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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Strange Disciple Nation of Language Sep-15-2023, Synthpop
#2 Javelin Sufjan Stevens Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk
#3 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek Feb-14-2023, Art Pop
#4 False Lankum Lankum Mar-24-2023, Irish Folk Music
#5 Heavy Heavy Young Fathers Feb-03-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#6 Black Classical Music Yussef Dayes Sep-08-2023, Jazz Fusion
#7 I Thought I Was Better Than You Baxter Dury Jun-02-2023, Art Pop
#8 We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Armand Hammer, billy woods, E L U C I D Sep-29-2023, Experimental Hip Hop
#9 Good Lies Overmono May-12-2023, UK Bass
#10 Chaos For The Fly Grian Chatten Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#11 Rat Saw God Wednesday Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock
#12 Stereo Mind Game Daughter Apr-07-2023, Dream Pop
#13 The Nation's Most Central Location Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan May-19-2023, Progressive Electronic
#14 Aşk Altin Gün Mar-31-2023, Anatolian Rock
#15 Chronicles of a Diamond Black Pumas Oct-27-2023, Psychedelic Soul
#16 Wait Til I Get Over Durand Jones May-05-2023, Soul
#17 Fuse Everything But the Girl Apr-21-2023, Alternative R&B
#18 Blondshell Blondshell Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock
#19 i've seen a way Mandy, Indiana May-19-2023, Post-Industrial
#20 Brain Worms RVG Jun-02-2023, Indie Rock
#21 Strays II Margo Price Oct-13-2023,
#22 SCARING THE HOES JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown Mar-24-2023, Experimental Hip Hop
#23 Prize Rozi Plain Jan-13-2023, Art Pop
#24 Mid Air Romy Sep-08-2023, Deep House
#25 The WAEVE The WAEVE, Graham Coxon, Rose Elinor Dougall Feb-03-2023, Art Rock
#26 UK GRIM Sleaford Mods Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk
#27 I Dont Know bdrmm Jun-30-2023, Dream Pop
#28 The Greater Wings Julie Byrne Jul-07-2023, Chamber Folk
#29 & the Charm Avalon Emerson Apr-28-2023, Indietronica
#30 Prestige Girl Ray Aug-04-2023, Indie Pop
#31 everything is alive Slowdive Sep-01-2023, Dream Pop
#32 softscars yeule Sep-22-2023, Dream Pop
#33 The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Mitski Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#34 Bunny Beach Fossils Jun-02-2023, Jangle Pop
#35 Land of Sleeper Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Feb-17-2023, Stoner Metal
#36 My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross ANOHNI Jul-06-2023, Soul
#37 In Times New Roman... Queens of the Stone Age Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock
#38 I've Got Me Joanna Sternberg Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#39 Radical Romantics Fever Ray Mar-10-2023, Art Pop
#40 Hadsel Beirut Nov-10-2023, Chamber Pop
#41 The Feminine Divine Dexys Jul-28-2023, Blue-Eyed Soul
#42 The Beggar Swans Jun-23-2023, Post-Rock
#43 Afternoon X Vanishing Twin Oct-06-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#44 Late Developers Belle and Sebastian Jan-13-2023, Indie Pop
#45 Exotico Temples Apr-14-2023, Neo-Psychedelia
#46 The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons The Hives Aug-11-2023, Garage Rock Revival
#47 Volcano Jungle Aug-11-2023, Nu-Disco
#48 Food for Worms shame Feb-24-2023, Indie Rock
#49 Nothing Lasts Forever Teenage Fanclub Sep-22-2023, Indie Pop
#50 Pearlies Emma Anderson Oct-20-2023, Dream Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Strange Disciple | Nation of Language | Album, Sep-15-2023, Synthpop |
| #2 | Javelin | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk |
| #3 | Desire, I Want To Turn Into You | Caroline Polachek | Album, Feb-14-2023, Art Pop |
| #4 | False Lankum | Lankum | Album, Mar-24-2023, Irish Folk Music |
| #5 | Heavy Heavy | Young Fathers | Album, Feb-03-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #6 | Black Classical Music | Yussef Dayes | Album, Sep-08-2023, Jazz Fusion |
| #7 | I Thought I Was Better Than You | Baxter Dury | Album, Jun-02-2023, Art Pop |
| #8 | We Buy Diabetic Test Strips | Armand Hammerbilly woodsE L U C I D | Album, Sep-29-2023, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #9 | Good Lies | Overmono | Album, May-12-2023, UK Bass |
| #10 | Chaos For The Fly | Grian Chatten | Album, Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Rat Saw God | Wednesday | Album, Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock |
| #12 | Stereo Mind Game | Daughter | Album, Apr-07-2023, Dream Pop |
| #13 | The Nation's Most Central Location | Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan | Album, May-19-2023, Progressive Electronic |
| #14 | Aşk | Altin Gün | Album, Mar-31-2023, Anatolian Rock |
| #15 | Chronicles of a Diamond | Black Pumas | Album, Oct-27-2023, Psychedelic Soul |
| #16 | Wait Til I Get Over | Durand Jones | Album, May-05-2023, Soul |
| #17 | Fuse | Everything But the Girl | Album, Apr-21-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #18 | Blondshell | Blondshell | Album, Apr-07-2023, Indie Rock |
| #19 | i've seen a way | Mandy, Indiana | Album, May-19-2023, Post-Industrial |
| #20 | Brain Worms | RVG | Album, Jun-02-2023, Indie Rock |
| #21 | Strays II | Margo Price | Album, Oct-13-2023,  |
| #22 | SCARING THE HOES | JPEGMAFIADanny Brown | Album, Mar-24-2023, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #23 | Prize | Rozi Plain | Album, Jan-13-2023, Art Pop |
| #24 | Mid Air | Romy | Album, Sep-08-2023, Deep House |
| #25 | The WAEVE | The WAEVEGraham CoxonRose Elinor Dougall | Album, Feb-03-2023, Art Rock |
| #26 | UK GRIM | Sleaford Mods | Album, Mar-10-2023, Synth Punk |
| #27 | I Dont Know | bdrmm | Album, Jun-30-2023, Dream Pop |
| #28 | The Greater Wings | Julie Byrne | Album, Jul-07-2023, Chamber Folk |
| #29 | & the Charm | Avalon Emerson | Album, Apr-28-2023, Indietronica |
| #30 | Prestige | Girl Ray | Album, Aug-04-2023, Indie Pop |
| #31 | everything is alive | Slowdive | Album, Sep-01-2023, Dream Pop |
| #32 | softscars | yeule | Album, Sep-22-2023, Dream Pop |
| #33 | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We | Mitski | Album, Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #34 | Bunny | Beach Fossils | Album, Jun-02-2023, Jangle Pop |
| #35 | Land of Sleeper | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | Album, Feb-17-2023, Stoner Metal |
| #36 | My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross | ANOHNI | Album, Jul-06-2023, Soul |
| #37 | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | Album, Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #38 | I've Got Me | Joanna Sternberg | Album, Jun-30-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #39 | Radical Romantics | Fever Ray | Album, Mar-10-2023, Art Pop |
| #40 | Hadsel | Beirut | Album, Nov-10-2023, Chamber Pop |
| #41 | The Feminine Divine | Dexys | Album, Jul-28-2023, Blue-Eyed Soul |
| #42 | The Beggar | Swans | Album, Jun-23-2023, Post-Rock |
| #43 | Afternoon X | Vanishing Twin | Album, Oct-06-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #44 | Late Developers | Belle and Sebastian | Album, Jan-13-2023, Indie Pop |
| #45 | Exotico | Temples | Album, Apr-14-2023, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #46 | The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons | The Hives | Album, Aug-11-2023, Garage Rock Revival |
| #47 | Volcano | Jungle | Album, Aug-11-2023, Nu-Disco |
| #48 | Food for Worms | shame | Album, Feb-24-2023, Indie Rock |
| #49 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Teenage Fanclub | Album, Sep-22-2023, Indie Pop |
| #50 | Pearlies | Emma Anderson | Album, Oct-20-2023, Dream Pop |