Record Collector's Best New Albums of 2023

# 1

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte by Sparks

Album • May 26 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop Progressive Pop

# 2

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 3

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop

# 4

Hackney Diamonds by The Rolling Stones

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Pop Rock Blues Rock

# 5

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

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 6

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 7

Seven Psalms by Paul Simon

Album • May 19 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 8

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 9

Hit Parade by Róisín Murphy

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Art Pop House Electronic

# 10

The Future Never Waits by Hawkwind

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Space Rock

# 11

Sea Of Mirrors by The Coral

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Psychedelic Folk Indie Folk Baroque Pop

# 12

Sundown by Eddie Chacon

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Smooth Soul

# 13

Bauhaus Staircase by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Single • Aug 22 / 2023

# 14

Black Rainbows by Corinne Bailey Rae

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Art Pop Art Rock

# 15

King of a Land by Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Album • Jun 16 / 2023

# 16

UK GRIM by Sleaford Mods

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk UK Hip Hop

# 17

Billy Valentine & the Universal Truth by Billy Valentine

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Soul

# 18

Theatre of the Absurd presents C'est La Vie by Madness

Album • Nov 17 / 2023 Art Pop Progressive Pop Pop Rock

# 19

Relentless by Pretenders

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 20

Council Skies by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Post-Britpop

# 21

the record by boygenius

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

# 22

The Harmony Codex by Steven Wilson

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Art Rock Electronic

# 23

Everything Harmony by The Lemon Twigs

Album • May 05 / 2023 Soft Rock Pop Rock

# 24

The Feminine Divine by Dexys

Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Blue-Eyed Soul Art Pop Sophisti-Pop

# 25

Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! And The Possibilities Of Modern Shopping by Mozart Estate

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Indie Pop