Rock Sound's Top 50 Albums Of 2023

For our final The Album Story feature of 2023, we are counting down our top 50 favourite records from the last 12 months.

Published: December 15, 2023 10:06 Source

# 1
Album • May 19 / 2023 Alternative Metal Alt-Pop
# 2
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Pop Rock Alternative Rock
# 3
Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 4
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Pop Punk Alternative Rock
# 5
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Gothic Rock Rock Opera Hard Rock
# 6
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Progressive Metal Avant-Garde Metal
# 7
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Power Pop
# 8
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival
# 9
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 10
Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Alt-Pop
# 11
Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 12
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 13
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 14
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Alternative Rock Pop Punk
# 15
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 16
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Alternative Metal Pop Rock
# 17
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Pop Rock Alternative Rock
# 18
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Alternative Rock Pop Rock
# 19
Album • Jul 21 / 2023
# 20
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Pop Rock Alternative Rock
# 21
Album • May 12 / 2023 Pop Punk Emo-Pop
# 22
Zig by Poppy
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Alt-Pop Post-Industrial Electronic
# 23
Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Pop Rock Alternative Rock
# 24
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore
# 25
Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 26
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Heartland Rock Alternative Rock
# 27
Album • May 19 / 2023 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Emo-Pop
# 28
Album • May 12 / 2023 Metalcore Post-Hardcore
# 29
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Synthpop Pop Rock
# 30
Album • Aug 01 / 2023 Pop Rock Power Pop
# 31
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Melodic Metalcore
# 32
Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Metalcore Alternative Metal
# 33
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Synthpop Electropop
# 34
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Alternative Rock
# 35
Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Metalcore Post-Hardcore Sludge Metal
# 36
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock Heartland Rock
# 37
Album • Oct 27 / 2023
# 38
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Pop Punk
# 39
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Alternative Metal Trance Metal
# 40
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Hard Rock Alternative Metal
# 41
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Heavy Metal
# 42
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Alternative Metal
# 43
Album • May 05 / 2023 Rap Rock
# 44
Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Garage Rock Revival
# 45
Album • Dec 07 / 2023 Electro-Industrial Industrial Metal
# 46
Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop
# 47
Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Nu Metal Metalcore
# 48
Album • Aug 04 / 2023 Alternative Metal Nu Metal Rap Metal
# 49
Album • Jan 20 / 2023 Pop Rock Alternative Rock
# 50
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Electronic Dance Music Pop Rock