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

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 2

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 3

Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? by McKinley Dixon

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 4

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 5

The Window by Ratboys

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 6

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 7

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 8

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 9

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 10

Madres by Sofia Kourtesis

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Deep House Latin House

# 11

Lucky for You by Bully

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock

# 12

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? by Kara Jackson

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk

# 13

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) by Jaimie Branch

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 14

Spike Field by Maria BC

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 15

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

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

# 16

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 17

Erotic Probiotic 2 by Nourished by Time

Album • Mar 21 / 2023

# 18

the record by boygenius

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

# 19

All of This Will End by Indigo De Souza

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 20

Everything Harmony by The Lemon Twigs

Album • May 05 / 2023 Soft Rock Pop Rock

# 21

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

# 22

Greg Mendez by Greg Mendez

Album • May 05 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 23

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 24

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 25

Sundial by Noname

Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 26

Time Ain't Accidental by Jess Williamson

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 27

Girl with Fish by feeble little horse

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Slacker Rock Noise Pop

# 28

Desolations Flower by Ragana

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Atmospheric Black Metal

# 29

softscars by yeule

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock

# 30

Heaven Is a Junkyard by Youth Lagoon

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 31

Jenny from Thebes by The Mountain Goats

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Soft Rock

# 32

SAVED! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Hymns Southern Gospel Singer-Songwriter

# 33

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 34

Good Living Is Coming For You by Sweeping Promises

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 35

Strange Disciple by Nation of Language

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Synthpop

# 36

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 37

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 38

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 39

Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana

# 40

Cut Worms by Cut Worms

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop

# 41

Vidrio by Titanic + I la Católica + Mabe Fratti

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Post-Minimalism

# 42

Cartwheel by Hotline TNT

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Shoegaze Slacker Rock Power Pop

# 43

Oh Me Oh My by Lonnie Holley

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Soul Ambient

# 44

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 45

Tomorrow's Fire by Squirrel Flower

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Slacker Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 46

We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer + billy woods + E L U C I D

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 47

Yard by Slow Pulp

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Indie Rock Slacker Rock

# 48

Fish Bowl by Kate Davis

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 49

Sun Arcs by Blue Lake

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Ambient Americana Chamber Folk

# 50

This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock