Loud and Quiet's Albums of the Year 2023

Our top 40 Albums of the year, voted for by our contributors

Source

# 1
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk
# 2
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 3
Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 4
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Post-Minimalism
# 5
Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop
# 6
Album • Sep 09 / 2023
# 7
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 9
Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Progressive Folk Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk
# 10
Album • Sep 05 / 2023 Alternative R&B Trap
# 11
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Slacker Rock Noise Pop
# 12
Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 13
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 14
Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych
# 15
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Jazz Fusion
# 16
Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Poetry Noise Rock Post-Punk
# 17
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 18
Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop
# 19
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Punk
# 20
Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Rap Rock Experimental Hip Hop
# 21
Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial
# 22
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock
# 23
Album • May 05 / 2023
# 24
Album • Aug 17 / 2023 Electropop Bubblegum Bass
# 25
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Drone Metal
# 26
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Contemporary Folk
# 27
Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Slowcore
# 28
Album • May 19 / 2023 Slacker Rock
# 29
Album • May 12 / 2023 Progressive Electronic
# 30
Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Metalcore Powerviolence
# 31
Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 32
Album • May 19 / 2023 New Wave Synthpop Art Pop
# 33
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 34
Album • May 12 / 2023 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter
# 35
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk UK Hip Hop
# 36
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 38
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia
# 39
Album • Mar 21 / 2023
# 40
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk