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
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 2
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk
# 3
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop
# 4
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B
# 5
Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic
# 6
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock
# 7
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 8
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic
# 9
Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop
# 10
Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Digital Fusion Utopian Virtual Progressive Electronic
# 11
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock
# 12
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock
# 13
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 14
Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Dance-Pop
# 15
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Rage Southern Hip Hop
# 16
Album • May 19 / 2023 Alt-Pop Singer-Songwriter Electronic Art Pop
# 17
Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 18
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock
# 19
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 20
Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Art Rock Indie Pop
# 21
EP • Jan 20 / 2023 Sample Drill East Coast Hip Hop
# 22
Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Electronic Dance Music Trap [EDM]
# 23
Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Alternative R&B Downtempo UK Bass
# 24
Album • Jan 17 / 2023 Ambient Modern Classical
# 25
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Alt-Country Americana
# 26
Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Contemporary Country Heartland Rock
# 28
EP • Sep 29 / 2023 Footwork IDM
# 29
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 30
Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Electronic Dance Music
# 31
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 32
Album • Jul 28 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 33
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Indietronica Indie Rock Electropop
# 34
Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 35
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk
# 36
Album • Aug 17 / 2023 Electropop Bubblegum Bass
# 37
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Slowcore
# 38
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock
# 39
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 40
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock
# 41
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop
# 42
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop
# 43
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk
# 44
Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop
# 45
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 46
Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 47
Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 48
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Art Pop House Electronic
# 49
Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Post-Hardcore
# 50
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia