Rough Trade UK's Albums of the Year 2023

The 100 best albums from 2023 based on a year of listening, months of consideration, weeks of discussion and days of compiling. Every one of these albums has made an impact on us this year but to learn more about the ones that made the top 20, please click here for UK and here for US.

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# 1

Strange Disciple by Nation of Language

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Synthpop

# 2

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 3

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 4

False Lankum by Lankum

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk

# 5

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 6

Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Jazz Fusion

# 7

I Thought I Was Better Than You by Baxter Dury

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Art Pop Indie Pop

# 8

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

# 9

Good Lies by Overmono

Album • May 12 / 2023 UK Bass 2-Step

# 10

Chaos For The Fly by Grian Chatten

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 11

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 12

Stereo Mind Game by Daughter

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Dream Pop Indie Rock

# 13

The Nation's Most Central Location by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

Album • May 19 / 2023 Progressive Electronic

# 14

Aşk by Altin Gün

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Anatolian Rock Psychedelic Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 15

Chronicles of a Diamond by Black Pumas

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Psychedelic Soul

# 16

Wait Til I Get Over by Durand Jones

Album • May 05 / 2023 Soul

# 17

Fuse by Everything But the Girl

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Alternative R&B Downtempo UK Bass

# 18

Blondshell by Blondshell

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 19

i've seen a way by Mandy, Indiana

Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial

# 20

Brain Worms by RVG

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Indie Rock Jangle Pop

# 21

Strays II by Margo Price

Album • Oct 13 / 2023

# 22

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 23

Prize by Rozi Plain

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Art Pop Chamber Pop Ambient Pop

# 24

Mid Air by Romy

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Deep House Dance-Pop Alt-Pop

# 25

The WAEVE by The WAEVE + Graham Coxon + Rose Elinor Dougall

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Art Rock

# 26

UK GRIM by Sleaford Mods

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk UK Hip Hop

# 27

I Dont Know by bdrmm

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Dream Pop Space Rock Revival

# 28

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 29

& the Charm by Avalon Emerson

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indietronica Downtempo Indie Pop

# 30

Prestige by Girl Ray

Album • Aug 04 / 2023 Indie Pop Disco

# 31

everything is alive by Slowdive

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop

# 32

softscars by yeule

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock

# 33

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 34

Bunny by Beach Fossils

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Jangle Pop Dream Pop Indie Pop

# 35

Land of Sleeper by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych

# 36

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 37

In Times New Roman... by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hard Rock

# 38

I've Got Me by Joanna Sternberg

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 39

Radical Romantics by Fever Ray

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop

# 40

Hadsel by Beirut

Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Chamber Pop

# 41

The Feminine Divine by Dexys

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

# 42

The Beggar by Swans

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Post-Rock Experimental Rock

# 43

Afternoon X by Vanishing Twin

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica Ambient Pop

# 44

Late Developers by Belle and Sebastian

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 45

Exotico by Temples

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop Indie Pop

# 46

The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons by The Hives

Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Garage Rock Revival

# 47

Volcano by Jungle

Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Nu-Disco

# 48

Food for Worms by shame

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Indie Rock Art Punk

# 49

Nothing Lasts Forever by Teenage Fanclub

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Indie Pop

# 50

Pearlies by Emma Anderson

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Dream Pop