Resident Advisor's Best Albums of 2023

Our selections include big crossover pop and R&B moments, heady Krautrock explorations and techno guided meditations.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 a.s.o. a.s.o Jun-02-2023, Trip Hop
#2 ULTRAKUNST Brutalismus 3000 Apr-07-2023, UK Hard House
#3 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek Feb-14-2023, Art Pop
#4 Homesick Ciel Nov-24-2023, UK Bass
#5 Jbal Rrsas Deena Abdelwahed Sep-08-2023,
#6 Ansiedade DJ Danifox Apr-26-2023, Batida
#7 Fluid Meditations DJ Gigola Feb-03-2023,
#8 Radical Romantics Fever Ray Mar-10-2023, Art Pop
#9 Playing Robots Into Heaven James Blake Sep-08-2023, Future Garage
#10 Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities James Holden Mar-31-2023, Progressive Electronic
#11 Swells K-LONE Jul-07-2023, Deep House
#12 Raven Kelela Feb-10-2023, Alternative R&B
#13 Atlas Laurel Halo Sep-22-2023, Ambient
#14 The Ancient Truth Maara Apr-20-2023, Downtempo
#15 Pearls Dont Lay on the Shore Mr. G Mar-27-2023,
#16 Inflatable Gravestone MUN SING Jun-02-2023, Deconstructed Club
#17 Natural Wonder Beauty Concept Natural Wonder Beauty Concept Jul-14-2023, Ambient Pop
#18 Flood City Trax Nondi_ Apr-07-2023, Footwork
#19 Choral Feeling Oceanic Jan-27-2023, IDM
#20 Good Lies Overmono May-12-2023, UK Bass
#21 Changing Channels Pangaea Oct-06-2023, UK Garage
#22 Tikiman Vol. 1 Paul St. Hilaire Mar-30-2023, Dub
#23 Signs Purelink Sep-15-2023, Ambient Dub
#24 La Onda Regal86 Feb-05-2023, Hardgroove Techno
#25 Madres Sofia Kourtesis Oct-27-2023, Deep House
#26 Crash Recoil Surgeon Mar-17-2023,
#27 Trip9love...??? Tirzah Sep-05-2023, Alternative R&B
#29 Agartha Wata Igarashi May-25-2023, Minimal Techno
#30 Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Yves Tumor Mar-17-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | a.s.o. | a.s.o | Album, Jun-02-2023, Trip Hop |
| #2 | ULTRAKUNST | Brutalismus 3000 | Album, Apr-07-2023, UK Hard House |
| #3 | Desire, I Want To Turn Into You | Caroline Polachek | Album, Feb-14-2023, Art Pop |
| #4 | Homesick | Ciel | Album, Nov-24-2023, UK Bass |
| #5 | Jbal Rrsas | Deena Abdelwahed | Album, Sep-08-2023,  |
| #6 | Ansiedade | DJ Danifox | Album, Apr-26-2023, Batida |
| #7 | Fluid Meditations | DJ Gigola | Album, Feb-03-2023,  |
| #8 | Radical Romantics | Fever Ray | Album, Mar-10-2023, Art Pop |
| #9 | Playing Robots Into Heaven | James Blake | Album, Sep-08-2023, Future Garage |
| #10 | Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities | James Holden | Album, Mar-31-2023, Progressive Electronic |
| #11 | Swells | K-LONE | Album, Jul-07-2023, Deep House |
| #12 | Raven | Kelela | Album, Feb-10-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #13 | Atlas | Laurel Halo | Album, Sep-22-2023, Ambient |
| #14 | The Ancient Truth | Maara | Album, Apr-20-2023, Downtempo |
| #15 | Pearls Dont Lay on the Shore | Mr. G | Album, Mar-27-2023,  |
| #16 | Inflatable Gravestone | MUN SING | Album, Jun-02-2023, Deconstructed Club |
| #17 | Natural Wonder Beauty Concept | Natural Wonder Beauty Concept | Album, Jul-14-2023, Ambient Pop |
| #18 | Flood City Trax | Nondi_ | Album, Apr-07-2023, Footwork |
| #19 | Choral Feeling | Oceanic | Album, Jan-27-2023, IDM |
| #20 | Good Lies | Overmono | Album, May-12-2023, UK Bass |
| #21 | Changing Channels | Pangaea | Album, Oct-06-2023, UK Garage |
| #22 | Tikiman Vol. 1 | Paul St. Hilaire | Album, Mar-30-2023, Dub |
| #23 | Signs | Purelink | Album, Sep-15-2023, Ambient Dub |
| #24 | La Onda | Regal86 | Album, Feb-05-2023, Hardgroove Techno |
| #25 | Madres | Sofia Kourtesis | Album, Oct-27-2023, Deep House |
| #26 | Crash Recoil | Surgeon | Album, Mar-17-2023,  |
| #27 | Trip9love...??? | Tirzah | Album, Sep-05-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #29 | Agartha | Wata Igarashi | Album, May-25-2023, Minimal Techno |
| #30 | Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | Yves Tumor | Album, Mar-17-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |