jul-07-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#47 End of World Public Image Ltd. Aug-11-2023, Post-Punk
#48 This New Noise (Live) Public Service Broadcasting, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jules Buckley Sep-08-2023,
#49 In Times New Roman... Queens of the Stone Age Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock
#50 My 21st Century Blues RAYE Feb-03-2023, Contemporary R&B
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Love Invention | Alison Goldfrapp | Album, May-12-2023, Dance-Pop |
| #2 | My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross | ANOHNI | Album, Jul-06-2023, Soul |
| #3 | The Last Rotation of Earth | BC Camplight | Album, May-12-2023, Progressive Pop |
| #4 | Hadsel | Beirut | Album, Nov-10-2023, Chamber Pop |
| #5 | Late Developers | Belle and Sebastian | Album, Jan-13-2023, Indie Pop |
| #6 | Chronicles of a Diamond | Black Pumas | Album, Oct-27-2023, Psychedelic Soul |
| #7 | The Ballad Of Darren | Blur | Album, Jul-21-2023, Art Rock |
| #8 | the record | boygenius | Album, Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #9 | Haunted Mountain | Buck Meek | Album, Aug-25-2023, Alt-Country |
| #10 | Desire, I Want To Turn Into You | Caroline Polachek | Album, Feb-14-2023, Art Pop |
| #11 | PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE | Christine and the Queens | Album, Jun-09-2023, Art Pop |
| #12 | Stereo Mind Game | Daughter | Album, Apr-07-2023, Dream Pop |
| #13 | Memento mori | Depeche Mode | Album, Mar-24-2023, Synthpop |
| #14 | Pearlies | Emma Anderson | Album, Oct-20-2023, Dream Pop |
| #15 | Fuse | Everything But the Girl | Album, Apr-21-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #16 | Multitudes | Feist | Album, Apr-14-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #17 | Radical Romantics | Fever Ray | Album, Mar-10-2023, Art Pop |
| #18 | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Album, Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #19 | Angels & Queens - Part II | Gabriels | Album, Mar-01-2023,  |
| #20 | Turn The Car Around | Gaz Coombes | Album, Jan-13-2023, Indie Rock |
| #21 | Medicine | Goat | Album, Oct-13-2023, Psychedelic Rock |
| #22 | Cracker Island | Gorillaz | Album, Feb-24-2023, Synthpop |
| #23 | Chaos For The Fly | Grian Chatten | Album, Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #24 | Water Made Us | Jamila Woods | Album, Oct-13-2023, Neo-Soul |
| #25 | Weathervanes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, Jun-09-2023, Alt-Country |
| #26 | That! Feels Good! | Jessie Ware | Album, Apr-28-2023, Disco |
| #27 | Love Hallucination | Jessy Lanza | Album, Jul-28-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #28 | Space Heavy | King Krule | Album, Jun-09-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #29 | Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd | Lana Del Rey | Album, Mar-24-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #30 | False Lankum | Lankum | Album, Mar-24-2023, Irish Folk Music |
| #31 | All of This Is Chance | Lisa O'Neill | Album, Feb-10-2023, Irish Folk Music |
| #32 | Gentle Confrontation | Loraine James | Album, Sep-22-2023, IDM |
| #33 | Rock N Roll Heart | Lucinda Williams | Single, Jun-30-2023,  |
| #34 | Fantasy | M83 | Album, Mar-17-2023, Dream Pop |
| #35 | 72 Seasons | Metallica | Album, Apr-14-2023, Heavy Metal |
| #36 | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We | Mitski | Album, Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #37 | Strange Disciple | Nation of Language | Album, Sep-15-2023, Synthpop |
| #38 | Council Skies | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Album, Jun-02-2023, Post-Britpop |
| #39 | Dying of Everything | Obituary | Album, Jan-13-2023, Death Metal |
| #40 | GUTS | Olivia Rodrigo | Album, Sep-08-2023, Pop Rock |
| #41 | Optical Delusion | Orbital | Album, Feb-17-2023, Techno |
| #42 | Bauhaus Staircase | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Single, Aug-22-2023,  |
| #43 | Good Lies | Overmono | Album, May-12-2023, UK Bass |
| #44 | Seven Psalms | Paul Simon | Album, May-19-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #45 | Land of Sleeper | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | Album, Feb-17-2023, Stoner Metal |
| #46 | I Inside the Old Year Dying | PJ Harvey | Album, Jul-07-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #47 | End of World | Public Image Ltd. | Album, Aug-11-2023, Post-Punk |
| #48 | This New Noise (Live) | Public Service BroadcastingBBC Symphony OrchestraJules Buckley | Album, Sep-08-2023,  |
| #49 | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | Album, Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #50 | My 21st Century Blues | RAYE | Album, Feb-03-2023, Contemporary R&B |