NME's Best Albums of 2023

NME present our 50 albums of 2023 that encapsulated the full human experience and are worth treasuring and holding tightly.

Published: December 08, 2023 09:00 Source

# 1

the record by boygenius

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

# 2

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

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

# 3

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 4

Something To Give Each Other by Troye Sivan

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 5

This Is Why by Paramore

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival

# 6

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 7

Madres by Sofia Kourtesis

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Deep House Latin House

# 8

Fountain Baby by Amaarae

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 9

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 10

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop

# 11

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 12

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

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hard Rock

# 13

Mid Air by Romy

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Deep House Dance-Pop Alt-Pop

# 14

10,000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop

# 15

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 16

But Here We Are by Foo Fighters

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 17

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

# 18

STRUGGLER by Genesis Owusu

Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival Dance-Punk

# 19

Life Under The Gun by Militarie Gun

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

# 20

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 21

Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token

Album • May 19 / 2023 Alternative Metal Alt-Pop

# 22

Blondshell by Blondshell

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 23

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 24

With a Hammer by Yaeji

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop

# 25

Gentle Confrontation by Loraine James

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 IDM UK Bass

# 26

VOIR DIRE by Earl Sweatshirt + The Alchemist

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Drumless West Coast Hip Hop

# 27

MICHAEL by Killer Mike

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 28

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 29

Heaven knows by PinkPantheress

Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Electronic Dance Music

# 30

UNFORGIVEN by LE SSERAFIM

Album • May 01 / 2023 K-Pop Dance-Pop

# 31

Kaytraminé by KAYTRAMINÉ + Aminé + KAYTRANADA

Album • May 19 / 2023 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop

# 32

Laugh Track by The National

Album • Sep 18 / 2023 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 33

Bewitched by Laufey

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Traditional Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 34

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 35

World's End FM by Hak Baker

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 36

Black Rainbows by Corinne Bailey Rae

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Art Pop Art Rock

# 37

MID AIR by Paris Texas

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Rap Rock Experimental Hip Hop

# 38

D-DAY by Agust D

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Pop Rap Trap

# 39

Paint My Bedroom Black by Holly Humberstone

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Alt-Pop

# 40

Playing Robots Into Heaven by James Blake

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Future Garage

# 41

Nails by Benefits

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Poetry Noise Rock Post-Punk

# 42

3D Country by Geese

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Indie Rock Art Punk

# 43

Hackney Diamonds by The Rolling Stones

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Pop Rock Blues Rock

# 44

Crazymad, For Me by CMAT

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 45

Messy by Olivia Dean

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Pop Soul

# 46

Mañana será bonito by KAROL G

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Reggaetón Latin Pop

# 47

I've IVE by IVE

Album • Apr 10 / 2023 K-Pop Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 48

Spunky! by Grrrl Gang

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 49

Memento mori by Depeche Mode

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Synthpop

# 50

Let’s Start Here. by Lil Yachty

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Rock