Radio X's 25 Best Albums of 2023

Here are Radio X's picks of the finest albums of the past 12 months... from the return of Blur and The Rolling Stones to great new music by Royal Blood and Paramore.

Published: November 10, 2023 18:17 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 A Fistful of Peaches Black Honey Mar-17-2023, Indie Rock
#2 ONE MORE TIME... blink-182 Oct-20-2023, Pop Punk
#3 The Ballad Of Darren Blur Jul-21-2023, Art Rock
#4 My Big Day Bombay Bicycle Club Oct-20-2023, Indie Pop
#5 How Many Dreams? DMA'S Mar-31-2023, Pop Rock
#6 So Much (For) Stardust Fall Out Boy Mar-24-2023, Pop Rock
#7 But Here We Are Foo Fighters Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock
#8 Turn The Car Around Gaz Coombes Jan-13-2023, Indie Rock
#9 Cracker Island Gorillaz Feb-24-2023, Synthpop
#10 Chaos For The Fly Grian Chatten Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#11 Unreal Unearth Hozier Aug-18-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#12 Cuts & Bruises Inhaler Feb-17-2023, Pop Rock
#13 RUSH! (ARE U COMING?) Måneskin Nov-10-2023, Pop Rock
#14 One Man Band Miles Kane Aug-04-2023, Indie Rock
#15 Council Skies Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Jun-02-2023, Post-Britpop
#16 Dead Club City Nothing But Thieves Jun-30-2023, Pop Rock
#17 This Is Why Paramore Feb-10-2023, Post-Punk Revival
#18 In Times New Roman... Queens of the Stone Age Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock
#19 Back To The Water Below Royal Blood Sep-01-2023, Alternative Rock
#20 For That Beautiful Feeling The Chemical Brothers Sep-08-2023, Progressive House
#21 The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons The Hives Aug-11-2023, Garage Rock Revival
#22 From Nothing to a Little Bit More The Lathums Mar-03-2023, Indie Rock
#23 Anxiety Replacement Therapy The Lottery Winners Apr-28-2023, Indie Pop
#24 Gigis Recovery The Murder Capital Jan-20-2023, Post-Punk Revival
#25 Hackney Diamonds The Rolling Stones Oct-20-2023, Pop Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A Fistful of Peaches | Black Honey | Album, Mar-17-2023, Indie Rock |
| #2 | ONE MORE TIME... | blink-182 | Album, Oct-20-2023, Pop Punk |
| #3 | The Ballad Of Darren | Blur | Album, Jul-21-2023, Art Rock |
| #4 | My Big Day | Bombay Bicycle Club | Album, Oct-20-2023, Indie Pop |
| #5 | How Many Dreams? | DMA'S | Album, Mar-31-2023, Pop Rock |
| #6 | So Much (For) Stardust | Fall Out Boy | Album, Mar-24-2023, Pop Rock |
| #7 | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Album, Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #8 | Turn The Car Around | Gaz Coombes | Album, Jan-13-2023, Indie Rock |
| #9 | Cracker Island | Gorillaz | Album, Feb-24-2023, Synthpop |
| #10 | Chaos For The Fly | Grian Chatten | Album, Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Unreal Unearth | Hozier | Album, Aug-18-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #12 | Cuts & Bruises | Inhaler | Album, Feb-17-2023, Pop Rock |
| #13 | RUSH! (ARE U COMING?) | Måneskin | Album, Nov-10-2023, Pop Rock |
| #14 | One Man Band | Miles Kane | Album, Aug-04-2023, Indie Rock |
| #15 | Council Skies | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Album, Jun-02-2023, Post-Britpop |
| #16 | Dead Club City | Nothing But Thieves | Album, Jun-30-2023, Pop Rock |
| #17 | This Is Why | Paramore | Album, Feb-10-2023, Post-Punk Revival |
| #18 | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | Album, Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #19 | Back To The Water Below | Royal Blood | Album, Sep-01-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #20 | For That Beautiful Feeling | The Chemical Brothers | Album, Sep-08-2023, Progressive House |
| #21 | The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons | The Hives | Album, Aug-11-2023, Garage Rock Revival |
| #22 | From Nothing to a Little Bit More | The Lathums | Album, Mar-03-2023, Indie Rock |
| #23 | Anxiety Replacement Therapy | The Lottery Winners | Album, Apr-28-2023, Indie Pop |
| #24 | Gigis Recovery | The Murder Capital | Album, Jan-20-2023, Post-Punk Revival |
| #25 | Hackney Diamonds | The Rolling Stones | Album, Oct-20-2023, Pop Rock |