Paste's 50 Best Albums of 2023

Featuring gems from Ratboys, boygenius, Olivia Rodrigo, Mitski and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, here are Paste's 50 best albums of 2023.

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# 1
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock
# 2
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk
# 3
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 4
Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic
# 5
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 6
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 7
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia
# 8
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 9
Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 10
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Deep House Latin House
# 11
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock
# 12
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk
# 13
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Avant-Garde Jazz
# 14
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 15
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock
# 16
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic
# 17
Album • Mar 21 / 2023
# 18
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock
# 19
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 20
Album • May 05 / 2023 Soft Rock Pop Rock
# 22
Album • May 05 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 23
Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 24
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 25
Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country
# 27
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Slacker Rock Noise Pop
# 28
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Atmospheric Black Metal
# 29
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock
# 30
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Indie Pop
# 31
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Soft Rock
# 32
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Hymns Southern Gospel Singer-Songwriter
# 33
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop
# 34
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 35
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Synthpop
# 36
Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop
# 37
Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop
# 38
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 39
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana
# 40
Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop
# 41
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Post-Minimalism
# 42
Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Shoegaze Slacker Rock Power Pop
# 43
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Soul Ambient
# 44
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock
# 45
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Slacker Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 46
Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 47
Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock
# 48
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Indie Pop Indie Rock
# 49
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Ambient Americana Chamber Folk
# 50
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock