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.

Source

# 1
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Synthpop
# 2
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk
# 3
Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic
# 4
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk
# 5
Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop
# 6
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Jazz Fusion
# 7
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Art Pop Indie Pop
# 8
Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 9
Album • May 12 / 2023 UK Bass 2-Step
# 10
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 11
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock
# 12
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Dream Pop Indie Rock
# 13
Album • May 19 / 2023 Progressive Electronic
# 14
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Anatolian Rock Psychedelic Rock Neo-Psychedelia
# 15
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Psychedelic Soul
# 16
Album • May 05 / 2023 Soul
# 17
Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Alternative R&B Downtempo UK Bass
# 18
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 19
Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial
# 20
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Indie Rock Jangle Pop
# 21
Album • Oct 13 / 2023
# 22
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 23
Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Art Pop Chamber Pop Ambient Pop
# 24
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Deep House Dance-Pop Alt-Pop
# 25
Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Art Rock
# 26
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk UK Hip Hop
# 27
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Dream Pop Space Rock Revival
# 28
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 29
& the Charm by Avalon Emerson
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indietronica Downtempo Indie Pop
# 30
Album • Aug 04 / 2023 Indie Pop Disco
# 31
Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop
# 32
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock
# 33
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 34
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Jangle Pop Dream Pop Indie Pop
# 35
Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych
# 36
Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 37
Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hard Rock
# 38
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 39
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop
# 40
Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Chamber Pop
# 41
Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Blue-Eyed Soul Art Pop Sophisti-Pop
# 42
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Post-Rock Experimental Rock
# 43
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica Ambient Pop
# 44
Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Indie Pop
# 45
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop Indie Pop
# 46
Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Garage Rock Revival
# 47
Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Nu-Disco
# 48
Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Indie Rock Art Punk
# 49
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Indie Pop
# 50
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Dream Pop