Slant Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2023

Many of the artists who appear our list of the best albums of the year seek to shatter interpersonal and emotional barriers.

Published: December 07, 2023 16:33 Source

# 1

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 2

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

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

# 3

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 4

Fountain Baby by Amaarae

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 5

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

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

# 6

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 7

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 8

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 9

10,000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop

# 10

WOW by Kate NV

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Digital Fusion Utopian Virtual Progressive Electronic

# 11

the record by boygenius

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 12

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock

# 13

The Window by Ratboys

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 14

The Loveliest Time by Carly Rae Jepsen

Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Dance-Pop

# 15

A Great Chaos by Ken Carson

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Rage Southern Hip Hop

# 16

Gag Order by Kesha

Album • May 19 / 2023 Alt-Pop Singer-Songwriter Electronic Art Pop

# 17

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 18

I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 19

All of This Will End by Indigo De Souza

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indie Rock

# 20

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop

# 21

Like..? by Ice Spice

EP • Jan 20 / 2023 Sample Drill East Coast Hip Hop

# 22

QUEST FOR FIRE by Skrillex

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Electronic Dance Music Trap [EDM]

# 23

Fuse by Everything But the Girl

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

# 24

12 by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Album • Jan 17 / 2023 Ambient Modern Classical

# 25

Weathervanes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana

# 26

Strays by Margo Price

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Contemporary Country Heartland Rock

# 27

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Punk

# 28

Perspective by Jlin

EP • Sep 29 / 2023 Footwork IDM

# 29

I've Got Me by Joanna Sternberg

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 30

Heaven knows by PinkPantheress

Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Electronic Dance Music

# 31

Something To Give Each Other by Troye Sivan

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 32

The Ones Ahead by Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 33

Wallsocket by underscores

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Indietronica Indie Rock Electropop

# 34

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

# 35

False Lankum by Lankum

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

# 36

Perfect Picture by Hannah Diamond

Album • Aug 17 / 2023 Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 37

Space Heavy by King Krule

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Slowcore

# 38

This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock

# 39

Water Made Us by Jamila Woods

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 40

softscars by yeule

Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock

# 41

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE by Christine and the Queens

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop

# 42

With a Hammer by Yaeji

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop

# 43

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? by Kara Jackson

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk

# 44

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 45

Blómi by Susanne Sundfør

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 46

Red Moon in Venus by Kali Uchis

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 47

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 48

Hit Parade by Róisín Murphy

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Art Pop House Electronic

# 49

One Day by Fucked Up

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Post-Hardcore

# 50

Girl In The Half Pearl by Liv.e

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia