Loud and Quiet's Albums of the Year 2023

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

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 False Lankum Lankum Mar-24-2023, Irish Folk Music
#2 SCARING THE HOES JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown Mar-24-2023, Experimental Hip Hop
#3 in|FLUX Anna B Savage Feb-17-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#4 Vidrio Titanic, I la Católica, Mabe Fratti Oct-20-2023, Post-Minimalism
#5 Heavy Heavy Young Fathers Feb-03-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#6 Yew Rosie Carr Sep-09-2023,
#7 Formal Growth in the Desert Protomartyr Jun-02-2023, Post-Punk
#8 Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Yves Tumor Mar-17-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#9 Look Over the Wall, See the Sky John Francis Flynn Nov-10-2023, Progressive Folk
#10 Trip9love...??? Tirzah Sep-05-2023, Alternative R&B
#11 Girl with Fish feeble little horse Jun-09-2023, Slacker Rock
#12 Maps Billy Woods, Kenny Segal May-05-2023, Abstract Hip Hop
#13 I've Got Me Joanna Sternberg Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#14 Land of Sleeper Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Feb-17-2023, Stoner Metal
#15 Black Classical Music Yussef Dayes Sep-08-2023, Jazz Fusion
#16 Nails Benefits Apr-21-2023, Poetry
#17 The Greater Wings Julie Byrne Jul-07-2023, Chamber Folk
#18 Everyone's Crushed Water From Your Eyes May-26-2023, Experimental Rock
#19 O Monolith Squid Jun-09-2023, Experimental Rock
#20 MID AIR Paris Texas Jul-21-2023, Rap Rock
#21 i've seen a way Mandy, Indiana May-19-2023, Post-Industrial
#22 the record boygenius Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#23 What's Bad Enough? Comfort May-05-2023,
#24 Perfect Picture Hannah Diamond Aug-17-2023, Electropop
#25 Systemic Divide And Dissolve Jun-30-2023, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
#26 Reflections Vol. 1: Let the Moon Be a Planet Steve Gunn, David Moore Mar-31-2023, Contemporary Folk
#27 Less deathcrash Mar-17-2023, Slowcore
#28 Tracey Denim bar italia May-19-2023, Slacker Rock
#29 Standers Craven Faults May-12-2023, Progressive Electronic
#30 A New Tomorrow Zulu Mar-03-2023, Metalcore
#31 My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross ANOHNI Jul-06-2023, Soul
#32 End of Everything Mega Bog May-19-2023, New Wave
#33 The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Mitski Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#34 Could Have Done Anything Charlotte Cornfield May-12-2023, Alt-Country
#35 UK GRIM Sleaford Mods Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk
#36 I Get Into Trouble Maple Glider Oct-13-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#38 I Killed Your Dog L’Rain Oct-13-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#39 Erotic Probiotic 2 Nourished by Time Mar-21-2023,
#40 Good Living Is Coming For You Sweeping Promises Jun-30-2023, Post-Punk
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | False Lankum | Lankum | Album, Mar-24-2023, Irish Folk Music |
| #2 | SCARING THE HOES | JPEGMAFIADanny Brown | Album, Mar-24-2023, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #3 | in|FLUX | Anna B Savage | Album, Feb-17-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Vidrio | TitanicI la CatólicaMabe Fratti | Album, Oct-20-2023, Post-Minimalism |
| #5 | Heavy Heavy | Young Fathers | Album, Feb-03-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #6 | Yew | Rosie Carr | Album, Sep-09-2023,  |
| #7 | Formal Growth in the Desert | Protomartyr | Album, Jun-02-2023, Post-Punk |
| #8 | Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | Yves Tumor | Album, Mar-17-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #9 | Look Over the Wall, See the Sky | John Francis Flynn | Album, Nov-10-2023, Progressive Folk |
| #10 | Trip9love...??? | Tirzah | Album, Sep-05-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #11 | Girl with Fish | feeble little horse | Album, Jun-09-2023, Slacker Rock |
| #12 | Maps | Billy WoodsKenny Segal | Album, May-05-2023, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #13 | I've Got Me | Joanna Sternberg | Album, Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #14 | Land of Sleeper | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | Album, Feb-17-2023, Stoner Metal |
| #15 | Black Classical Music | Yussef Dayes | Album, Sep-08-2023, Jazz Fusion |
| #16 | Nails | Benefits | Album, Apr-21-2023, Poetry |
| #17 | The Greater Wings | Julie Byrne | Album, Jul-07-2023, Chamber Folk |
| #18 | Everyone's Crushed | Water From Your Eyes | Album, May-26-2023, Experimental Rock |
| #19 | O Monolith | Squid | Album, Jun-09-2023, Experimental Rock |
| #20 | MID AIR | Paris Texas | Album, Jul-21-2023, Rap Rock |
| #21 | i've seen a way | Mandy, Indiana | Album, May-19-2023, Post-Industrial |
| #22 | the record | boygenius | Album, Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #23 | What's Bad Enough? | Comfort | Album, May-05-2023,  |
| #24 | Perfect Picture | Hannah Diamond | Album, Aug-17-2023, Electropop |
| #25 | Systemic | Divide And Dissolve | Album, Jun-30-2023, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #26 | Reflections Vol. 1: Let the Moon Be a Planet | Steve GunnDavid Moore | Album, Mar-31-2023, Contemporary Folk |
| #27 | Less | deathcrash | Album, Mar-17-2023, Slowcore |
| #28 | Tracey Denim | bar italia | Album, May-19-2023, Slacker Rock |
| #29 | Standers | Craven Faults | Album, May-12-2023, Progressive Electronic |
| #30 | A New Tomorrow | Zulu | Album, Mar-03-2023, Metalcore |
| #31 | My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross | ANOHNI | Album, Jul-06-2023, Soul |
| #32 | End of Everything | Mega Bog | Album, May-19-2023, New Wave |
| #33 | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We | Mitski | Album, Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #34 | Could Have Done Anything | Charlotte Cornfield | Album, May-12-2023, Alt-Country |
| #35 | UK GRIM | Sleaford Mods | Album, Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk |
| #36 | I Get Into Trouble | Maple Glider | Album, Oct-13-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #38 | I Killed Your Dog | L’Rain | Album, Oct-13-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #39 | Erotic Probiotic 2 | Nourished by Time | Album, Mar-21-2023,  |
| #40 | Good Living Is Coming For You | Sweeping Promises | Album, Jun-30-2023, Post-Punk |